Horse Lessons: Discovering with my horses
I have had (if that's the right word) horses for about 20 years, finding them again post childhood when we lived in California. They became central to my world for over a decade, and then, [...]
The Return of Myth America!
The Return of Myth America A Mythic Radio Show I spent the better part of four years wandering into a delightfully dilapidated radio broadcast studio every Tuesday morning to talk about the intersections of myth, [...]
Joy: Greeting an Uncertain Future
In the midst of global crapitude, my sister and my intrepid mother have together bought a house. My sister has lived on Cape Cod for over 35 years. She is a creative iconoclast in a [...]
Life, Resurrection, and the Mythic Teachings of Frogs
In the Catskill Mountains of New York State, where I live, the return of spring is a distinct moment, at dusk on the night when the spring peepers erupt into song. If you’ve not had [...]
Ask for a Glass of Water: When the World Is Scary
Ask for a glass of water... How to unfreeze when the world is scary around you. As the coronavirus upends how we all are living, and brings such uncertainty, fear for our loved ones and [...]
Breathing Fire: Let Your Dragon Burn, Baby, Burn
Breathing Fire: Let Your Dragon Burn, Baby, Burn Most of us struggle with how powerful we might be. We spend a lot of time banking down flames, avoiding conflict, not wanting to hurt people's feelings, [...]
Breathe Deep and Resume the Quest
Breathe Deep and Resume the Quest Some days, the world flips upside down. And it can take a while to find your breath again. Last summer, the world lost my truly amazing dad. (This picture [...]
Taming a Wild Idea | A Pox Upon Perfection
Taming a Wild Idea, Step One One of the most challenging aspects to taming a wild idea is moving it from the ever-so-tasty place where you can love it from a distance to diving in [...]
Meet Your Fear Monster: Name & Tame What Scares You
Meet Your Fear Monster: Name and Tame What Scares You Naming and Taming Fear As I talk with people about their wild ideas, fear comes up a lot. Whether they're just beginning to dare to [...]
A Herd of Words: Frivolous and Frivolously Defined
A Herd of Words One of the wild ideas I'm working on is shaping a section of my doctoral dissertation. I wrote on frivolity, and the point of pointlessness (because, dissertation in mythology!). My dissertation [...]
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