The Deslondes – “Muddy Water”
Ivett Almaguer2023-01-16T17:36:48+00:00Just as I was getting ready to fly home for Christmas this past year, I learned that the week before, an ex-boyfriend from two decades ago died. He was my age. We met at the
Nick Heyward – “Kite”
Ivett Almaguer2020-10-24T18:04:01+00:00Something about these recent darkening days has brought the song “Kite” by Nick Heyward back for review in my consciousness. With both Mars in retrograde in my first house of the self, and Mercury in
BE
Ivett Almaguer2020-06-20T20:20:53+00:00Be BRILLIANT. Force us to wear sunglasses. Make us question our senses. Compel us to reconsider our lives, our motives, our reasons for living. Inspire in us - The Great Existential Crisis, until we are
We’re in Heaven
Ivett Almaguer2020-05-03T20:53:26+00:00The other day, I was feeling low. I didn’t feel like getting down to work. I was tired from staying up the night before. My energy was in the trough. I got in the shower,
Soul Warrior
Ivett Almaguer2020-03-15T05:58:05+00:00I was born to stand apart. I was born to honor the moon. I was born to serve that which I hold in my heart to be true and worthy. I was born to
Built to Spill – “The Weather”
Ivett Almaguer2020-02-23T19:57:35+00:00Once upon a time I was 26 going on 27, and I was about to begin what would be the worst year of my life. I didn’t know much about astrology back then, but I
Only Light
Ivett Almaguer2020-02-14T16:08:19+00:00Between the right and the wrong between the singer and her song between the left and the right let there be only light. Between the stories you tell, and the tales I speak, between the
May 2007 – An Email Update to Friends about My Traveling Love Status
Ivett Almaguer2020-02-10T16:29:27+00:00In further preparation of Valentine's Day, I share the following reflection from an email I sent to friends in May of 2007. I was returning to the United States after two months of living on
Poem from a time when I was 26
Ivett Almaguer2019-11-28T05:51:59+00:00On the bus today, I wrote a poem in my head, but having no writing implement to pin it down with I was forced to set it free to flutter over and pollinate the endless