The oysters of my youth were huge things, briny and thick — I hated them and couldn’t see why people made such a fuss over them.
Oysters I Like
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Category Archives: Dear Diary
2016 Reading Challenge (May update)
Here’s how I’m doing so far in 2016:
Dark thoughts
It’s a dark time in the world, and I find myself musing on the last time it felt this way to me.
2016 Reading Challenge (April update)
Here’s how I’m doing so far in 2016:
Losing a Parent
Last week my stepfather died. Most accurately, he was my ex-stepfather as he and my mother were divorced about 20 years ago when I was in college. As with so many things today, this is a complicated situation.
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What Am I Grateful For?
I am grateful, first and foremost, for my husband. He has been in my life for 15 years now and is the sun to my earth, the musician for my dance, the partner of my dreams.
I am grateful for my job, which is stimulating and diverse and yet pays me well enough to live my dreams.
I am grateful for my friends. They are a wonderful group of interesting, intelligent people. Through them I learn about the world and see it through different eyes.
I am grateful for my coven, past, present, and future. Through them I am taught new things, constantly.
I am grateful for my teachers. Their gentle discipline and guidance has opened up new vistas for me to explore.
I am grateful for my family. We’ve been through a lot, and evolved into several different permutations, and there will always be love.
I am grateful for my home, which is beautiful and a source of safety on many levels.
I am grateful for the Deity, without whom I would not be.
2016 Reading Challenge (March update)
I love to read, I also read for a living (thanks Facing North!). So you’d think these reading challenges would be easy. . .
Here’s how I’m doing so far in 2016:
How To Control Stress, Some Thoughts
You can’t.
I’ve spent the last three years in a job that used to be fun and occasionally stressful, but rewarding, but is now very stressful and holds me with golden handcuffs. I know I’m stressed, my expanding middle and over-burdened adrenaline system tell me that, nearly constantly.
I keep waiting for the job to calm down, so I can get a handle on it.
A few weeks ago, as I was lying on a massage table getting work done because my low back was in pain (surprise surprise) I had a tremendous realization. The job isn’t going to change; I will never get a handle on it. I need to change my reaction.
So, I can’t control work, but I can control my response to it.
I’m pretty sure this is not news to the world. But I’m putting it out there because I don’t want to lose track of this realization, it’s pretty important for me.
Organizing the Library
Next in our year of organizing was the library.
First of all, we looked through the house and found the books that were ‘living’ elsewhere and brought them into the room. Then we went through our books, shelf by shelf and decided to keep (or not). This took most of Saturday, and resulted in three large bags of books going out to be sold. ($45!)
2016 Reading Challenge (Feb update)
I love to read, I also read for a living (thanks Facing North!). So you’d think these reading challenges would be easy. . .
Here’s how I’m doing so far in 2016: