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Happy New Year
Breath across the embers brings fire to the hearth, and there will be heat and light for the coming year, and fire for cooking ( Read more... ) -
On initiation
Ah, yes. That magical word that takes on such meaning in esoteric circles of all sorts.
Initiation.
To many people, it evokes images of secret ceremonies; of mysteries conferred; of vows taken. It is often treated as the gateway to belonging - entry into the "in crowd" of whatever clique is at the next layer of the layers of onion peel that ( Read more... ) -
Musings: financial acumen and the way we think about money and abundance
I found myself spending some time this morning updating LibraryThing with a number of my business and investing books and tripped over a couple of the Rich Dad series that I bought a few years ago. This reminded me of teriel's posts on them, which led to remembering that I had wanted to write about the subject a bit myself. At the time, however, I had ( Read more... ) -
An open note to the Democratic party
If Virginia goes blue, there will be no excuses left. No blame game, no whining ( Read more... ) -
On Submission
I want to write more on this topic, but I want to get a few thoughts out now before time passes and I don't write anything ( Read more... ) -
Name that image!
Ok, all my art expert friends...
I'm trying to locate the original of this picture: goodtexan is my hero.
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Musings on intimacy
I've been doing a lot of thinking lately about intimacy and all of it's variations. It seems to me that often the concept of close, emotionally intimate friendship gets lost in the midst of poly-(insert ending of choice here) discussions.The word "poly-amory" means, in one of its translations, "more than one love or many loves" (or multiple, ( Read more... ) -
Good food for contemplation
I've been browsing through a few old favorite links again, and this one bears posting:
MZB on Why Prayer Is Not AnsweredIt's an excellent reminder for anyone who follows a path of self-exploration and questing. Asking yourself "If this thing I say I want were to appear at my doorstep Right Now, but to have it I would have to give up everything ( Read more... ) -
Ah, yes... another creative credit card advertisement
Another installment in my "favorite credit card company tricks ( Read more... )
