I've been dreaming of Cherokee Park a lot lately, and I'm not sure why. I do miss it terribly, and the other night as I was falling asleep I had this flashback out of the blue of a Sunday morning gathering the herd off Goat Mountain. It is one of my more treasured memories with my beloved pony. The dust from the brushing still hovers about the lean-to barn as I heave Hurcules, my saddle, down the stairs and towards my horse. He eyeballs me- not nervously, but knowing what ...
Today is the day we celebrate Christmas here on the ice. Tonight all homes will have a nice dinner and open all the presents from under the tree. tomorrow is more like leftover or Christmas parties day and also the day after tomorrow. it's ten in the morning and it's completely dark outside, I only have the light from my computer screen and a bunch of candles. drinking my morning coffee and planning on finishing 'Much ado about nothing' before I have to go to work tonight. The other ...
Today is the first of Christmas in my home on the ice. My son will leave tomorrow to go to his dads house for Christmas so we are having our holiday tonight, we are gonna eat nut roast and open all our gifts. He is so excited!! It is not ten in the morning and he has already asked about 20 times if he can open just one present. I got all my grades and I passed all my exams!!!!!! 30 units down 150 to go!!! We decorated our tree a few days ago and I bought beads and ...
So this year I decided I wanted to read more books written by women, because when I looked back over my reading habits I noticed that I mainly read books written by men (which are all fine and good) and that women seemed rather underrepresented. And as a woman, I felt rather guilty about that. So I resolved to go out and find some great female writers and you know overall I've been pretty successful. Whether they'd be great in canonical terms, I can't say. I'm not really that good a judge. But I've ...
"I want to know everything. I want to be everywhere. I want to **** everyone in the world. I want to do something that matters." -Lyric from "I do not want This" By Nine Inch Nails Have I ever done something that mattered? Have I ever made a hint of difference in anyone's life? Honestly? I ask this to myself daily. Maybe two weeks ago, a friend of mine asked me, legitimately I might add, if I had a flaw. An odd ...