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I just finished reading Timequake by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., and I was struck by the attitude that he had toward time. Then I remembered that my mother had a similar attitude, and so do many of the people that I have encountered. That attitude is that they felt that they were very old, and that things in their lives happened a long, long time ago. I previously had the impression that people developed a longer view of things as they matured. It makes sense that little children would think that anything ...

Ok they are not really mine, and they are not really babies, but they are my nieces, who are 7 and 4 years old.

My sister is an Agnostic who is drawn to many aspects of Paganism, and so she tries to raise her children to be open to the fact that there are many different spiritual beliefs, and it is not a question of who is right and who is wrong, but simply a matter of what individual choose to believe in.

This time of year she teaches them about the original Pagan ...

Well. The tree is finally up. I put it up in the early hours of the morning, didn't get to bed until 7am. Had a slight problem with the needles. Because it was so late....or early depending on your point of view, I didn't want to use the hoover because it's quite loud and might disturb the neighbours. So I had to get down on my hands and knees and sweep the floor with a dustpan and brush.

I hoped to have the tree set up for when mum got back from walkies. Extremely wishful thinking. ...

I haven't checked in in a while now. one or two posts last week but nothing else in a long time. Time just seems to escape me these days. My exams are over so I have a bit more time now but still the hours go by faster than they used to.

School was very busy this semester but I think it will be even harder after new years... I am taking more classes than I need to because there are so many interesting courses and one of the mandatory ones has 5 books about 7-900 pages each on icelandic ...

You know. Ever since the year 2000 came around I've been getting pretty sick of the whole "the world's going to end" stuff. It's like every year someone has a theory or indisputable evidence that something's going to happen. It's pretty depressing. Not THAT depressing but a little depressing.

So. Today I got a cracker again and Yuki got a red twisty bone.

I was thinking of doing some baking today.

Well...

We heard the mice in ...