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kami
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response 185 of 219:
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Jun 25 23:47 UTC 2003 |
Hey! I miss you guys. Glad you're still around.
New adventure coming up- I'm moving to Florida for a year or so. So I'll get
to find out what Floridian pagans are like...:}
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otter
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response 186 of 219:
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Jul 31 09:53 UTC 2003 |
resp:185 ...older, wetter, accustomed to flying cockroaches...
<grin>
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kami
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response 187 of 219:
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Aug 3 21:49 UTC 2003 |
Wetter makes slight sense. Flying cockroaches I can cope with. Older why?
Know any interesting ones?
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mneme
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response 188 of 219:
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Feb 4 15:14 UTC 2004 |
Kami -- you're moving to florida? Wow -- thinks keep a-changing (or are you
-in- Florida yet?) I'm still in queens, of course.
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kami
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response 189 of 219:
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Feb 6 02:49 UTC 2004 |
Moved to Florida last August-- my Mom died two Decembers ago. So I was
coming to see my Dad about every month or so until the boys were done
with school, then moved to be near Dad in time for this school year. Pretty
surreal- we ended up renting in the building where I grew up. Told my
Dad that he got one year of our help, then I'd have to go back to A2 for
Tim to go to high school. (Yup- we're that old...) Ended up finding an
amazing little tiny Waldorf school (neat philosophy, about as close to a
pagan way of schooling as I can imagine finding). Good news is that they
are really, really good with the boys, and planning to add a high school.
Bad news is that it's about an hour from my Dad. So now we're renting a
delightful little house on a man-made lake with a hot tub on the screened
porch, 5 minutes from the school. We see my Dad one weeknight and most
weekends. Tim has started playing hockey again, and is trying out for
New World School of the Arts (just in case, and for the experience) with
his Euphonium. We'd still like to get back into the SCA, and find some
local paganfolk, but I haven't really had time to do anything about it.
For Imbolc, we had a huge housewarming party at the new house. Most of
the school came. Great time!
And you?
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mneme
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response 190 of 219:
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Feb 12 18:42 UTC 2004 |
We're in Queens, in the same place we've been for about 5 years (with another
two year lease, though we really should move when this one runs out).
Spiritually, we've mostly been doing the double-solitare thing -- the
occasional festival ritual as a duo, plus various daily blessings and
wardings (which was more than I thought we've been doing. :)., but not
much more, including a lack of spiritual conventions.
SFnally, we've been doing a handful of gaming and sf conventions across the
North-East, plus Worldcon steadily since 2000 (since '93, skipping Australia,
Winipeg, Anopolis, and maybe one more).
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kami
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response 191 of 219:
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Feb 14 04:38 UTC 2004 |
Yeah, that's a bit more spiritual community than I've been part of, just
lately. A tiny bit of family ritual, and a pittance of casual personal
work. Need more. Need structure and discipline to get my brain back in gear.
<sigh>
I think we are planning to skip Starwood and go to Pennsic this year.
I can't believe I missed TorCon!!!! Aaaargh!
Be well
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mneme
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response 192 of 219:
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Feb 24 16:46 UTC 2004 |
TorCon was...really good, actually!
(btw, you aren't on LJ or aim, are you? I'm on both of those far more often
than here -- on LJ as mnemex, on aim as mnemesys).
I'm not at all sure I'll make Pensice this year; it depends, since Naomi (who
as you may recall, I often do Pennsic with) just had a baby, and on top of
that, Lisa and I are doing Origins, Gencon, and, yes, Noreastcon this year
(are you likely to make that last? It's not in toronot, but is in the same
-general- area...).
I do find that structure and discipline help clear my mind wonderfully, even
when they're coming from work. Uncomfortable, though.
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kami
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response 193 of 219:
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Feb 26 16:35 UTC 2004 |
sort of like caffeine? <eg>
>(are you likely to make that last? It's not in toronot, but is in the same
Send me details for NorEastCon- in email, I think, since this isn't really
the reight conference for it. I'll see what I can do.
>(btw, you aren't on LJ or aim, are you? I'm on both of those far more often
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mneme
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response 194 of 219:
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May 24 04:14 UTC 2004 |
Heh. I do caffeine too, though not consistently.
Will see what I can do about NorEastCon details.
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kami
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response 195 of 219:
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May 24 17:40 UTC 2004 |
Thanks, dear. Pennsic?
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mooncat
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response 196 of 219:
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Sep 14 19:23 UTC 2004 |
<waves> Hello! Anyone still around?
just as a, yanno, fyi- I'm JadedCat on lj.
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cmcgee
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response 197 of 219:
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Sep 15 00:38 UTC 2004 |
YEs, there are lurkers.
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kami
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response 198 of 219:
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Sep 17 00:18 UTC 2004 |
What is lj?
What have you been up to, folks?
THis item is the "reference library", anyone reading anything
good lately?
I've got a book called
"The Well-Read Witch", by Carl McColman. Haven't spent much time with it
yet, but what a neat idea! It's basically an annotated bibliography of
good stuff. It's broken down into categories, with some discussion at the
start of each section. Wish there had been someting like that when I was
just starting out!
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mooncat
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response 199 of 219:
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Oct 15 19:30 UTC 2004 |
lj=LiveJournal, a blogging site.
