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Continue reading →: 18 People
Today I’ve been ruminating on gratitude, and how to express it properly. Methods of showing gratitude differ by culture, from simply smiling, to offering flowers or other tokens of appreciation, to reciprocating the original kindness with a gift of equal value. People send thank you cards, or take the time to…
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Continue reading →: A Little Magic
Today was a good day. After feeling pretty low last night, I decided to kick things off on a positive note today by going to a kirtan session at my local yoga studio. I’d been meaning to check out their Sunday kirtan for awhile now, but just hadn’t found the…
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Continue reading →: Freedom
Originally posted on freshpaula: Today I’ve been reading some quotes from Peace Pilgrim, a woman who walked all over North America from 1953 until her death in 1981. She walked for peace ~ world peace as well as inner peace. I think she was a special person and her travels…
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Continue reading →: Walking Therapy
In 44 days, I’ll be flying to Paris to start my pilgrimage. I wish I were leaving tomorrow. If I could, I’d wake up tomorrow, walk out the door, and just keep walking. I’m in a weird place at the moment. I’ve been unhappy with the general state of my life for…
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Continue reading →: A Weekend’s Worth Of Thoughts
It’s Sunday night, and all is quiet in my little apartment. The cats are sleeping at my feet, the lights are low (mostly due to the fact that my lamp lightbulbs have both burned out, and they’ve also run out of lightbulbs at my neighborhood store), and I’ve got a…
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Continue reading →: Charity
In America, we have a problem with the word “charity“. Somewhere along the way we lost sight of what the word meant. We got it into our heads giving was the same thing as having something taken, that because there was no immediate physical return on a charitable action, those who ask…
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Continue reading →: Anna’s Camino Q&A’s
The more I talk to people about going on pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, the more interesting questions I’m getting. Talking to people about walking the Camino is a little like test prep. I’m realizing that many of the questions I asked myself when first starting to think about becoming a pilgrim…
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Continue reading →: Me & Frankie On The Way
So I finally did it – I’ve created my GoFundMe account. I was terrified of the process, so I put it off as long as I could, but it had to be done. You can find it here: Probably the scariest thing about setting up a fundraising account for my…
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Continue reading →: In Search Of The Field Of Stars
It’s been awhile since I talked about my soul’s calling to go on pilgrimage this year. But as much as I struggle with the weight of this journey, I do it mostly in my head these days. It’s such a huge dream, and some days it feels like the undertaking…
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Continue reading →: Feeling Stronger Every Day
C’mon, you know I couldn’t resist a Chicago reference! I’m feeling better this week than last. Last Tuesday I had that doctor’s appointment where I found out that I have prehypertension (which means that my blood pressure is a bit high), Vitamin D deficiency, and my BMI classifies me as obese*.…
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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