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Social Isolation and Exploring Priorities

Hai. Long time no see. Things have been so interesting, and mostly… slow.  I’m really trying to balance my priorities, and it’s definitely a harder set of decisions to make in the midst of all this worldwide anxiety. This week …

A Review and Plans for 2020

I’ve hesitated to write and post this, because 2019 was not a great writing year. I wrote 51,173 words, which is the lowest for nearly a decade. This may also explain, at least in some part, why I’ve gone from …

Book Reviews :: 2019 :: Part II

In my last review post, I covered the first 4 books of the year, after 10 months of minimal progress… But as is often the case, I‘ve reached that last-minute rush of the final week of December… And here’s what …

My Day Of Birth Has Arrived, Again

It’s my birthday tomorrow and I’ve celebrated it well today with a walk around town, new clothes + boots and a batternberg-milkybar-flake shakeaway milkshake. Yes, it was Incredible.  Five stars. ~ Tomorrow’s plans involve eating angel cake, opening wrapped gifts, …

Level-Up! Essence of Green :: June-July 2019

  “Faerie-folk gather in the woodland glades, and frolic beside moss-banked streams; the fires of summer burn green and gold, and everywhere there is high magick afoot!” – Michele Morgan   It’s August. W00t. I realised I’d missed the first weekend …

Level-Up! Essence of Green :: May 2019

“There is a wildness in the air, a spice that belongs to more than lilacs or the sweet woodruff blooming beneath the trees. Ferns glisten with morning dew, and somewhere, lovers conspire to meet at sundown.” – Michele Morgan   It’s …