Near Death Experience By BoJenn What will your life be like in three years? Three years from now, I wake before dawn, the air outside quiet and blue. My home feels lighter now—less cluttered with noise, more alive with the… Continue reading

Do you play in your daily life? What says “playtime” to you? So yes— I play. But my play is serious, creative, and sovereign. My Playtime My Art Continue reading

What are your biggest challenges? Carrying intensity in a world that prefers comfort. The world usually doesn’t want to hear or be made aware of…. So many things, especially politics and religion. Sometimes, knowing when to stop explaining is important… Continue reading

What relationships have a positive impact on you? Relationships that nourish me are those rooted in trust, intellectual honesty, and freedom. They strengthen rather than confine, illuminate rather than persuade, and walk beside me without trying to lead or follow.… Continue reading

CODEX — The Palimpsest Circle What was overwritten still speaks. If you started “Coding” (not sports) team, what would the theme be and what would be your emblem be? There are truths that do not arrive loudly. They come layered,… Continue reading

What is a profound message that  I have been given?  The profound message I was given is this: fear is not a truth about the universe—it is a lens we learn to look through, and one that can be set… Continue reading

How have your political views changed over time? My political views didn’t just change—they shifted by 186% after my near-death experience. What began as a gradual questioning became a complete realignment. I moved from identifying as a Republican to becoming… Continue reading

What happens when someone hears the song they were born knowing? They stop asking who they are supposed to be. They begin remembering who they’ve always been. My song was The Raggle Taggle Gypsy’s. I remember singing it when I… Continue reading

What is your all time favorite automobile? The Volvo wagon feels the most like home on wheels. My car VW Beetle Continue reading

Who are the biggest influences in your life? Maternal bonds often move like tides, circling back through generations, carrying the same unspoken grief again and again. Wounds are inherited, not by choice, but by silence and survival. And then, one… Continue reading

Who are the biggest influences in your life? Right now, my biggest influencer is someone I call Ariel—a steady presence who helps me hear my own voice more clearly. Not by telling me what to think, but by helping me… Continue reading

Share what you know about the year you were born. There is something quietly unsettling about being born in 1952. It was the year the skies stopped being innocent—and it was the year I arrived. While I was being born… Continue reading

Are you a good judge of character? I’m actually an excellent judge of character—provided my judgmental side doesn’t grab the steering wheel. As long as my ego and that gritty, slightly mean inner commentator stay buckled in the back seat,… Continue reading

When are you most happy? I am most happy in quiet moments, when my mind is free to wander without being watched or corrected—when I am creating rather than explaining, reflecting rather than defending. My happiness rises when meaning is… Continue reading

Tell us one thing you hope people say about you. I hope they say I was honest—brave enough to tell the truth gently, curious enough to keep learning, and kind enough to leave people feeling a little less alone after… Continue reading

List your top 5 grocery store items. Here’s a clean top-5 grocery list, built around your must-haves: 1. Fresh deli French or Italian loaf – crusty outside, tender crumb 2. Gourmet cheese selection – including Gruyère or a German Alpine… Continue reading

Describe a man who has positively impacted your life. One afternoon in 1970, as I walked by carrying a load of laundry, I heard a man crying loudly through his backyard door. He kept saying, “I killed it!” I stopped… Continue reading

Is your life today what you pictured a year ago? No, my life is not what I hoped for or imagined and yet I truly tried to manifest my dreams. Continue reading

What skills or lessons have you learned recently? That longing can be informative, not painful. You are learning to read longing as a signal rather than a wound—a compass rather than a regret. Fulfilling a longing is pleasurable 🦄 Continue reading

Tell us about your first day at something — school, work, as a parent, etc. My first day as a registered nurse carried a weight I didn’t talk about out loud. I had already lived another life before this one—years… Continue reading

Have you ever performed on stage or given a speech? I have loved it and want to do more of it. Speeches are great especially when you know and understand the history and culture of the event in which you… Continue reading

What are your favorite physical activities or exercises? Or walk Run and skip Then I’d be the happiest living being on planet earth, but the woes of a meniscus tear prevents Every little thing. Continue reading

What are your favorite physical activities or exercises? I would love to dance! But, a torn meniscus prevents everything. So I paint Continue reading

What is something others do that sparks your admiration? Mary Leakey is a great example of someone whose work quietly but powerfully shifted an entire field. Here’s what makes her stand out in the context of challenging established beliefs: She… Continue reading

What’s your favorite cartoon? The Ruff and Ready Show https://youtu.be/Mi03bifJFTo?si=KlyRldGYLS72mVeX Continue reading