She finally did it ( Read more... )

Cat has been getting more miserable every year she works for this internet Do-it-yourself-with-our-help software company. They're not investing in updating their software and they refuse to hire enough developers to deal with the growing bug issues and ever-more-obsolete systems and it's driving her, an autistic person who just can't ignore details ( Read more... )

Last month, Cat called an emu ranch near Olympia, Washington to ask to volunteer one day a month to get more hands-on experience. It was the same place she and I toured before that convinced me emu ranching may be a viable notion. They were very cool, and looked easier to handle and cheaper to feed and house and care for than either cattle or pigs ( Read more... )

Today, my new pagan student, Amara, had her Dedication, which is basically where we do any Rites of Passage (like birth, puberty, parenthood) that were missed from earlier in life, and the student begins as an official Initiate, getting tested on various things and learning about themselves as they take 9 months to participate in Sabbats and get ( Read more... )

So much going on, yet so little happening ( Read more... )

I'm having more good or at least okay days from which to operate. Such a relief! I hope it lasts. Generally winter into spring is the hardest for me, but maybe this will be an upside down year? Who can say ( Read more... )

Lots of stuff has been accomplished during Cat's stay-cation. Roof cleaned off, holes dug, trees planted, wood chipped and put into the chicken enclosure, hanging out and talking ( Read more... )

This week, Mike was flown out to Florida, all expenses paid, to stay a night in a hotel and then meet with the guy who heads up the popular podcast, Koncrete, to talk about UFOs, Owls, and Synchronicity ( Read more... )

I slept in pretty late, but then I helped tackle the housekeeping with Cat and Mike ( Read more... )

Yesterday I was thrown off by some minor drama, and so I gave up the ghost (I even ate a teaspoon of beef, OMG!) and let the feelings run their course and then tried to dive back down into it.

I was asked (again by hazelwindows) if I could describe some of the things I do to achieve that. Let's see ( Read more... )