Ugh.  I’ve spent the last two days dreadfully sick, stomach flu I guess, flat on my back with that teeth-chattering chills, dripping sweats combo pack.  It’s so interesting when I’m that sick, just laying in bed, aching all over—life looks different from that perspective.  Everything that seemed so important gets pushed aside.  Small kindnesses from [...]

Holy cow, 2011 is almost done.  Isn’t the world supposed to end next year? Or something?  More importantly, did I do what I wanted to do last year?  And what do I want to do next year?  Swirly thoughts, lots of questions, winter always makes me ponder everything.

The kids built a giant fort that [...]

In my late twenties, I studied astrology. I figured, if it worked, it meant there really was a plan, because for heaven’s sake (pun?), it makes no sense that the details of our lives could be linked in any meaningful way with the star patterns. I particularly liked Medieval Astrology, it’s so cut, dried, and [...]