Kykeon [Greek horchata] is not itself when it is not in motion. Heraclitus, fragment 84 Water, by its nature, never collides with or breaks against anything. On the contrary, it swallows up any attack harmlessly. Morihei Ueshiba, The Art of Peace, 72 When we think of being attacked, we think of ourselves as stationary andContinue reading “Aikido and Rhetoric: Flow”
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Letter of Recommendation: Patching Things Up
As I’ve mentioned before, I have an aversion to throwing things out. Part of the aversion is a familial and cultural inheritance, but part of it is just my personality: I tend to anthropomorphize things, and so if I’ve loved something–loved living with it and using it, loved how it looked and the way itContinue reading “Letter of Recommendation: Patching Things Up”
How MourningDove Spends Her Saturday
I was going to start out by saying this was a parody of the NYTimes “How a X Spends Their Sunday” feature, but then I realized the Sundays documented in that feature are the parodies…. Honestly I don’t see how any human being can fit in that many brunches and play dates and pilates classesContinue reading “How MourningDove Spends Her Saturday”
Drama Queen: Queenmaker
Have you read Naomi Alderman’s The Power? If not, you should (before you watch the Amazon Prime version….) It imagines a world where women hold the power because, via a genetic mutation, they become physically superior to men. Spoiler alert: It’s not utopia. But still there’s something enticing about a politics based on consensus andContinue reading “Drama Queen: Queenmaker”
Wednesday’s Child: Excerpt from The Discard Devotional, Season Two: Strength
Day 41: Ps. 41:5, “My enemies speak evil against me, ‘When will he die, and his name perish?’” We’re going to go through almost the entirety of Psalm 41 in this chapter: it’s so smart on the subjects of betrayal and social isolation—and on the Heavenly perspective on these devastating attacks on humanity. Here theContinue reading “Wednesday’s Child: Excerpt from The Discard Devotional, Season Two: Strength”
Wednesday’s Child: Excerpt from The Discard Devotional, Season One: Comfort
I’m starting a short series today of excerpts from a project that I’ve been working on for about 3 years, a devotional that I started writing based on the Bible passages that got me through the most intense period of trauma and recovery from narcissistic discard. To be honest I’m nervous about sharing this projectContinue reading “Wednesday’s Child: Excerpt from The Discard Devotional, Season One: Comfort”
Wednesday’s Child: The Sword of Damocles
For all of us who are a few years past AP History… “The Sword of Damocles” was an Ancient Greek morality tale about a courtier who wanted to be king. Damocles was a hanger-on in the court of the tyrant Dionysius II of Sicily, and one day he got carried away with his flattery andContinue reading “Wednesday’s Child: The Sword of Damocles”
Wednesday’s Child: With your shield or on it
Among the ancient Greeks the Spartans fielded the most feared and skillful hoplites, or infantrymen. They were famous for their ascetic lifestyles, training in martial arts from the age of seven. Spartans disdained luxuries of every sort in order to harden themselves for battle and keep their egos in check. (A visiting traveler once quippedContinue reading “Wednesday’s Child: With your shield or on it”
Aikido and Rhetoric: Opposites Attract
The heart of a human being is no different from the soul of heaven and earth. In your practice always keep in your thoughts the interaction of heaven and earth, fire and water, yin and yang. Morihei Ueshiba, The Art of Peace I think that if one were to order all mankind to bring togetherContinue reading “Aikido and Rhetoric: Opposites Attract”
Wednesday’s Child: Emotional Stereovision
During the process of being discarded by my ex-husband, the toughest part to wrap my head around was how, in his head in the space of a week or so, I could go from his beloved wife–whom he posted glowing pictures of and tributes to on social media, whom he told how lucky he wasContinue reading “Wednesday’s Child: Emotional Stereovision”
The Rookery 