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Removing My Hysteria
New Latin, from English hysteric, adjective, from Latin hystericus, from Greek hysterikos, from hystera womb; from the Greek notion that hysteria was peculiar to women and caused by disturbances of the uterus. History and Etymology for hysteria Four weeks ago I had a hysterectomy. Besides the pain, everything seemed to well. I don’t miss my…
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The Hero’s Journey is Not the Only Story
The monomyth is all. All hail the monomyth. In the late eighties, just I was reaching the point where I realized I wanted to be a writer, the Hero’s Journey was top of mind. Joseph Campbell’s work of the past several decades had influenced the halls of fantasy and sci fi in ways that gave…
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Whinnie Dog
Whinnie, my black pug, died Thursday morning at 3am as I held her. She was the best $1000 I ever spent. Just a perfect dog. She was stoic, almost never complained. She loved to play but would bark if she couldn’t find you. She knew what she wanted and could be very demanding. She was…
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What it’s like to go to the Doctor in the era of Covid-19
I had to go to the doctor for a follow up. I had set the appointment a week earlier, and they assured me that everything was fine and I would be given a mask. That’s not really what happened. TMI warning. I was dealing with some heavy side affects from the medication. Most of which…
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Rewriting and Revising: A Love Story
About a year ago I reread my first novel. It was horrible. I had just finished Novel 3 and my writing style had changed to a point that I could see the stark differences. Why had agents requested fulls? Why had this made finalist in several competitions? Why had people told me it was good?…
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The Wonderful World of Quarantining One’s Self
I did move to Idaho. That really happened. November was a flurry of unpacking. December was bouncing between starting to meet people and travel. I had plans. I had resolutions. I started a meetup group. I got whooping cough. Whooping Cough or Pertussis is part of the vaccinations you should be getting in childhood. As…
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Moving to Idaho
I am a little more than a month away from moving to Idaho. Life is changing around me fast now. Each week brings news of my current place changing hands and breaking down. The market in Colorado has risen too high. Oh I could stay, if I downsized to a room in someone’s house, went…
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Symbolism in the Modern Spellcaster’s Tarot
When I got the Modern Spellcaster’s Tarot I was enthralled with the art but disappointed that the deck did not spend more time on the symbolism present in the cards. I spent the last six months, working through the deck and taking notation on the symbols I’ve found. You can download that here: [wpdm_package id=’81171′]…
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New Moon Altar Cleaning
It’s that time again. A new moon means time to clean the altars. I have a few altars. In the 90’s there was a book series (and movie) called the Ya Ya Sisters club. Not really my thing at the time but one of the books in the series was called Little Altars Everywhere. That…
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Time to Put the Deck Away
Having finished my third Hallowquest I think it is time to put the Arthurian Tarot away. I’ve been reading with these cards for nearly twenty years, nearly every day. I know them as well as I know standard tarot. But… I want to expand my readings. I use tarot of course but there more decks…
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Contemplating Vegetarianism
Food is a dilemma. I was diagnosed with PCOS in 2009, officially, with various mentions of it beforehand. My first cyst was in 2002, that I knew was a cyst. I had random abdomen pain before but was told it was nothing. So who knows. Infertility aside, my body was taking insulin, storing it as…
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I’m Still Here…
Aia is officially out of the house…though she’ll be back for three weeks this summer, it’s just a temporary stop before moving to her collage apartment. I fell as if I let a lot of things go. It’s easy when your sick, but it was worse than that. I couldn’t function most of the time.…
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A Colorado transplant to Washington, I’ve occupied a little corner of the Web Development space since 1995. I’ve had a whole spate of jobs where I did some variation of secretary/reception/call center AND built apps for note taking, sales data, sales person management, AND built/maintained company websites. I’ve been the web master of nonprofits, corporations, and small business organizations. In 2015 I became a full-time email developer working on clients in Tech, Retail, Hospitality, Entertainment, Financial, Pharma, Non-Profits and more. Today, I’m a Solutions Architect. I tinker in code, dabble in paint, carve out worlds, pound out words, cast spells, and save a universe or two. I have been creating art and writing all my life. In 2019 I moved from digital art to traditional with a story telling bent. When not creating I am hanging with my dogs, reading cards, traveling, playing video games.
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