Monday Morning Dirty Secret Spill.
Sometimes I read the news. Okay—I always read the news, but sometimes this “news” is…People magazine online. Here’s my big secret spill, though: I tried to watch Downton Abbey. However, I’d waited so long...
Sometimes I read the news. Okay—I always read the news, but sometimes this “news” is…People magazine online. Here’s my big secret spill, though: I tried to watch Downton Abbey. However, I’d waited so long...
“The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea.” ~ Isak Dinesen I’m sitting in bed underneath cozy layers of blankets; sheets tucked in around my thighs. Morning light streams in...
This collaboration with my dear friend, soul sister and frequent writing partner Kate Bartolotta was first published by elephant journal. When Jennifer and I first started to become friends, our plans to chat were often...
Visit here for more of The Caged Girls. Chapter 32. I can always tell when I’m just about to fall asleep. I get this tingling sensation throughout my entire body. It’s not uncomfortable or scary, but...
“To stay with a broken heart, with a rumbling stomach, with the feeling of hopelessness and wanting to get revenge—that is the path of true awakening.” ~ Pema Chodron There are some mornings when you...
I consider myself to be a pretty old-fashioned kind of girl. I still like books in paper form and I have yet to acquire my first smartphone (and, yes, I’m still in my 30s). I like...
Yep, so that happened again. My amazing web guru (the one who is in charge of this site) sends me awesome music links, knowing I love new finds but that I’m not always that...
Visit here for more of The Caged Girls. Chapter 29. My pen rolls across the paper—fluidly—and my words come out almost sloppily. (It’s not my usual, preferred ballpoint pen.) My fingerprint-laden aviator sunglasses—the ones I’ve had...
The physical practice of yoga has so much to offer. It gives us time away from our minds and hearts and space to grow and inhabit our present physical states of perfection. More, yoga...
I hope this isn’t a disappointment, but this particular article is about one of the most sacred relationships that’s ever existed: the friendship between women. From Ruth and Naomi to the Ya-Yas, some of the best stories...