Common Grounds
Contemplations, Confessions, and (Unexpected) Connections from the Coffee Shop
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"Am I the only one?" That question sent Lee Warren on a pilgrimage in which he visited thirty coffee shops in Omaha, Nebraska. This collection of heartfelt insights about love, loss, loneliness, and the deep need for connection is the result. He ended up spending $136.42 on coffee and a few donuts, but it was a small price to pay for the commonality he felt between the patrons, baristas, and himself. And standing on common ground gave him strength in the most unexpected of ways. Maybe it will do the same for you.
Lee Warren
Lee Warren is a death educator, end-of-life preparation guide, and somatic practitioner. She is a cultural pioneer and leading voice in reimagining intimacy with death as a pathway to ecstatic aliveness. With over 30 years of experience living in intentional, land-based communities, Lee draws deeply from life at Earthaven Ecovillage in Southern Appalachia, where she co-created regenerative systems for home-building, food production, renewable energy, and progressive self-governance. Immersed in exploring more reverent ways to live, Lee also participated in collective approaches to death care, gaining firsthand knowledge of caregiving in a cooperative context, including at-home death care, home funerals, green burials, and community-based grief rituals. Her work bridges the practical and the mystical, weaving embodiment, contemplative inquiry, and culture repair into a recipe for empowered living and dying. Lee is the founder of ReclaimingWisdom.com and QueenofDeath.org, platforms offering education and resources. She lives in Asheville, North Carolina.
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