Tracy Thompson. The Ghost in the House: Motherhood, Raising Children and Struggling with Depression. (Harper Collins, 2006).

What a difficult book to read, and yet, it seems to have been helpful to me. ( Read more... )

I've started a new Arts and Sciences Project.

I'm making a human being from documentably medieval materials via documentably medieval process.

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Yesterday, the kind plumbers came and replaced the sewage drainpipe, the vent, and the connector for the upstairs bathroom. They petted Angel (the psycho kitty) successfully, they dealt with the erratic houseguest who insisted on doing rubbings of the original wallpaper revealed when the wall was open and the downpipe removed, and they finally ( Read more... )

Overheard in the house:
"Someone's been naalbinding with the cell phone power cable."

The window is fixed!

Ok, most of you had no idea that there was a Battle of the Window. But it's true. This weekend, a longstanding issue in our house has been resolved.
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Last week I finished reading Transcendental Wife: the life of Abigail May Alcott, by Cynthia H. Barton (Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1996 ( Read more... )

Ganked from finnaharpar:
Being a Worrier Goddess.
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