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Dear Camus:Fuck You.

July 31, 2012

When one is eating Skippy peanut butter from a jar and putting together a steam punk costume to wear to Burning Man…one tends to have questions bubble to the surface. Questions such as: “Really? Did I just eat a whole jar of goddamned peanut butter?” or “I wonder how these leg warmers will hold up […]

Need a dog? Cat? Lizard? Snake? You’ve come to the right place my friend!

April 10, 2012

I am what you would call an almost crazy cat lady. Working in animal hospitals with a big ol’ heart made me open to bringing home all sorts of creatures. All of my current “kids” are rescue pets from one source or another and they all love me in very different ways. This is the […]

Wandering with the sleek dog of grief

October 20, 2011

Mindfulness in a lesson hard won for me, especially mindfulness of the self. Historically I am ridiculously bad at sitting with intense experiences and allowing space for them to simply be. I try to fix or mold the experience so that I or those going through the process with me don’t bear witness to anything negative…or […]

Warrior Ethics

October 18, 2011

“Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.” – Khalil Gibran It is a cold day. Fall is here and is brings with it the sharp smell of leaves dying and moisture thickening the air. Colorado is a […]

Dog of Devotion

October 17, 2011

I am in Downward Facing Dog again and I want to sob. Adho Mukha Savasana. I have been in dog more during this certification class that all of my practice over the past 13 years put together and it has been … a wonderfully hideous thing to do. Turns out in my past 13 years of practice […]