When I was a kid I loved fall. Lovely, beautiful leaves, harvesting whatever I managed to grow over the summer, a chance to dress up, to dream past the narrow paths thought safe for a schoolgirl ( Read more... )

My family has always made holiday cookies--for instance, my sister Dragon made the Spritz Cookie in the icon here ( Read more... )

My brother, who is in Florida but will ship, has some really cool drums for sale. Go peek!

He also makes necklaces, if you want to friend him on FB (Martin Greywolf Murphy), and check out all his stuff, just tell him I sent you.  But this link is for the drums and bells:  http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/album.php?aid=81203&id=1019375349


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It was a nice little set of readings. For the curious, the theme that seemed to run through most of the readings was connections -- the connections between people, the connections between the querent and the world, the connections between our dreams and our realities, even the connections between different parts of ourselves ( Read more... )

We didn’t escape the mundane world as quickly as I’d planned. My Angel hasn’t been doing well lately, with physical pain wearing down her already fragile emotional status, to the point where she agreed to go see a pain specialist for her back, despite having seen too many people (including her mother) who had poor results from back surgery.

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A little belated. My allergies usually make me miserable, because life just doesn't let a person sleep all night, get up, and fall asleep again. Sunday I went to sleep, planning to get up and paint all day on the mural. Monday, I had breakfast, sat down to read a bit because with the allergies I am sensitive to chemicals, and I figured a little ( Read more... )

The Niece decided how big she wanted the moon to be, and we marked the center with a bit of painter's tape with a dot in the middle. And we're adding more detail. And then we ran off to Michaels to get some more colors, so we can add details. So, I'm off to do some more painting, but first here's the initial update:


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