Permission Slips
Writing and speaking to companion, buoy, and clarify. Find links to latest posts on my Permission Slips Substack, articles, and blog archives below.
Pine State Solitaire
A million internet tests will tell you if you are extroverted or introverted, but for me the designation is fluid and comes back to this: What nourishes you most of all, at this very moment?
Mud Season of the Soul
Early spring feels like the season for these stark questions. It offers a kind of invitation to burn the bracken in the early bonfire, to set out the seed trays, empty the shelves. The act of tending to what is here – even when it’s muck-covered and colorless – sends out a kind of secret faith that growth is coming. Despite the evidence, despite the pace.