As if by divine inspiration, my move is coming along seemlessly. The final days of work, the goodbyes and rituals involved with unweaving a connection to a place... all have been gratifying and affirming. The future looks equally pleasant- moving to a new state, new job, new home... building connections with family and our extended community. ( Read more... )

In the last day and a half I've been questioning my place in the world and my job. For the past 2 years I've been motivated to work hard, succeed at my job, fit in to a new culture, listen, mirror, empower others, create opportunities for people to improve their health, all while being positive, creative, encouraging. I'm hitting a wall... ( Read more... )

Weird week, so busy and productive ( Read more... )

Flew home today... As I was decending into Juneau the captain announced "clear with a chance of snow this afternoon". Wow, snow? What's this, I'm gone a week already there is snow? I ask the woman in the seat next to me, has it snowed in Juneau this week? She doesn't know either ( Read more... )

Three screen names that you've had ( Read more... )

One of the quaint things about Juneau is an absence of roads that go anywhere. Juneau is completely surrounded by water and mountains that shoot straight up. The only way in or out is by air or water. After years of enduring I-5 corrodor commutes, this is a welcome change. Traffic caused a ball of stress in my stomach for the 3 years I lived in ( Read more... )

For the past 3 months I've been seeing a holistic MD, she used to work at the clinic I work at, but has left conventional medicine to follow her calling. Today was my 4th visit with her... I'm trying to work on myself so I can get past those pesky vices and patterns of being that no longer serve me... smoking, smoking pot, bad relationships and to ( Read more... )

Tiffany is a semi-foreign medium-sized cat of striking appearance ( Read more... )

Today is a day off from work, state holiday commemorating when Alaska was transfered from the Russians or some such thing. For me it means a day to loaf and clean my house. The babe went to daycare, so I have some me-time. Costco, updating Netflix, journaling... I have high hopes for getting some much needed organization projects done in the ( Read more... )