The Grief HouseJun 201 minTangled In MyselfMuch of the time, when I'm stuck, the thing I'm stuck in is me. I'm starting to suspect that's all there is for me to do this time...
The Grief HouseJun 201 minAn Argument For ElkTheir feet are wide. They're heavy. They will crush your rigid edges on their way to your good river. After downpours you will no longer...
The Grief HouseJun 201 minFlywayThese days it seems to me my body is more like a flock of birds than I previously realized; making and unmaking itself, bound by some...
The Grief HouseJun 201 minThere Is No Matter“Concerning matter, we have been all wrong. What we have called matter is energy, whose vibration has been so lowered as to be...
The Grief HouseJun 201 min Love That's Given Up FlyingWhat should I do when I love doomed things? When I love dead and dying things, and tangled and mired things that are not about to become...
The Grief HouseMar 81 minTwo Hands Full of LossAccept is made from the root word kap, "to grasp," w hich made the word kapati, "two handfuls" in Sanskrit. Later it made kaptein "to...
The Grief HouseFeb 111 minThe Pleasure of Your PresenceLast week I met my sister. I want you to see her. I want you to see us together, with our family. My family. Ours. I want you to look at...
The Grief HouseDec 15, 20211 minComfort - With Strengthcom - with fort - strength This is my Aunt Ruth. She helped my mother raise me. By the time I was born her heart had...
The Grief HouseNov 5, 20211 minLost, FoundHere is my father, when he was young. He made my sister, Rosio., and me. I met him once, for a few days, when I was seven. I've never...
The Grief HouseOct 16, 20211 minBuilding Playgrounds For Our FearThe thing about my fear is that she's frightened and she's frightening. I catch her staring at me with her black eyes and, from time to...
The Grief HouseAug 19, 20211 minTrust Plants- Wapato Island FarmWhen Jenny Serna suggested I ask the plants for help - for my body and my heart - I felt unsure. Why would they help me? I pave things...
The Grief HouseAug 19, 20212 minSage on TrustHey, all! I’m Sage (@surge_lactose). This month’s Grief House theme is trust. This is Copper. She came to R&R New Options Equine when she...
The Grief HouseAug 5, 20212 min I'm Trusting YouI've been thinking about that sentence. It could feel like a gift and rejoicing - I'm trusting you! I'm doing it! My heart is unclenched....
The Grief HouseAug 1, 20211 minFear & OfferingsI find it scary to make offerings. What if I offer myself and you don't take me? What if I admit that you matter to me and I hope - maybe...
The Grief HouseJul 21, 20211 minLoss- An Offering From Our CommunityIsn’t it funny how you can miss something you never even had? You never met your granddaughter. You didn’t have a chance to. I would not...