Summer reading, zombies and evil truths.

I have realized that all the wondergarden early waldorf training is true and I am at times just a horrid mom. My own mother was part Indian gypse grifter and the other part Scotts-Irish con woman. I myself am a self -absorbed artist type with to much education and to much spare time on my [...]

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Happy Birthday Jacob…

Though my blog says it is Jan 5th for me in the Midwest it is still Jan 4th 7pm. and Jan. 4th is Jacob Grimm’s birthday and for me there is many a reason to rejoice in this day. As a child I loved reading Grimm’s fairy Tales – as much as Hans Christian Anderson’s [...]

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Going to the ball…

Red Queen, and White Queen, and Alice, and all — Illustration to the ninth chapter of Through the Looking Glass by John Tenniel. Wood-engraving by the Dalziels.
‘I didn’t know I was to have a party at all,’ said Alice; ‘but if there is to be one, I think I ought to invite the guests.’
‘We gave [...]

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They’ll love it in Pomona.

It snowed over the weekend but did not stick.
I am loving the HBO series True Blood but I wanted to read the books which you can buy as a set now at Amazon. Sookie Stackhouse Box Set it looks to be a good read.
All the plants withered after the hard freeze last night. I find [...]

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I am really trying.

E. B. White, the author of Charlotte’s Web, once wrote “All I hope to say in books, all that I ever hope to say, is that I love the world.”

Started putting the garden to bed today and will have to big time step it up for tomorrow – it is going to get cold soon. [...]

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Nation of Whiners

Yes I believe I fit into this description by former Sen. Phil Gramm, R-Texas, economic adviser to McCain. I have used my internet diary so far to moan and bitch about more than a few things and I am not alone in this. Lots of mom’s have “bitch blogs” and frankly we have alot to [...]

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Mommy brain and never any time to think….

-What are you doing?
- I’m working
- What kind of work?

- Thinking…
- Crime and Punishment, Dostoevsky
 

“Far-called, our navies melt away;
On dune and headland sinks the fire:
Lo, all our pomp of yesterday
Is one with Nineveh and Tyre!
Judge of the Nations, spare us yet,
Lest we forget lest we forget! “
- The Recessional, Rudyard Kipling

Wake up Copper top [...]

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Reading

Going to the library alot.
Half Blood Prince – Harry Potter JKR (again)
The 7 O Clock Bedtime -Inda Schaenen
Life, Nature and Cultivation of Anthrosophy by Steiner, Rudolf    a bit long haired actually.
National Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) – working on my certifications.
Seven Times the Sun: Guiding Your Child Through the Rhythms of the Day [...]

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Current Reads

Nietzche was the one who did the job for me. At a certain moment in his life, the idea came to him of what he called “the love of your fate.” Whatever your fate is, whatever the hell happens, you say, “This is what I need.” It may look like a wreck, but go at [...]

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