Angelica Florio is a gifted leader and storyteller with beautiful insight on the need for and potency in mutual aid/helping each other. I’m honored to be included here. There were and continue to be SO MANY MORE caring people rising
Blessed Solstice
The lights in the dark this week have been all of the truly thoughtful, generous, caring souls who have come my way, beginning with those who have gone ABOVE and beyond the call caring for and adopting familias. Local folk
Rest and Solace
It’s hard to pause when there is still so much need. So I’m not doing a great job, but I am slowing down and seeing how much my nervous system has needed it. But the fact is as long as
Remembering Foster Youth
When I was a 19yo, emancipated foster youth navigating my way through college life and depression, I got connected to Friends of the Foster Children. They were one of the first to show me the value of having ordinary people
Holiday reality and how you can help!
We had so much fun with this sweet familia decorating their hotel room! I don’t usually show pics but they wanted to share 🙂 We went on a mission together to see how we could cheer up their small space,
Getting into ‘trouble’
This week I took our cooperativo to forage for Manzanita berries and acorns. We visited a lot in our neighborhood which appeared to be vacant. The children ran, explored and discovered beautiful oak galls, golden orbs with red speckles. They
Journey Through Fire, Part 17
COAT/Rebozo Drive- Please share!♥️ I took a little break this weekend and visited friends in the oak woodlands. The snow laced moss, usnea, lichen and oak leaves in all shades of naranja, were sights I’ve never seen and I drank
Día de Los Muertos/All Souls Day
We are entering this sacred time when the veils thin and we can honor and heal with our ancestors. A time to celebrate the memory of our loved ones, how they lived, what they loved, where they were hurt, and
When it all falls away
When it all falls away, what really matters? We are human. We all have drama in our lives. The complexity of relationships. Many families tell me how since entire extended families were displaced, there is an openness right now in
Journey through Fire, Part 16
October 15 The other day our Raices y Alas cooperativo went to the home orchard of a generous local family who wanted simply to share their bounty and have children on the land. We shared gratitude for wind, water, land,