I don’t often center my writing on Disney movies, but I watched Encanto twice last weekend and I cannot stop thinking about the deep meaning elevated in this movie about intergenerational trauma in family systems and the deep power of community support and mutual aid. Wow Disney, you did a thing in this movie….

I am from pomegranate people…

Join me on this journey of self discovery.

I visited the headwaters of the Mississippi River, and felt so moved by its humble beginnings and its great journey.