Lettres de Bali

What I Do in the Last Two Days of a Month

A small, practical ritual for the closing days of a month — three questions, one drawer, and a scalp oil practice. Written from Bali, the last Thursday of July.

The Lion's Roar in Your Hair, A Letter for Leo Season

Written from the porch in Pererenan, where the frangipani is dropping petals faster than I can sweep them. It's Leo season, and Bali knows it. The afternoons have gone gold and long, the roosters ...

The Number Six Day: A Numerology Note on Tending What You Already Have

A note on the numbers, for the ones who read them like weather. I did the small arithmetic this morning that I do most mornings — the one my grandmother taught me before I understood why she bother...

The Three Minutes Before I Touch My Hair

A short one today,  the kind of letter I write when I want to give you something you can actually use before your coffee gets cold. There is a version of my morning that used to look like this: al...

What My Hair Taught Me About Growing Back Slowly

A letter on rinse water, coconut oil, and the parts of us that take their time. It rained last night, the kind of rain that arrives without warning and leaves the whole compound smelling like wet f...

The Threshold Before the Eclipse: A Letter for Leo Season

A letter from Bali on Leo season, the coming eclipse, and the ritual of stepping into your own light without apology.

New Moon in Cancer: Coming Home to Yourself

A letter for the New Moon in Cancer, written from my kitchen table in Pererenan, the rain just starting on the roof. There is a New Moon in Cancer this week, and if you have felt unusually quiet, ...

The Hundred Strokes: What Brushing Your Hair Slowly Taught Me

A letter about the oldest hair ritual there is — the slow evening brush — and what a hundred unhurried strokes can teach you about tending to yourself.

Le rituel du dimanche pour le cuir chevelu : une pratique de soin capillaire à adopter absolument

Un rituel du dimanche pour les cheveux, le cuir chevelu, et le système nerveux qui se trouve en dessous. Il y a un rituel auquel je reviens chaque dimanche matin, avant que la semaine n'ait la cha...

Rituels capillaires estivaux de Bali : ce que j'ai appris sur l'art de prendre soin de ce que l'on aime

Une lettre sur les rituels simples et cohérents qui ont transformé mes cheveux à Bali — massage du cuir chevelu, huile de noix de coco chaude, rinçages à l'eau froide et la pratique tranquille de l...