It’s Good to Be Queen
All night last night I was dreaming about being a queen. I woke up wondering what it means. On one level, perpetuating the hierarchical structure of a monarchy, with arbitrary birth circumstances making people feel they can control all the resources – not really my thing. I don’t tend to like wielding power over others. […]
Creativity Begets More Creativity
I saw a quote on a writing page about writers being “drained” after a couple hours of writing. In my experience, that’s just not true. Lately I’ve been working on my novel for NaNoWriMo nearly every day. When I finish a session of writing, I feel exhilarated and happy. I’m not saying that it’s always […]
Starcat’s Favorites: Summertime, Summertime
“Summertime, summertime, sum-sum-summertime…” I love summer, and yet it often means I’m busy and on the go more than usual. This has been just such a week. There have been a lot of fun things: swimming, drumming, meals with family, performing, hanging out with the members of our performance troupe, dancing at a fun outdoor […]
Dreaming of the Sea(food)
Last night I had a single bite of lobster dipped in butter. It tasted delicious. Some background: for probably about 20 years, I’ve been what I’ve considered vegetarian. For the first 13 years of that, though, I would occasionally eat fish or seafood. Not often, maybe once every three months or so, and usually for […]
Peace Through Music
When Quester and I were in college, for a semester or two I worked for some wonderful women in a new department, Peace Studies. Quester was always involved in the local music scene, so we tried to put on a spring fundraiser called “Peace Through Music.” It failed, I think from lack of enough publicity, […]
Starcat’s Favorites: Following the Call
Hey folks! I hope your week has been fun, or at least interesting (which reminds me of the old curse, or perhaps blessing, “may you live in interesting times,” heh). After a lull in my dream-time activity, this week has been chock-full of meaningful dreams. First I was pregnant (yeah, I’m 43 and my kids […]