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For me, anytime I'm feeling low, what I need to regain my equilibrium is time and perspective. My natural state is calm, logical, and balanced, so I can trust that I'll return to that after even the most crushing upsets. I can hurry it along with sleep, a hot shower, a phone call with my Mom, time spent sifting through items at a thrift store, a walk outside, an open window, time to write, working on a project to help somebody else, or watching one of my favorite movies--like Sense & Sensibility and getting a good cry in. :)
Day 21: Another Moment
Sep. 23rd, 2010 01:52 pmGraeme had finished eating his dinner a few days ago and was having an audible conversation with what sounded like a group of invisible companions. I overheard him say, "Okay! I will ask her right now!" and then he asked me to help him down from the bar stool height chair. I helped him down and he said to me, "Mommy, you have to watch me. I'm going to go into the kitchen and do some dancing!"
I said okay and I stood back to watch.
I wish I had a camera rolling. It would have been a YouTube sensation.
He runs into the center of the hardwood floor in the kitchen, spins on his socked feet, and the drops to his back and starts spinning around on his shirt, for all the world looking *just* like a miniature breakdancer. He did some leg and back and arm stuff I can't describe, while still spinning and went to his side, his stomach, all spinning then popped back up to his feet with a little flair of a jump and then attempted a few steps, a sort of grungy arabesque, and then some jazzy hands before finishing with a big bunny hop and a deep-kneed gymnastics landing, complete with the arms over the head flourish. It was bananas. I was in shock, totally in shock, wondering where he suddenly picked this up.
He grinned like a crazy man and said, "See Mommy? I know how to break dance!"
No attempt at coercion has allowed me to get a video of him repeating the act. It seems to have been a one-time, possessed-child moment. :D
I said okay and I stood back to watch.
I wish I had a camera rolling. It would have been a YouTube sensation.
He runs into the center of the hardwood floor in the kitchen, spins on his socked feet, and the drops to his back and starts spinning around on his shirt, for all the world looking *just* like a miniature breakdancer. He did some leg and back and arm stuff I can't describe, while still spinning and went to his side, his stomach, all spinning then popped back up to his feet with a little flair of a jump and then attempted a few steps, a sort of grungy arabesque, and then some jazzy hands before finishing with a big bunny hop and a deep-kneed gymnastics landing, complete with the arms over the head flourish. It was bananas. I was in shock, totally in shock, wondering where he suddenly picked this up.
He grinned like a crazy man and said, "See Mommy? I know how to break dance!"
No attempt at coercion has allowed me to get a video of him repeating the act. It seems to have been a one-time, possessed-child moment. :D
Day 15: My Dreams
Sep. 15th, 2010 05:47 pmI dream of turning the tide from indifference to compassion-- swimming upstream through people going about their business until they notice my destination, my intention, and swing wide to join me.
I dream of bringing children home, opening the door to their very own bedroom, opening my heart, opening my arms and saying, "I've waited my entire life to find you, to love you, to adopt you into our family. Welcome home, dearheart."
I dream of bringing my children with me around the world and supporting them in their vast and varied interests.
I dream of a life of philanthropy. Putting shoes on feet, food on plates, books in hands, school supplies in backpacks, warm pajamas on children, smiles on faces, hope in hearts.
I dream of buying damaged/farmed/cleared land and restoring it, replanting it to be a haven for wildlife, simple living, and permaculture experimentation.
I dream of having a big, beautiful home where the guest rooms stand waiting and there are always wildflowers or evergreen boughs in vases on tables.
I dream of organizing and running a little storefront. Something sweet and lovely, where I can make lists and tie bows and punch keys on my cash register.
I dream of living a long, healthy life surrounded by those I love and being able to express my own love, devotion, and life's philosophy through service and kind acts.
I dream of bringing children home, opening the door to their very own bedroom, opening my heart, opening my arms and saying, "I've waited my entire life to find you, to love you, to adopt you into our family. Welcome home, dearheart."
I dream of bringing my children with me around the world and supporting them in their vast and varied interests.
I dream of a life of philanthropy. Putting shoes on feet, food on plates, books in hands, school supplies in backpacks, warm pajamas on children, smiles on faces, hope in hearts.
I dream of buying damaged/farmed/cleared land and restoring it, replanting it to be a haven for wildlife, simple living, and permaculture experimentation.
I dream of having a big, beautiful home where the guest rooms stand waiting and there are always wildflowers or evergreen boughs in vases on tables.
I dream of organizing and running a little storefront. Something sweet and lovely, where I can make lists and tie bows and punch keys on my cash register.
I dream of living a long, healthy life surrounded by those I love and being able to express my own love, devotion, and life's philosophy through service and kind acts.
Day 9: My Beliefs
Sep. 10th, 2010 06:41 am1) I believe that all creation is a reflection of the creator. Masculine and feminine, creative and destructive, ever-recycling forms of energy and embodiment. More than that, I believe that all creation is *part* of the creator. Every thing, every body is sacred and divine. I share the same essence of eternal connection and Love with every tree, every human, every fish, every breath of air, every sunrise, every animal, everything that has and is and will ever be and even that which is never expressed here and present, physically, upon the Earth.
2) I believe in the reincarnation of the Soul as a form of lifetimes long learning and spiritual evolution.
3) I believe that we are challenged, every day, to choose to act out of Love instead of acting, instinctually, out of Fear. I believe that pride, anger, guilt, impatience, rage, annoyance, brutality, envy, and other emotions that steal our sense of center and calm are manifestations of hidden Fear and disconnection from the whole.
4) I believe that religions are an arbitrary human construct, invented by humans as a form of social control, reassurance and "us/them" division, but that the philosophical spirituality behind them reveals many great Truths. I do not believe that any one religion, including mine, is right. I want everyone to have the chance to find the path that brings them to a place of Love and compassionate connection with those around them.
5) I believe that all that is, is divine. It follows, for me, that each person is capable of embodying the divine and gently reshaping the reality they live in. I believe that we have access to knowledge and extraordinary abilities from both past lives and between-life states of peace and review. I believe that our minds create our circumstances and that there is magick, yes, but no more powerful magick than gratitude, patience, and optimism. There are no limits, I believe, in the power of Love unleashed, fearlessly, in the world.
