How Thick Is Your Seed Coat?
I meant to post this a few days ago but had trouble with my web site, which I am still working through. My new year’s post will be up in the next couple of days. One of the ways that anthropologists determine when a particular crop became domesticated is by looking at the thickness of the [...]
Ten Years and One Day
I have been wondering why today I am raw at the edges. On the train, I thought to myself that I wanted to love greatly in this world and started to cry. All day I have struggled to “keep it together.” And yet, nothing is really wrong…is it? I looked at the phone which sits [...]
Long time, no see
I just realized that it’s been 2 months since last I wrote (thank you, Thalia, for checking in on me!). What all has been happening? Well, in September, we had our local Pagan Pride Day. About 50-60 people attended and the event went off without a hitch. The very next day, I left for a [...]
Holding Myself Hostage
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Ode to Bonnie Parker, originally uploaded by nhungsta. Sunday morning I had a dream of myself at 10. I am rollerskating through the neighborhood and wearing this filmy pink nightgown that [...]
Let’s talk
“Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.” This aphorism has always irritated me. Maybe it’s my wee, little intellect, but I love talking about people. People are so complex, messy, fleshy, and juicy. I look at humanity and I find us brilliant, wonderful, curious. We are lovely in both our [...]
Purpose with a side of joy, please
Ebullient: overflowing with fervor, enthusiasm, or excitement; high-spirited Last night, Michael and I watched the first episode of Heroes. I had never seen it, but the series has been highly recommended by people whose taste in TV matches mine enough to justify a sampling. I love Hiro’s ebullient dance through the sea of cubicles when [...]
Spring Cleaning
The contractor is finally and completely done. Today is a day of moving furniture back in place, unpacking, and figuring out what to do with the stuff we’ve been ignoring since we moved. That, and laundry. And changing the cat boxes. Rather than piss and moan about it, I’m grounding, centering, and using my body [...]
Living the Life
In many ways, I am living the life I want. In some ways, not so much. When I turned 18 and graduated from high school, I moved away from most of my family and every other person I knew to start fresh in a more liberal, open environment. Oklahoma is a great place to live [...]
Both Sides Now?
Very little grows on jagged rock. Be ground. Be crumbled, so wildflowers will come up where you are. You’ve been stoney for too many years. Try something different. Surrender. ~Rumi I spent this weekend living a past experience from the other side. Much like hosting a surprise birthday party for a dear friend after having enjoyed [...]
Authority, Betrayal, and Art
I have always had a love/hate relationship with authority. Tell me that I can’t do something, and I am very likely to do just that because you have no authority over me. However, people with authority (like the police, my boss, teachers, and my mom) tend to scare me a bit. I worry about how [...]
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