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.
Love lives here
A soft summer love note from an Ontario lawn to the Cretan sea, this piece holds a perfect everyday life, an invisible thread of longing and a moment I meet myself again.
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.
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.
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.