6) Likewise, Fear unleashed in the world by broken, lost, disconnected individuals is truly horrific to behold. I believe that war, crime and environmental destruction are symptoms of disconnection from our divine, immortal roots. I do not believe these are our natural states of being, but expressed moments of insane grief, hard-heartedness and wild, irrational fear.
7) I believe that parenting is a sacred duty, the honor of being entrusted to care for and protect another Soul in their most vulnerable state of embodiment.
8) I believe we choose the moment of our rebirths carefully, knowing ahead of time what challenges and burdens our lives will provide us to learn from. I know, though it can be hard to trust, that my Higher Self chose every hard circumstance and loss for me, trusting in our ability, together, to grow through those experiences. So in life, I try to trust, to adapt, and to cheerfully pilot the rough waters and appreciate the moments of sudden sunbeams and steadfast comradery. It all goes back to gratitude for me, which is an extraordinarily transformative off-shoot of Love.
Mine is a personal spirituality which can be best be defined by the motto, "In Gratitude--Peace and Plenty."
2) I believe in the reincarnation of the Soul as a form of lifetimes long learning and spiritual evolution.
3) I believe that we are challenged, every day, to choose to act out of Love instead of acting, instinctually, out of Fear. I believe that pride, anger, guilt, impatience, rage, annoyance, brutality, envy, and other emotions that steal our sense of center and calm are manifestations of hidden Fear and disconnection from the whole.
4) I believe that religions are an arbitrary human construct, invented by humans as a form of social control, reassurance and "us/them" division, but that the philosophical spirituality behind them reveals many great Truths. I do not believe that any one religion, including mine, is right. I want everyone to have the chance to find the path that brings them to a place of Love and compassionate connection with those around them.
5) I believe that all that is, is divine. It follows, for me, that each person is capable of embodying the divine and gently reshaping the reality they live in. I believe that we have access to knowledge and extraordinary abilities from both past lives and between-life states of peace and review. I believe that our minds create our circumstances and that there is magick, yes, but no more powerful magick than gratitude, patience, and optimism. There are no limits, I believe, in the power of Love unleashed, fearlessly, in the world.
6) Likewise, Fear unleashed in the world by broken, lost, disconnected individuals is truly horrific to behold. I believe that war, crime and environmental destruction are symptoms of disconnection from our divine, immortal roots. I do not believe these are our natural states of being, but expressed moments of insane grief, hard-heartedness and wild, irrational fear.
7) I believe that parenting is a sacred duty, the honor of being entrusted to care for and protect another Soul in their most vulnerable state of embodiment.
8) I believe we choose the moment of our rebirths carefully, knowing ahead of time what challenges and burdens our lives will provide us to learn from. I know, though it can be hard to trust, that my Higher Self chose every hard circumstance and loss for me, trusting in our ability, together, to grow through those experiences. So in life, I try to trust, to adapt, and to cheerfully pilot the rough waters and appreciate the moments of sudden sunbeams and steadfast comradery. It all goes back to gratitude for me, which is an extraordinarily transformative off-shoot of Love.
Mine is a personal spirituality which can be best be defined by the motto, "In Gratitude--Peace and Plenty."
Book Survey
Aug. 26th, 2010 07:15 am1. Favorite childhood book?
I inherited my father's old copy of The Little Lame Prince by Dinah Maria Mulock Craick and absolutely adored it. You can even read it online these days, right here on GoogleReader. There isn't one clear answer for me to this question, so here's the first that came to mind. :)
2. What are you reading right now?
Nothing! I've been unable/unwilling/uninterested in reading since I had my kidney surgery. I'm too focused on the swing from mental stillness to reading/writing astrology reports and back.
3. What books do you have on request at the library?
None, currently.
4. Bad book habit?
I judge books by their covers.
5. What do you currently have checked out from the library?
Nothing! I returned about ten I Spy books for Graeme last week, though.
6. Do you have an e-reader?
No. I'm a purist.
7. Do you prefer to read one book at a time, or several at once?
One at a time with fiction and a few at a time with non-fiction.
8. Have your reading habits changed since starting a blog?
I read more YA than I used to because my friends read (and write) so much in the genre.
9. Least favorite book you read this year (so far?):
Smoky and the Feast of Mabon, a pagan children's book by Cat Valente and W. Lyon Martin (illust.) broke my heart. I'd waited for months to see that book come out and found it to be almost incomprehensible, poorly illustrated and entirely uninspired.
10. Favorite book you've read this year?
I was most inspired by A Reenchanted World: The Quest for a New Kinship With Nature by James William Gibson.
11. How often do you read out of your comfort zone?
To a certain extent, I'm pretty adventurous but I won't continue to read anything I don't enjoy in some way. My life's too short to waste leisure time with things I don't like.
12. What is your reading comfort zone?
Spiritual, self-help, history, anthropology, biography, YA, female-driven sci-fi, distopian
13. Can you read on the bus?
No, I'm too busy trying not to miss my stop!
14. Favorite place to read?
Propped up in bed with a plate of bread and margarine.
15. What is your policy on book lending?
I'm wary about lending my books out because I'm so particular about the condition I keep them in. Spine creases and paper crinkles make me cringe a little, so if I'm going to lend a book, chances are very good that I'll just give it away entirely.
16. Do you ever dog-ear books?
It has happened in extreme circumstances, I guess, but I can almost always find a piece of scrap paper or *something* to mark my pages with.
17. Do you ever write in the margins of your books?
In certain textbooks, books I was analyzing for class, or inspirational books--I have.
18. Not even with text books?
Yes! Especially in textbooks.
19. What is your favorite language to read in?
English. Though this isn't much of a competition.
20. What makes you love a book?
Lovable, inspiring characters and a sense of escapism.
21. What will inspire you to recommend a book?
If I'm reading through something that seems relevant to someone I know, I'll often mention it to them once I'm done.
22. Favorite genre?
Science fiction with female leads.
23. Genre you rarely read (but wish you did?)
Hmm. I guess I wish I read (and enjoyed) poetry more.
24. Favorite biography?
Black Elk Speaks. Does that count?
25. Have you ever read a self-help book?
Yes! I love books, especially, that are geared towards counseling issues.
