“Last year I went skydiving for my birthday. This year I want a past life regression!” said Kirsten during our first contact over the phone. That feeling of excitement permeated our talk and her plans that evolved into a road trip from her home base of Portland. Eventually those plans included her best friend, Faith, […]
“Not in my reality,” has been my mindset since March. When schools and work shut down last spring, I considered it a fortunate opportunity. I got to spend quality time with my boys hiking up nearby mountain peaks, letting them teach me how to fish, and adventuring on our first camping trip. Our small town […]
I have usually called myself Indian, half Indian, or if time and interest permits, Indian-Salvadoran-Russian-German. It really is a strange thing to have to find a name for it all so that others have something to call me. In a time when we so vigorously identify with specific racial, cultural, and gender groups, I feel […]
Right now our world is teaching us how to shift dynamically. Just three months ago we were living in relative calm and peace, radically different from today’s instability and unrest. Everything has been touched by this unasked for change. How did this come about so quickly?