back from Up North
we played Scrabble yesterday, and it was Such Fun! optimystik seemed reluctant at first, fearing that with my supposedly superior vocabulary skills I would soundly trounce him, but he was only mildly trounced in the first game, came out a winner in the second game we played with misslynx (who was a Very Sore Loser, btw -- she was obviously not feeling well), and beat the hell out of me by over a hundred points in the crazy, made-up word version of the game. I highly recommend this version as a mode of creative inspiration. Our rules consisted of creating pronouncible words that follow standard orthography and supplying definitions. We ended up with ugapy, snooch, fneir (of Norse origin, to be sure), tungles, qijap, moars, which became moarslit, zorea, and other fancifuls. Definitions upon request. :)
we did not go kayaking due to rain. i feel a little hollower because of it, too. :(
but we saw stars (i counted 4 shooting stars), and chipmunks, and bear poo, and scads of blueberries, and bees, and hummingbirds galore! kiska blossomed, did not bark once, and was generally exuding an incredibly relaxed joy, the likes of which I have never before seen in her. she was such happiness to be around!
i thought more on the idea of a commune (is there a better word for this??), and decided that indeed homesteading is not for me because I need people. I need extended family, as it were. A Tribe, full of people who are supportive, fun, useful, creative, and who make me feel like I'm that for them. yeah, I kinda have this now, but i want people to live closer to me (or vice versa), hence commune. I am still torn between urban and rural.
i feel so weird being back in toronto. first, it was a shock seeing brown people. it seems like everybody's white in northern ontario. second, there are SO MANY PEOPLE who live here! we spent the weekend hibernating in a cabin in an unorganized township a bit west of New Liskeard (pop. ~5000) where a single clap could be heard for about a mile and to be back in Toronto (pop. 2.5 million) around so much noise, so many cars, so many people! it's disorienting.
I got lots of reading done, and now, more than most anything, I want to try acid. I feel almost cheated that I am nearly 28 years old and I have somehow missed out on this experience.
and I want to go camping.
and visit Sudbury to see Science North.
and grow greenbeans!
we did not go kayaking due to rain. i feel a little hollower because of it, too. :(
but we saw stars (i counted 4 shooting stars), and chipmunks, and bear poo, and scads of blueberries, and bees, and hummingbirds galore! kiska blossomed, did not bark once, and was generally exuding an incredibly relaxed joy, the likes of which I have never before seen in her. she was such happiness to be around!
i thought more on the idea of a commune (is there a better word for this??), and decided that indeed homesteading is not for me because I need people. I need extended family, as it were. A Tribe, full of people who are supportive, fun, useful, creative, and who make me feel like I'm that for them. yeah, I kinda have this now, but i want people to live closer to me (or vice versa), hence commune. I am still torn between urban and rural.
i feel so weird being back in toronto. first, it was a shock seeing brown people. it seems like everybody's white in northern ontario. second, there are SO MANY PEOPLE who live here! we spent the weekend hibernating in a cabin in an unorganized township a bit west of New Liskeard (pop. ~5000) where a single clap could be heard for about a mile and to be back in Toronto (pop. 2.5 million) around so much noise, so many cars, so many people! it's disorienting.
I got lots of reading done, and now, more than most anything, I want to try acid. I feel almost cheated that I am nearly 28 years old and I have somehow missed out on this experience.
and I want to go camping.
and visit Sudbury to see Science North.
and grow greenbeans!