While there are many hundreds of camps offering a near-endless variety of experiences, gifts, fun, food, art and adventure at Burning Man, there are certain camps that are legendary. The Costco Soulmate Trading…
In 2013, I took the advice of someone I'd met on Facebook and had known but a few weeks (Charlie), and I went out to Burning Man a week early for what is…
I fell for a scam yesterday.
I realized I'd done so minutes after it happened, contacted PayPal right away, and they refunded my money.
The scam was promoted in an ad on Facebook. It's a…
In 2013, I went to Black Rock City, home of Burning Man, a week early to help build the French Quarter Village, of which More Carrot, the camp for which I was a…
The order in which things are said, done or occur matters in many instances and in others, not at all.
It matters, for example, whether I put the oil in the saucepan and heat…
College job #1
Last night, a wee bit high and journaling, I started thinking about jobs I held in college and my coming-of-age years. I started listing them best I could remember. I…
College Job #3
My 18-year-old self naively assumed once I left my parents' home for college, I was out--gone, coming back just for holidays and special events. And as my freshman spring semester…
College job #2
My second job in college was also a work-study job in the same dining hall, except it was at night when the dining hall was transformed into a bar. Or…
Back in the day when I was new to a divorce, new to reclaiming my life, new to the hula hoop and new to the very small community of hoopers I'd met along…
Today was--at least where I live--a very gray day. (We had a spectacular, fiery sunset minutes ago, but that's a side note and not the purpose of this post. It was pretty darn…
For those who've been to Burning Man (the big one) and regionals locally, there is this thing often called "playa magic." While I don't know of any official description, I'd offer it's in…
There are moments in life when you discover things about yourself.
And others.
Back in the day, I was the theme camp organizer for a lovely group of people at Burning Man (More Carrot, or…