26. Favorite cookbook?
While it fails, utterly, in being vegan I am captivated by a cookbook that Tasha Tudor illustrated that has such a celebratory, traditional charm called New England Butt'ry Shelf Cookbook: Receipts for Very Special Occasions from 1968 by a Mary Mason Campbell.
27. Most inspirational book you’ve read this year (fiction or non-fiction)?
One inspiring book I read was called God in the Wilderness: Rediscovering the Spirituality of the Great Outdoors with the Adventure Rabbi by Rabbi Jamie Korngold.
28. Favorite reading snack?
Sourdough bread with margarine.
29. Name a case in which hype ruined your reading experience.
Hype didn't ruin it but Breaking Dawn, the forth book in the Twilight series, was really bad.
30. How often do you agree with critics about a book?
I don't read professional reviews.
31. How do you feel about giving bad/negative reviews?
I think it is important to give an unbiased opinion of a book, particularly if a review site has nothing "AAAAA+! Great!" reviews for something I hated. I'm stymied now by knowing a few published authors and understanding how devastating and painful a harsh review can be to them.
32. If you could read in a foreign language, which language would you chose?
French or Ancient Egyptian
33. Most intimidating book you've ever read?
Probably my physics textbooks. ;)
34. Most intimidating book you're too nervous to begin?
Something on potty training? I don't know. I don't get intimidated by books.
35. Favorite Poet?
...see #23...
36. How many books do you usually have checked out of the library at any given time?
As a child, I maxed out my limit every week. Now I'm down to about 10 and they are almost all children's books for Graeme.
37. How often have you returned book to the library unread?
Sometimes. The most recent was Laurell K. Hamilton's Flirt that my husband brought home thinking I'd read while I was convalescing. I knew I didn't have the stomach for anymore of her bad writing trip! :D
38. Favorite fictional character?
Scarlett O'Hara
39. Favorite fictional villain?
Damon from the Vampire Diaries
40. Books I'm most likely to bring on vacation?
Usually just guidebooks or histories of the place I'm visiting.
41. The longest I've gone without reading.
I think I'm in one of those phases right now. It has been a few weeks since I had the mental focus to sit down and read something longer than a newspaper article.
42. Name a book that you could/would not finish.
The Bible. I tried to be a good Christian as a child, really tried to read it every night before bed, and would start at the beginning of the Bible about every year but I never got much past Exodus.
43. What distracts you easily when you're reading?
I'm extremely distracted by books in need of further editing.
44. Favorite film adaptation of a novel?
The Black Stallion
45. Most disappointing film adaptation?
Can't think of anything!
46. The most money I've ever spent in the bookstore at one time?
$400-$500
47. How often do you skim a book before reading it?
Never! I may start reading the first page, but I never jump ahead or flip through and randomly read a passage.
48. What would cause you to stop reading a book half-way through?
Bad/nonexistent editing, unkind or immoral main character, gratuitous sexual content
49. Do you like to keep your books organized?
I used to have my library carefully alphabetized before most of our books and bookshelves went into storage. I'd love to do that again. :)
50. Do you prefer to keep books or give them away once you've read them?
The half of me that likes simplicity loves to give them away. The pack rat voice, however, wants to keep and alphabetize them all into a grand home library!
51. Are there any books you've been avoiding?
The Harry Potter series. When something is universally loved, I get suspicious. I'm sure they're enjoyable, but I've been avoiding them deliberately.
52. Name a book that made you angry.
Joanna Campbell's The Wild Mustang.
53. A book you didn't expect to like but did?
We were forced to read Pat Frank's Alas, Babylon in high school and it became my favorite book! :)
54. A book that you expected to like but didn't?
The Forest of Hands and Teeth and its follow-up, The Dead-Tossed Waves. I expected a lot more from such an interesting pitch.
55. Favorite guilt-free, pleasure reading?
Jane Austen!
I inherited my father's old copy of The Little Lame Prince by Dinah Maria Mulock Craick and absolutely adored it. You can even read it online these days, right here on GoogleReader. There isn't one clear answer for me to this question, so here's the first that came to mind. :)
2. What are you reading right now?
Nothing! I've been unable/unwilling/uninterested in reading since I had my kidney surgery. I'm too focused on the swing from mental stillness to reading/writing astrology reports and back.
3. What books do you have on request at the library?
None, currently.
4. Bad book habit?
I judge books by their covers.
5. What do you currently have checked out from the library?
Nothing! I returned about ten I Spy books for Graeme last week, though.
6. Do you have an e-reader?
No. I'm a purist.
7. Do you prefer to read one book at a time, or several at once?
One at a time with fiction and a few at a time with non-fiction.
8. Have your reading habits changed since starting a blog?
I read more YA than I used to because my friends read (and write) so much in the genre.
9. Least favorite book you read this year (so far?):
Smoky and the Feast of Mabon, a pagan children's book by Cat Valente and W. Lyon Martin (illust.) broke my heart. I'd waited for months to see that book come out and found it to be almost incomprehensible, poorly illustrated and entirely uninspired.
10. Favorite book you've read this year?
I was most inspired by A Reenchanted World: The Quest for a New Kinship With Nature by James William Gibson.
11. How often do you read out of your comfort zone?
To a certain extent, I'm pretty adventurous but I won't continue to read anything I don't enjoy in some way. My life's too short to waste leisure time with things I don't like.
12. What is your reading comfort zone?
Spiritual, self-help, history, anthropology, biography, YA, female-driven sci-fi, distopian
13. Can you read on the bus?
No, I'm too busy trying not to miss my stop!
14. Favorite place to read?
Propped up in bed with a plate of bread and margarine.
15. What is your policy on book lending?
I'm wary about lending my books out because I'm so particular about the condition I keep them in. Spine creases and paper crinkles make me cringe a little, so if I'm going to lend a book, chances are very good that I'll just give it away entirely.
16. Do you ever dog-ear books?
It has happened in extreme circumstances, I guess, but I can almost always find a piece of scrap paper or *something* to mark my pages with.
17. Do you ever write in the margins of your books?
In certain textbooks, books I was analyzing for class, or inspirational books--I have.
18. Not even with text books?
Yes! Especially in textbooks.
19. What is your favorite language to read in?
English. Though this isn't much of a competition.
20. What makes you love a book?
Lovable, inspiring characters and a sense of escapism.
