And More of the Same

Yes, one more day of pretty pictures while I rush around picking up supplies for feeding the 30 or so family members who will hang out at my place this week. Six of my siblings…

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A Little Light, Again

Yesterday was light. Today might be lighter. I’m going to prioritize some writing for work, and then I have a long list of preparations for this week’s reunion of my extended family hosted by Pater…

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Right to Bare Arms . . .

Two of my last three posts have the word “death” in their titles. Not so light, really, is that?! But you know I can do light. I can do light very well indeed and today…

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Death’s door . . .

My apologies in advance for cross-posting — I’ve put the following up at my other blog, Materfamilias Reads, where I keep track of my reading as well as of my responses to what I read.…

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At Death’s Door with Sandra Gilbert

I’m reading Sandra Gilbert’s Death’s Door: Modern Dying and the Ways We Grieve and it’s helping me articulate something of what I experienced intensely through/at Pater’s vasovagal episodes (fainting) last week. She uses Georges Batailles…

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