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Continue reading →: My Tribe
In answer to a question from The Great Work: Self-Knowledge and Healing Through the Wheel of the Year. It wasn’t that long ago that I considered myself friendless, or nearly so. I was locked into an unhealthy long term relationship, and starting to feel the effects of a descent into…
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Continue reading →: Things I Read Last Year
I don’t know if anyone’s keeping up with the reading list that I post each year, but just in case you’re interested in following strangers’ reading habits, I thought I’d make a record of last year’s reads. It’s mostly trade paperbacks and romance novels, but there are some surprises thrown in.…
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Continue reading →: Sauteed Kale & Carrots
Just cooked kale tonight, and miracle of miracles, the boyfriend actually went back for seconds! This was the first time in two years that he’s actually enjoyed a vegetable that I’ve prepared, so I definitely don’t want to lose this recipe. I should note that I was kind of winging…
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Continue reading →: Limbs for Life – and Mordor?
Great news! I heard back from the Limbs for Life Foundation yesterday, and they’re really excited to work with me on making my 2016 walk “to Mordor and back” into a fundraising opportunity. Even better, it turns out that if I add just a little more distance onto my original…
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Continue reading →: Making Space For Me
When I moved into this apartment over a year and a half ago, I brought much of my old life with me. Boxes and bins, bags, books, furniture, and with them, plenty of leftover negative emotion. Luckily, I also brought hope, and the first sparks of happiness. But as I’ve gone on…
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Continue reading →: Setting Intentions for 2016
I haven’t felt much like writing lately. To be honest, I haven’t felt much like anything. The weight of my Camino is bearing down on me; there’s so much to think about, and right now it doesn’t feel like there are enough words in the world to describe what’s going…
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Continue reading →: My Packing List for the Camino de Santiago
In October and November of 2015, I walked the Camino Francés, one of the traditional pilgrimage routes to the Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela. It was a deeply emotional journey, with far-reaching implications for my life, and I’m slowly but surely capturing the memories and musings here on my…
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Continue reading →: Finding Love on the Camino
Today, a work colleague asked me if I could boil down what I’d learned on the Camino into a simple statement or two. Of course I couldn’t, because I just got back, and I’m still absorbing all of the lessons that fell in my lap while I was walking 500…
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Continue reading →: How to Deal with Bed Bugs on the Camino
In October and November of 2015, I walked the Camino Francés, one of the traditional pilgrimage routes to the Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela. It was a deeply emotional journey, with far-reaching implications for my life, and I’m slowly but surely capturing the memories and musings here on my…
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Continue reading →: Following the Yellow Arrow
Ever since I got back from the Camino, my friends and family have been asking me how it was. I keep trying to come up with something to say besides “Great!” but nothing’s working so far. My thoughts are swirling. There’s too much to talk about, on so many levels.…
Hello,
I’m Nova
I have no “personal brand.” I’m not a girl boss, I’m not an influencer, and I don’t aspire to be powerful, inspiring, or rich. I probably can’t teach you anything, and there’s a good chance that there’s nothing at all of interest or use to you here. This is just where I come to talk about the random bits and pieces that make up my quiet life as a sober woman in her 40s. I’m engaged to the love of my life, have six (yes, SIX) indoor pets, and spend a lot of time gardening and hunting for thrift treasures. I also study classical voice (I’m a lyric coloratura soprano) and am deeply interested in all things spiritual and paranormal. Right now I’m trying to recover from career burnout and even out my personal energy, but my eventual goal is to become a medium and shamanic healer, using music to remind humans of the things that actually matter: connection, community, and loving all living things as though they were our own children. I may or may not talk about all of these things here (and sometimes all at once). Welcome!
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