My Abuela Had a Shotgun and My Nonna Sharpened Her Tongue
(after George Ella Lyon’s “Where I’m From”) i come from thick fading see-through-vinyl covered couches and christmas lights that never...
Focused on personal, relational, and systemic change, exploring the intersections of equity, liberation, and justice.
Rematriation
primed for decades of occupation and assault, my body was schooled at twelve to submit to the theft of my...
i pray love with the steadiness of mountain
traveling south to see my 87 year old dad at the park where he has been living in his inoperable...
Lord Christ and the “Spark of Magic”
Yesterday afternoon i spent about 6 hours with a 70+ year-old gentleman named Lord Christ in a gas station parking...
We heal through relationship.
Your soft animal body and your innate survival programing respond to trauma and oppression as a threat to life. Our...
invisibility.
last weekend i was at a comedy show. the comic stood up and said “let’s face it san luis obispo,...
Traffic and Birdsong
i was taking a yoga class this morning and the teacher read a quote by Byron Katie — something to...
We Let This Happen.
[This morning, the East Bay Express published a detailed article outlining the accusations against Steve Bearman, the founder of Interchange...
me too
“out there” is an illusion. the microcosm is a reflection of the macrocosm. there is nothing that exists within your...
Awake My Soul; What Is It I Need To Remember?
Awake my soul; what is it I need to remember? * * * * * * * * * There...
Sleep Is A Luxury
sleep is a luxury i still have, a luxury i can’t release myself into as i’m caught in the horror...