by lori | May 15, 2018 | Acceptance, Being an empath, Culture, Essays, Grief and Loss, Imagination, Strength in Real Life
I’m heartbroken (nauseous actually) about all the lives lost in Gaza again this week and our role in it. Thank you to my Jewish American and Palestinian friends for keeping this sorrow and pain in my line of site. Thanks to you, I’m doubling down on... by lori | May 29, 2017 | Culture Shift, Freedom, Nature, Poetry, Seasons
I want to be that hummingbird following flowers from Bellingham to Baja I want to be human, too cheering all the others who follow their ancestral dreams back and forth across imaginary... by lori | Oct 28, 2016 | Alzheimer's, Culture, Essays, Story
I lose the mom I grew up with to Alzheimer’s every day. This loss began roughly 12 years ago for me and is with me every day. Others who love her live with similar loss—we each lose her in different ways and stages. You may see her smiling face in photos and think... by lori | Nov 15, 2012 | Story
We all have foggy days. Days where who we are feels murky, what we’re doing is muddled, and what we truly want is hidden from us. Emotional mud puddles. And sometimes the fog lasts months, or years, not days. I’m just emerging from a 5-month Collective Self fog...