There is a corner of the archicture building where hardly anyone goes. There's a door nearby -- it is the side door right across from the parking garage -- and somehow spring comes early to the gardens around that door. This morning I noticed audacious hyachinths of an irrational size rising from the dirt. They look like they could be blooming in ( Read more... )

"I have been given a new day.
May I be worthy of this gift."I'm really really glad I finally managed to buy Cei's book. I've wanted it forever, but it's unavailable in most bookstores that I've been to. Plus, it's pretty expensive. Plus, you know how I feel about Cei ( Read more... )

"All my life, I have searched for clues
This is what they taught me:
Every mystery I pursued
Was a secret I already knew"These are the lyrics I used to make my icon for my dedicant journal. They popped into my head just now as I woke up from my broken nap. This verse has always been meaningful to me, so I thought I should look up the lyrics... I ( Read more... )

"Saint Barbara, save our miserable skins."This is what held me fast today. It popped into my head unwarranted and then it repeated over and over, first a sort of absent-minded chant and then a serious prayer. When the storm slammed into Delaware, I found my knuckles white on the steering wheel, my eyes glued fiercely to the road as I swerved around ( Read more... )

Esus ( Read more... )

*deep, deep sigh of relief ( Read more... )

It is easy to forget in my stress and self-sympathy that I am the child of fierce gods ( Read more... )

Finally, some time past 4am, I found my room my dark and my homework set aside. My alarm was set for 6:30am. I knew it was time to sleep ( Read more... )

Sorry to update twice, but I completely went off on a tangent with that last post. I never even touched upon the things I initially intended to write about. What were those, you cautiously ask? Hell if I know. But here is what I do now: autumn is coming. And Ceiswr Serith is officially my hero. There is a lot to say ( Read more... )