Everyone seems to be feeling the pinch. My sweetie is feeling the pinch. He wants to grow into his soul work, but putting down his screen job, which he calls “data mining”, is scary. Did his ancestors, miners, feel the pinch? Keep going in jobs that didn’t serve them, for…

Sovereign was buried on Friday, in an open casket, their young body wrapped in a shroud, laid over with flowers placed by 250 mourners. Sovereign had been Meg when we’d first met. In class one day, I said to them, “you are sovereign”, meaning, you can make decisions for yourself…

I led my first grief ritual in the UK this weekend. In Totnes, co-led with Alana Bloom and John Scaife. I’ve been leading grief rituals in the U.S. for years, since Sobonfu Some, the lady I learnt this form from, died. I co-led with people who had also learnt the…

In September I moved back to England after 10 years away. (California, Wales, France).

I love this film. (It’s available in the UK on Disney+). The 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, the same summer as Woodstock; filmed but not — until this film — seen. Incredible performances from Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Mahalia Jackson, Sly and the Family Stone, and more. I first heard…

January 2021 I can’t sleep. I’m lying in bed digesting everything. Last day in the studio today for a while. The album’s almost finished but not quite… not until the choir can legally sing. It’s a pretty strong experience. I think of those songs. They arrived 2, 3, 4 years…