This has been the longest time on over 20 years that I have not worked. I find it very frustrating, and the rejection letter do not make it any better. I am trying to keep positive but it is getting harder andharder to do so.

Had our first ritual on Father's Day. the DOA was Svarog and the Pagan Free Prize was a kolovrat, slavic symbol of the sun. We had 7 attendees for the first ritual....all male, and we all took turns remembering our Fathers and Grandfathers. I was a little nervous but think it all went well. Many Thanks to Ogam who came up from El Paso and spent ( Read more... )

Its been a bout two weeks since we went to Albuquerque. I was blown away at how comfortable I was and how welcomed I was made to feel in the pagan community. I got to talk to some wonderful people about ADF and the Slavic Pantheon, They all seemed interested in both, I definately felt like an embassador for both and it felt great to introduce ( Read more... )

On my way home I started thinking about the old evaporative coolers for cars and how the process of water evaporation can cool things down( think of when you get out of a pool ( Read more... )

Spent the day with Jim, Mom and a couple of friends Steve and Christa at Lake Pleasant. Its a beautiful lake about 20 minutes outside of Phoenix. The water was warm and crystal clear and the temps was about 107 today. The only downside was the amout of trash around the picnic areas. I am seriously considering getting the grove out there to ( Read more... )

Since January of this year I am less than 5 lbs shy of losing a total of 30lbs. I weighed myself and I am at 205lbs. Havent weighed this little in 5 years. I would like to loose another 10-20 lbs, we will see. Its amazing how going to a vegetarian diet has helped my loss.

I don't know what the big hype was about this dust storm that happened on Tuesday night. It was interesting to see but not uncommon.

Jim and I have acquired a couple of classic Volvos this year The top one is a 1984 240 very similar to the one my grandparents had and spent many years chauffeuring Bubbie around when Pappap passed. This was to replace the Sebring as my daily driver bur right now there are a few gremlins preventing that. Right now its the locking mechanism in the ( Read more... )

I haven't posted in a while, mainly because I didn't want to talk about what has been happening in my life. so here is a quick synopsis ( Read more... )

This is the latest one of Director Ferzan Ozpatek movies. I am a big fan of his and this movie has added to my admiration ( Read more... )