Summer Solstice, also known as Litha, occurs as the sun moves out of the sign of Gemini into the Sign of Cancer around June 21st. This is the longest day and shortest night of the solar year…a time to celebrate our sovereignty and our personal power, vitality, and growth.
Honolulu Café
I was going to meet a poet for drinks at 5:00 so I ran some errands on the other side of town. I was early, she was late. I wrote this while I was waiting. Later we drank cheap red and made out, leaning on the hood of a ’55 Chevy .
Matowin Speaks Part 1: The Sweat Lodge Deaths
In the wake of manslaughter charges against self-help “guru” James Ray, Mary Black Bonnet takes a hard look at the sweat lodge deaths in Sedona and the appropriation of Native spirituality and customs.
Even in the Best of Families
After 45 years of hiding from her childhood, one abuse survivor is finally able to confront her past with the help of therapy. Slowly, she begins to heal.
Writer’s Blocks and Ice Blocks: What My Life Might Have Been Without Sports
A writer and sports enthusiast looks at what his life might have been like if he hadn’t spent so much of it watching and playing sports.
When a Door Opens
I spent hours wracking my memory for clues, glimmers, anything that would show me more details of the truth — not my made-up fantasy. Inside my head a war raged between my ‘known’ and my newly discovered truth.
Tarmac Meditations #12 – Comin’ Slow
May 14, 2010 Ran for 80 mins. First time since June. Stopped twice. Once for nature, once for no reason. Ran up hills. Listened to the Lovin’ Spoonful, Marvin Gaye, Van Morrison, Roots. Didn’t think about a goddam thing ‘cept running before daylight. Came to me that I was runnin’, no need for thinkin’. Did […]
Sasquatch Festival Changed Me
Jess Howard heads off somewhat halfheartedly for the Sasquatch Festival at the Gorge in Washington State. There, she discovers what life as a human is really all about.
S/he: Stuck
As Schmutzie discovered, coming of age in the middle of a gender crisis is less fun than you’d think…
Appetite for the Spectacular: Guest Post by Simon T. Bailey
Simon T. Bailey, bestselling author of “Release Your Brilliance”, wants to know: what does Appetite for the Spectacular mean to you? When you hear those words, what stirs your soul? What is possible when you become intentional about your life and decide to be spectacular?
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