Pilgrimage to Here ~ Creative Musings ~
Pilgrimage to Here ~ Creative Musings ~
Pilgrimage to Here
Creative MusingsI weave myth with everyday life, writing about the highs and lows of midlife thresholds, burnout, and embracing yourself.
Each post is an offering on the altar of becoming.
A Vow to Ecstatic Joy
After a vacation of beaches, rituals and photo shoots, a simple haircut feels like coming home to myself and brings me back to my North Star: to embody and express the ecstatic nature of life in this body, and to choose ecstatic joy as radical resistance.
What doesn't destroy you
From Stratford Festival conversations to my 18-year coming out anniversary, this Pride month letter reframes what doesn’t destroy you as a prism revealing queer rainbow light, compassion and the courage to keep loving.
The Courage to Belong to Ourselves
This letter traces grief, fear and fierce love for my non-binary partner, and the hard-won, ongoing courage it takes to say: I belong to myself.
Still Dreaming, Still Becoming
Three days before turning 50, this midlife threshold note speaks to continuing to dream, honouring the love and friendships that carried me here, and celebrates a life that’s still becoming.
Returning to Centre
Sitting in a freshly reclaimed office after burnout, this piece turns decluttering into an act of remembering. I uncover old longings, devotions and echoes of every version of myself so I can return to centre.
Pilgrimage to Here
What if I stopped trying to be there and decided—wholeheartedly, devotedly—to be here?
The old woman, the mountain, and the time that is always now
Visioning an old woman on a Greek mountainside, this midlife threshold piece sits between abyss and summit, listening for what turning 50 reveals and remembering that the path is already beneath my feet.
A road where all conversations meet
Apple strudel, tulsi tea, phoenix oil and an underworld love story weave into this reflection on meeting each other on the road after descent and slowly climbing back to life.
Find Your Bravery
After a Queer Eye–style fuchsia hair reveal, this piece becomes a love note to midlife bravery, rule-questioning and the kind of confidence that lets you walk into any room as yourself.
Navigating Life's Edges
From Atlantic cliff edges and Fool-card leaps to a lush inner garden, this piece is about stepping back from crumbling ground and learning to become the gardener of your own life.
The theatre company I forgot I started
A remembered Shakespeare-in-the-park company becomes a reminder that some of our best creations begin as uncensored inspiration, a brave idea over lunch and a little bit of nerve.
Break All the Rules
A love letter to ambition sparked by Mrs. Maisel’s finale, this piece invites you to want a big life, break the rules that shrink you and stop apologizing for what you truly desire.
Say Your Name
Inspired by Mrs. Maisel, this is an invitation to stop hiding, say your name out loud and claim your space as an act of freedom for yourself and others.