This piece was written in response to a conversation on a Pagan email list. Some folks found Keillor's column to be funny, and some felt it was a reflection of all that's wrong in our world about patriarchy. This essay is my response.

Ok, now I've read it [https://www.garrisonkeillor.com/time-passes-except-when-it-suddenly-leaps-backward/]. What ( Read more... )

Last year I had the pleasure to meet Patricia Pearce in Samantha Bennett's class "Get Your Work Out There." I always find Patricia's words inspirational when I have the time to read, and this week is no exception:
Yes, And: Life As Spiritual Improv
I feel like in my life I'm starting to get the "Yes, And" portions that she talks about.  I'm still ( Read more... )

Having just read Rob's excellent post on his own "Introvert Shock," a few things occur to me.

1) Some of you here may not realize that I'm dead center on the Introvert/Extravert scale ... which means I can display signs of both at times. (Others will argue that this is a sign of my being a Gemini... or maybe a bit MPD... both interpretations not ( Read more... )

So sad.  I just stumbled across a piece of news that others before me have known.  My lessened connection to LJ has kept me a bit out of the loop. The wonderful ozarque is disabled, and unable to blog or communicate much at all.

Here's the news:
http://ozarque.livejournal.com/ ( Read more... )

Those of you who actually were paying any attention to my Twitter feed (maybe to track my Uncharted Love posts) might be interested to know that it looks like the Twitter feed has been broken since January.  Not that I've been saying whole lots on Twitter, other than re-posting my blog entries that way, but... there have been entries, and I don't ( Read more... )

Hey folks!

I posted my most recent blog entry late last night, and this morning, I discovered I'd made an error. Turns out I cannot update the RSS feed into uncharted_love. So I'm posting the updated entry here, instead. This is part of the Agreements Workbook that I'm working on. See below for links to the previous entries or the initial entry ( Read more... )

Dear poly friends, parents, kids, and others:

I have, over the past 12 months or so, especially, heard complaints
about the lack of accommodation for parents (or other specific groups)
at the East Bay Poly Potlucks. I also have received concerns about ( Read more... )

According to Jeff Bigler:

All people have a "tact filter", which applies tact in one direction to everything that passes through it. Most "normal people" have the tact filter positioned to apply tact in the outgoing direction. ... "Nerds," on the other hand, have their tact filter positioned to apply tact in the incoming direction.

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This very interesting entry by the estimable ozarque has shed light on some of my interactions with some folks from that general area of the country. Highly recommended reading.