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Earth Day Leaping Fool Submissions are Open! (Public)

The Leaping Fool continues and leaps into spring! Join us for an Earth Day reading on April 22nd. We invite you to submit your pieces by April 11th to hello@source-paper.com. This edition of The Leaping Fool will take place at the Emmanuel Episcopal Parish as part of the

The 25-year-old Laptop on which I Originally Wrote The St. Agnes Journal

Workity, Work, Working

A Clue in the Infinity Symbol

The Old Man and the T-shirt

Tresco not Tesco (Public)

II The High Priestess

Tetanus, Anyone?

For Whom the Tiny Bell Tolls

Love Lost, Tractor Skills Gained

Back When I Was Funny...

The Squeaky Wheel Gets the Cheese (Public)

Then this little, junior mouse ventured out onto the broad white rug...

My Office!

The Gugh Cats Remain Unimpressed

The Center of Everything

Key Bar

Helping Out without Being Swept Out (to Sea)

Befriending the Semi-Feral (Public)

“Hey, we’re all here. You can feed us now.”

TIS Shop Discount Code

Happy Valentine’s Day

How to Communicate in a Way that Builds Connection

Easy Breathey

Emergency Phone Numbers

An Uninvited Reader?

So Sexy the Sand...

Regret / Joy

The Esoteric vs The Temporal

I The Magician

This Top-Fuel Clunker

What Will Come of All This?

Who Let the Gods Out?

Inter-connectivity

My Polyamory Experience

Shiny-to-Slimy

Why Don’t We Do It in the Driveway? (Public)

Beth whispers in my ear, “I want this to be really special.”

More Family History, and When the Germans Bombed Harold Gibbs

1 in 1,000

Girls’ Stuff, Boys’ Stuff

Where Do We Go From Here?

Since Before We Were Human

The 18th Century Says Hello (Public)

In the form of a sunken Dutch trader

Mirror Man

Everyone’s Eating Local

A Hand-Me-Down Box of Tools

Strange Contortions of the Soul

Wild Thing (Public)

When I sit with the island at night a feeling comes over me that’s hard to explain.

Fundamentals of Compassionate Communication Course (Public)

Facilitator, couples coach, and TIS contributor Jenna Card is offering two six-week Fundamentals of Compassionate Communication courses starting next week, one on Tuesday, one on Wednesday. Jenna is an truly heart-centered, open, and empathic communicator who can help you improve understanding and connection in all of your relationships. She’s

WD-40 for the Soul (Public)

What is it? Someone please let me know.

February Leaping Fool Submissions are Open (Public)

For our final gathering of “T H E  L E A P I N G  F O O L”, Winter writers series, we invite contributors to explore the present time in the cycle of RENEWAL, focusing on this time of the Hermit, and how hibernation’s teachings show up as

Smitten Like It’s 1999

The Clocks March

0 The Fool

Attraction & Vulnerability (Public)

Her movements were all effortless grace and easy elegance.

Going Back to Scilly, via Penzance

Automotive Angels

A Few Cultural Differences

World’s Skinniest Father Christmas (Public)

“Are you the real Santa Claus?” “Why, yes, of course! Are you the real Sasha? Because I heard that there’s a little girl that dresses just like you saying she’s the real one.”

Vividness, Darkness, and Death at the Door

Around one o’clock in the morning we heard a sickening moan rise from near the front door, the kind that turns your blood cold.

Your Friend and Humble Servant

The Wheel of Consent (Public)

I enjoy finding keys to understanding. When I find something that so concisely and clearly delivers useful knowledge, I take note. It is in that spirit that I offer you Dr. Betty Martin’s “Wheel of Consent.” The Wheel of Consent is a model for understanding and exploring the dynamics

Friendship Among the Trees on Death Row (Public)

“What? How? Wow! This is so incredible!” I stammered.

Personally Thanking the Cows for their Efforts

What is Gig Racing?

Intermodal Spirit Zoom Christmas Reading

Join Us for the December “Leaping Fool” (Public)

Please join SOURCE Paper and The Intermodal Spirit on December 15th (doors 5:30pm, reading 6:30pm) for another installment of “The Leaping Fool” winter writers’ series at Orcas Island Winery where local writers read their original work. The first Leaping Fool event in November felt amazing. We had ten

How to Not Get Shot while Visiting Friends

Later the phrase, “Man on the range—hold your fire!” popped into my head but I had called out the friendly “Hello!” one uses to track down vanished shop clerks.

