It doesn’t seem to matter how quickly I walk down the hall, opening the doors to each and every bedroom. By the time I reach the mirror at the end – they’re all closed again.
And I know, behind each door is some fresh new nightmare waiting to wrap its bony, cold hands around my heart. On the other side of the one on the right, across from Grandpa’s room, the shadows wait for me to be ready. But ready for what?
The reflection in the mirror is just that. A reflection. …

Still grinding away through the backlog, but getting so much done I feel perhaps having that time off was a good thing. Not good enough to do over again, but you know. I’ve been inspired or something.
In fact, I managed to scratch out a couple hundred words for ‘Into the Mirror’ the other night. Perhaps this is the year it sees an end. Not to mention, I’ve sorted Lughnasadh and am in the process of re-assembling it, which will lead into Mabon and Samhain. There has been progress!
Over the weekend …

Other than my being super-busy in the catch-up department (and ready for the inbox tomorrow!) things are pretty level around here. Well, except it’s winter.
After last winter, I’ve been spoiled. Such a nice winter with hardly any snow, no serious windchill issues… This year, it’s BLOODY, bloody darn cold around these parts, and although we had a couple of good days (still well into the negatives!) it’s been freakishly chilly. The windchill factor made the temp -44 for a bit, and with only three working baseboard heaters and two portables, …

Ralph Waldo Emerson once said that the keys to patience are acceptance and faith, to accept things the way they are, and to look realistically on the world around you. He also said to have faith in yourself and in the direction you’ve chosen.
I admit in the last six months to having lost all of that. All of my patience and faith, all of my ability to accept things as they are and to be objective, realistic, in doing so. And I most definitely lost faith in myself and my …

The days since the first 52 Weeks post have been full of challenges. As you can tell, this post is two days late…
We’ve encountered more computer issues. While our main computer is out for repairs (still, yes.) this loaner has developed a liking for the BSOD, appearing randomly throughout the day/night, whenever it’s least expected. So far I haven’t been able to track down the problem, but from viewing the events in the software, it’s all the same problem, under the same task heading and generating the same bugcheck code. …