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Day 20: A Balancing Act

March 21, 2019March 21, 2019 ~ Kit Vantastic ~ 11 Comments

Today’s cosmic performance presents the much-anticipated Spring Equinox and an emerging super-moon all in one over-stuffed celestial piñata, featuring a super-sized moon rising in the east exactly as the sun sets in the west.  How is that for a sweet harmonic convergence? Splitting the day exactly in half for us, to the very minute. A … Continue reading Day 20: A Balancing Act

Day 16: Simple. Not Simple.

March 17, 2019March 17, 2019 ~ Kit Vantastic ~ 6 Comments

Some things are simple pleasures. For instance, the world let me in on a coffee secret and I’ll never be the same. Apparently a New York City favourite from way back, at 7 coppers a cup it’s the best cup of coffee I’ve ever had. Ah, pure simple pleasure. This morning, my friend identified at … Continue reading Day 16: Simple. Not Simple.

Day 14: Honouring the Ebb

March 15, 2019March 15, 2019 ~ Kit Vantastic ~ 2 Comments

Life on the road offers many opportunities to experience being all in one place at the same time. I treasure this state of mind and call this being in the flow. In my experience, it opens a lot of my soul-doors. I’ve been delighting in this state for some time. But every flow has an … Continue reading Day 14: Honouring the Ebb

Day 11: Leaning In

March 12, 2019March 12, 2019 ~ Kit Vantastic ~ 9 Comments

I feel the rain closing in. Picketpost is doing its best to hold it back, but you can see it climbing that mountain, and just know eventually it’s going to lower itself over the other side. But I’ve decided it doesn’t matter. There is such peace when I stop running away from something. Today I … Continue reading Day 11: Leaning In

Day 10: Weathering Weather

March 11, 2019March 11, 2019 ~ Kit Vantastic ~ 6 Comments

Morning rises over Picket Post, and Pippa and I bask in the growing sunshine entering through the open side door. Direct morning sunshine applied liberally to the face upon waking does a world of good. There is something psychologically powerful about rising with the sun. That’s a lot of energy, rising into the sky! I … Continue reading Day 10: Weathering Weather

Day 7: Involuntary Solitary Confinement

March 8, 2019March 8, 2019 ~ Kit Vantastic ~ 6 Comments

I was up at 3:00 a.m. as I often am. Not that I actually “get up” in my minivan. It’s more of a mental decision to leave sleep behind, and move on to something that agrees to happen. Since I’d begun writing in my head anyway, there was no sense doing it all twice. So, … Continue reading Day 7: Involuntary Solitary Confinement

A Month in a Minivan 2019: Day One

March 2, 2019March 2, 2019 ~ Kit Vantastic ~ 24 Comments

Welcome to “A Month in a Minivan” - the 2019 edition. I did this last year, and as a writer, it was super satisfying to have a daily practice. Although I thrive in this mostly non-stuctured life, I sometimes crave something measurable to work toward and having a commitment to write each day for a … Continue reading A Month in a Minivan 2019: Day One

A Month in a Minivan: Final Installment

March 2, 2018March 2, 2018 ~ Kit Vantastic ~ 42 Comments

The writer, Anais Nin wrote,  “I write to live life twice.” I imagine she meant she had the pleasure of experiencing all the good stuff twice - once in real-time and again through writing and remembering. This may be quite true, but I love this quote for my own quirky and slightly ironic reasons. Writing … Continue reading A Month in a Minivan: Final Installment

A Month in a Minivan: Day 26

February 27, 2018 ~ Kit Vantastic ~ 13 Comments

I woke up this morning feeling like I had an actual  hangover. Is that a thing? A phantom hangover from merely fighting the idea of a drink? Given my mental fogginess, I gave myself permission to process less today. Today, I didn’t need to understand anything in particular. I declared it  “sensory day” - just … Continue reading A Month in a Minivan: Day 26

A Month in a Minivan: Day 23

February 24, 2018February 25, 2018 ~ Kit Vantastic ~ 5 Comments

Well, I floated out of Alamo Lake on a river of tears, but not before I blubbered all over my two walking-friends, and sniffled with the ladies at the Wayside. I’m sure they all think the Canadian is a little sideways. Well, I am a little sideways. My variety of sideways includes crying when I’m … Continue reading A Month in a Minivan: Day 23

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