As a new parent I did not anticipate having strong feelings about introducing my daughter to nature. Sure, we're an "outdoorsy-ish" couple and people generally associate kids being outdoors with wholesomeness, but the degree of urgency I felt around getting my baby outside after she
Intention When I was pregnant I wanted to hear from other women about their experiences and get a sense for what I might be in for next. I hungered for real personal stories, but few were easily discoverable on an internet saturated with marketing. I read Ina May's
How would you choose to live if you had the freedom to design your own life? It is a question that most of us never ask ourselves under the weight of countless layers of professional, familial and societal entanglements. And yet the simple act of asking takes only a few
Does this book live up to its reputation as "The Bible of Cohousing"? It was definitely indispensable in helping our community build a shared vision for our future lives together. I thought it would be fun to reflect again on "Creating Cohousing" now that we have
I did not set out to display dead sparrows on platters and serve ritual turmeric milk tea to twenty sincere seekers but, Goddess willing, this is exactly where I ended up. The living dream was over almost as quickly as it began. One month later I am still trying to
When I decided to go and meet both Layman Pascal and Bonnitta Roy on a single plane ticket this fall, I reflected on my positive experience at the Monastic Academy the previous year and didn't hesitate to sign myself up for another two weeks of "modified monasticism&
When I realized that all three of the philosophers I'd been crushing on for months had met up for a symposium at this place called MAPLE (the Monastic Academy for the Preservation of Life on Earth), I knew I had to go. It was 2023 and I was
"23,500!" I collapsed into the front seat of our Prius, which had no business driving up that long pocked mountain road to our trailhead in the Glacier Peaks Wilderness. I'd just completed five vigorous days in the back-country, and doubled the amount of mantras