Monkey Brain is projecting calm, cheerful confidence. It knows we have a plan, we have resources, and we're going to be okay ( Read more... )

I almost posted this to FB today, and chickened out. If I put it here, I'll have it handy in case I change my mind.
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Sorta-kinda vaguebooking...

There's a thing I used to have. ("Thing" isn't the right word, but it'll do for now.) It helped me do something I loved and was reasonably good at.

It requires a significant commitment from someone ( Read more... )

Stress dreams, brought on by the strains and oddities of this cloistered season.

Back in 2011 I wrote of finding out, quite by chance, that my first serious boyfriend had died some years before.  https://marielaf.livejournal.com/54727.htmlI dreamed of him this morning. He looked nearly as young as when I last actually saw him, but in the dream ( Read more... )

Kenosha, 4 March: Dycon, Danelle, me. Felt out of sync and it showed: sloppy feet and dead arm. Poor focus (not helped by non-fighting distractions). No real learnings, but still better than not going at all ( Read more... )

Nine fencers: Maire, Ix, Alexander de Seton, Alexander of Dark River, Tyberious, Zachary, Stephanie, Ulfr of Calontir ( Read more... )

Pack light, expect to park in Savings Bank lot on Milwaukee, gym is at top of narrow winding stair and is very warm. Good traffic made the drive just under an hour from work, total drive home just over an hour.

First outing for new sword. Definitely feeling the different point of balance (more in the hand than in front of it) - significant ( Read more... )

It's hard enough to be a parent ( Read more... )

The first two volumes of "Dragonbreath" and the first three of "Hamster Princess" (both by Ursula Vernon) came in today. They're destined for the Frank Elementary book drive next week. After I'm done with them.

I know what I'm doing in the evenings this week... *giggle* *squee!*

I don’t observe the season of Lent, per se. But it does have solid psychology behind it:
·       A delimited timeframe, long enough to be effective, short enough to not seem unmanageable
·       Public acknowledgment of the observance, which helps reinforce compliance
·       Mutuality - knowing that others are committed to a similar observance
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Edited to correct spelling errors (the LJ app stinks ( Read more... )