21. What will inspire you to recommend a book?
If I'm reading through something that seems relevant to someone I know, I'll often mention it to them once I'm done.
22. Favorite genre?
Science fiction with female leads.
23. Genre you rarely read (but wish you did?)
Hmm. I guess I wish I read (and enjoyed) poetry more.
24. Favorite biography?
Black Elk Speaks. Does that count?
25. Have you ever read a self-help book?
Yes! I love books, especially, that are geared towards counseling issues.
26. Favorite cookbook?
While it fails, utterly, in being vegan I am captivated by a cookbook that Tasha Tudor illustrated that has such a celebratory, traditional charm called New England Butt'ry Shelf Cookbook: Receipts for Very Special Occasions from 1968 by a Mary Mason Campbell.
27. Most inspirational book you’ve read this year (fiction or non-fiction)?
One inspiring book I read was called God in the Wilderness: Rediscovering the Spirituality of the Great Outdoors with the Adventure Rabbi by Rabbi Jamie Korngold.
28. Favorite reading snack?
Sourdough bread with margarine.
29. Name a case in which hype ruined your reading experience.
Hype didn't ruin it but Breaking Dawn, the forth book in the Twilight series, was really bad.
30. How often do you agree with critics about a book?
I don't read professional reviews.
31. How do you feel about giving bad/negative reviews?
I think it is important to give an unbiased opinion of a book, particularly if a review site has nothing "AAAAA+! Great!" reviews for something I hated. I'm stymied now by knowing a few published authors and understanding how devastating and painful a harsh review can be to them.
32. If you could read in a foreign language, which language would you chose?
French or Ancient Egyptian
33. Most intimidating book you've ever read?
Probably my physics textbooks. ;)
34. Most intimidating book you're too nervous to begin?
Something on potty training? I don't know. I don't get intimidated by books.
35. Favorite Poet?
...see #23...
36. How many books do you usually have checked out of the library at any given time?
As a child, I maxed out my limit every week. Now I'm down to about 10 and they are almost all children's books for Graeme.
37. How often have you returned book to the library unread?
Sometimes. The most recent was Laurell K. Hamilton's Flirt that my husband brought home thinking I'd read while I was convalescing. I knew I didn't have the stomach for anymore of her bad writing trip! :D
38. Favorite fictional character?
Scarlett O'Hara
39. Favorite fictional villain?
Damon from the Vampire Diaries
40. Books I'm most likely to bring on vacation?
Usually just guidebooks or histories of the place I'm visiting.
41. The longest I've gone without reading.
I think I'm in one of those phases right now. It has been a few weeks since I had the mental focus to sit down and read something longer than a newspaper article.
42. Name a book that you could/would not finish.
The Bible. I tried to be a good Christian as a child, really tried to read it every night before bed, and would start at the beginning of the Bible about every year but I never got much past Exodus.
43. What distracts you easily when you're reading?
I'm extremely distracted by books in need of further editing.
44. Favorite film adaptation of a novel?
The Black Stallion
45. Most disappointing film adaptation?
Can't think of anything!
46. The most money I've ever spent in the bookstore at one time?
$400-$500
47. How often do you skim a book before reading it?
Never! I may start reading the first page, but I never jump ahead or flip through and randomly read a passage.
48. What would cause you to stop reading a book half-way through?
Bad/nonexistent editing, unkind or immoral main character, gratuitous sexual content
49. Do you like to keep your books organized?
I used to have my library carefully alphabetized before most of our books and bookshelves went into storage. I'd love to do that again. :)
50. Do you prefer to keep books or give them away once you've read them?
The half of me that likes simplicity loves to give them away. The pack rat voice, however, wants to keep and alphabetize them all into a grand home library!
51. Are there any books you've been avoiding?
The Harry Potter series. When something is universally loved, I get suspicious. I'm sure they're enjoyable, but I've been avoiding them deliberately.
52. Name a book that made you angry.
Joanna Campbell's The Wild Mustang.
53. A book you didn't expect to like but did?
We were forced to read Pat Frank's Alas, Babylon in high school and it became my favorite book! :)
54. A book that you expected to like but didn't?
The Forest of Hands and Teeth and its follow-up, The Dead-Tossed Waves. I expected a lot more from such an interesting pitch.
55. Favorite guilt-free, pleasure reading?
Jane Austen!
The Book Meme
May. 21st, 2010 12:00 pmMy entire book-loving Friends List has done this one. :D
1) What author do you own the most books by?
This is a toss-up between Anne McCaffrey and L.J. Smith.
2) What book do you own the most copies of?
I try not to own multiple copies. I do have extra L.J. Smith books because I loved them so much as a teenager and now they're being reprinted.
3) Did it bother you that both those questions ended with prepositions?
No. The people who are bothered by it bother me. :D
4) What fictional character are you secretly in love with?
Secretly? I don't think it is a secret that I've been in love with Damon Salvatore from The Vampire Diaries for something like twenty years.
5) What book have you read the most times in your life?
Jane Austen's Sense & Sensibility
6) What was your favorite book when you were ten years old?
The Black Stallion by Walter Farley
7) What is the worst book you’ve read in the past year?
Danse Macabre by Laurell K. Hamilton (I quickly discovered the series really, truly, had gone-to-pot and was never coming back.)
8) What is the best book you’ve read in the past year?
I can't cut it down to one. The "bests" include: Jamie Korngold's God in the Wilderness: Rediscovering the Spirituality of the Great Outdoors with the Adventure Rabbi; Henry Cole's On Meadowview Street; Markus Zusak's The Book Thief; Nancy Cobb's In Lieu of Flowers: A Conversation for the Living; and James William Gibson's A Reenchanted World: The Quest for a New Kinship with Nature.
9) If you could force everyone you know to read one book, what would it be?
John de Graaf's Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic.
10) Who deserves to win the next Nobel Prize for Literature?
I couldn't name one human in history that has won it. So really, who am I to say?
11) What book would you most like to see made into a movie?
Pat Frank's Alas, Babylon. Did that ever happen?
12) What book would you least like to see made into a movie?
The Bible. It'd be the longest movie ever and all the begats would sorta kill the pacing.
13) Describe your weirdest dream involving a writer, book, or literary character.
