Oh Comely ( Read more... )

we had to kick this dude out of the office yesterday because he was a sexual predator in search of some female interaction. it was a strange kind of learning experience in which i was naive and the big scary boss lady had to scare him away. we ended up calling the cops to document the event in case he chooses to come back and be nasty again ( Read more... )

At our first staff meeting last Wednesday, we talked about what we learned from the workshop and the writing prompts (we debriefed). I wanted to share some of the ideas expressed in that meeting because I think the ideas expressed were super important ( Read more... )

[another verbatim 110 blog ( Read more... )

I want to be the volcano who lavishes
her boiling rock soup love on everyone &
I want to be the lover of volcanoes
Who loves best what burns her as it flows.
-- Allison Luterman

[my 110 blog verbatim appears below ( Read more... )

Here are the quotes I pulled out and onto my walls ( Read more... )

WE HOLD THIS TRUTH ( Read more... )

I will allow myself deep sorrow, manic hope, fierce anxiety, and imperfect rage.
These will be my feedback into the system.

i love love love riding my bike in this weather (and the emotional comfort of wearing a sweater). i don't know that i've fully embraced the heat of this desert. the cold feels so much more natural to me than the basting heat of our summers; like my coping mechanisms were formed to deny subzero temperatures the gratification of frostbite. if i ( Read more... )