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Nervous habits
I have a little fidget cube, a gift from my elder daughter. She knows that I have anxiety, and although she does not (I think, I hope) have a real understanding of it, she is a kind soul and twice she has seen a Thing that purports to be helpful and gotten it for me. (The other is a metal worry stone, so smooth ( Read more... ) -
Dreamwidth
I do have a Dreamwidth, also as hearthstone. -
Happy holidays to all!
I am de-stressing the holidays as much as humanly possible but I still hate this time of year. Yule was elsewhere and I did not go. Younger daughter's birthday was good for her I think. Having occasional panics but fewer than usual.
Hope you all have an excellent holiday-of-choice!
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Pagan Blog Project: J is for The Junk Drawer
Most of us have at least one place in their home reserved for things that have no other place. A kitchen drawer, an upstairs closet, even an entire room if you're particularly lucky or particularly disorganized. That one drawer in the kitchen, right next to the drawers of neatly stacked flatware or big spoons and spatulas. It might hold scratch ( Read more... ) -
Pagan Blog Project: J is for (There's Always Room For) Jello
If you are of a certain age, you'll remember the advertising catchphrase, and maybe even the tune: "There's always room for J-E-L-L-O!" I don't know that I ever gave it much thought, but the principle seemed to be that, for something so good, no matter how big the rest of your meal, you could always manage to get down just that little bit more as ( Read more... ) -
Pagan Blog Project: I is for Inspiration
I was going to write about this last week (the first "I" week) and didn't, wrote about something else. Now I have to, and the question I ask myself is "How do I write about inspiration when my own inspiration well has currently run dry ( Read more... ) -
Pagan Blog Project: I is for Informality
I am not a formal person. I spend my days in jeans and comfy shirts, no bra, no shoes or socks, hair unstyled (but clean!), and (it goes without saying) no makeup ( Read more... ) -
Pagan Blog Project: H is for (My) Heathenry
I've always considered myself, within heathenry, to be a heathen--just a heathen, nothing more specific, nothing more defined. (I've heard that some heathens have an issue with multifaith folks who count heathenry among their practices; maybe I am just fortunate in the people I have met, but this hasn't been my experience so I'm not going to ( Read more... ) -
Pagan Blog Project: H is for Hearth and Home
Paganism, they say, is a nature-based religion. It's one of the primary identifiers, one of the things that's always included in "What is a Pagan" articles and lists. I think it's one of the reasons some pagans and polytheists specify that they are "devotional" or "god-focused," although most nature-based pagans I know don't actually worship nature ( Read more... ) -
Pagan Blog Project: G is a Gift for a Gift
As a semi-reconstructionist polytheist, I don't necessarily adhere to every single aspect of historical practice, but reciprocity is a principle that I hold to absolutely. A gift for a gift. The responsibility of host to guest and of guest to host. "I give that you might give." Ghosti ( Read more... )