I frequently feel guilty for having favourite ‘things’, collecting often seems to be a symptom of hideous capitalist consumption, yet here I am, my house full of things. In the case of anything Hello Kitty and Pusheen related that’s definitely the type of consumption I don’t like and yet there they hang around me in … Read More
I think that books as a whole have influenced my life rather than a specific book. I know if I ask either girlfriend (M-i-L or The Jellicle Cat) then they’d tell me about their relationships with Jonathan Livingstone Seagull or The Dice Man respectively. I’m not sure I’ve got a book like that.
Content warning: Mention of the death of a parent Ancestors. Whew. Ancestors. Dad died last year and that was heavy. There were a number of festivals and symbls before I could speak a toast to him. There was a great deal of comfort in his having visited one Yule and participated in a symbl. My … Read More
I collected postcards. I stopped because I was running out of places to put them but I think I’d quite like to start again. I like pictures that indicate places. I also think I’m happier with the notion of putting things into display books rather than needing everything to be up on a wall so … Read More
It’s hard to decide which are the five best places I’ve visited. I’ve been to a lot of really lovely places. 5. Chicago has to have a mention. Chicago is a city that took me by surprise, I ended up there by accident, I had intended to go to Florida but the US was just … Read More
Once upon a Pagan Blog Project… I used to enjoy the Pagan Blog Project way back when it still existed so I have decided I’m going to do it for myself this year in all its alphabetised glory. So, ok, A, Altars then. I have written about this subject before, (check out 6th January 2012) … Read More
Goals, there are things that I want to get done and it seems like I am truly excellent at covering these things over with tasks upon tasks upon tasks. Then I look at the mountain and curl up in bed. I am not entirely coninced this is simply The Swamp, I am making such progress … Read More
I was doing so well with the swimming and then Pandemic. 1. To write every day (almost managed this and then bereavement left me unable to do basically anything last year) 2. To swim every week, but before swimming pools open I will walk 70,000 steps instead. 3. To keep up with my Noom membership … Read More