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letters of intention
I HAD TO GOOGLE IT: “LETTER OF INTENTION” but the clip-art frightened me, so instead I reached for the dictionary. A statement of my designs? Now that creates some white space and makes my fingers...
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at the end of the day
WRITING HAS MORE TO DO WITH MATH than luck, talent or training. It’s simple statistics: discipline and exercise make a writer. This MAY be more naïve hope than natural law, for I started writing with...
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the marrow of feeling
I used to write exclusively in run-ons. Adding dashes and dots till my sentences collapsed in exhaust. My egoism wore life like a garish hat. I hate the photos. And the internet’s curse of living...
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something feels fleeting
Something feels fleeting. The deaths and beginnings. Watching the sun set from above. While samsara cycles below. Who am I to steal a seat in God’s balcony? Who am I entitled to so many reincarnations...
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birthmark of bravery
I think of you every day. Rest in peace AA. A black cat leads us in kora. And we follow in dumb curiosity. Underestimating the confidence in that stride, The intentionality of that tail, Not until...
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Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get...
Think Occupy Wall St. is a phase? You don't get it By Douglas Rushkoff, Special to CNN updated 1:09 PM EST, Wed October 5, 2011 “The members of Occupy Wall Street may be as unwieldy, paradoxical, and...
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cover-to-cover
Hands down. Cover to cover. My favorite monthly read. Independent & Ad-free. “From its idealistic, unlikely inception in 1974 to its current incarnation as a nonprofit magazine with more than...
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retired is my aching
Past are the afternoons scribbling in journals on wooden docks floating between home and away. Silenced are the nagging questions of my 20′s as to my exact being, purpose, and fate. Retreated has the...
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life asanas
Ladakhi Childrens' Drawings of "Home" BY ALL APPEARANCES, my backpack is stiff with stagnancy. But my absence belies. For all the spiritual journeys and cross-road training I imagined myself on in my...
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a wedding blessing
MY MARRIAGE IS THE COUNTRY I return to between all the others; where I rest, recover, reflect, re-live, and rejoice. My husband is my travel journal; that beat up, worn leather thing with all the dried...
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Dragons Global Video Project Launch
Dragons Global Video Project from Where There Be Dragons on Vimeo.
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Why Hawaii is ripe for travels with littles…
We all know why Hawaii is adult-friendly. But as we discovered with serious delight, the Big Island is also considerably keiki (Hawaiian for “little one”) friendly. Game-changer. Here’s the how and...
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cheat sheet to the best child-friendly beaches on the Big Island
The lady in the jeep next to ours took one look at our littles crawling out of the car and said, “Will you please tell me the other best beaches for kids around here?” Easy. And mamas need all the...
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#UprisingRespect
“The last American decade has been marked by a steady march toward inclusion, led by our president, our churches, our courts and our communities. If our new president is not going to send that message...
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I took notes on the strategy session from last night. I was chasing a toddler at the same time, so there are missing bits and you should still WATCH it….(sign up here and they’ll send you the edited...
View ArticleGive Instead of Gift
Give instead of Gift. I’ve lost my appetite for everything. Including consumerism. So for the upcoming holidays, instead of gifts, I’m going to GIVE. I’m turning over my entire holiday budget to the...
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a shimmering sand canvas
Sister wives, Yep, I’m going to steal that apt title right hear and now. As what we have in common seems, pound for pound, more than a man, and at least as strong as a wedding band. Though you each...
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(Thank you @Susie for the prompt.) Riva, dear Riva, Sweet, fierce, gorgeous heart and girl of 20-months of life. Can you feel our faces following yours? Your mama-moon and father-sun faces orbiting...
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She breaks her gallop, straddles the treadmill, and stabs at the phone keyboard in answer to the blinking update prompt: “2017, I’m going to fucking crush you.” Likes and hearts immediately balloon...
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mahalo Hawaii
(Can’t believe I forgot to post this 9-months ago. I guess that’s the way life goes these days. But without further ado, these gratitudes are still deserved and owed…) ********** Sitting on my little...
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