Friday Check-In (Chicken) and Helloooo, Halloween-Time!

Hello, Friday! Wow, this week has been a wild ride that Mr. Toad would be proud of. A lot of hard, a lot of good – and we’re teetering on the edge of the Time of the year when we start thinking about/celebrating Death and the Dead. Opal and I have both been in dialogue with …

Friday Check-In (Chicken): Turning and Re-Turning

Hello, Friday! It’s good to see you again. I missed the Check-In (Chicken) last week, so I’m going to practice breathing and re-turning to this practice. Breathing and turning – and re-turning. Breathing, and turning again to this practice of checking in (chickening) on my week. Breathing, and turning again to see brilliant colors emerging …

Friday Check-In (Chicken) and Thinking About Stories

Hello, Friday! You took forever to get here this week, and I’m not sure why. But you are here now, so we are going to Check-In (Chicken). But first! We’re going to talk a little bit about stories. Because I? Adore stories. Ever since my Grandmother gave me my first book of Greek mythology and read …

Friday Check-In (Chicken) and Making Introductions

The idea of a Friday Check-In (Chicken) is something I picked up from Havi, of the Fluent Self. She describes it as: Where I cover the good and the hard in my week, visiting the non-preachy side of ritual and self-reflection. By the way, everyone, meet Havi. She doesn’t know me, but she’s one of …