Reconciling Thanksgiving + Gratitude Game
When I think of Thanksgiving, I think of Nanny, my maternal grandmother, Florence Lillian Finkelstein. My childhood Thanksgivings were...
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Johanna DeBiase
- Oct 26
- 4 min
Liminal States and How to Enter Them
As I cross the old wooden bridge that straddles the trinkling Rio Fernando, I enter the home of the trees and their soft shade, the...
Johanna DeBiase
- Oct 4
- 5 min
Lessons from Persephone
Persephone is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter. You may recall the Greek myth from 6th grade Social Studies class. One day while the...
Johanna DeBiase
- Sep 21
- 4 min
Bodyfulness, and Why You Need It
The other day I burned my dinner. I was thinking about something else. I was deep in the recesses of my mind, replaying an incident from...
Johanna DeBiase
- Aug 9
- 2 min
Smoke Or COVID
A personal essay about wildfires in the time of COVID, a terrible mix.
Johanna DeBiase
- Jun 12
- 7 min
Floating Trees: returning to the land of my ancestors
I began bleeding the moment the El Al plane landed on the tarmac.
Johanna DeBiase
- May 2
- 4 min
It's Elemental, My Dear
I don’t think there was ever a time in my life when I didn’t have a favorite tree. As a child, I loved the maple tree in our backyard. In...
Johanna DeBiase
- Apr 7
- 7 min
Welcome the Emergence of the School of Intuitive (Eco)Writing
Intuitive (Eco)Writing is the culmination of all my passions put into a blender, juiced up and ready to serve. Writing has been my...
Johanna DeBiase
- Mar 22
- 5 min
Oxygen, Water, Food and Happiness
While the pandemic didn't curb climate change, it did bring people out of doors and into a greater appreciation of green spaces.