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Kate Lewis
yoga teacher
Exciting news! I have migrated my blog to Substack.
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How to Migrate
My room in the Airbnb is Grateful Dead-themed. Tour posters surround the walls: skeletons, bears, a turtle with a VW bus on its shell. It...

Kate Lewis
Aug 10, 20253 min read


How to Channel a Storm
I am on my knees on cheap astroturf. My knee pads cut into my skin. The stage lights flicker red. The audience watches, attention...

Kate Lewis
Jul 4, 20254 min read


How to Butter Toast
Start with butter. Preferably grass-fed, but do as you please. Leave it out so it’s room temperature: soft, yielding. It should offer...

Kate Lewis
Jun 20, 20255 min read


How to be Mayor of AmeriTowne
“What childhood dream of yours was crushed?” He asks me. A deep question for a Monday night, but I’ll play ball. The air is humid with...

Kate Lewis
Jun 3, 20255 min read


How to Drop Pebbles
It’s Thursday, and I’ve had enough for one week. I protest by opening my Outlook calendar and blocking out two hours. I set my status to...

Kate Lewis
May 17, 20254 min read


How to be Sheryl Crow
“This ain’t no disco,” Sheryl Crow informs me. I flick the windshield wipers to clear the frost on the windows of my '99 Honda CR-V. As I...

Kate Lewis
Apr 30, 20254 min read


How to Drink Tea
I wasn't thrilled to write this blog, but it needed to be done. I wrestled with how to begin, questioned how the words would land. I’m...

Kate Lewis
Apr 18, 20255 min read


How to Pack a Wound
The memory comes in flashes. Urgent care, wedding reception, hospital room. It started as a little cut, a bump on my upper left thigh,...

Kate Lewis
Mar 31, 20254 min read


How to Predict the Future
There are 78 cards in the Rider–Waite tarot deck, each with their own story. There are 22 major arcana cards (dramatic themes) and 56...

Kate Lewis
Mar 19, 20254 min read


How to Paint a Pear
There is a difference between moving on and letting go. I consider this as the shy February sun streams through the windows in G’s...

Kate Lewis
Feb 27, 20254 min read


How to Be Your Own Valentine
“You don’t want to be in love. You want to be in love in a movie.” I am 10 and have never heard truer words. I clutch the remote and turn...

Kate Lewis
Feb 14, 20253 min read


How to Restart a Blog
“Let’s clear off the cobwebs,” C would instruct us at the beginning of every choir practice. We’d proceed to spend the next 20 minutes...

Kate Lewis
Jan 31, 20255 min read


A Case for Guys Who Like Plants
"I don't know if I should re-post the old blogs on there unedited, or if I should post them but edit them to reflect where I am now. Or...

Kate Lewis
Jan 31, 20254 min read
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