Sadly, not reading much of anything these days, more into cross-stitch,
crochet and the like.
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kami
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response 200 of 219:
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Oct 16 00:41 UTC 2004 |
Getting old? Or pregnant? (I mean, it really has been a long time since I've
heard from you, and pregnant ladies are notorious for doing simple repetitive
tasks like needle work.)
Been wondering how you were, actually, and Val if you're in touch with her.
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mooncat
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response 201 of 219:
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Oct 18 02:57 UTC 2004 |
Haven't heard from Val in a few years- so I have no idea what's going
on with her.
And no, not pregnant. I used to joke about having to have 'estrogen'
laden activities to balance out the testosterone laden movies I was
watching (lots of Kung Fu action type things). These days it's just
watching whatever and stitching- in part to help keep up with the 'anne
quit smoking' thing. (It's been 3 months now, and I'm quite proud of
myself- no babies until it's been longer than that).
So how have you been?
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kami
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response 202 of 219:
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Oct 19 05:49 UTC 2004 |
Yea! Happy that you're a non-smoker. Tasty!
Bummer about losing touch with each other.
I'm reading a charming book just now. It's called "Seasonal Magic, Diary of
a Village Witch", byt Paddy Slade. It's from Capall Bann books, out of
England. It's a pretty basic meander through the seasons with a marvelous,
slightly acerbic granny who is not Wiccan, but an old-style British Witch.
Fairly similar, but very common sense and amusing.
What's anyone else reading?
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mooncat
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response 203 of 219:
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Dec 20 20:58 UTC 2004 |
Well, not really on topic but I'm reading "Princes in Amber' by Roger
Zelazny (the big book comprised of all the little books). Very good so
far.
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kami
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response 204 of 219:
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Dec 25 04:27 UTC 2004 |
You've never read the Amber books before? Goodness!
They are based on a pretty interesting philosophical premise- the shadows
being less and less like t he original as they get farther away, etc. I
remember being really enthralled with the series.
Hapl Longest Night, etc.
(er, "happy".)
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mooncat
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response 205 of 219:
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Jan 4 17:28 UTC 2005 |
Yerah, I had to put it down for awhile- trying to read the entire thing
in a row defeated me. But I'll get back to it- I really am enjoying it.
The idea of Amber casting all these shadows- but I am thinking Chaos
casts some of it's own.
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kami
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response 206 of 219:
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Jan 5 02:34 UTC 2005 |
Yah think?...
Good guess.
How's life?
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mooncat
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response 207 of 219:
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Jan 5 16:42 UTC 2005 |
Life in fantabulous. I'm getting married in 10 months. Okay, even
typing that still seems weird. It's hard to believe I'm actually at
this point, moreso knowing I'm the one that proposed first. Next will
be kids! Ack! ;) Actually looking forward to that part too.
How's life in Florida and the boys? It's hard to imagine how much
they've changed- I still remember when I met you the first time and how
little Gareth was. Just a carriable-sized baby (and so cute!).
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kami
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response 208 of 219:
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Jan 6 04:22 UTC 2005 |
Wow! Tell me about Mr. Anne <g> So cool. A Samhain wedding? <eg>
FL. is better than expected in many ways. Lots more nature, for one thing.
Come visit...
Still have Tigger.
Tim's at the public high school and doing *amazingly* well (although his
grades could be better). Michael is working free-lance. Gareth had a rough
transition this year to a new school, but today we visited a zoology middle-
school magnet program, and he's pretty psyched to see if he can get in for
next year.
We have a pretty little house (we're renting- still own the one in A2- need
a new tenant. Suggestions?) on a man-made lake, with a hot tub on the porch.
Haven't really found a comfortable pagan community here yet, a handful of
puppies- ok, I guess that's my lot in life. At least I'm not having horrible
migrains while trying to teach anymore- for that, I'm deeply greatful. There
is a public class/circle that I visit sometimes, but it's a bit -hm, sloppy,
I guess, to be really comfortable. So I keep looking and considering what to
do about it...
Reading anything interesting? Or thinking about interesting ideas? Who else
do you see that I'd know?
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mooncat
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response 209 of 219:
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Jan 6 18:34 UTC 2005 |
Mr. Anne, heh, I like that. He's a great guy, funny, too smart for his
own good, a wee bit arrogant, and a million other things. Met him
through some friends almost 3 years ago. He's working on getting into
the RN program at LCC. There's a pic of the two of us on the grexer
page ( www.grexergallery.net ) under my name and then group. The
wedding is on the 3rd anniversary of our first date (sappy romantic
people we are... did I mention that? ;) )
I moved to Haslett, which is near Lansing- so I don't think I see
anyone you know. Though, you remmber Chris Loughlin (Cat)? I see him
from time to time. We just helped each other with the humane society
cost to get cats (they had a two for one deal, so he got Dee a kitten
and I got Mr. Anne a year old cat).
Not doing much at the moment- although I'm trying to see if I can get
the Beau's daughter to ConVocation (It is still running, yes?). She's
got definite interest in learning more- and I'd like to get her to meet
some folks- as opposed to everything solely coming from books. (Did I
mention he's a bit older than me? His daughter is 5 years younger than
me).
Oi... don't have time to finish this now, will come back to it shortly.
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