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Back to School Daze
& clear cicada nights - hope you brought your acorn helmet!
Aug 31 • 
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You and I Have to be Bad
The difference between desire and longing (Also: the difference between a praying mantis and putt putt)
Aug 17 • 
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Rituals Brewed Daily
Turns out Michigan's Upper Peninsula is water-filled and wonderful
Aug 3 • 
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July 2025

No (Meaning Lots of) Affection
Natalie Goldberg, cute journals, and the holy nature of desire
Jul 20 • 
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Don't Worry About Unity
Hints from Heloise and from caterpillars
Jul 13 • 
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Pirates on Her Majesty's Ship
Magic, patience, love
Jul 6 • 
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June 2025

Susan Yow Scores Again
On fictional characters & the courage to smash them
Jun 24 • 
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Preventing a Conclusion
Brian Wilson, nodding to your elders, and backyard pet sounds
Jun 15 • 
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Andy and the Beanstalk
Riding the vines all the way into the ground this week
Jun 6 • 
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May 2025

May Is (Was) Mental Health Awareness Month
We're going beautiful places
May 31 • 
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The Sacred Ecology of Grief
Keeping the material warm, finding safe containers for its release
May 24 • 
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On the Bright Side
Finding one in the morass(es)
May 17 • 
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