It involved stabbing people with scissors in order to escape another dimension and really, who needs to hear more about that? :)
14) What is the most lowbrow book you’ve read as an adult?
Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake series. It gets worse and worse and worse.
15) What is the most difficult book you’ve ever read?
Wuthering Heights. I just couldn't get through it.
16) What is the most obscure Shakespeare play you’ve seen?
Ever seen? Oh, that's unfortunate...I've only ever seen the most famous ones.
17) Do you prefer the French or the Russians?
The French...though really, aren't they both depressing? :)
18) Roth or Updike?
I have never read a single book of either.
19) David Sedaris or Dave Eggers?
Again, I've never read either one of these guys' work.
20) Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer?
Shakespeare, for rereadable joy.
21) Austen or Eliot?
Austen, without question.
22) What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading?
Short stories, poetry, award-winning literature. I find myself shying away from anything that looks like what I was forced to read in literature courses. I like my fiction entertaining and my non-fiction uplifting.
23) What is your favorite novel?
Pat Frank's Alas, Babylon
24) Play?
Perversely, I really enjoy The Crucible.
25) Poem?
Here's where the giant gap in my reading comes into play. I have enjoyed poetry but found no heart-winning favorites.
26) Essay?
Seriously? Lord. I wouldn't know where to begin.
27) Short story?
I'm forever chilled by E.A. Poe's Premature Burial.
28) Work of nonfiction?
Some of the most influential of my life include:
The Pig Who Sang to the Moon: The Emotional Life of Farm Animals by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
Many Lives, Many Masters: The True Story of a Prominent Psychiatrist, His Young Patient, and the Past Life Therapy That Changed Both Their Lives by Dr. Brian Weiss
Affluenza: The All Consuming Epidemic by John de Graaf
Advice on Dying and Living a Better Life by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
29) Who is your favorite writer?
Shaun David Hutchinson :D
30) Who is the most overrated writer alive today?
I don't know. I think books find their audiences and while something might not meet my needs, it may meet others'.
31) What is your desert island book?
A Grateful Heart: Daily Blessings for the Evening Meal from Buddha to the Beatles, edited by M.J. Ryan. Hundreds of poems and snippets and prayers on gratitude, something I'd need if I was stranded alone in a survival situation. Of course, the unpublished "Eat This....Not This: Wilderness Edition" would be helpful, too.
32) And… what are you reading right now?
I'm currently reading Kelley Armstrong's The Reckoning having just finished up Carrie Ryan's The Dead-Tossed Waves.
1) What author do you own the most books by?
This is a toss-up between Anne McCaffrey and L.J. Smith.
2) What book do you own the most copies of?
I try not to own multiple copies. I do have extra L.J. Smith books because I loved them so much as a teenager and now they're being reprinted.
3) Did it bother you that both those questions ended with prepositions?
No. The people who are bothered by it bother me. :D
4) What fictional character are you secretly in love with?
Secretly? I don't think it is a secret that I've been in love with Damon Salvatore from The Vampire Diaries for something like twenty years.
5) What book have you read the most times in your life?
Jane Austen's Sense & Sensibility
6) What was your favorite book when you were ten years old?
The Black Stallion by Walter Farley
7) What is the worst book you’ve read in the past year?
Danse Macabre by Laurell K. Hamilton (I quickly discovered the series really, truly, had gone-to-pot and was never coming back.)
8) What is the best book you’ve read in the past year?
I can't cut it down to one. The "bests" include: Jamie Korngold's God in the Wilderness: Rediscovering the Spirituality of the Great Outdoors with the Adventure Rabbi; Henry Cole's On Meadowview Street; Markus Zusak's The Book Thief; Nancy Cobb's In Lieu of Flowers: A Conversation for the Living; and James William Gibson's A Reenchanted World: The Quest for a New Kinship with Nature.
9) If you could force everyone you know to read one book, what would it be?
John de Graaf's Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic.
10) Who deserves to win the next Nobel Prize for Literature?
I couldn't name one human in history that has won it. So really, who am I to say?
11) What book would you most like to see made into a movie?
Pat Frank's Alas, Babylon. Did that ever happen?
12) What book would you least like to see made into a movie?
The Bible. It'd be the longest movie ever and all the begats would sorta kill the pacing.
13) Describe your weirdest dream involving a writer, book, or literary character.
It involved stabbing people with scissors in order to escape another dimension and really, who needs to hear more about that? :)
14) What is the most lowbrow book you’ve read as an adult?
Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake series. It gets worse and worse and worse.
15) What is the most difficult book you’ve ever read?
Wuthering Heights. I just couldn't get through it.
16) What is the most obscure Shakespeare play you’ve seen?
Ever seen? Oh, that's unfortunate...I've only ever seen the most famous ones.
17) Do you prefer the French or the Russians?
The French...though really, aren't they both depressing? :)
18) Roth or Updike?
I have never read a single book of either.
19) David Sedaris or Dave Eggers?
Again, I've never read either one of these guys' work.
20) Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer?
Shakespeare, for rereadable joy.
21) Austen or Eliot?
Austen, without question.
22) What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading?
Short stories, poetry, award-winning literature. I find myself shying away from anything that looks like what I was forced to read in literature courses. I like my fiction entertaining and my non-fiction uplifting.
23) What is your favorite novel?
Pat Frank's Alas, Babylon
24) Play?
Perversely, I really enjoy The Crucible.
25) Poem?
Here's where the giant gap in my reading comes into play. I have enjoyed poetry but found no heart-winning favorites.
26) Essay?
Seriously? Lord. I wouldn't know where to begin.
27) Short story?
I'm forever chilled by E.A. Poe's Premature Burial.
28) Work of nonfiction?
Some of the most influential of my life include:
The Pig Who Sang to the Moon: The Emotional Life of Farm Animals by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
Many Lives, Many Masters: The True Story of a Prominent Psychiatrist, His Young Patient, and the Past Life Therapy That Changed Both Their Lives by Dr. Brian Weiss
Affluenza: The All Consuming Epidemic by John de Graaf
Advice on Dying and Living a Better Life by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
29) Who is your favorite writer?
Shaun David Hutchinson :D
30) Who is the most overrated writer alive today?
I don't know. I think books find their audiences and while something might not meet my needs, it may meet others'.
