I am settled in to my class in Massachusetts. I've been asking for this military school for about three years, so I'm glad to be going. I am also bummed that it is a month long.  the upside is that I've got down time to read... 73 pages in, this has been delightful :)


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I'm reading the book Mind In The Making, by Ellen Galinsky. With life around my house about to become full of infants, it seemed a likely title. Today, I ran across a beautiful sentiment: you are born alone, and your development as a human is about connections and learning newer, richer ways to be with somebody else.

I have felt, for a long time, ( Read more... )

I had a great time at Faerieworlds this last weekend. I got to hang out with a whole bunch of my friends (while making a few new ones), camp, dance, learn a new game, and work a little. I purchased a couple sweet additions to my wardrobe and broke in some new boots. One of the big high lights: I got to stand around a chit-chat with Brian Froud. I ( Read more... )

I ran across an interesting quote today: "The women had absorbed the same loyalty by an osmosis of experience that passes between people who love each other." (From Courtship Rite by Donald Kingsbury.)  The context is rather cumbersome to explain, but the concept I was interested in was the idea of "osmosis of experiance."  What would really entail ( Read more... )

I found an on-line publication today that I want to share.  It's called Focus: A Simplicity Manifesto in the Age of Distraction.  Admittedly, I'm supposed to be working on something completely not about a more zen approach to life.  What first appealed to me was the "uncopyright" statement at the begining.  I've saved it to my smart phone so I can ( Read more... )

All my bags are pack with army stuff.  Today I'm flying to Massachusetts for Basic Non-Commissioned Officer's Course.  I've never been through Boston, so that's the cool exciting part of the trip.  I'm not as happy about breaking up my summer time, as there are some things I'll miss out on while I'm gone.  My bellydance troupe is performing at ( Read more... )

I'm currently avoiding my school book.  I know, I should dive back in, but Human Anatomy is just not holding my attention right now.  I've just started reading The Mermaid Chair.  Well, reading... I've got it on audio book, but that still counts as reading, right?  I mean, I consider having read all those books my father read to me as I having read ( Read more... )

For more than an hour, Princess Leigh-Cheri stared up into the mandala of the sky.  "Does the moon have a purpose?" she inquired of Prince Charming.

Prince Charming pretended that she had asked a silly question.  Perhaps she had.  Albert Camus wrote that the only serious question is whether to kill yourself or not.  Tom Robbins wrote that the only ( Read more... )

After settling in last night, the five-year-old that lives in the house where I rent a room came in and asked how to spell "fire." Then he wanted to know how to spell "dude." After some silliness with letters, I said I was going to bed and he asked to come up (I have a loft bed). I told him he should bring The Velveteen Rabbit. His father came ( Read more... )

Drill this weekend - still no orders for my new unit. Bummer. Things were hectic today since I thought I was drilling with my new unit and there weren't orders, my old unit called and wanted to know where I was. Damn it. So, another lost day of work to the military - ah well ( Read more... )