Esbern Snare: A Violent Peace

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The photograph on the inside of the cover was taken on a California shore near the Sutro Baths.

A place that was mythical to me.

A place that washed away the hardened edges of reality and left you feeling light.

Left you feeling the salty air deep,

deep,

deep into your lungs.

My muscles relaxed and although much came into focus in those soft moments.

I also felt as if I could see nothing at all.

Like an ethereal dream.

Thats what I feel when I listen to this music.

Closed eyes and transported.

Maybe I’m biased because I am so fucking proud of these guys.

Maybe it’s because I have seen them labor hours, or really years into its making.

Maybe it’s because they are amazing men.

Or maybe its just because I like the sort of music that is good and magic and technical.

In any case they have heart and it shows in each shade of music they create.

Sample some Esbern Snare.

Available on Itunes and Spotify

Amulet: A Field Guide To Living Wise.

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Substance.

That’s what flutters into my mind when I think of this lovely print.

Amulet activates your being.

Mind…

Body…

and

Soul…

Filled to the brim with artists that will make you swoon and ignite something deep within you to live

more authentically,

more fully,

more engaged.

Not because your lacking or doing anything wrong.

It doesn’t have a bone in it’s body that leaves you deflated after reading.

Just very very full.

Like a hearty meal.

The kind where you kinda want more.

Okay you will defiantly want more!

Because that is just the kind of savory goodness they have made.

I had the amazing opportunity to be published along side  Stacy De la Rosa, Katariina Fagering, Rachael Rice and Isabel Abbott.

Just to name a few of the rich, sexy, inspiring woman who helped cook up Amulet Sping 2014 issue! 

A special thanks to Mary Beth Bonfiglio and Danielle Cohen for creating such a yummy platform for us all to gather and enjoy!

Maybe… Just maybe, you will fall in love with these woman and what they do like I have!

Spend some time over a cup of tea looking at all they have to offer and grab an issue of Amulet while your there!

Remembering San Fran

 

All the whiskey drinking, art making, soul searching, sea seeing, led me straight to you.

San Fran gave me the courage to pursue my dreams and the permission to fall in love with him.

Thanks for giving me a brave heart dear city.

Spring, Winter is Dying Hard…

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The throes of winter are dying hard.

Teasing,

Dipping,

Dancing,

the sunlight warmed me briefly,

then, like a fickle lover, disappeared.

“Lets recognize the signs of renewal in our lives .

Lets be committed to the continuation of our growth.

I believe it is time to grow beyond our former limitations, cleansing the frozen places by loving them equally.

When you love all of life equally, renewal is at hand.”

– Jamie Sams (Earth Medicine)

(My second month of Agony of Leaves  by the lovely Lindsay Luna included three teas the one shown above is fittingly called “Pocket full of posies”.)