31) What is your desert island book?
A Grateful Heart: Daily Blessings for the Evening Meal from Buddha to the Beatles, edited by M.J. Ryan. Hundreds of poems and snippets and prayers on gratitude, something I'd need if I was stranded alone in a survival situation. Of course, the unpublished "Eat This....Not This: Wilderness Edition" would be helpful, too.
32) And… what are you reading right now?
I'm currently reading Kelley Armstrong's The Reckoning having just finished up Carrie Ryan's The Dead-Tossed Waves.
Television Meme
May. 12th, 2010 02:05 pmA show that should have never been canceled. Moonlight. With some CBS scheduling antics and then the disastrous writer's strike, it never had a chance to hit its stride. It deserved at least a whole, undisturbed first season.
A show that you wish more people were watching. Survivor. We could talk about it endlessly!
Your favorite new show (aired this t.v season). Glee and Vampire Diaries. They're both so enjoyable and so different from each other, I can't narrow it down to one.
Your favorite show ever. The Muppet Show
Favorite episode of your favorite t.v show. Episode 524: Special Guest Roger Moore!
Least favorite episode of your favorite t.v show. Seriously, I can't do that.
A show everyone should watch. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (I dare you not to cry in the first ten minutes.)
Best scene ever. On MacGuyver, when he was sealing some kind of nuclear material leak with some chocolate bars from the vending machine. That was classic.
A show you thought you wouldn’t like but ended up loving. CSI. My brother forced me to watch it in Season one and I loved it until Grissom left.
A show that disappointed you. Lost. I wanted a show about the isolated survivors of a commercial airline crash finding a way to create a new society on a small island, ala Swiss Family Robinson. FAIL!
An episode you’ve watched more than 5 times. Moonlight, the episode "B.C" where Beth took the vampire blood drug and went all sex-crazed and silly.
Favorite childhood show. She-Ra: Princess of Power! I also loved Adventures in Wonderland in the 90s.
Favorite male character. Damon from Vampire Diaries is a current favorite.
Favorite female character. Rogue from X-Men: The Animated Series
Your guilty pleasure show. The Tudors
Favorite mini series. Pride and Prejudice with Colin Firth
Favorite title sequence. MacGuyver! I can still hum the song today!
Best t.v show cast. House
Favorite kiss. Hmmmm. How about when Spike and Buffy were making out and the abandoned building was falling around them? That was a cool one. :D
Favorite ship. I don't understand "ship". Does that mean relationship? If so, how about Rogue/Gambit (X-Men Animated) or Damon/Elena (Vampire Diaries)? Tortured and impossible is how I roll.
Favorite series finale. I'm never satisfied with the finales.
Most annoying character. I don't know about most annoying, but I found Willow from Buffy pretty unbearable. (Sorry, folks! :D)
Best quote. I'm not a good quote rememberer. I did see a clip that I loved from True Blood that went something like this:
Bill:"...He's forced you to drink his blood."
Sookie:"No! No!"
Bill:"You're connected, he'll be able to sense your emotions."
Sookie to Eric:"You big lying A-hole! *hits Eric*
Eric: "Bill, you're right. I believe I can sense her emotions."
A show you plan on watching (old or new). I plan on catching up with Tudors and True Blood.
OMG WTF? Season finale. Ask me tomorrow.
Best pilot episode. Hmm. How about X-Men: The Animated Series. I was hooked!
First t.v show obsession. Obsession? My Little Pony
Current t.v show obsession. Vampire Diaries.
Saddest character death. This may not be television, but I have still not recovered from Goose's death in Top Gun.
A show that you wish more people were watching. Survivor. We could talk about it endlessly!
Your favorite new show (aired this t.v season). Glee and Vampire Diaries. They're both so enjoyable and so different from each other, I can't narrow it down to one.
Your favorite show ever. The Muppet Show
Favorite episode of your favorite t.v show. Episode 524: Special Guest Roger Moore!
Least favorite episode of your favorite t.v show. Seriously, I can't do that.
A show everyone should watch. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (I dare you not to cry in the first ten minutes.)
Best scene ever. On MacGuyver, when he was sealing some kind of nuclear material leak with some chocolate bars from the vending machine. That was classic.
A show you thought you wouldn’t like but ended up loving. CSI. My brother forced me to watch it in Season one and I loved it until Grissom left.
A show that disappointed you. Lost. I wanted a show about the isolated survivors of a commercial airline crash finding a way to create a new society on a small island, ala Swiss Family Robinson. FAIL!
An episode you’ve watched more than 5 times. Moonlight, the episode "B.C" where Beth took the vampire blood drug and went all sex-crazed and silly.
Favorite childhood show. She-Ra: Princess of Power! I also loved Adventures in Wonderland in the 90s.
Favorite male character. Damon from Vampire Diaries is a current favorite.
Favorite female character. Rogue from X-Men: The Animated Series
Your guilty pleasure show. The Tudors
Favorite mini series. Pride and Prejudice with Colin Firth
Favorite title sequence. MacGuyver! I can still hum the song today!
Best t.v show cast. House
Favorite kiss. Hmmmm. How about when Spike and Buffy were making out and the abandoned building was falling around them? That was a cool one. :D
Favorite ship. I don't understand "ship". Does that mean relationship? If so, how about Rogue/Gambit (X-Men Animated) or Damon/Elena (Vampire Diaries)? Tortured and impossible is how I roll.
Favorite series finale. I'm never satisfied with the finales.
Most annoying character. I don't know about most annoying, but I found Willow from Buffy pretty unbearable. (Sorry, folks! :D)
Best quote. I'm not a good quote rememberer. I did see a clip that I loved from True Blood that went something like this:
Bill:"...He's forced you to drink his blood."
Sookie:"No! No!"
Bill:"You're connected, he'll be able to sense your emotions."
Sookie to Eric:"You big lying A-hole! *hits Eric*
Eric: "Bill, you're right. I believe I can sense her emotions."
A show you plan on watching (old or new). I plan on catching up with Tudors and True Blood.
OMG WTF? Season finale. Ask me tomorrow.
Best pilot episode. Hmm. How about X-Men: The Animated Series. I was hooked!
First t.v show obsession. Obsession? My Little Pony
Current t.v show obsession. Vampire Diaries.
