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3/9: Parade Day
3/14: Happy Birthday, Tito!
3/20: Ostara
4/1: The Day of the Fool
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My Body Speaks
(A sorceress implores a mortal man)
January 4, 2008
A yawning desire gapes like a hungry mouth,
it comes from my body and the darkened caves
recessed within me, primal and on the hunt
for the land that promises great bounty.
The map drawn by the earth leads to you.
I want to feel skin on skin, chest on breast,
the little hairs that cover you like grass
on a prairie, and I could ride, as if on horse,
capture you with the weapon that is nature
made, my siren song, the cup you must fill.
I'll tell you how to release me: it only takes
a fingertip drawn from wrist to inner elbow,
lips pressed hard on my spine, a trickle
of touch up my thigh and I'll unravel, I'll let
you come into my spell, make you magical.
If you like this, check out my writing at Twinkle Ink
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Parade Day 2008 (March)
NYC Bar Hop (January 08)
New Year's Eve 07
Mabon Supper
Evelyn's 24th Birthday
Grafitti Shots (August 07)
Visiting Alexandria (July 07)
Bar Harbor (May 07)
Parade Day (March 07)
At the Cottage (July 4 06)
Parade Day (March 06)
Visiting Maryland (Feb 06)
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Day Street Pages (Bex)
Luna Boricua (Sister R)
Chronicles of Inaru (Niece)
Jurutungo Press Release (Bro-In-Law)
Lucid Rewind (Lee)
Random-ness (Thrawn 82)
The Wet Donkey (Karen)
Neil Gaiman's Journal
Farmgirl Fare
Milk Money (Moira)
Not Martha
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Fan Fiction (Of Everything)
Neil Gaiman
Food Network
Vertigo Comics
Daily Astronomy Pic
Cat Bowling
Write Your Name in Runes
The Art of Dave McKean
Alton Brown Online
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| The Move is Now Permanent |
| Monday, August 25, 2008 |
Yup.
It is time.
Please direct your attention from now on to Sitara Online, the my new multifaceted one site on the web! It has everything that my current collection of blogs has, as well as adding in the zine aspect I've been trying to incorporate.
This site won't go down, but updates will no longer be happening.
Farewell! And hello! |
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| Nothing Really New--So That Means Changes |
| Sunday, July 13, 2008 |
I have "The only comfort is the moving of the river," a Sarah MacLachlan lyric, tattooed on my right wrist. It's supposed to make me embrace change and stop being that fish trying to run upstream. Life has given me plenty of change to practice with lately, but I haven't gotten much better, but I think I'm improving some. I'm such a Taurus...
My dad came to visit, which was wicked cool. He came to help my sister move stuff from Buffalo, but we got in a trip to the farmer's market, dinner to Mezcal (he loved it), breakfast at Patricia's with Leo Sunday morning and corned beef sandwiches on homemade rye, french onion soup and green salad on Sunday evening with the complex crowd. We had a really great time and I'm so glad he came to visit.
It was a visit that's come after a pretty crazy time around here. After baby Jake came early, he's been fussy and landed in the hospital for a week with severe acid reflux. He worried everyone, because he wasn't getting enough food in him. He's doing better now, thankfully and out of the hospital. But now the P Family has moved out of the complex (so Sunday dinner doubled as a good-bye meal) and that's gonna be weird for us. We're so used to having those kids around...
My grandmother had another stroke and was in ICU in PR. I think she's doing better, but better is a relative term when dementia is in the mix...
A good friend of mine lost a baby and was in the hospital for a few days. The sadness of that is indescribable...
My sister is moving back to Buffalo for a year soon, like this weekend soon, just after I got used to having her around...
Vacation was good, but seems like a distant memory...
I have a full weekend coming up playing a softball tournament...
Camp is going surprisingly well, but I don't trust it...
Projects are backed up, but I'm giving in and getting a new computer. I hate spending money...
I'm both excited and nervous about switching over to Sitara Online. It'll happen, I guess... |
| posted by StarrySaltwaterRose @ 1:09 PM |
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| Short Rocket Bursts |
| Thursday, July 03, 2008 |
I'm behind on telling you all sorts of things, so here's a quick rundown of what's been going on around here lately...
Just came back from Maine for a wedding. Lenny's niece Franny got married and I did the photography. I'm really pleased with some of the photos and so was the family and couple, so I think I pulled it off! The vacation was nice and needed. I remember drinking a lot of beer... I have more to share about all that, but that's another post.
Sitara Online is no longer a dream in the sky, but is coming together. I imagine I could get it up and running by the end of this holiday weekend, which means this here blog will be--not shut down, because there's too many posts to just shut it down, but it will, eventually become inactive. Don't change your bookmarks, yet! I still have some chit chatting to do. Sitara Online won't really be a cutback, it's more a joining of all my blogs into one yummy sandwich. I think it will make my life easier, once I figure it out.
Photos, photos, photos everywhere! I burned close to 30 CD's of photos to clear up my computer and now I really want prints!
Summer camp starts on Monday and either it'll be great or it'll be crazy, but I'm determined not to be stressed. We'll see how it all goes.
Working out is not working out--I need to get on my board and my bike this weekend, come hook or crook!
My sister Lene is living with me currently. It's pretty nice having a sibling around. I haven't been as around as I would like to be, but hopefully that will change and we can do some more hanging out. I believe my dad is coming to visit, too!
