I will continue to support the alignment of financial stability and organizational growth with programmatic integrity and design for the various organizations I am associated with.

Meanwhile - there are two pieces of property I am in the process of developing, with a variety of spiritual, practical and transformative applications.

1. The property I live on which I am planning to transition to a Quaker "Friends" retreat.
2. I am in the process of purchasing a historic home in the town of Port Gibson, Mississippi where my ancestors once had a large slave-holding presence.
In an uncanny stroke of good fortune (at least from my perspective), the State of Mississippi has undertaken extensive research regarding the slave descendants and
historical details behind the ruins of our family plantation, Windsor (now a state landmark). This has opened a whole realm of potential for me to reestablish the family presence in a new way.

The alignment of numbers with language is an activity I engage with naturally. Some of this I do by sketching out budgets and playing with ideas. Other times I throw out a bunch of questions to see what others are envisioning and then go back to the drawing board. I am an administrative facilitator wether it be for my own projects or that of others.

Regarding the "Friends Retreat", I have launched a newsletter to share some of the origin story behind the property and to nurture the Quaker guiding principles that are calling to me with our current national challenges. Inviting others on to the property and sharing with them the beauty and the potential is something I am doing currently

Regarding Mississippi : There is an existing non-profit in Port GIbson, Mississippi called "Cultural Crossroads" that I will be working with along with the Mississippi Department of Archives and History. I did a bunch of work with one of the oldest black owned agricultural cooperatives in the country, Mileston Cooperative - located in the Mississippi Delta. And it pretty much blew my mind. I would like to expand my work with agricultural development and the black community for the state as a whole. But basically, I plan to just show up in Port Gibson and see what present itself. So far, I have not been disappointed.

Regarding the Friends Retreat: A board, a mission, a vision, a strategy, a budge, a building plan and a succession plan. My current target is a strong community of high school alums - many of whom have grown children. (of which I do not).

Regarding Mississippi: My goddaughter (a younger cousin) has, of her own volition, joined a group of slave descendants/slave owner descendants in a move towards reconciliation/reparations. I aim to support her in this endeavor by reimagining the family role in this little town. I don't yet know what this will look like. It very much depends on what the existing leaders there have in mind and how I might help them reach their goals.

Not too long ago I had a few sessions with a Somatic based therapist which got me out of my head somewhat and a bit more attuned to what my body is trying to tell me.
This seems to be an area with an infinite amount of room for personal growth. Increasingly, I have found myself able to exercise as well as work through some thoughts simultaneously which gives me profound joy.

I have started writing more and more and will also be continuing that practice .

Reimagining our economic system is something I am trying to do as a way to better advise my clients and prepare for the future . It is overwhelming and scary. Not too long ago I heard someone suggest that we should prepare for the collapse of capitalism by building a substructure beneath it that would then be there to replace it. This intrigued me greatly and I am constantly on the lookout for examples of that. As well as asking questions such as - what is the true cost of something to the environment ? What does it look like to put natural resources on the Balance Sheet (per Paul Hawken) ? How do we account for qualitative as well as quantitative benefits ? What are the types of resources that can be shared nationally or internationally and what is best managed locally. Etc. etc.
I have no plans to return to school to study any of this, but you never know

I put myself through college, studying philosophy and psycholinguistics at UNM. It took 8 years and juggling a handful of part time jobs.
I have invested both time and money into people and organizations I believed in and that has been profoundly rewarding with results I could not have anticipated. It's been as much about taking risks and being willing to learn from others without expectation or trying to control the outcome.

At UNM my mentor was a woman by the name of Vera John-Steiner. She was a specialist in the theories of Lev Vygotsky, a Russian philosopher and educational psychologist. Vygotsky very much evolved the "functional" branch of linguistics which posits that language is constantly evolving and meaning is generated from the "ground up" . This contrasts with the "formalists" who focus on syntax and a more replicable state of concepts and meaning - from the top down. I was studying creativity and development with Vera while working at Warehouse 21 and observing the lava bubbling over in the collaborative interactions that would eventually become Meow Wolf. She was an incredible grounding source, link to research and direct feedback during a time of tumult and borderline chaos.

I make dolls out of toy dinosaurs and vintage doll heads, swapping heads to create anthropomorphic creatures of my own imagination. Ever since I was small I would intensely observe other humans to see what animal characteristics they might possess, mannerisms that kind of thing. I feel strongly that humans are a part of nature, rather than distinct from it. Our role is to figure how to evolve with nature rather than work against it. Particularly in response to climate change. I've created a bit of a science fiction framework for the various "species" of dolls I create to address these challenges. At least metaphorically. www.morphodonia.com
Sometimes I get really into reading about science, senses and the intelligences of different species as a way of expanding on all of this. But its hard to give it as much time as I would like.