I’ve been suspecting there was something more going on with my body ever since the dramatic failure of my running career this spring. I had constant pain in my feet, and by the time I quit, I felt like I had two sprained ankles. The last run I took, I had intended to do eight […]
Category Archives: Life
Sometimes It Works Out
As Brian and I approach our 20th wedding anniversary, we are also moving through the 20th anniversaries of a lot of other things, many unpleasant. The summer and fall of 1993 were a very rough time for us, for me and my family, as I struggled to stand on my own and declare my voice, […]
It’s Not “Should”
I was going to make a cute little list of “what I should be doing” versus “what I am doing” or “what I’d rather be doing.” But I decided not to, because it’s not about “should.” “Should” implies that there is somebody else expecting something. “Should” stands for all those unreasonable expectations, most of which […]
I Am That One
I am the child who wandered off to the edge of the playground during recess, picking collections of the tiniest little lavender flowers you ever saw. I am the newlywed setting up house who occasionally walked about in public with things on my head…shopping baskets, cans of soda, books, whatever. I am the adult who […]
Acceptance and Integration
I got one, just one, response to my call for help, via Facebook: have everybody who is old enough do their own laundry. Fair enough, and a technique I’ve seen used in other large families but haven’t tried here. Since we are coming up on camp season, I will start this program when everybody gets […]
Distraction
There is no such thing as a straight line around here. There is no uninterrupted time, there is no start-to-finish. Everything is punctuated, diverted, channeled, diverged, pushed aside, overridden. There is no “Get up before everybody else,” because you never know when everybody else is going to suddenly get up earlier, or keep you up […]
Judge
For a culture that tries to pride itself on being free, open, multicultural, multiracial, and diverse, we sure can be a damnably judgmental lot. From religion to parenting, education to housekeeping, no matter who you are or what you do or how you do it, there seems to be somebody out there who is ready […]
Find Your Boundaries
Today, my mind is full and scattered, wandering and looking for a path, chaos surrounded by chaos. At the end of a fairly stressful Monday filled with more nuisances, annoyances, and breakages than a whole month should have, my altar candle burned itself out. It was a 2-week pillar candle, which usually lasts at least […]
Go Me
Over the past few days, I have accomplished: Multiple meals on the new supergrill, including kabobs and smoked ribs. Clearing the counters in the dining room. Cleaning up my sewing space. Making the muslin for the TARDIS dress and checking the fit. Scanning hundreds of pages of schoolwork and properly filing it on the computer. […]
Everyday Ethics
This is part 2 of my series on ethics. Read part 1 here, and part 3 here. As a reminder, here are the rules of Wiccan ethics: ‘An it harm none, do as thou wilt. What you do comes back to you, times three. Compulsion is black. As my religion is a part of my […]