Untangling Tales

Visiting a new blog is like jumping into the middle of a conversation; it can be fascinating and fun, or it can be overwhelming and keep you from ever returning.

I hope you’ll come back, so let me show you around a bit and let you know how things work around here.

The author page was first framed more than 5 years ago when I started blogging. It was true then and still now: I’m Christian and it colors everything else I do.

The Categories page is something I’m rather fond of.  I used to have them all ranged down the side of my main page, but they eventually took up too much space. And with their own page I get to include an explanatory snippet where useful.

In the sidebar you can see my most-frequently visited posts, if you’re curious what writing of mine has attracted the most attention. Just above those are the articles that I feel best illustrate my thinking processes.

My favorite essays (or maybe they’re just the most entertaining to me) happened in my early years of blogging, and I made “best-of” lists for both Year One (parts one and two) and Year Two (parts one and two)

WARNING: I’m not necessarily as mature and/or “together” as I was back then.

I have used up what I know and what makes me feel secure.

I am being stretched more than ever before simply by having three unique souls drawing life from mine. I’m being asked to give more than I knew I was capable of, and if that can’t put one in her place, nothing can.

Despite my intensifying awareness of my limitations I still think there is wisdom here, and things it does me good to return to.

• I’m into fairy tales, personality theory, and perfectionism.  I latch on to all of them more than I maybe should, but they all have enough value I’ve never been able to quit.
• I have no clinically provable allergies, but cook soy- and gluten-free because my health and emotional life are so much more manageable this way.  (I write about that sort of stuff at my home blog, though. You can check there for recipes or rants.)
• I also homeschool my three kids, raise rabbits (spinning and knitting the wool of the angoras), keep chickens (a blessedly effective alternative to avoiding eggs altogether) and toy with the idea of starting a garden next year.

All of which is only possible because everyone doesn’t need me simultaneously.

So, welcome, and please feel free to shoot me an e-mail (address is on my author page) if you’re looking for something specific.

Blessings on your day!