I still live in Seattle, where we are suffering from a heavy cover of smoke from the wildfires which range from California up to British Columbia. I am very grateful that we are not threatened by flames, but the smoke is oppressive on multiple levels -- the more so because this is the second summer in a row this has happened and it's probably not ( Read more... )

It is so much fun to see all my userpics again!

So. . . It's been at least four years since my last stab at a post here, so I'm not going to try to catch up all at once. The short version is that uncrowned_king died eleven years ago this past May and I have only recently truly, fully healed of that grief and the depression which followed. Wolfling is now a ( Read more... )

Hi Folks --

I've been blogging over at Tumblr for the past few months -- which essentially means that I've been posting and re-posting a lot of images and not being very word. (I know: Who are you and what have you done with QiA??Quickly ( Read more... )

I'm reading my f-list, but not responding much, and I'm way behind in my personal correspondence. I'm feeling utterly overwhelmed by keeping up connections right now. I just want to crawl into a cave and push a stone in the opening and sleep for several days ( Read more... )

The retreat this past weekend was an extremely benficial experience for me. Yesterday afternoon I posted to Facebook: "Today -- three years, six months, and two weeks after uncrowned_King's death -- I find myself finally giving myself permission to truly be happy again ( Read more... )

Good news: got to the location and found parking very easily ( Read more... )

A few weeks ago, I lost my cell phone case on the bus. This wouldn't be such a big deal if it was a recent purchase, but it's an older model, one that's not made anymore, and I can't find a comparable replacement. I've really been missing it and I want it back ( Read more... )

I may have found the spark and the path to bring me not just fully back to life, but upward to my next level of personal development ( Read more... )

At some point during the past three years I stopped defining myself by my pleasure, my passion, my stories, and started defining myself by my duties. It's a cruel way to live -- at least the way I've been doing it ( Read more... )

This was supposed to have been a relaxing weekend -- and for most of the time that's how it felt -- but I'm completely worn out this morning ( Read more... )