Tonight we held a tamale cooking class in my home, featuring my amiga Sabina from Oaxaca. We’ve been holding these classes for over a year now to help her raise funds and bridge our communities, and every time it is
A Hit in the Head brings Healing/Remembering
In early October, a dear friend came to visit our tree sanctuary/retreat space. It was a beautiful crisp day with leaves making their shift to green veined yellows and rusty brown oak as they fell. The leaves of the wild
Be the Life Giver
In this life dream there are opposing energies, different roles in the ecosystem. Life giving and decomposing/destructive and everything in between. Today my dear amigas were setting up their farmer’s market booth very early in the morning. I wasn’t there
Laying down the script (remembering egalitarianism)
I haven’t written for awhile as we have been very busy tending the milpa and tree sanctuary. With deep joy and gratitude, I have been weeding, carrying logs, and walking around with loppers giving all our plant siblings haircuts, my
Mothers and Daughters, accepting and surrendering
For many years I have been feeling into the ways that western psychology has cultivated separation between mothers and daughters. I have often cringed inside when I hear people talk about the mother wound and the layers of internalized misogyny
Walking with our dreams
Throughout life my dreams have come through to give me stark clarity on challenges I am facing or situations I am chewing on. Dreaming, existing and walking in the dream time are birthrights that are a part of our full
How my son saved my life and reclaiming our whole selves
The other day after a glorious morning in the wild orchard near me, birds flitting from gnarled tree to tree, teasel stalks blowing in the wind, the sweet earth laden with apples, surrounded by bright red rosehip sisters…I brought home
Dreaming and surrendering
I’m a little bit afraid to write this. Some parts of my memoir are just tricky and very vulnerable to share. But I feel moved that sharing my process may help others and this is the pulse I always follow
Managing holiday triggers
There is so much that can be triggered during the holidays and it varies for each person given your own family of origin and trauma. In this fragmented society alot of what we are collectively grieving is the dissolution of
Community longing and complexity
These last three years in Ashland, I have had difficulty finding a sense of community. I joke that I am too ‘low vibe’ for people here because on multiple occasions I’ve had people respond negatively when I talk about racial/social