Dear Friends, On this New Year's Eve Eve, I wanted to share something with you with an eye to 2025. Sharing is both exciting for me and requiring a bit of courage. So, if you choose to take a moment to read this, I will be deeply grateful to you. This past summer, through the... Continue Reading →
I do not know how not to look for magic. It happens so naturally all around me in the more than human world. Upon a silent wish to the Universe to be buoyed up, turtles suddenly surface in sun dappled water to hold me in their intentional gaze while floating effortlessly. Without harm, hives of... Continue Reading →
I’m sharing a sample here of one of the pieces I have in Emergence. I wonder, do you see yourself? It is our hope that, by sharing the stories of many gifted and 2E women, you might find your reflection in a place or two. It is our belief that you will probably find many... Continue Reading →
I’m so excited to share with you this co-creative year-long labor of love. For me, it was a weaving together of a lifetime of contemplation, self-discovery and self-reflection. From the first poem I wrote in Mrs. Bridger’s Field Lighthouse class in the third grade, through many years of personal struggle around identity and finding a... Continue Reading →
I’m so excited that this year-long labor of love is about to be delivered. It feels a little like magic and a lot like healing. I think it’s going to be a really important contribution to to demystifying the gifted feminine in a way that just might lead to some blossoming. I’ll let you know... Continue Reading →
Connecting through books, shared experiences and ideas can be exhilarating. What is your current state of being and doing? Care to share? I’d love to hear! Do elaborate on any of your answers. I’m quite curious, as I’m always looking for new inspiration. I first saw this status list idea on the Read Books’s (in... Continue Reading →
It is the season of hot, white blooming things--honeysuckle, jasmine, gardenia… The light this time of year, the air and the scent that weighs heavily on the breeze transports me back across a lifespan of deep, sensual awareness. It carries me from hopeful innocence to the anxious stirrings of adolescence and into mid-life where I... Continue Reading →
I wrote this for us... There’s something happening…or about to happen, and it feels really big. So many people are struggling in profound ways right now—more than they were struggling one year ago when the Big Stillness of the pandemic descended upon us…more than any time in this whole surreal past year. It feels like... Continue Reading →
My Tommy Christie and me, once upon a time and today. I chose not to have children of my own. Growing up had been painful for me in so many ways. Among other things, from a very young age, I was keenly aware of the complex undercurrents that ran between social connections and groups of... Continue Reading →
Internal Luminosity 