Being back in Cincinnati is weird and comforting at the same time.  In many respects nothing has changed.  There's still a fountain in fountain square. There's still a slew of restaurants and coffee shops and German sounding antiques dealers downtown.  But being so distant from my family means that I'm missing all of these major life changes going ( Read more... )

Recently I had a conversation with a friend of mine, who moved back here from a long ways away.  He told me that as a friend I'm rather avoidant, and that for all of my friend making once people are out of sight they are out of mind.  I know this to be true, and it is one of my less desirable attributes.  I don't maintain long-distance friendships ( Read more... )

The other night I went to a party and several of my friends were like, "Oh my god, why are you talking about work ( Read more... )

Good Afternoon Friends ( Read more... )

My house will be filled with people this weekend.
I feel loved.
Overflowing with joy.
At ease.
Loved.

Health

I'm feeling good physically. I've just got to make the followup appointment with the surgeon to talk about how things are looking in there, and hopefully that'll be the end of a chapter (for now).

DietI've been really good about sticking to my new primary vegetable diet. I still need to find ways to incorporate more leafy greens (other ( Read more... )

Last night crafting_change & potpourrifae, came over and along with faeshale dmlaenker & faeboy81dc we discussed T. Thorn Coyle's book "Evolutionary Witchcraft" while eating a fabulous vegan paella. Each of us found different aspects of the book personally inspirational, some were drawn to the ethical arguments, many to the "keys" to remembrance and grounding, some to the meditations, few to the ( Read more... )

here's a picture that faeshale took of our T-Day post dinner leftovers.

Yes.

These were the leftovers.


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Our new housemates have moved in completely, and now we're trying to figure out how much of what we have is going away or going into storage. I've purged my book collection of about 12 shopping bags full of junk; Old textbooks, used copies of things that I should get better, new copies of. I'm cleaning out the costumes from the closet and that ( Read more... )

Forgive me LJers for I have been busy. Here are some notes on what's up with me lately ( Read more... )