#VanDeath

A Grouse in the Hand... (Public)

Would-be lessees and grouse trappers, take heed!

Talent vs. Reaching Out

The Dream-Found Still ⛰

An Invitation to Reflect and Connect (Public)

If you’re interested in following the natural rhythms of the season and slowing down to reflect and connect, you may be interested in TIS contributor, and communication and relationship coach Jenna Card’s weekly “Heart Cafe” Zoom calls at 10:30am starting tomorrow, on Wednesday mornings, and running throughout

A Visual Guide to the Tarot’s Major Arcana, Print Now Available (Public)

A couple of years ago I began work on a visual guide to the Tarot’s Major Arcana. The idea was to look at the Major Arcana through the lens, not of divination, but of the archetypical mind (the one, I believe, that’s in potential in all of us)

The Tarot Journey of Enlightenment, an Introduction

Money/Energy (Public)

And my growing, expanding Universe theory

Eel in the Tank, Shark in the House

Lobster Bait—It’s what’s for Dinner.

Keeping Busy

Forgetting Remembrance Day (Public)

A yawning gulf of uneasiness opened up around me as my brain went into overdrive trying to make sense of the strange people in my new home.

Digging Up Giants

Midnight’s Rainbow

How to Fight Fair ⚙️ (Public)

We can still hold another in love even while disagreeing with, or not being able to accept some, or all, of their actions.

Models Love Garage Sales

To Continue... (Public)

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December Leaping Fool Submissions are Open! (Public)

Join us on December 15th for another installment of “The Leaping Fool” winter writer’s series at Orcas Island Winery. If you’d like to read your work, please send your submission to hello@source-paper.com by Dec. 5th and include your first and last name in the document title.

A Brief and Ancient History (Public)

So there you go, a 2000-year-old account relayed by a 250-year-old book. And so we have a glimpse of the people that may have, in another time, stood a large stone on-end to mark a spot on the island next door.

Invasive Species (Public)

It saw me immediately, lifted its head and plaintively groaned.

A Cat Named Bitey (Public)

He was a free agent and I took notice, never having met a cat that called its own shots.

See How Nicely Everything Works Out? 🍯 (Public)

“Hope you have a lovely winter, do come by for tea when you’re settled in.”

11/11/22 Leaping Fool Lit Night Line-up (Public)

“The Leaping Fool” lit night, this Friday, 11/11/22, 5:30pm (opening) 6:30pm–8:30pm (reading) at the Orcas Island Winery, will include the following line-up. There is no cover. Everyone is welcome. The winery will have wine and picnic snacks available. See you there! Ayn Gailey, reading

Dating Gems—Calling Dibs on the First Kiss (Public)

I get to initiate it with playful flirtation and, of course, verbal consent… which is, honestly, pretty hot.

Feeling Unsteady (Public)

Culture shock has set in.

A Landing (Public)

Do Fiats come equipped with wormholes to other dimensions?

A Catapult (Public)

All is utterly desolate and quiet, empty for hundreds of miles, though out there in that nothingness there seems to be the spirit of everything else that exists.

The St. Agnes Journal, an Introduction (Public)

Finding the magic in the everyday

The Leaping Fool Lit Night at Orcas Island Winery (Public)

On Friday, 11/11/22, 5:30pm (opening), 6:30pm (reading)–8:30pm, Orcas Island Winery will host, and SOURCE Paper and The Intermodal Spirit will co-present, a local lit reading called "The Leaping Fool." The theme of the night will be “Good Work.” I’ll be there reading excerpts

Nik Schulz presents... (Public)

This is The Intermodal Spirit, a brand new site from Nik Schulz featuring stories, tools, and ideas at the intersection of travel, relating, and being. Things will be up and running on November 1, 2022. You can subscribe in the meantime if you'd like to stay up to date and

What is a Myth? (Public)

On Being, an Intro (Public)

You know how sometimes The Great Mystery that we’re all part of will drop clues about the nature of itself? This is the section of the site where I collect and share those clues. For me those clues are the metaphysical things like myth, like tarot, like ceremony and

On Relating, an Intro (Public)

Sometimes relating can feel like a challenge. Sometimes it can feel like an utter joy. Through this section of the site I’ll offer you tools and ideas to help make relating more of the latter. I’ll be writing here about diverse forms of relating, like how we relate

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