So my dad is crazy. I don't have a ton of interest in trying to diagnose him, but his behaviour is well outside anything even near normal in a society. He hasn't really held a job. He has initiated and attempted to initiate a lot of very weird lawsuits. He writes relationship-revenge books and self-publishes them. He didn't mow his lawn for 24 ( Read more... )

Ok. Since I'm completely unable to work right now, let's see what my deck has to say.

First: My emotions and intuition, my heart, is all at odds with itself. My body and needs are still safely held in the moment while I sort this out. It's safe.

Then: I have a calling. I need to honour it. My life has been well-served by following this calling, it's ( Read more... )

That was a disaster.

My neighbour was supposed to come over today and look at where I thought the waterline from my well might be. Avallu had been defensive towards him previously, possibly because he's been next door a lot with a big dog of his own, so I broke out the leash and hot dogs.

In the story that follows I'm second-guessing my actions a lot ( Read more... )

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I don't want you to misunderstand me: most cold incidents happen right around freezing, when people get wet and then their clothes no longer function properly. We treat that sort of weather with a little more contempt, and our carelessness costs us ( Read more... )