Oct 24, 2020Childhood, adulthood, and the architecture of the brainWhen does childhood end and adulthood begin? — We were so young, and we didn’t even know it. I always thought of the end of high school as marking the end of childhood. Society tells us we’re an adult when we turn 18, and I believed it. In retrospect, that seems so naive. My college years and the…Brain3 min readBrain3 min read
Oct 15, 2020It’s easy to slip and fall into a holeWhen we grow accustomed to the weekly momentum of life in America and rely on it to dictate our energy levels and motivation and even direction, when we rely on it to keep us in line, in our lane, like the bumpers in bowling alleys that keep our ball from…Mental Health2 min readMental Health2 min read
Sep 12, 2020Astrology, fate, and free willWe come into this third-dimensional reality with an individual energetic makeup, as shown in our natal chart. In the same way a crystal or plant has an energy makeup and can impart its medicine onto us, so, too, can we impart our medicine unto others. The Human Design mandala shows…Astrology3 min readAstrology3 min read
Sep 2, 2020VIRGO/PISCES AXISWhere heaven and earth meet I woke up to a vision, the answer to a question I’d asked myself the night before: what does the Virgo/Pisces axis feel like? What is at its essence? What teaching does it offer us? What is the tension or conflict between these two opposing signs? …Astrology2 min readAstrology2 min read
Jun 7, 2019Other People’s KitchensOr: How to Fall off a Cliff Camping in sleepy Carroll County, Maryland (those are beehives behind me) When you’re living out of a bag, moving from place to place, you can’t be on autopilot anymore — whether it’s making tea, doing laundry, taking a shower, connecting to the internet, even…Camping3 min readCamping3 min read
Jun 7, 2019On the RoadWhy I chose to live nomadically as a freelance writer after being laid off by my full-time magazine employer. I’ve moved a lot throughout my life, and in recent years, I’ve continued to downsize with every change of address, although never quite to this extent. This time, I downsized to…Journalism5 min readJournalism5 min read
