Focussing on solutions.

A list of things that I like and things I've been doing.

“Another practice I’m interested in is folding the Earth into every other thing I do, every decision I make. When I consider any concern I have for people, place, animal, culture, danger, I root myself back and the changes currently unfolding for her. What would the Earth have me do, have us do?.”

-adrienne maree brown

I’m heading back to the U.S. this week after almost 6 months in Australia. I’m packing up, saying my goodbyes, and preparing for the long arse transit that I’ll be doing with a very active party time all the time 11 month old toddler.

This transition has been taking up a lot of space in my mind, as has the state of the world.

As for the latter, rather than teeter on the verge of breakdown as I let the dread and worry for the world overwhelm, I’ve landed, instead, on a commitment to solutions. On doing what I can for myself, my family, my community. I’m considering the skills that I need/want, and where I can go to learn those skills. I have multiple pages open on my browser for courses and resources in self defence, composting, wood work, knitting, and more. I’ve started a list of all the things I need for my go-bag, in case we need to leave quickly in the night (podcast suggestion below!). And I’m planning activities that are beautiful and exciting and joy filled because that’s how I want my life to be.

I don’t have much more than that to share this month. But I still have my list of lovely life stuff below.

I really do hope you’re all doing ok :)

Beautiful, exciting and joy filled February life stuff…

• My baby taking her first steps.

• Cold plunges with my Aunty in a spring water creek, water flowing from the mountains deep in country Victoria, surrounded by gum trees and bird sounds, soft greens and summer browns.

• Morning coffee with people I love.

• Baked cheesecake.

• One of my besties spoiling me rotten with a fancy dinner and an evening soaking in hot springs.

• Hummus.

• Thunderstorms after multiple stinking hot days in a row.

• A very cold non alcoholic beer on one of those stinking hot days.

• Loco Love chocolate.

• Hanging out with my glorious nieces.

• Chocolate covered macadamia nuts.

• The book All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis edited by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Katherine K. Wilkinson.

• Learning the essential plus also the lovely items for a go-bag in THIS episode of the How to Survive the End of the World Podcast.

• Aleppo soap.

• My new FUCK ELON t-shirt from Lonely Kids Club.

• Voice messages from the other side of the world.

Some other things:

• Kai Cheng Thom
  ’s essential post:

  What’s At Stake for Trans People In 2025

• THIS episode of the Green Dreamer podcast with Bruce Pascoe, who wrote Dark Emu- a must read for all.

Thank you SO much for being here with me.

I HOPE THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELVES
AND YOUR COMMUNITIES

LOTS OF LOVE XX

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This email was composed where I am currently staying, which is the region now known as Melbourne, Victoria. I would, therefore, like to acknowledge the people of the Kulin Nation, Traditional Custodians of the land for which I am on. I pay my respects to their Elders past and present.