Saddest character death. This may not be television, but I have still not recovered from Goose's death in Top Gun.
Little Survey
Mar. 11th, 2010 08:53 am(by way of ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
willow_cabin, rubymulligan, and others. :) )
Outside my window…
the wind is picking up,rattling the palm fronds, and sounding like the ocean.
I am thinking…
today is the day I vacuum, do a few loads of laundry, and finally cook that purple cauliflower from the green market.
I am thankful for…
my life as it is and as it could be and the extraordinary, inspirational, talented people who play a part in it.
From the kitchen…
I can almost hear the plotting of the sugar ants planning their return.
I am wearing…
my pajamas, including my heart spiral "Life is Good" boxers, and my glasses.
I am creating…
scrawled lists and brainstorm pages for my upcoming parenting website.
I am going…
to the library today to pick up books they've ordered for me on garbage, Mother Earth, and subsistence living.
I am reading…
dozens of pagan-appropriate children's picture books. By far, my favorite find so far has been Linda Glaser's (with illustrations by Elisa Kleven) Our Big Home: An Earth Poem.
I am praying…
for guidance in divining and fulfilling my best potential as a human being.
I am hearing…
the murmur of air traffic, tires on wet pavement, and the saw and rustle of wind-tossed trees.
Around the house…
there are a lot of little things demanding my attention. Also, many unexpected bits of crayon and chalk artwork. ;)
One of my favorite things…
is being awake over an hour before my son. Such luxury! Such quiet! :D
A few plans for the rest of the week…
~reuniting with my hubby on Friday night before he leaves again Sunday
~reading more and beginning the writing process for my website plans
~taking the time to work on my overdue Outer Temple homework as well as reading the latest monthly packet from Diana's Grove.
willow_cabin, rubymulligan, and others. :) )Outside my window…
the wind is picking up,rattling the palm fronds, and sounding like the ocean.
I am thinking…
today is the day I vacuum, do a few loads of laundry, and finally cook that purple cauliflower from the green market.
I am thankful for…
my life as it is and as it could be and the extraordinary, inspirational, talented people who play a part in it.
From the kitchen…
I can almost hear the plotting of the sugar ants planning their return.
I am wearing…
my pajamas, including my heart spiral "Life is Good" boxers, and my glasses.
I am creating…
scrawled lists and brainstorm pages for my upcoming parenting website.
I am going…
to the library today to pick up books they've ordered for me on garbage, Mother Earth, and subsistence living.
I am reading…
dozens of pagan-appropriate children's picture books. By far, my favorite find so far has been Linda Glaser's (with illustrations by Elisa Kleven) Our Big Home: An Earth Poem.
I am praying…
for guidance in divining and fulfilling my best potential as a human being.
I am hearing…
the murmur of air traffic, tires on wet pavement, and the saw and rustle of wind-tossed trees.
Around the house…
there are a lot of little things demanding my attention. Also, many unexpected bits of crayon and chalk artwork. ;)
One of my favorite things…
is being awake over an hour before my son. Such luxury! Such quiet! :D
A few plans for the rest of the week…
~reuniting with my hubby on Friday night before he leaves again Sunday
~reading more and beginning the writing process for my website plans
~taking the time to work on my overdue Outer Temple homework as well as reading the latest monthly packet from Diana's Grove.
My Media Favorites
Feb. 3rd, 2010 10:37 amI've spent the past two days watching the first season of Dollhouse, a gift rubymulligan enabled me with for Yule. A lot of my friends have told me I needed to watch it, but I was resistant for a long time to the idea of watching Eliza Dushku acting like a sexy librarian and then a sexy waitress and then a sexy arms dealer. It sounded *so* lame. I stand corrected. It is a pretty damn entertaining series. I dare to say it is Whedon's best.
So that, and some new folks on my friends list, and some discussions of books withmermaiden and willow_cabin has led me to making lists. If you're asking, these are my favorites, my must-watch, must-read, must-hear list. Tell me yours!
Television Favorites
Survivor
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Glee
The Vampire Diaries
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
The Tudors
Past Television Favorites
MacGuyver
Moonlight
The Muppet Show
The Young Indiana Jones
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Favorite Books/Series
Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank
Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Soulmate by L.J. Smith
Gaia Girls series by Lee Welles
One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
Earth Mother by Ellen Jackson, illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon
Circle of Three series by Isobel Bird
The Next Place by Warren Hanson
Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Brave Little Parrot by Rafe Martin
Many Lives, Many Masters by Dr. Brian Weiss
The Saddle Club series by Bonnie Bryant
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Favorite Movies
Sense and Sensibility
The Long, Long Trailer
The Muppet Movie
Dangerous Beauty
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Gone With the Wind
Dave
Romancing the Stone
Bride and Prejudice
The Princess Bride
Top Gun
How to Marry a Millionaire
Glory
Avatar
Dirty Dancing
~~~
Favorite Music
This feels impossible. I think you can't go wrong with Natalie Merchant, U2, Dave Matthews Band, Snow Patrol, Peter Gabriel, Sting or Amanda Palmer.
Especially Natalie Merchant. :D
rubymulligan enabled me with for Yule. A lot of my friends have told me I needed to watch it, but I was resistant for a long time to the idea of watching Eliza Dushku acting like a sexy librarian and then a sexy waitress and then a sexy arms dealer. It sounded *so* lame. I stand corrected. It is a pretty damn entertaining series. I dare to say it is Whedon's best.So that, and some new folks on my friends list, and some discussions of books with
mermaiden and willow_cabin has led me to making lists. If you're asking, these are my favorites, my must-watch, must-read, must-hear list. Tell me yours!Television Favorites
Survivor
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Glee
The Vampire Diaries
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
The Tudors
Past Television Favorites
MacGuyver
Moonlight
The Muppet Show
The Young Indiana Jones
~~~~
Favorite Books/Series
Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank
Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Soulmate by L.J. Smith
Gaia Girls series by Lee Welles
One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
Earth Mother by Ellen Jackson, illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon
Circle of Three series by Isobel Bird
The Next Place by Warren Hanson
Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Brave Little Parrot by Rafe Martin
Many Lives, Many Masters by Dr. Brian Weiss
The Saddle Club series by Bonnie Bryant
~~~
Favorite Movies
Sense and Sensibility
The Long, Long Trailer
The Muppet Movie
Dangerous Beauty
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Gone With the Wind
Dave
Romancing the Stone
Bride and Prejudice
The Princess Bride
Top Gun
How to Marry a Millionaire
Glory
Avatar
Dirty Dancing
~~~
Favorite Music
This feels impossible. I think you can't go wrong with Natalie Merchant, U2, Dave Matthews Band, Snow Patrol, Peter Gabriel, Sting or Amanda Palmer.
