Category Archives: Back in the Bay Area

It’s like I almost forgot I had a blog. It’s like my life has almost been so full of living back here in the Bay Area that I’ve almost been too busy to focus here. But it’s not really true. … Continue reading →

It’s late at night right now, something like that magical hour of 1:11 a.m and I don’t have the time or energy to write with devoted attention to all of what’s stirring in me. But I can’t find sleep before … Continue reading →

It’s a big stretch to post this.  It was a big stretch to write it and even more to read it in the writing circle at Esalen. And yet it was one of the first things that Ann said to … Continue reading →

This was written in my second week at Esalen with some minor edits. Today’s writing prompt is about the inner critic and opening a dialogue with her. But I don’t want to write about that now – the inner critic … Continue reading →

You’ll recognize some of this post from another one. And this may keep happening as I resurrect some of my Esalen writings which morphed together into different pieces, some of which I performed in our circle. This is one I … Continue reading →

Where Has All The Writing Gone? Seems it’s been forever and a day since I’ve sat myself down here at the computer and let the words come floating out as they may. Since I’ve returned to the Bay Area from … Continue reading →

I haven’t been writing much since I’ve left Esalen, which feels fine at the moment; but I do have lots of material from my month there and this one is the first one I looked at this morning … with … Continue reading →

After a month of intensity like I haven’t experienced in … well, maybe ever, I am now happily ensconced at my dear friend Flea’s home while she’s off Burning in the desert. I’m here alone, except for her kitty who … Continue reading →