you are a disco ball

how are you?

how is your heart?

are you rested? tested? broken? bright?

In 2023 I dedicated my book, Borealis Mundi - Resting in Place, Loss & Grace to;

those who, listen, love and tell from the fringes, the truth-sayers, the shift-shapers (and shape-shifters too) & the broken brights...

These folx, theses energies are my love language. I see you, I get you, I'm with you. I'm one of you. We are wholenesses in the whole mess!

And today, on a blindly sun-bright and bitterly cold (4F) day I offer a braiding of insignificant/meaningful, ephemeral, heartening experience, and perhaps a message, if you'd like one. If so, read on.

I. Sometime late last autumn a dear friend spontaneously gifted me with a disco ball. It was part of a display in her shop. For the record it's not a real dance floor disco ball, however as carried it out with both hands, I truly felt like I'd won the lottery.

Wonder in it's multitude of presentations is a grace, always and forever.

It's about 36" in diameter and sits, just right in the NW facing window, where I hung it in early January. It's covered with little mirrors struggling to stay stuck to the (i'm guessing) styrofoam (boo!) ball beneath.

Now, every sunny day, sometime between 4-4:15pm the sun's rays conspire with the disco ball (who I have named Agnetha) scattering hundreds of little lights in every direction - pure (always, every sunny afternoon for 15 minutes) magic.

II. Recently a friend, colleague and cultural architect Adriana Forte reached out about a creative project she was calling women folx into. It related to a poem she had recently written about Kintsugi and she was inviting me and others to video tape ourselves speaking out two phrases.

I am broken. We are broken

III. Yesterday while scrolling through the unfolding of the disturbing, the wonderous, the radical and evolutionary I came across a meme:

You are a disco ball.

A disco ball is hundreds of pieces of broken glass put together to make a magical ball of (reflective) light.

You are not broken.

You are a disco ball.

@thealphawomenclub

All my love and always yours in the unbroken ongoing,

Tracy

PS. A Year & A Day has now officially moved to my Substack podcast - A Year & A Day. It is free though donations are welcome and optional. There may be a few breadcrumbs sprinkled into the space this month, however the first official pod of this next 13 month cycle begins in March. As of now the flavors and vibe of this cycle will follow the seasons & cycles of women's lives. Each month (ish) there will be a story and some juicy collaboration with beloved guests. Please join us!

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EVENTS + OFFERINGS

INTRO TO TRE® (virtual)
March 18 - 6pm | FREE
via Zoom

Last fall I completed my year long training to become a TRE® provider with the amazing and bad ass Christine Varnavas. More about TRE® that journey here.

TRE® is a universal somatic ( body-based ) healing modality & practice that can help release tension, stress & trauma from our bodies fostering healing & relaxation. Space is limited to 5 & registration is required by 3/15.

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INTRO TO TRE® (in person)

Saturday March 22 10'30am-12:30pm
Event Horizon, Ashland, WI | FREE

Join me for a free introduction to TRE® class in person at Event Horizon in Ashland.

In addition to helping our bodies release stored and unhelpful tension in the body, TRE® also has a calming and positive impact on the nervous & polyvagal systems. Please is limited & registration is required.