Hello dear reader, My name is Moque and I am a recovering bah, humbug. I have found myself in the holiday spirit this year for the first time in decades, and I am feeling confused, and maybe a...

I missed my sister’s wedding this past weekend. I was packing my bag and triple-checking the location of my passport when I got the news that scientists had detected the Omicron variant in South...

When I think of mindfulness, I always think of Patti Smith. Yep, that Patti Smith who wrote the book Just Kids that chronicles her relationship with Robert Mapplethorpe. Or you may know her better...

Every year, I participate in a kayak event called Green Race. Every year, I have to confront my fear of going fast through dangerous rapids. That is an important fear that keeps me cautious and...

Trigger Warning: The book recommended in the following post discusses sexual assault and disordered eating. We all have a story of our body. How our body holds the things that have happened to us,...