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29 Oct

A Halloween reflection – mindset meets introspective traditions

🕯️ A Halloween and Samhain Reflection: Between Veil and Shadow As the season turns and the veil thins, we gather in costume—some whimsical, some haunting—to honor a tradition that dances between myth and memory. Halloween, rooted in the ancient festival

21 Oct

Hindsight has an effective way of humbling us

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The above FB memory and the thoughts it prompted There I was—awkwardly nonchalant in front of the MDot sculpture before my Sacramento Ironman in 2022. After a long stretch of cancellations and transfers thanks to the realities of COVID, I

14 Oct

The Federal Special Education Department was almost completely dismantled over the weekend.

This is Important – the Rune/Sigil above represents COURAGE Neurodiversity affected by recent USA – Dept of Education dismantling A friend of ours gathered this info. She is a caregiver and in the space of grant writing – so has

12 Oct

Offspring – Gone away – moments at a concert

When the Music Hits Hard I’ve been sitting with this for a while. It started during that concert — before the chaos of recent weeks began to spiral, before I found myself swimming through the absurdities of life in real

22 Sep

From Feral Chaos to Cardinal Virtues: A Journey Through Free Will

Recalibrating the Self: Lessons from Solitude, Backpacking, and Welsh Folklore Exploring free will is a compelling journey of thoughtful and purposeful scrutiny. I often dub it a journey of reasonable self scrutiny. What began as journaling and blogging for triathlon

13 Sep

PAUSE – be still – but first – let it all go!

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Often in my head as I see things play out real time f!@#$ it! f!@#$ it! f!@#$ it! https://youtu.be/7iNbnineUCI?feature=shared It’s not too early. It’s already too much—every single “ONE” is “ONE” too many. All of it. WE ARE We

11 Sep

Heavy – in the Asylums of my Shane brain

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🌀 Wandering Through Faith, Apathy, and Awakening There’s a tension I keep returning to—a space between disappointment in systems of faith and the persistent pull toward meaning and awareness. It’s a powerful place to be, but not an easy one.

09 Sep

Old Ways Playlist – A Seasonal Sound Journey

Hi everyone! I’ve curated my Spotify collection into a playlist called “ZT Old Ways Oriented”, and I’m sharing it here! This specific collection is a celebration of seasonal traditions from around the world, blending music inspired by Halloween, All Hallows’

06 Sep

Fleeting thoughts – Camaraderie of our past – the hostage

Letting People Grow Beyond Their Past One thing I’ve really come to believe: we shouldn’t hold people hostage to who they used to be. We all have past versions of ourselves—times we messed up, didn’t know better, or hurt others