I’m still having trouble dragging myself out of bed in the morning. I don’t think it’s just that I’ve been sick, or that it’s getting cold and I really like snuggling under the covers first thing in the morning. Or that I haven’t had enough sleep, because I’ve really been making the effort to get to bed in time to get at least seven, preferably ( Read more... )

Dad e-mailed me this morning that my folks were in Brattleboro, VT and were headed through the White Mountains today to check in tomorrow at the Driftwood Inn on Bailey Island, ME ( Read more... )

Here are some links to some things that have gone into my brain this week…. The pull quotes are what my brain is pulling out and working on synthesizing.

Because as a reader, what you get out of the words on the page are partly what you bring to the words, from your own experiences and life ( Read more... )

”…or to submit to the degradation of being reduced to an equality with them, and all its attendant horrors.” SourceAnd I just had a light bulb moment about why some members of the dominant culture are so horrified about the idea of social justice ( Read more... )

( It’s pretty random )

I'm starting to wonder if fandom actually prefers badly written (or underdeveloped) characters because it gives them more freedom to imagine? I mean, it's easier to create your own story or art (or put yourself into the story) if things are vague and you can make things up as you go along without having to worry too much about being told "you're ( Read more... )