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This is John, my beloved former fiancé who died in my arms in March 2016. It was one of the most horrifying and gorgeous experiences of my life, and I’ve written a lot about it previously in my Magic Blog, including about many of his amazing activities in the...

This photo is from a tiny party I had in July 2018, before David moved in and before the world of ourselves changed. Thank you dear Andrea for standing on the couch to take the photograph. Thank you from left to right: Virginia, Yofe, moi, Val, Eric, Vanda, Monica....

I send you this art as a reminder of your healing abilities- no matter what. As I was deciding what to write for this Magic Blog, I found myself bereft of words, caught in what felt like a hopeless entanglement of sadness and loss. No-thing in particular, everything...

The other day, I was standing tucked into the corner of a garden space on the street, far away from all people, writing on my cell phone with my mask down. A woman with a small dog on a leash appeared on the sidewalk-about 3/4 of block away-shouting,“You’re part of...

A few months after my former fiancé John died, I replaced the blinds in our bedroom, and the installer helped me take the old blinds to the recycling bin.  As we did this work together, I said,  “Thank you for helping me do this. My fiancé John would have helped, but...

I’m writing a lot about “deeply grieving & wildly living” in my new book: Living (Mostly) Wonderfull: The Surprising *Gifts of Terrible Things *the gift locating is optional- some things just remain feeling terrible. I believe that there is a new paradigm of...

I can already hear you saying that you’re not a creative genius, or that others are, or that others are more than you, or that it’s overblown hyperbole.  It could be the word genius;-)  But consider this definition: “Genius comes from the Latin word of the same name,...

Here we are in these moments of our lives, feeling our way through it all.  Life and love go on, no matter what else is going on.  I’m feeling an immense tenderness for each of us, creating our ways forward, and inward.  We contain multitudes in our stardust selves,...

I am frequently feeling despair these days, and am navigating anxiety deeply.  People still get surprised to hear this- I guess because I use a lot of bright colors and often write about miracles. They forget or don’t know about all the ways I write and have written,...

It’s incredibly fun to “be SARK.” And I always love how my Australian friends change my name to “SARKY.” It makes me SMILEY;-)  I feel like I’m the representative of the SARK spirit, and in that way, we’re all “SARK.” I’m inviting you and your inner SARK out to play...