Little breakthrough today ( Read more... )

Blowing on my candle, watching the flame flicker ( Read more... )

Dreamed of death all last night. I was escorted by my father, who was telling me how he had an affair. He took me to watch Death Herself go by in a boat, full of people who had been killed by their lovers. It was Her alright. He said her name was Black AnnaLee, and she was wearing a big antebellum dress and holding a parasol. She was black as night ( Read more... )

In the office, and finally done for today. It looks like I have finally emerged from denial. The semester is starting, and I am prepping for classes and beginning the schedule ( Read more... )

Anyone out there in lj land have a pair of bolt cutters I can borrow? We have no electricity and a fridge full of food going bad because we can't get into our circuit box to flip the switch.

I'm having a moment over it, but I guess there is nothing to do but deal with it tomorrow.

Please help.

When I was a child, I wanted to be a nun. Now, there are not many Yaqui nuns, and definitely no Seventh Day Adventist nuns! My longing to be a nun was likely influenced by the Carmelites, who lived on the hill above Lake Vasona, and my love of Julie Andrews. I was fascinated by the nuns who lived on the hill. I would hang out at the Novitiate ( Read more... )

I forgive myself for being rejected.

Rinse, repeat.

I spent today running like a machine. Got the exams done. Graded the last of the papers as they took their exams. All while orchestrating a tamale lunch. They were cold, but it was a try, and at least it was the thought that counts ( Read more... )

God is trying to sell me something again. This time I'm going to buy at the asking price and call myself lucky.

What price is fair for my soul's freedom? I suppose at any price it is a deal.

I continue the process of realizing my own preciousness, and spending it wisely.

I'm still feeling so strange about G dying. He was a little older than me. He was the chair of Biology ( Read more... )