"Exercise 9: Free writing a memory. Choose a moment you don't remember well and free write about it in the present tense. Any memory fragment will do. Here are a few memory sparkers if you don't have one in mind: your earliest memory, an embarrassing moment, an experience that took your breath away, your first… Continue reading Tapestry
https://anchor.fm/kari-wagner-hoban/episodes/Episode-22--Creating-a-Time-CapsuleTouch-Pad-PhobiaWhere-Have-All-the-Cardinals-Gone-e18nrdd If you're not a listener, there's a lot to cover, so let's get started. In case any of you are interested in starting your own podcast, I mention the book NPR's Podcast Start Up Guide: Create, Launch, and Grow a Podcast on Any Budget. In my podcasts, I say the word "um" frequently. I'm… Continue reading Podcast #22- Creating a Time Capsule and More
In last July's tater tot post, I asked what you would rename yourself if you had the option? Or are you content with the name you were given at birth? For a long time, I didn't like my name. That is to say, I didn't think my name suited me. I didn't feel like a… Continue reading What’s in a Name?
I’ve changed the names of the horses for the sake of the barn’s privacy and my daughter’s privacy. As part of my soul homework, I was reading Mark Nepo’s The Book of Awakening the other morning. He writes: “I have discovered, again and again, that I usually know what I need to do but just… Continue reading Asking For What You Want
A new year. A new administration. Let us begin the new year with a glorious song with lyrics that reflect our new beginning. I discovered this song a few days after I entered menopause. I was watering my plants in my kitchen when this song came on Spotify. When I noticed the lyrics, I started… Continue reading Screw It, I’m Eating Tater Tots- Episode 22 (Looks Like We Made It, Barry Manilow)
As I've gotten older, I've realized that some of our favorite family members are people we're not even related to. We have relatives we love, but my kids have been calling some of my friends "auntie" and "uncle" for years, despite the fact that none of them have blood that matches the DNA in my… Continue reading Soul Family
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