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Well, I did a thing. I started my own email newsletter. I’m making it up as I go along, and I may eventually split it out between different topics, but one thing at a time, you know? I’ve been doing email marketing since my first web design job for PETA out of college around 2005, …

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My Stages of Grief of Another Trump Presidency

Denial I submitted my vote by mail ballot over a week ahead of time at the local ballot box, hoping maybe we could have the first woman president this time, since apparently the last female candidate didn’t quite cut it. Some representation would be nice, but alas, as I finally began checking the results Tuesday …

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Cannabis Tourism & Hospitality: A Path to Sustaining Legacy Cannabis in California (And Sustaining ME in 2024!)

I am grateful that I have the privilege to always land on my feet in my career, despite choosing difficult paths. I have skills to fall back on, an amazing family who is always willing to help me out when I need it, and a vast network of talented people who I’ve been lucky to …

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Me at Lucidity Festival 2023

Seeking New Career Adventures

Wow, it’s been a while. So much has happened since my last update – a global pandemic, starting a job at local cannabis dispensary Doobie Nights after being laid off, exploring my newly discovered polyamorous-ness and developing two amazing relationships, becoming an auntie to my sister’s adorable kiddo Nico, adopting two kitties Mochi and Boba, …

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An Ode to a Decade of Mendocino

Sometimes time passes slowly, and sometimes it flashes by in an instant. And somehow it’s often a strange mix of both. Fleeting but infinite. When change comes, it sweeps through my life like a tidal wave, knocking everything over, uprooting my best laid plans. It is probably because I so carefully lay those plans, over-analyzing …

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In Pursuit of Lucid Enchantment…

It’s that time of year again… I have 20+ tabs open, on my browser and my brain. Upgrading my failing hard drive on my five year old laptop felt like breaking through to a new level of existence and a simultaneous brain upgrade and cash hemorrhage. The hustle is ON. Full steam ahead, two festivals …

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