I'm behind, I know, but at least you have a little idea of what's going on... |
| posted by StarrySaltwaterRose @ 7:08 AM |
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| Sustainability |
| Thursday, June 12, 2008 |
Sustainability is sometimes a very mature way of saying lazy, like when I don't do my laundry for weeks (sniff the pants, they smell clean, put them on) or don't shower all weekend (sniff the pits, they smell all right, keep on going).
Sustainability is sometimes a good excuse to sit in the dark or stay at home. Yuck, gas prices. Sustainability is sometimes fantastic food that tastes better than you ever remember it tasting--like the strawberries from Hamden sitting in the fridge or the Pleasant Cow cheese I rave about, made so much more special because only one farm makes it.
Sustainability is sometimes muddled and murky. Sustainability is sometimes about hard choices--I like certain disposable things, but I'm willing to pay more for food, so how dedicated am I?
Sometimes sustainability is spiritual--how can I sustain myself? What environmental changes will make my life easier--not faster, not more convenient, but easier in that I my conscience, my soul, my desire, my anxieties rest easy.
Just thinking how it all interconnects--especially when you're pagan and in tune with the earth. Sometimes her melancholy is contagious. |
| posted by StarrySaltwaterRose @ 10:07 PM |
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| Nutty Little Idea |
| Tuesday, June 03, 2008 |
Ah, so I'm now officially sick of how many blogs I have. I want to keep up with all of them, but buzzing around and updating them all is a little crazy. So the nutty idea? Bring them all together.
Migrating this particular blog will be a pill to do manually, so don't be surprised if in the next month or so I post that this URL will change. I will have to do a lot of the coding offline, to keep everyone from getting confused. Yes, everyone. Who are you guys, anyway? Leave comments, because I have no idea who reads this stuff.
Now, migrating everything else manually sounds like total hell, also. So I'm off to message boards and how-to sites to see if anyone else has managed this gargantuan task and written a program to do it.
Please, please, let someone know what they're doing. Because manually moving 200 posts sounds like being a machine. So a machine should be able to do it, right?
Cross your fingers and I'll keep you posted. |
| posted by StarrySaltwaterRose @ 8:29 AM |
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| Trio of Days |
| Tuesday, May 27, 2008 |
 A three day weekend, when done well, sometimes ends up feeling like five days.
Friday night was complete relaxation, since softball was canceled. I haven't played a game yet.
Saturday morning market routine is back online. Yay! I like going to the market, especially when Lenny comes with me. We got milk, cheese, rhubarb, daikon radishes, greens, bread, eggs--just happy people, us. I have vague ideas for stir fry, stuffing and quiche. Oh, and a strawberry rhubarb pie is already setting up in the fridge.
Saturday also had an afternoon photo shoot (which produced the picture to the right) with Ra. We shot his shirts and hoodie in Edgewood Park (outdoor light makes life so much easier). Then we went to the Water Street graffitti spot and goofed off. Turns out that I might actually let him take photos of me. Ha, funny that. We have Photoshop dreams in our heads, at the moment. Here's the whole set.
After the photo shoot I took off for Ikea to get some storage things. It's so easy to spend too much money there.
Sunday morning was a cleaning/organizing blitz, before we went to Shelton for Becky's birthday. Lenny's clothes are organized and no longer taking over the bedroom! My makeup is all in one place! Hair products have been organized! My projects are neatly stored in a corner of the office! A new end table and coffee table are in the living room! Wowee! I'm happy for this, since our house is out of control and I think we're sticking around here for awhile. ;-)
Becky's house is always a great time. We love her parents and there's always good food. I may have over-indulged though, because yesterday my tummy hurt. I still don't have a present for her, but I'm working on something. An evening in Shelton was the perfect relaxing end to a busy day.
Monday was both lazy and busy. Morning time took me to Walmart to pick up some things we need (the cat needs food, clothes need laundry soap, that sort of boring errand stuff). Lenny went golfing and I'm so glad he did. He's earned it a thousand times over with the number of hours he's worked. He went with Matt and they were gone almost four hours, which was fine with me. I swept and mopped and cleaned my disgusting bathroom. And put away laundry that has been hanging out for three weeks.
Once they got home I went for a bike ride that was great. I found all sorts of empty roads around here.
Last night the grill got fired up with pork and it was yummy. Lenny's getting good and producing juicy meats on the grill. I love having him in the kitchen. We had a bit of a blow out Thursday night, but we're back to sharing and talking, which is what we really wanted anyway. Silly us.
To a good week. |
| posted by StarrySaltwaterRose @ 8:15 AM |
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| Head Down |
| Thursday, May 22, 2008 |
I drag my feet and keep my head down,
Can't remember why I love this town
The despair rises; am I gonna drown?
Forget to count my blessings or smell roses,
My vision is blurred and I can't find focus
There's a rip in my heart; how do you sew this?
My soul is split between home and dreams,
I thread the needle and try to the stitch the seams
This lament is so long I'd need at least two reams.
They want me to bounce, they want bubble
But all I see brewing is toil and trouble
I suppose the worry just makes it double.
The summer is near, the warmth near to touch
It's a time for hopscotch, baseball and double-dutch
But my anger and sadness are a one-two punch.
Maybe it will lift away, but I still have memories
Of my explosions fueled wickedly with unease.
If only life was as simple as the birds and the bees. |
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