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Open Eyes, Open Mind, Open Heart
Collectivism has never appealed to me. Or rather, I suppose, it's never applied to me. Those who have sought to shape the masses will tell you that the younger the subject, the more complete the indoctrination will be. I was particularly lucky, as my upbringing was mainly shaped by the Mormon Church - a fairly benign cult, if you're unfamiliar with ( Read more... ) -
A Nearly Normal Weekend
We just got back from Las Vegas last night, after a long weekend of exhausting fun on the Strip. My dad and husband, along with a few of their friends, participated in a multi-day sporting clays competition, and they even placed in a few of their classes! I got to join them on the course for two of the days, got a nice sunburn to prove it, and ( Read more... ) -
Compassion
Yesterday I read a beautiful post about the early signs of a civilization. Like the writer, I assumed it would be some sort of tool or weapon, but the anthropologist they posed the question to remarked that the earliest sign was in fact a healed femur. In a dog-eat-dog world, a broken femur is a death sentence. You can't hunt or gather, you can't ( Read more... ) -
Hiding ain't a plan?
I'm going to be honest. I completely forgot I had this blog. It's been almost a decade since my last post. I don't think I abandoned this purposefully, but rather found other things to focus on. Things I no longer prioritize. I fell prey to the gluttony of social media, thinking I was doing good somehow, and now the veil has been pulled back and I ( Read more... ) -
Define interesting.
Oddly enough, my favorite word is 'articulate.' It just rolls of the tongue so nicely, and I always loved the fact that if you can use the word 'articulate' properly, that probably means you know how to articulate. Circular reasoning at its best, in my opinion.
Runner up, though, is probably 'among.' Think about it. Among. It doesn't look right, and ( Read more... ) -
I never married.
Last week I made a flower arrangement.
I gathered materials from both the craft store and my own yard, and assembled everything in an afternoon.
It is simple and yet commanding in its presence, which happens to currently be in my bathroom.
It is beautifully over a hundred dollars cheaper than anything I could have purchased.
Today I made an apron.
I ( Read more... )