A GUEST POST BY NICA CELLY Jerry Mander, author of Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television, at his typewriter. (Roger Ressmeyer/VCG via Getty Images) Yes, this button-up and vest vibe will be in my autumn '26 repertoire This is a brief dalliance from our regular scheduled programming to welcome a very special contribution from Nica Celly , a dear friend & collaborator on Understory : a retreat exploring body, word and landscape. I hope you enjoy her words and insi

WHAT DELINEATES VIBRANCY FROM INERTNESS? “We are alive to the degree that we are in love.”  -- Anaïs Nin (beautiful art by Juan Gatti) We will return to Bridges and Baskets (a series exploring the anatomy of connection and support) soon! Until then, please enjoy this very special announcement post! I once held a human brain. And then I held a heart. It was 2004 or 2005, during my training at the Canadian College of Massage, when my class participated in a cadaver lab; takin