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.
She is calling me home
With a frame drum in my ears and sunlight on my skin, this is a temple-threshold piece about giving my fear to the Muse, trusting ancient guidance and letting her call me home to my sacred work.
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.
The Minotaur Within
Hummingbirds, lakes and failed aurora hunts lead into a Samhain meditation on Pasiphaë and the Minotaur, telling the story again so the monster in the labyrinth becomes a shadow you can hold with love.
A red thread
Red threads, dolphins and ancient temple doors frame this full-moon letter about betrayal, rebirth and remembering that you are a deep well of healing with a voice that is your own.
Freedom Beyond Fear
A Samhain reflection on the Burning Times, this piece honours the witches and wise ones who were killed and invites us to reclaim power together through gathering, ritual and a new path to freedom beyond fear.
The Impossibility of Being a Woman
A lightning-bolt love letter to every woman who’s been punished for being herself, weaving Sinéad, Mary Magdalene and Barbie into a raw reflection on people-pleasing, wildness and finally using your own voice.
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.