I’ve been more and more aware lately of lies I’ve absorbed. And maybe lies is too strong a word, but for ideas and concepts that have nested deep in me (some over decades) sucking life like unrecognized parasites, I’m not sure I can come up with a strong enough word. Read more »
Category Archives: Observations
Second-Borns and Authority
There are many families in our church with children of similar age. A few years back, this led to an observation that the 2nd-children of the families, while every bit as sweet (we have an *amazing* group of kids. I just love ‘em), the 2nds were distinctly less compliant than Read more »
A Meme!
How long has it been since I did one of these? I guess I’ve not done many. There was interviewing myself as a writer, and (the one that made em laugh the most) fortune-telling via iPod. Both are worth checking out, but especially the iPod one. Angela, aka Farmer Jane, Read more »
Is there a way to stop caring if I look like a fool?
I’ve been (re) reading the bit in Chesterton’s Orthodoxy about the logic of Elfland, and how the wonder that exists in that story-world is to remind us of the wonder we forget of our own world. And I’m filled with this surge of remembering. Of my capacity for wonder and Read more »
Creativity and Depression
Have I ever mentioned here (on Untangling Tales) that I wrestle with depression? Usually seasonal, and usually manageable, but there are times and varieties that just eat my mind and (as a result) basically freak me out. Well, this post is a chewing on that variety. Last summer I went Read more »
Speaking of Homeschooling
Here’s a reprint from about two-and-a-half years ago. Because the idea of ambassador is one I want to keep in front of me. For many reasons. I mentioned that life will be getting even busier soon since school will be starting, then added the clarification that we are homeschooling. “Oh,” Read more »
Defender
I’m a defender. It’s what I do– often without thinking about it. I see someone on the defensive doing poorly, I jump in on their side. Especially if it’s an argument I know and think I could do better than them. I think I lost a friend this way last Read more »
Atavistic Dreams
Atavism is the idea or concept of a throwback. A recurrence of a trait that (genetically, say) had not shown up in a few generations. I tripped over the term earlier this year. I’d stopped into a yarn shop to see what blends they sold of angora yarn, and to Read more »
Failure Happens
I get nervous when I discover new things. Not particularly because those things rock my world (so much) as I immediately start to wonder how long ago I was supposed to figure this out. This popped into my novel a couple days ago: A: I just figured out I’m ‘gifted.’ Read more »
Boundries
Apparently they aren’t just about saying *no*. I pretty much have that down (despite it making me feel like a jerk sometimes), so I’ve not paid close attention to the topic when it comes up. The study of boundaries (or rather, the person teaching about them) also suggests that I, Read more »
