So...i haven't posted here in 4 years.... so much has happened in that time. 2 surgeries... my mother died suddenly and unexpectedly... my friend J chose death with dignity after terminal cancer diagnosis... i've lost a dog and 4 cats... and gained 4 cats... gained money... major car accidents....pain/healing/pain... gained a local daughter... ( Read more... )

So, i do read LJ pretty much daily. But i haven't opened my computer since mid-October (until today)... if i can't easily do it on my iphone, i don't do it. Which means i don't respond or post often as anything more than a few words to a sentence or two is a pain in the ass ( Read more... )

There are a bunch of my friends who are posting pro-choice and anti-choice ("pro-life") links, articles, and images. Rather than post in reply to each one - here is where i stand.

Pro-choice says that every child should be wanted and born into a safe and loving environment - the choice to have a child or not have a child is a sacred and ( Read more... )

... although it may be a bit uncomfortable.

i started a blog for NaPoWriMo... i only made it 11 days in.. .but that is better than i've ever done before. But... i have decided to continue to publish poetry there from time to time when i have writings.

That being said, here is a link to my most recent poem... I Stand Here Naked

Hi Seattle Friends... can you come to our rescue ( Read more... )

My sweet sister-of-my-heart, mistress_gaelan, came to visit today and it was wonderful. She has been taking classes in Tarot and she came to share some of her lessons. i finally really used my Gaian Tarot deck by Joanna Powell Colbert/. We did a very detailed spread with 34 cards. i will be spending quite a bit of time going into that reading.

Having a quiet morning. wingedelf is off at the Oregon Coast w/ his love. scootercomputer is away for some one-on-one time with his Gramma. So, it is just darkmuffin and i home with the critters. Spent some time on the phone with a dear friend, with my niece, and with my sister. Then darkmuffin and i played some Team Fortress 2... until blood sugar and the movement of the game made me ( Read more... )

Well... inanna came available... and so i have changed to the online name i started with ALL those decades ago!

But... for those who are confused... this IS damashita... :)

Somehow my elder son is in the midst of puberty. i don't know how it happened. Just the other day he was my little boy. Now, he is growing taller, growing hair, his voice is changing, and so are other things ( Read more... )

i abhor hormonal shifts. i don't know they are coming, not really... each month is different, some are bad, some are just eh. And when they hit... i go from a relatively sane individual to an irrational bitch in moments. Often in the middle of a conversation or event ( Read more... )