I don’t have a loud voice shouting to get out today, so instead here are some little voices. My middle child loves to go out in the rain. As soon as a downpour starts, he’s at the front door asking to go out in it. I love being able to say yes. Yes! Go dance […]
Category Archives: Life
The Lonely Path
I live on the edge. That’s sounds a lot more exciting than I meant it to. I don’t go base jumping or drag racing or chase after other adrenalin-junkie activities. I live on the edge of everyday life. My life as a Venn diagram would be a multi-dimensional collection of soap bubbles that converge on […]
When I Grow Up…
My Aunt Anne might be coming to visit me this month. Just the thought of her visit is driving me nuts. I have idolized my aunt since I was a little girl. Unlike my mother’s family, I never saw my dad’s family very often, so every time I got to see any of them it […]
Die! Die! Die!
Do you see that? Flies! They’re everywhere! They exploded out of nowhere last week and have taken over my house. As bad as those pictures look, there are times and places in my house where it is much, much worse. It’s like the Amityville Horror around here. I hate them. I don’t know what I’ve […]
Lipstick and Lazy Days
After spending most of last week feeling like I was slowly going crazy from my to-do list getting longer and longer and longer, I decided to take the 4th off. No working on my to-do list, no doing anything I absolutely didn’t have to. I’m going to watch TV and knit and drink beer and smell […]
Literature Outside Its Time
One of my favorite authors of all time is Robert Heinlein. I discovered his books the year after he died, and I read them voraciously throughout my teenage years. Through his books, I learned about things as varied as being resourceful and self-reliant, the value of honor and integrity, libertarianism and voluntaryism (though I didn’t […]
Bored at a Wedding
Yesterday evening my husband and I had a wedding to go to. Or, rather, a wedding reception. We were invited as acquaintances. I have no real friendship or connection to either the bride or the groom. In fact, the groom couldn’t even remember my name! Which means I was sitting for about four hours in […]
Rain
I’m feeling the swamp vibe this year. Or possibly rainforest. How much does it have to rain to qualify as rainforest? It rains every day. Morning, afternoon, evening, overnight. It can spend an entire day doing nothing but sprinkling all day long, which is a bit like Chinese water torture from the heavens. None of […]
Summertime Things
We’re getting ready for PaganFest this week. We’ve been attending the relatively new Michigan festival for the past three years, and now it is just one of our annual rituals to welcome in summer. Three days at a campground with bonfire and fellowship…I’m looking forward to it even though I will be spending most of […]
Those Daily Devotions
Yesterday my teachers asked me how my daily devotions and my relationship with Loki were going. I never know how to answer open-ended questions like that on the spot, but they do make me think. I didn’t have anything resembling a daily devotional practice until last year, when I received my first degree and finally […]