-- Cross Posted from Welcome to Womanhood

The Censor is part of our leftover survival brain. It was the part in charge of deciding whether it was safe for us to leave the forest and go out into the meadow. Our Censor scans our creative meadow for any dangerous beasties. Any original thought can look pretty dangerous to our Censor.

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-- Cross-posted from Welcome To Womanhood

Last Sunday, during meditation, I closed my eyes and tried to open myself to the divine. What I saw was a cerulean blue sky, crowded with fluffy cumulus clouds and, leaning over from the breast up, what could only be the feminine divine. As she reached her hand down to mine, I reached up to touch hers ( Read more... )

Dear M,

You asked a lot of good questions last night. Even though I didn't have a chance to answer then, I've been trying to remember them so I can answer today.

First of all, know that I love you, Sissy and Mommy very much. I miss you. I wish I could come home. I was so looking forward to being with you for your birthday. You are very much a ( Read more... )

Twenty minutes later I sat on an old tree stump talking to Paige while Clay and Adam pored over the maps. Jeremy had given us our instructions and was now discussing last minute details with Kenneth. Paige and Kenneth would act as telepathic liaisons between the two groups, allowing us to communicate without two-way radios or cellphones. Telepathic ( Read more... )

Suddenly a French commando stepped out onto the deck in front of Schofield himself.
-- Matt Reilly, Ice Station

Wednesday, February 17, 4:51 PM
I just got home and had a brownie after leaving work 15 minutes early. At 3:45, my phone rang and the cable tech who was supposed to be at my place after 5 PM said he was outside my outer apartment door ( Read more... )

By not permitting verbal aggression to escalate, Wape women keep physical violence at a minimum. Among the Nagovisi, where domestic violence is also relatively rare, villages are formed around a group of women, related through maternal lines, and men marry into these family units, moving from their own families to live with their wives' families. ( Read more... )

Then he realized, with a shock of dismay, that he could not dismiss Philemon--not now, perhaps not ever.

-- Ken Follett, World Without End

By being duplicitous, by trying to use someone else for personal gain, this character has just realized that they have given license to be used themselves instead. Oh, what a tangled web we weave... I anticipate ( Read more... )

The congregation was awestruck. Godwyn never failed to marvel at how willing they were to be manipulated.
-- Ken Follett, World Without End

What does it take to manipulate people so easily? There are elections and legislation in the works across the country. How can people know who to trust and who's manipulating them?

Perfection. If you can get ( Read more... )

I've now got the new LiveJournal Messenger. My Windows Live ID is sophie_jean@livejournal.com. Sign up now and we can chat!

I am getting so sick of 2 verses from Leviticus being thrown out as reasons that GLBT people are mentally ill and need therapy. People who claim to be Christians point out this is the infallible word of God and must be true. But they say they same for the words of Jesus. Jesus was descended from a prostitute who saved Israel, a bisexual man who ( Read more... )