Welcome to Story Tending.
Lately, I’ve been living with this question: What if it’s not about being whole? What if embracing the parts that feel broken is the secret? For years, I felt like there must be something wrong with me. I was awkward and sensitive, a creative thinker who felt way too much. Word by word, I am reclaiming my own narrative and sharing my story without shame. This is what Story Tending is about. It’s not just about the writing; it’s the everyday spelunking into deeper, riskier places.
As a woman in her 50s, I write about the cocooning, the waiting, the boredom, the confusion, and the (potential) breaking open that midlife brings. As a lifelong seeker and—more recently—caregiver to my elderly parents, I share practices that have supported my health and sanity including what I call ‘deep river’ writing, seasonal and lunar rituals, embodiment (yoga, dance, somatics), personality theory, and energy work.
My dream? To create a sanctuary of story, a temple of tenderness, a place that feels like home for the word gatherers, the collectors of beauty, the soul spelunkers, the deep listeners, the self-doubters, the explorers of wild imaginings, the seekers of true expression. The WRITERS.
My Weird Sisters, you are invited.
Visit my website for more HERE.
Why Subscribe?
I’m pondering this. Here’s what I envision: I want to give you access to “members only” rituals and immersions. Yes, that’s it. If you decide to support this endeavor of mine, I will support you in kind.
Who Am I?
Do you want the resume version? The story I tell my brother-in-law at those obligatory family gatherings? My well-behaved bio? That’s not why I’m here. I don’t have “versions” of myself anymore. In high school, they voted me “Least Likely to Conform to the Norm.” I felt so seen.
I’m a writer/musician/movement teacher, mother of a really cool artist-historian, connoisseur of listening & longing, and lover of mystery, depth & beauty. If you want to give me a label, perhaps try Renaissance Woman.
I (like you) contain multitudes.
I’ve been married for a million years to a man who knows how to fix things but who does not try to fix me. We have far too many cats. I’m a sensitive soul who loves funky thrift store finds, collecting rocks & shells & feathers, and filling my house with rescued furniture & art by friends and family. I’m a little obsessed with “personality” because as someone who never quite fit in, it has changed my life to know there is a place for me here on earth. I am not a minimalist. I will not apologize.
I’ve been called quiet most of my life…except when I sing. I love slow movies, wandering and wondering, and the company of wise women. I love listening to people. This has served me well. What else? I’m on the 3rd draft of my novel. I’ve been practicing yoga for over 25 years and teaching for 10. I call myself a singer-songwriter in hibernation, but gosh I’ve been hibernating for a long time. You can find my album “no horses” on Spotify, iTunes, YouTube, all those places. I’m also a Waldorf mom. If you know, you know. I wasn’t hard core because I can’t go hard core into anything, but I connected so deeply to the Waldorf motto, “Head. Heart. Hands.” I practice earth-based spirituality because I have a deep connection to the seasons and the cycles in my body. I am not a CEO. I have not made millions and millions of dollars. I am a human being who has had a life. If you ask anyone who knows me, they will call me a goddess. It makes me smile so, hey, I’ll take it.
