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The talk of the Internets the last few days has been that Texas judge who beat his daughter. He lives down here in the Armpit, a couple of ports over. Son Unit is vaguely acquainted with the young woman-- they both recently worked at the same anime con. It's of no relevance other than to bring the issue in even tighter focus for us. This isn't ( Read more... ) -
McCoy's Place
Once when I was about 11 years old, I hiked with a friend of mine out near the river near home. We came upon the burnt out remains of a once spectacular house. Built of dressed stone and heavy timber, at some point it must have been something to see. Given its condition, it had been burnt out for decades. When I asked my dad about it, he said that ( Read more... ) -
Vacation Necronomicon School Commonplace Book
Today's VNS assignment was to select a prompt from Lovecraft's Commonplace Book. All writing people should have their very own Commonplace Book, I think. Here's the venerable Mr. Lovecraft's over at La Petite Claudine.
I selected: 30 Strange visit to a place at night-moonlight-castle of great magnificence etc. Daylight shews either abandonment or ( Read more... ) -
The Deceptive Gulf
Yesterday as I drove with the Daughter Unit along Shoreline Drive, we were amazed by the ocean. The previous evening, we could see the lights over the bay at Ingleside. The next day, the air remained uncharacteristically clear and we could see things out across the water that are usually shrouded in haze-- Ingleside, drilling equipment, markers ( Read more... ) -
Still Standing
Earlier this week I converted my desk to a standing up arrangement. So far it's not going too badly. In the meantime, There's a 31 Days to Build a Better Blog challenge going on this month, which is hosted in part by I'm Still Standing (no relation to the first concept) and the Secret to Success Girls. Yesterday was "do a list post day" and I did ( Read more... ) -
Standing Up, Day One
Not for some cause this time, at my desk. Yesterday evening my ever-indulgent husband helped me raise the computer desk up onto blocks (yeah, at our house we have computers up on blocks instead of junk cars!). And so begins my experiment of working at the computer standing up. Right on time for that, I got my period, along with a period-induced ( Read more... ) -
Shameless Self-Promotion
And in honor of my whinging about no one paying attention to me, I have a guest post on Patheos.com. There are several other very interesting posts on the same subject, which is about whether the label "Pagan" is actually useful or not.
It all started with this interesting article from Drew Jacob: Why I am not a Pagan.
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Adventures of the Boy Unit in Civil Air Patrol
My son joined the Civil Air Patrol as a cadet last fall, which is a bit like junior ROTC. So far he's done quite well and learned a lot. Probably one of the most important things he's learning is people politics. Among the adults, there are a few power games going on not so behind the scenes. Among the cadets, there's the constant race to out-rank ( Read more... ) -
When Mental Illness and Magic Collide
On a semi-public druidic mailing list that I belong to, someone was describing their experience with a ritual with bonding with a grove of trees. So far, nothing too alarming in that. I don't think that one can really "bond" with trees, for values of bonding that seem to run parallel to human marriage or adoption, but to each their own. Perhaps ( Read more... )
