PoiPriestess

(Thanks Aunt Barbara for the reminder!)
The first day of  school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to  know someone we didn’t already know. I stood up to look around when a  gentle hand touched my shoulder.
I turned around to find  a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me with a smile [...]

From the time I was 4-29 I played piano. I have a self published CD. I was pretty good. It was my first real passion and I thought it would be the way I’d change the world. In reality, it would have taken everything I had to actually do so with that art form. I [...]

As a professional performer who is always doing photo shoots, I am very grateful for the ways in which I’ve taken care of my face over my 40 years. Here are some of the thoughts I have on why my skin looks as good as it does for my age — aside from the generic [...]

This costume consists of an up cycled pair of pants combined with a simple wrap skirt and wrap top to match in bright pink and purple — two of my favorite colors.
The pants were simple — cut the seam, serge the purple up the side and then attach the ties. The ties are made from [...]

Unfortunately, I have been forgetting to take photos of what I’ve been starting with so it really doesn’t help much in terms of comparison. Fortunately, Old Navy had this shot of the dress on line. Of course, the model doesn’t have my proportions — so figure shorter and more voluptuous!

One of the things I liked [...]

Mike Kepka did this great little mini feature on me in the Chronicle and SFGate this weekend. After reading some of the comments, I found myself outraged by the ways in which we choose our lives to be so filled with negativity. If this were the only place I saw this in my life, perhaps [...]

I’ve been reflecting on the past few months of my life and I have come up with little names for what’s been going on for me in each month and the theme of the month. I figured if I called a theme *in advance* rather than naming it as a reflection, perhaps I’d get more [...]

I call this humor, but really, this is a socio-political commentary as well! It’s a fabulous little piece. I can’t decide which line is my favorite:

how come when it’s us, it’s an abortion, but when it’s a chicken, it’s an omelet?
if a fetus is a person, how come the census doesn’t count them?
any woman who [...]

This is the first (of hopefully many) serged costume I made and I didn’t use a regular sewing machine at all, though I did hand sew the rosette in the middle of the shirt onto the rest of it.
The costume is designed to be worn in layers over a black shirt and pair of [...]

(For Pritpal…) Close your eyes (after you read this, of course) and feel into the part of you that believes in the wonder of the universe, of life around you. Find the part of that, no matter what goes wrong or how much turmoil is around you, has Hope beyond measure that, no matter what, [...]

When I was a kid, I used to watch my Dad jump rope. He pretty rigorously worked out with the jump rope multiple times a week and started doing cool tricks with it — double jumps, triple jumps, spinning in the air and arm crosses to name a few things. I was never quite that [...]

My dear friend Jennifer, who is also my favorite female massage therapist, just expanded her business to include a bunch of new services. She’s just expanded her business to Marin and is offering a discount. Check out her offering below which includes her contact information.

I’m always inspired when people I know can achieve levels of success that get them brand recognition around the globe. Congratulations to friend Joshua Hoover and his band, Kapahaki, for their recent coverage in the “What We’re Listening To” selections in the Reggae genre. They will be having a CD release party this Friday night, [...]

I’ve told this story a few times recently and it has struck me that it’s some what miraculous and the coincidences don’t really seem to be too coincidental if you look at it as Divine Intervention. Now that would be a funny way to look at it except that I do think that Spirit did [...]