All Our Relations
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Continue reading →All My Relations
Several years ago, I received telephone call that, in many ways, changed my life. I didn’t recognize the number in the caller ID, but took the call anyway, instead of letting it go to voice mail as I will often do under that circumstance. I said “Hello”, and the voice … Continue reading →
Genealogical Codicil to My Last Will and Testament
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Continue reading →A couple of thoughts on the Wiccan Rede
Following is a recent post I made to an email list where the topic of the Wiccan Rede came up, as it is wont to do periodically. “The Wiccan Rede” as it is commonly used in American paganism, has become a reductio ad absurdum – reduced to the impracticable “harm … Continue reading →
Psalmi 109 – from the Latin Vulgate edition
1pro victoria David canticum2Deus laudabilis mihi ne taceas quia os impii et os dolosi contra me apertum est3locuti sunt de me lingua mendacii verbis odii circumdederunt me et expugnaverunt me frustra4pro eo quod eos diligebam adversabantur mihi ego autem orabam5et posuerunt contra me malum pro bono et odium pro dilectione … Continue reading →
And then there was One
As some of you may be aware, most of Western Washington is flooding. For those of you who were unaware of that, Hi, most of Western Washington is flooding. What this means for us – we live in a valley that has a fairly good sized river running through it … Continue reading →
On being unapologetic
Quote: “I am an UN-APOLOGETIC AMERICAN!! I pledge allegiance to the flag of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands, one nation under GOD, indivisible, with LIBERTY and JUSTICE for all!! I grew up reciting this every morning in school. We no longer do … Continue reading →
Another one rolls on past
I’m not much in the habit of doing the “year-in-retrospective” thing. For one, I can rarely remember most of the week, let alone the entire year, unless I go back looking for the odd entry, as I’ve really gotten out of the habit of posting regularly. Things that happened 10, … Continue reading →
Meet Mixie Shadowmuffin
Meet Mixie Shadowmuffin1 *** The derivation of Mixie Shadowmuffin’s rather unusual last name came from her great grandfather, who came from a distant shard and had a rather heavy accent. He could neither read or write, and so when a scribe took down his citizenship information on a form he … Continue reading →
“Call me Greenshadow…”
179 Generation, 6th year, 1st year, Season of Maturity El-ali Teasen’athem (Greenshadow of the Trackers of Dragons) El-ali Teasen’athem is an young Elf (18 human years), firstborn of her family, arriving at Valerarama University on Illyium, after seven cycles of magical study and preparation. Valeracon has population of 32 million. … Continue reading →