Content warning: this articles talks about various kinds of abuse. I mostly refer to it in generalities, omitting detailed descriptions. If that kind of content might be upsetting for you,…

I wrote the blog post below as an email newsletter. ~ I’ve struggled with what to write for this edition of the newsletter. I’ve had no problem starting to write…

On Wednesday of this week I attended my last class of Listening Training II from Seek Healing. Listening Training II was a 12-week course on how to facilitate Seek Healing’s…

The brown of the wrinkled earth and the brown of the man’s clothes were close but not the same color. The boy saw this as he walked toward the man.…

It seems to me that no action stands on its own. For example, with the rains’ return to Sebastopol over the last week I’ve been continually struck with an urge…

Sun fell onto a small corner of the futon and he looked at this light and then with a push of the curtain cut it back. The futon had blue…

I’ve slowly been learning about rap and learning to like it over the last two years. I find myself hooked on one track at a time: “Lose Yourself” by Eminem,…

I’ve been using a technique called “bridging” to associate tasks with positive emotion, which makes them easier to perform. The majority of tasks that can improve my life aren’t inherently…