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"snowlantern, I was able to read about five sentences of that before I had to stop because it was so fucking upsetting and offensive because what you are saying is the exact same thing rape victims hear from people blaming them for their own rape ( Read more... ) -
The April situation
”Real!April was raped ( Read more... ) -
Supernatural
You know what I just realized? I just realized why Dean was being so harsh to Sam in the beginning of the season about missing Kevin's calls. It was because Dean felt he himself had failed Cas and left him behind in Purgatory. Dean thought he had let Cas down. It was a sore point for him and he couldn't stand the thought of anyone else reaching out ( Read more... ) -
A Leap Year
Seven households close to me are moving this year. My sister and her family are selling their condo and getting a bigger place for rent. Housing prices have skyrocketed during the 16 years they've lived there so they're gonna cash in. Finally they'll have some money! And finally sis and her hubby will have a bedroom of their own instead of bunking ( Read more... ) -
It's April, and the snow is gone
All the best months lie ahead. April, pre-spring with the light and the birdsong. May, the greening. June, paradise on earth. July, the heavy, humid ripeness of summer and vacation. August, a generous overabundance of yet more summer with the dark, warm evenings. September, the hope for a few more sunny days and coffees outside. The little river is ( Read more... ) -
The social life of a hermit
For someone in a hermit phase, I've seen a lot of people lately. Josie, Joanie, Annie, the Marys and my mom, all in the last week. The Marys came over on Friday for a bite to eat and some wine. Mary Poppy was together with Lee for a while, so that's how we met, and Other Mary is her best friend. Mary Poppy is tiny, she has an underweight problem ( Read more... ) -
My old professor (in the good ole 1920's)
It snowed again. Once again the world is white, only even more so since there's a lot more daylight now. It's restricting whenever you need to get somewhere but so beautiful.
I'm back into a normal work routine and it feels so good. These days it feels like I need work to keep my life balanced, like I need that structure to my days. Is that really ( Read more... ) -
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I've become very rigid about my Sundays. They're my time. I don't want to plan anything or meet anyone, I just want to spend every Sunday by myself at home doing whatever I feel like. It usually involves a long lazy breakfast with the newspaper crossword, puttering about, lunch in the afternoon (garlic & veggie rice today), and then coffee in front ( Read more... ) -
Like a drive-by
Because a large number of women, Joanie and me included, don't go to the gyn exams designed to screen for cervix cancer, they've recently started sending out test kits where you can easily swab yourself at home and mail in the result. I mean very recently - both Joanie and I did that for the first time last year. That timing may have saved Joanie's ( Read more... ) -
Peeking my nose out the winter lair
I'm never good with November, but I feel good about today. I wandered through a few shops, found a cute bottle for home-made berry booze and a beautiful 2011 wall calendar with photos of faery houses. I love that there is a person who builds little faery houses out of leaves and pebbles, takes pictures of them and leaves them there ready for the ( Read more... )