So, I’m in my office. It’s on a 2nd floor, with windows near a couple of trees. Twice today, two different birds have hovered outside the window, looking in at me for a while before flying off–a humming bird and a bluejay. In considering hashtag for this, I hear in my head #IKnowWhy as in […]
Awake: Life and Limb
Welcome to Soul Growth Radio’s sophomore spin! Our theme this quarter is “Awake: Life and Limb.” The spring my skin caught fire in a rash of red scales, my life as I knew it was over. Covered by burning, itching patches, it felt like my body was incinerating me while I was still in it. […]
Connecting Dots on the Synchronicity Trail: Rubies and Reflections
We call them dots. Their stories are one of the ways my husband got to know me in our early days. I would say, “You want to hear something wild that happened?” He would get quiet and listen intently as I’d tell him about the strings of seeming coincidences that added up to meaning beyond […]
Saying What You See
Welcome to the inaugural issue of Soul Growth Radio. Our magazine’s first theme is “Saying What You See.” In a writing workshop I took from Anne Lamott last year, she talked about the culture of denial in growing up with a family of alcoholics. She said that she heard again and again from family members […]
Mic Check Blog
Spirits, Closets and Community (Oh My) The closet and I have an intimate relationship. Eighteen years and umpteen side jobs ago, I was the editor in chief of The Bulletin, the California Central Coast’s LGBT and HIV/AIDS Community magazine. We were centered in Santa Barbara and we outreached to a Tri-County area. But our small […]