This is The Thing

Today, I’m doing sessions with a group of women who are coming over from Seattle. Many times people have asked me “How can you do all those sessions in one day?  Isn’t it exhausting?” In fact, I’ve found the complete opposite is true — I love these days of concentrated, one-after-the-other sessions.  It’s as if [...]

If you haven’t been watching my new ustream show, MadWoman at Play –  well — here’s your chance.  Click the small play button in the control bar at the bottom of the screen to watch the last recorded video, or the big button in the middle of the screen to jump to the recorded video [...]

In the past ten years or so, I’ve had a shifting relationship with sleep and the night.  I’ve written some about this — how much I relish the very, very late night/early morning energy when most everyone else is sleeping. Recently, though, my entire bedtime routine has shifted.  There was no plan involved, and I [...]

When I wake up in the morning, I usually experience a state which, at our house, we call “Being Bo Bo”.  It’s that stupid-looking, sweet-feeling state of being between dreams and wakefulness. I enjoy this state.  I’m in the tail end of it right now.  It requires tea and time — not much else. I [...]

So, this evening, I’ll be presenting my sixth episode of MadWoman at Play, and I’ve been pondering the whole process. It’s more difficult than I had imagined to do this show without an audience (or at least, something to respond to) in the room.  I remain committed to its unscripted nature, but I’m growing more [...]

My good friend Laura is in the process of moving back to Santa Barbara, and today, I helped her move “the big stuff” to her storage locker. I actually think the process of what I’m doing personally right now is very similar — I’m going through the old internal boxes and sorting out what I [...]

When I first started this blog in 2005, I wrote about a particular sense of melancholy that would sometimes descend on me. Tonight, it found me again. An old acquaintance sent me a picture of myself at 22 today. After the moments of internal commentary/entrained-critique subsided (“OMG, what a baby!”  “How pale!” “What was I [...]

Well, I’ve been outside my old schedule and rhythm for one week now. It strange — on the one hand, I feel like I’ve been VERY busy — on the other hand, I feel the absence of my usual routine pretty keenly.  It’s like the moment you push the boat from shore and jump in, [...]

OK — Today’s the day — I’m premiering the new show, and I’ve got a teaser up at the show home page, at facebook (you have found me on facebook, haven’t you?), and at youtube: Yee-haw!  Here we GO!