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The Last Piece
Sunday has a way of making small things feel worth noticing. The quiet. The warm kitchen. The fact that I am down to a corner of the pumpkin spice loaf from our retreat’s bread ceremony. And, yes, a corner does not do the ceremony justice. It’s a little too small to carry the full drama …
Weekend Reads & Vibes: Cop Without a Badge, the Finger Point, and the Table That Never Recovered
I woke up at 5 a.m. and, after making a sincere attempt to go back to sleep, accepted that my day had begun without consulting me. First came Nescafé Taster’s Choice Instant Silky in the dark. Later, when the morning properly got going, I graduated to Bali Coffee Pods in my Ninja. Then I settled …
Soul of the Valley: The Whole Journey
Soul of the Valley was four days of healing, intention, and trying different ways to show up for ourselves and seek balance. There was meditation, yoga, Reiki, sound, and plenty of room to arrive as you were. The right people were in the room: funny, open, and safe. That is the headline of the whole …
Day Four: Breaking Bread and Walking Steady
The Last Morning The last morning arrived quietly. No big announcement, no rush to turn the moment into something it wasn’t. Just the soft light, the stillness, and the knowledge that this was our final day together. The retreat had begun around a welcome dinner table, with intentions spoken among people who were still getting …
Day Three: Yoga, Reiki, and a Gong You Can Feel
Day three had its own current. It wasn’t a day to hurry through a checklist or keep one eye on what came next. It moved at a different pace: yoga, Reiki, and a gong whose sound seemed to reach beyond the ears. The valley was there around us, but the day’s focus was close in: …

What does she say?? Be Kind

Kindness is more than politeness; it starts with how we treat ourselves. Let that sit: I can be kind to myself, and I’ll be kind to others. Very simple. Repeat.

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I'm on the last piece, and the bread ceremony is still feeding me. That feels exactly right. The ceremony marked the passage from our own quiet reflections into something shared. At the welcome dinner, we spoke intentions among people who were, at first, almost strangers. In the final circle, those words returned: acknowledged, deepened, and witnessed. As we offered and received bread, the loop closed. What we had promised ourselves at the beginning didn't drift away; we could carry it with us. A slow Saturday morning, plenty of coffee. Taster's Choice held the fort early; then the Ninja woke up and Bali Pods took over. Coffee, quiet, and a book. It was a whole vibe. Four days just outside Chattanooga, and every one of them asked me to show up for myself. All the right people were there: funny, open, kind, and safe. Then it was time to head home. I guided everyone back to I-75, and gas was almost seventy-five cents cheaper in Tennessee. Walking steady, for me, is not a metaphor. It is keeping the practices, eating better, and getting more mobile, because there is a lot of walking and a lot of people still to reach. The last morning arrived quietly. No rush, no announcement, just soft light and the knowledge that this was our final day together. The market never happened. The weather had other ideas, and the day we had set aside for it became something else. First full morning in the Valley: before anyone moved, the air was quiet, and there was room to arrive. US-40 closed; the detour made our drive long. Guests arrived through early afternoon, still glad. Buc-ee’s helped make things right.

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The Murderbot Diaries Vol. 1

All Systems Red, Artificial Condition

Martha Wells  (Author)

The Murderbot Diaries Vol. 1 bookcover

Now an Apple Original series, this volume collects the first two novellas in Martha Wells’s bestselling Murderbot series. Start with All Systems Red, the story that began the Murderbot phenomenon.

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