Tag: minimalism
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Reflection – summer capsule
Here in Virginia, it is late Summer. The grass is dry, but our trees are in full bloom. Visited by hummingbirds and bees. Butterflies blessing us with kisses and flutters. It is the last month of my summer capsule, I am not quite sure how that happened. The minimal, seasonal closet I curated for three…
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Systems
“The most anti-capitalist protest is to care for another and to care for yourself. To take on the historically feminized and therefore invisible practice of nursing, nurturing, caring. To take seriously each other’s vulnerability and fragility and precarity, and to support it, honor it, empower it. To protect each other, to enact and practice community.…
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Good
What if everything was okay. What if we had plenty of money, plenty of love, plenty of safety and beauty and fun. What if the way he wanted me was filling and trustworthy, and the way he loved my baby was pure. What if this house made me weep with joy because it was just…
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Home
May your walls know joy; may each room hold laughter, and may every window open to great possibility. Mary Ann Hershey Lately, I have felt unwelcome in my own home. The harsh lines drawn between parties this election played out very close to us, neighbors with lines drawn in the sand. Home is a difficult…