I am responding here to recent exchanges with J.M. because I took the time to write this yet did not want to further antagonize the writer over at moschus ( Read more... )

I'm truly surprised at how rarely I can bring myself to make journal entries. I come here fairly often, however, either to write something that I don't post or to lose myself reading other users's journals and/or discover I just don't feel like writing.

Today I must give a shout and a surprised "thank you" to the many livejournal.com users who ( Read more... )

So many cute kittens! five in all, starting to emerge from the garage into the yard to frolic in the grass. One of the things we've had no shortage of is ratty old trunks that have been in this house probably since it was built (1896). The trunks are mostly gone now, disposed in various ways. Jerry put one of them in the backyard about ten years ( Read more... )

I had a great phone call from Peter Beiger asking me to hurry up with the presentation package he asked me to send him. Actually, he thought perhaps I hadn't received the email request and wanted to make sure I knew they are looking for the package. I did get the email but was savoring it instead of responding. It's pretty rare that I leave the ( Read more... )

A friend from a long time ago visited my web site, found the Sacred Erotic section called "An ancient primer to practical godhead" and to my dismay referred to it as "pornography." Like most web sites exploring the ancient practices for approaching the divine through channeling chi into the body to enhance health, develop spiritual awareness, and ( Read more... )

I have to admit to misgivings about anything named Kate or any of its similars: Kay, Kathleen, Catherine, Cathy. I've been ripped, shredded and torn by entities with all of those names, and now we have had Katerina. Heavily influenced by the bard, entities named after his shrew so often shred and rip and rend. Perhaps this is just my luck, but I ( Read more... )

So many people are googling "Gulfport" that a page at nine3 by that name has been getting a lot more downloads than usual. Usually there is a short excerpt of the song up there, but tonight I feel like letting the whole song play ( Read more... )

I'm not sure why "The Band Played On" is repeating in my brain. Maybe it's the idylls of summer counterpointed by shocking headlines and endless news feeds from the Gulf Coast disaster casting an ominous shadow on the Labor Day weekend that begins this afternoon. The song evokes a simpler world and time. And this time of year even I become a ( Read more... )

Beginning on this date was unplanned, but it seems auspicious that today is the beginning of what we think of as the regular school year. Will try to be appropriately structured in my approach to blogging ( Read more... )