Hello Friends: I did something super scary. Making greens from warm and cool red, blue, and yellow Well, I've been taking a watercolor class at Laguna Gloria, but that's not scary. More like fun. A commitment to myself to not work 100% of my waking hours. Instead... As part of an exercise for creating a lean canvas to build my new company, I asked my community for feedback. It's important to be around our customers--the people we are serving--to make sure they are receiving value from our...
18 days ago • 6 min read
Hello Friends: I've returned from a residential retreat hosted by Dr. Katrina Curry at Stowel Lake Farm on Salt Spring Island, BC. It was recommended to me by my friend Tim McDiarmid because Stowel Lake Farm is similar to what I am hoping to build with Equanimity Labs & Studio--an intentional community built on permaculture for startups, writers, and artists residencies. I didn't know how much my life would be changed by the land and people I met in that very short week. By the Stowel Lake...
2 months ago • 5 min read
Hello Friends: We are in the middle of summer, which has been fairly temperate here in Austin, TX. We've been used to a cadence of 100+ degree weather by now, but these days have been lovely, with rain sometimes, and the evenings are blissfully breezy. When Uranus entered Gemini, we were shocked by the "100-year floods" that sent gushing rivers and streams into homes and places of respite and enjoyment, taking away beloveds. We had been used to the dryness and "predictability" of nature...
3 months ago • 7 min read
Hello friends: As we move through the days around the 4th of July, a national holiday rife with symbolism, significance, controversy, and paradox, we've been drenched by literal storms here in Central Texas. Flash floods have surprised the Hill Country, taking precious lives and testing our capacity for more grief and bewilderment. And yet, beneath this intensity, a deeper archetypal pattern is stirring. It's striking how this shows up in sky-based systems. Fireworks on Lake Travis Today, the...
4 months ago • 4 min read
Dear Friends: We’re entering a liminal pocket of time, where the light shifts, and something tender inside us calls our attention. June 20th marks the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, and with it, the Sun moves into Cancer. Jupiter, the planet of abundance, faith, philosophy, higher education, foreign travel, and justice has already moved into the flowing depths of Cancer. This moment invites us to pause, to feel, and to take care. Cancer brings us home...
4 months ago • 2 min read
Dear Friends: We’re in one of the most dynamic astrological weeks of the year. It feels like I keep saying that, but truly, Jupiter finally moving into watery Cancer should feel better even with curveballs and deep invitations to realign. This Sagittarius Full Moon turns the volume up emotionally and energetically. You may be feeling pressure, overwhelm, or a sense that something big is trying to move through you. Full Moons illuminate. In Sagittarius, journaling prompts may include:What...
5 months ago • 4 min read
Hello Friends, I'm a terrible marketer. Yes, I’ve worked in branding and marketing for over two decades—from Fortune 100 companies to soulful solopreneurs. I even work with a global ethical marketing expert. And yet here I am, hosting an Erotica Writing Playshop on May 15th at Flutter Romance Bookstore, with nothing but a few Instagram posts, Eventbrite listing, and postcards quietly tucked away on a bookstore counter. Maybe it's because we’re banning books here in Texas. Maybe it’s the...
6 months ago • 3 min read
Stack of Books on Love ...You Must Face Your Demons Hello friends, We’re still under motivated skies—no retrogrades in sight. Forward motion is available to us, and the astrology this week (April 21-28) invites bold clarity about what we want… but not without a reckoning. This is a week of commitments—to your truth, your body, your business, your creativity. But in order to claim what you truly desire, you may have to face the very parts of you that are afraid to want it. We open the week...
6 months ago • 4 min read
Women of Science Tarot Deck Hello Friends: Venus Retrograde and March Reflections Venus stationed retrograde on March 1, 2025, coinciding with the start of Women's History Month. She is currently in her detriment in the sign of Aries, creating tension between Mars' assertive energy and Venus' desire for harmony and collaboration. This planetary dance continues until March 27th, after which Venus will return to her exaltation in Pisces on the 28th and turn direct there on April 12th. Mercury...
7 months ago • 4 min read
