Writing
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The Technology of Business
Casting a Pot. Weaving a blanket. Painting a still life. Building a business. One of these does not seem like the others. We think of pottery and weaving as crafts, as an artistic and creative process. Whereas building a business is a very structured and rational endeavor. It's...
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·Wrestling Out Loud
I've spent the last year telling my story over and over. It's become a polished and neat story arc. The girl from Illinois who became burned out in her career and decided to move somewhere warmer to launch her own business, and then suddenly this beautiful life was...
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·The Red Shoes
"And so dance, and dance and dance, she did. Over highest hills and through the valleys, in the rain and in the snow and in the sunlight, she danced...But it was not good dancing. It was terrible dancing, and there was no rest for her." - The Red Shoes, from Women Who Run with...
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·Learning to Walk a New Path
Launching this site again marks a new chapter for me in my writing life. I have fond memories of my first blogspot account back in the halcyon days of the early internet. I have scribbled notebooks of poems and stories from my teenage years. Back in the day, when someone would...
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It is Enough
readGolden-crowned kinglet
Flickering from twig to twig
Barely a whisper of movement—
A sliver of sound in the silence.
In the darkness and despair,
Amidst uncertainty and doubt,
It is enough.
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What Your CPA Can't Do For You
A *Pathwright Partners* blog post There's a challenge I've noticed business owners facing that I don't think we talk about enough. And that is this question of what you need to be responsible for yourself versus what you can hand off to someone else. Accounting and finances...
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·Feeling the Mystery
Reflections on My Meditation Retreat Experience Taken at the retreat center, in a bamboo grove on the property Last month I attended an “Awakening Through the Body” meditation retreat hosted by Dharma Gates in West Virginia. In complete honesty, I had no idea what I was...
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Metamortality
readDoes the snake look back with longing,
oh, soft translucent skeleton that held
her hopes and fears and desires—
until it could not?
Does the butterfly carry a memory of that comforting,
smothering...
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Walking Without a Map
The Wanderer is the embodiment of freedom — untamed, untethered, and unwilling to be caged. She follows the pull of unseen horizons, drawn not to safety but to the mystery of what could be. This is the energy that leads us into the unknown, toward the vast expanse of future...
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Soul Excavation: Working with Archetypes
We carry many selves. Some buried deep—forgotten, silenced, or abandoned. Versions of us that once believed they couldn’t survive what we’ve endured. But look at us now. Blooming anyway. Not in spite of the pain, but because of it. Every scar, every silence, every...
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