by lori | Jun 13, 2020 | Essays, Getting Lost, Grace, Grief and Loss, Imagination, Inimitable Joy, Love, Play and Magic, Story, Strength in Real Life, Unapologetically Odd, Wayfinding
Chaos, love, death, peace, rage, wonder, protest, gratitude, and humility. Throw in “so hot that I could pass out” and this could be a description of what going through menopause feels like. 😉 Here though, these words are what the world herself feels like to me right... by lori | May 1, 2020 | Acceptance, Essays, Getting Lost, Grief and Loss, Imagination, Impacts, Leadership, Learning, Learning as, Love, Play into Work, Research, Self-organizing groups, Self-organizing work groups, Story, Strength in Real Life, Unapologetically Odd, Wayfinding, Wonder
So many articles are circulating right now about how exhausted and drained people feel after Zoom meetings. I get that. Back in my corporate and academic days, that used to happen to me during Skype meetings and conference calls all the time. I’d often sign off... by lori | Jan 26, 2019 | Artists, Dragons, Freedom, Here and now, Magic, Nature, Poetry
Thanks for the fun prompt, Natalie Kinsey! I wrote this poem for fun two years ago, on January 9, 2017. Just re-found it. Forgot to publish it. Whoops. Since it still rings true, seems worth publishing now… What I’m Made Of I am made almost entirely of... by lori | Oct 23, 2018 | Creating, Culture, Essays, Forgiveness, Getting Lost, Imagination, Strength in Real Life, Unapologetically Odd, Wayfinding
It’s October 2018. Status update from earth. We’re tired. We’re working hard. Many of us are in pain: hurting, scared, and angry on a regular basis now. I could say most of us but I can only see and speak on behalf of my own community on that. Here, most of us are... by lori | Oct 7, 2018 | Culture, Essays, Imagination, Strength in Real Life, Wayfinding
It’s been a more-difficult-than-normal few weeks in the US for many women. Brutal for some. Just about every woman I know has been re-living their sexual assault, remembering their close calls, and/or listening to and comforting friends again who’ve been raped or...