Especially Natalie Merchant. :D
Year's End Survey (from mermaiden)
Dec. 16th, 2009 01:33 pm01. What did you do in 2009 that you'd never done before?
I left Graeme at home with Daniel for a couple weekends; I traveled alone with rental car and hotel and all those grown-up details; I saw the Grand Canyon.
02. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I'm not really a resolutions kind of girl. I'd say the year exceeded my expectations in all ways. :)
03. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Nobody in my close, daily life but some folks I feel I know fairly well on LiveJournal did.
04. Did anyone close to you die?
Yes. My across the hall neighbor died unexpectedly last month.
05. What countries did you visit?
Canada and the Bahamas.
( More questions, memories, and photos under the cut. )
I left Graeme at home with Daniel for a couple weekends; I traveled alone with rental car and hotel and all those grown-up details; I saw the Grand Canyon.
02. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I'm not really a resolutions kind of girl. I'd say the year exceeded my expectations in all ways. :)
03. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Nobody in my close, daily life but some folks I feel I know fairly well on LiveJournal did.
04. Did anyone close to you die?
Yes. My across the hall neighbor died unexpectedly last month.
05. What countries did you visit?
Canada and the Bahamas.
( More questions, memories, and photos under the cut. )
Survey from greyeyedpixie
Dec. 11th, 2009 11:07 am1. Elaborate on your default icon.
It is a long-armed self-portrait of me, my husband, and my son that we took laying in a giant pile of leaves at the Morton Arboretum this fall. We were having the most perfect day and finding that ocean of leaves to swim in was more fun than anything I could have imagined. I love the photo because it captures us all mid-laugh, mid-roll, and is a perfect little square window into our family life together. :)
2. What's your current relationship status?
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It is a long-armed self-portrait of me, my husband, and my son that we took laying in a giant pile of leaves at the Morton Arboretum this fall. We were having the most perfect day and finding that ocean of leaves to swim in was more fun than anything I could have imagined. I love the photo because it captures us all mid-laugh, mid-roll, and is a perfect little square window into our family life together. :)
2. What's your current relationship status?
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Resistance is Futile
Nov. 13th, 2009 10:52 pmmermaiden gave me these questions to answer. If you're of a mind to answer some of your own, comment below and I'll whip some up for you. :)Tell me your perfect day, waking to sleeping. What would you do, who would you see, where would you go? Where would you be in life?
My perfect day is Yule day in the not-too-distant future. I wake up, well-rested, a couple hours before the rest of the household and use that delicious alone-time to check my email and have a quiet breakfast of toast and tea. Once my husband and child(ren) are awake, we're quick to get ready and out the door, where we drive to a food pantry I've had a hand in organizing and running. We spend the whole morning as a family, dispensing canned foods and hugs and heavy boxes of wrapped gifts to the clients. They are all extended family to us.
Daniel takes child(ren) to the park to play and take Solstice photographs while I stay behind to finish a great, inspirational book while soaking in a hot tub. I have plenty of time to reflect on the meaning of Yule and thoughts of what I want to accomplish in the next year. I have solitude in which to dress and annoint myself with a warm, spicy perfume that sings of the season.
We get back together at the house, that beautiful spacious house with all the windows and trees outside. Our friends and family, who live nearby, start arriving with vegan dishes for our Solstice potluck. Music is on the stereo and the whole place fills with the comforting sounds of dishes clinking, children laughing and drumming, and the smart crackle of a fire in the fireplace. We'll spend the afternoon feasting communally and working on cute little crafts with the children. We'll bake and cut spiced dough ornaments for the tree and create birdfeeders, hay stacks, and salt licks as offerings for the animals wintering outside. At some point, we'll all move outside, securely wrapped in warm blankets, for a ritual. I'll have the time to sing a chant and see the eyes of each person in that circle, all beloved friends and family, and plenty of time to soak in the energy of that moment. We'll finally break off on our own to meditate in the last minutes of darkness before sunrise. The children will be snug in bed and everyone will scatter to their own places, singly or in pairs or family units. In this perfect day, I'll find a spot to sit on the dunes at the edge of the sea, completely warm and cocooned in my blankets, and I will watch as the sky transforms from darkness to that glorious pink and gold of daybreak. I will sing to the Sun and feel joy and gratitude to my very bones.
I'm going to cheat and extend my perfect day to a day and a half.
After sunrise, I'll rejoin my friends and family indoors where we can be warm and safe as we join our sleeping children for a few hours of rest. We'll wake up to the smell of a late breakfast cooking and the sounds of caroling from the livelier folks in our group. We'll all open gifts, curled up under the tree with all its dear little handmade ornaments, and share, if we choose, sacred moments from our time alone the night before. The children will run around the house whooping and leaping, handmade capes tied around their shoulders, sharing their new gifts with each other. Everyone is invited to stay as long as they like, maybe even days of gentle community and celebration.
What one thing in this lifetime do you want to accomplish more than anything?
More than anything, I want to live a life of inspiring philanthropy and vision. I want to have the world be a better place because I lived in it, to have people feeling more positive about humanity, embodied life, and the goodness inherent in it all.
What bit of advice would you give your 15 year old self?
The teasing means nothing. After high school, those girls will lose their looks while you grow into yours and ten years later they'll all be befriending you on this wacky thing called Facebook. Hang on--this is certainly *not* the best time of your life.
If Graeme could only take one thing away from the years growing up, what would you want it to be?
Only one thing? Love fearlessly. If I get a few more things, I'd want him to understand the power of doing the right thing and the unshakeable depth of Daniel and I's love for him.
What part of your life do you think the Goddess is strongest in, reminds you of Her the most, resonates with Her?
Service to others. Any variety, this is when I feel most plugged-in to the Divine.
