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Archive for October, 2007

Many of you know I work in retail, namely in a department store somewhere between Macy’s and JCPenney’s. Not totally upscale, but not super cheap, either. Some days are much busier than others. On the days that are less busy, I’m able to provide somewhat “better” (by that I mean more focused, detailed, attentive) customer [...]

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Quiz

You are The High Priestess
Science, Wisdom, Knowledge, Education.
The High Priestess is the card of knowledge, instinctual, supernatural, secret knowledge. She holds scrolls of arcane information that she might, or might not reveal to you. The moon crown on her head as well as the crescent by her foot indicates her willingness to illuminate what you [...]

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Close to Home

I know that many people know about the California fires, but I want to share a photo from a friend’s land very near the Buckweed fire. She has evacuated her animals (including three horses), and has been evacuated twice, but is home now for the time.

Also, my roommate Raven has family in the Valley Center, [...]

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Carl Sandburg

I love you for what you are, but I love you yet more for what you are going to be. I love you not so much for your realities as for your ideals. I pray for your desires that they may be great, rather than for your satisfactions, which may be so hazardously little. The [...]

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It is done.

Roshi dies, and she finds him in her self.
Why is it that I find such deep sadness in his passing, such a longing for a teacher to touch me in that way?
And why is my heart so quiet?

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The wind blew strong across the fields this evening, drawing down the last breath of summer in the rustling of golden leaves. I’m tired of wearing shorts and tank tops in October, when the joy of jeans and sweaters is usually upon me. I’ve finally traded in my camisoles for t-shirts, and bermudas for long [...]

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I’m Here!!!

Finally, Ravelry drew my name!
dancingwillow is on now!

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In This Moment

I’ve chewed my nails to the quick, and developed a twitch in my right eye. My sinuses have been draining for a week, and the weather has taken a bizarre upswing in temperature … Today it was 87 degrees outside. In October.
I’ve spent most of the afternoon and evening researching (again) graduate school programs to [...]

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