One of my favorite parts of May Intensive is the Bardic Dinner. Part talent show, part feast, part extravaganza of general silliness, it gives the members of the community a chance to show off their various skills in all sorts of interesting ways. It's an absolute joy to me to see so many people laughing and joking for most of the night, and also ( Read more... )

I wrote this immediately after a labyrinth walk/meditation experience on Saturday morning. The walk was very cool, basically a walking meditation on death and dying. The facilitators provided some drumming and trancy (so not a word, except in my head) talk, but mostly it was a space for silence and reflection. Walking back to collect my bag and ( Read more... )

This is the product of about 7 minutes' work during the Taking it Home session on the last day of May Intensive. I read it aloud at the end of the session and introduced it as "The worst poem I've ever written, but there are a couple bits I like ( Read more... )

Sometimes, I rock ( Read more... )