Interesting ahh-ha moment this evening... I've often considered myself a Pacifist for various reasons. Not until tonight had I really thought about pacifism equated to non-action.
Here in Portland again, the prospect of daily life and deep committed relationship bring to the surface all the resistance to conflict and my questions and habits around that. Not to mention the carefully waged battles I fight with inertia and sloth.
I picked up the autobiography of Ghandi recently, i... read more

Anyone want to go to fair for the DAY only???
I can get you a free day pass for any of the days, but I think I have Sat, and Sun covered so Friday is the important day.
This would be in exchange for giving my mom a ride back and forth to the fair. She even has a disabled pass so you can park up close.
She needs to be there first thing in the morning and the day pass gets you at 7am and the sweep doesn't pass our booth until 8 or 9pm....
We also have space available in Eugene to ca... read more

I talked to my friend yesterday who is American and from Oregon and I worked with at Pura Vida a couple years ago, she lived in Costa Rica for 5 years and recently moved to Portland...

My Friend: It's been 5 months and it's still soooo hard..

Me: Tell me about it, I'm afraid most of the time, I like to hang out in bubbles mostly, little communities in the middle of nowhere. But I think that just keeps me in perpetual culture shock.

Friend: Yeah, I'm overwhelmed all the time, most s... read more

Sometime last week, very near to the moment when I woke up and thought, alright, here I am back to my senses ready to get back to work. Maybe I’ll start a to-do list, which is the only way to finish one. Maybe I’ll try and find a job or 3. Pay my bills, call my clients back. Have tea with a friend. Go on a bike ride, read a book. All the type of things the great functional people of planet America, seem to do. Perhaps I could even do some of my very favorite thing, that yoga business which ... read more