Ah, Spring. She’s all sunshine and rainshower rainbows and birdies singing and bunnies playing and green things popping up outta the dirt. But she has an underbelly. She’s roaring wind, late snows. She’s picking up a winter’s worth of soggy dogshit. And those sweet little green things popping outta the dirt? They had to fight […]
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Plan your Soul Garden.
We love the idea of having a garden. Fresh food, hands in dirt, sun shining, birds singing. It’s utopia. I even imagine myself in one of those hideously adorable garden hats. You know the one’s I’m talking about. Huge brim, string snug on the chin, silly pattern or garishly bright colors. I’m kneeling in the […]
Making Sacred Space: How to Create Your Home Altar
If you’re feeling a little (or a lot) lost, I hope you hear this. Hear this, and remember yourself. We all forget who we truly are, from time to time. We all need reminding. Do you have a place that you go to in order to remember yourself? Remember what it is you want from […]
Your Permission Slip
I’m sitting down to write, and quite honestly, I’m not convinced I have it in me today. Maybe it’s the end of the holiday weekend. Maybe it’s because the muse is begging me to make something else today. Maybe it’s resistance. Maybe it’s the falling snow. All. Weekend. Long. While holiday weekends with families of origin […]
How to Create Your Harvest Ritual
Fall is my favorite. The crunching leaves. Cool nights. Fire pits. Epic sunsets. Putting the garden to bed. Hoodies. It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown. I love rituals, so I always do something to celebrate the season we’re in. From creating altars (more on that in a minute) to running into piles of leaves like […]