Cake of the Month: October
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 […]
The Evolution of Halloween
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 […]
The Spirits of Vaudeville
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 […]
ElvenTiger’s Week
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 […]
Inanna, Sisters in Rhythm
My Mom and I went to a wonderful concert tonight. The performers were Inanna – definitely check out their website if you’ve never heard of (or heard) them. We’ve seen them before, most notably in 2004 just after my Mom got out of rehab after her major car accident. I remember that show particularly because […]
Hardy Girls, Healthy Women
Last night I attended a gathering of about a dozen homeschooling Moms who are interested in learning more about empowering their pre-teen and teen daughters. It was held at the lovely home of a woman I’d “met” online. She runs an e-mail list for homeschoolers in my area (a great resource), and she’s also a […]
End of Soccer Season
Today Dryst has his final soccer game of the season. He’s been playing on the junior varsity team for the local high school. Dryst has been playing soccer since he was six. He loves it with a fierce passion, though he’s getting tired of playing in this school district, because his team rarely wins. I […]