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NaBloPoMo Success!

Published by on October 31, 2011 | Leave a response

Huzzah! I did it! Even through a very busy and active month, I posted here every day! It wasn’t really a burden. I had fun. I needed to be very conscious about remembering to post, but perhaps now, 31 days later, it’s become a habit. We’ll see how that goes. I hope you’ve enjoyed reading […]

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Start Turning Inward

Published by on October 30, 2011 | Leave a response

The final Dark Follies show last night went very well, and we ended our run with a group photo session and then going out for a drink together, as a troupe. I’m thankful to be working and playing with such wonderful folks! After that, even though we were having a big snowstorm, we went to […]

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Eye of the Storm

Published by on October 29, 2011 | Leave a response

I’m sitting here at the laptop with my cup of decaf chai tea (with soymilk and honey, mmmm) and taking a few moments to write today’s blog. I’m really psyched that I’ve almost made it to the end of the month, and have posted every day! Especially given the fact that I’ve been so very […]

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Baking Day

Published by on October 28, 2011 | Leave a response

Well, it’s baking day today around the homestead. We got snow last night and now it’s sunny, but chilly, so it’ll be nice to have the oven going. I did a big kitchen cleanup this morning. I may have been letting things go just a bit, having been Freaking Busy (a friend gave me this […]

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Recovering Perfectionist

Published by on October 27, 2011 | Leave a response

Last night, after a fun and successful dress rehearsal for the show I’m in, I dreamed I could fly. It was the most vivid and exhilarating flying dream I can ever remember (and I don’t have a lot of them). It felt great, like I was soaring above it all, having a fantastic time, trusting […]

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Cake of the Month: October

Published by on October 26, 2011 | Leave a response

This month, ElvenTiger, BlackLion, and I collaborated on the cake. This morning BlackLion and I baked a chocolate layer cake and a batch of pumpkin chocolate-chip cupcakes. Then I made some frosting, and ElvenTiger and I did the decorating for the Graveyard Cake. This creepy cake is for tonight’s Maine Wholeschoolers’ Halloween party. Here it […]

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The Evolution of Halloween

Published by on October 25, 2011 | 2 Responses

It’s nearly Halloween, also known as Samhain, and today we’ve been finishing up some of our preparations. We’re a Pagan family, and we’ve always celebrated the secular Halloween as well as our spiritual observance of Samhain. Both of these have been shifting and changing a bit over the past couple of years, although with some […]

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The Spirits of Vaudeville

Published by on October 25, 2011 | Leave a response

BlackLion and I are performing this week with the Dark Follies. We’ll be part of a Halloween-themed show called “The Spirits of Vaudeville,” at Lucid Stage in Portland this Thursday through Saturday evenings (we have to miss the Saturday matinee due to a previous commitment). We’ll be drumming with them as usual, but we’ll also […]

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Calm in the Chaos

Published by on October 23, 2011 | Leave a response

As you may be able to tell from yesterday’s post, we’re having a very busy October! Sometimes when I get into the midst of a busy time, I get stressed out about making sure to get everything done, and I don’t feel grounded. This time, though, at least so far, I’m feeling really great and […]

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ElvenTiger’s Week

Published by on October 22, 2011 | Leave a response

I’ve mentioned before how my daughter ElvenTiger, who is 12, isn’t really academically inclined. By this I mean that she’s not the type to learn by sitting and doing worksheets or writing reports, although she has done those things. However, she does love to learn, and she’s always learning new things. Her preferred style of […]

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