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LJI Salty
There is a very old tale of a king who had three daughters. He asked them one day how much they loved him.
"More than life," said the eldest.
"More than words," said the next.
"More than meat loves salt," said the youngest, the king's favorite child.The king did not understand this response and was greatly insulted that his favorite daughter did ( Read more... ) -
LJI The Blue Hour
In the old Irish stories, the time between dark and light was considered a time of magic. It was a between time, twilight and pre-dawn, when the sun was not in the sky but there was enough light to see. Between times, whether they are between day and night or between seasons or even between sea and stone are times and places of magic. These are ( Read more... ) -
LJI The Trolley Problem
There are times I feel like my life is not my own any more.
January 19 2017, I started compiling a list. Creative type that I am, I named it The List. The List is a publicly available catalog of curated news reports and government documents. Those who study authoritarian regimes suggest keeping a list of abnormal events after a demagogue is ( Read more... ) -
LJI No Comment
I'm using this week's topic to work through some of my polyamory issues, so expect Terry Pratchett levels of footnotes and digressions (and if you haven't read the Discworld series, you really should. The man was one of the best selling UK authors of the 90s for a reason). Going into the disconnect between logic and feelings has a tendency to be a ( Read more... ) -
LJI Where I'm from
I always envied people who had generations of family in one area. Cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents, seeing the extended family every time you went to the store; I've never had that ( Read more... ) -
LJI Heel turn
I have been a service dog handler since 2008 ( Read more... ) -
LJI: Fear is the heart of love
If you love something, let it go ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol: Skating to the puck
There I was. A newly-minted college graduate, with a degree that allowed me to be grammatically correct when I asked customers if they wanted a lap dance and no real prospects for a more stable job. I had gone for a few extra semesters on the hope of getting an Education degree -- only to find out I had been left off the student teaching roster and ( Read more... ) -
LJI week 2: That One Friend
We all know that one person ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol: I Need the Struggle to Feel Alive
Southern Guilt is a strange thing. It's not as prevalent now as it used to be, thank Og. However, my mom never quite left the 1950s, so I grew up with a healthy dose of the Guilt Method of parenting.
A partial list of the things a "nice girl" would never do:- Leave the house without lipstick and mascara
- Go out to dinner without meeting the boy's ( Read more... )