When the Spirit Starves

There was a time I was severely hypoglycemic, and the pattern went like this. I would think, I’m hungry. Then that “I’m hungry” would get repetitive, more insistent, screaming so loud that it was all I could hear, until it…

There was a time I was severely hypoglycemic, and the pattern went like this. I would think, I’m hungry. Then that “I’m hungry” would get repetitive, more insistent, screaming so loud that it was all I could hear, until it…

Hello beautiful beings, It has been a long while. I’ve been working at a different loom. For two years, most of my threads have run into the Longmont house I’ve been renovating into a retreat. Soul Medicine Sanctuary is becoming…

It has been less than a week since we discovered how truly off course this country is. And life is continuing. The world has not ended. Darkness and light continue their sworded dance. In spite of fears and a panicked…

A sweet friend and I held an intimate grief and healing circle last night. When I announced it, I received so many responses acknowledging my gift to community, as if I were doing something noble. The truth is, I did…

She whispers in my ear
You’re never going to be loved
La Bruja Maldita habla
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I mean NEVER
out of control in public and
I have a part that disdains people who do.
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I am from the dog-eat-dog family where
the youngest was not the baby but
the sin eater
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Being in your perfect house
I am acutely aware of my own
imperfection.
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Dance,
before taking wings with lyrical figures,
was rooted in the heavy thighed.
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May your heart be open
May your words be kind
May you see the face of god
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We have all had people who have walked away from us. Sometimes the leaving was painful, sometimes it was a relief, and sometimes it was both. How we digest that Outer World experience into our Inner World experience can be…

now that you have seen the first shadow,
when grief ungrounded and left skin too tender
for lighthearted banter.
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