I don't like to delve into politics. I used to keep up, yes. But the past years, I have been so utterly disgusted with the insane state of things and the naivety of the people around me (blind trust, fallible arguments) that I've high-tailed away from speaking. I don't like to identify to parties, generally. I'm more of an issue-girl. It annoys ( Read more... )

So. Everyone's doing the 9-11 thing. Yeah, the families and friends who experienced that tragedy - my heart goes out to them. But for me to act like I know all about it? No. I'm not going to shower them with sparkles. I think that would be disrepectful. I think they're brave and that each and every one of them is still fighting the battle of ( Read more... )

Rain. Amen. Thank you, Bergeron process. It's raining. What a relief. There has been too little of it here. It's been all around us, surely, passing a couple of miles north or south on just about every occasion, but it hasn't been here. I don't know how many times I've driven out of the storms and back to my house. For this reason, our garden ( Read more... )

( A ridiculously long introduction that doesn't even scrape the surface of who I am. )