Religion and the jargon of the helping/hindering professions are comprised largely of literalized metaphors. That is why they are the perfect tools for legitimizing and illegitimizing ideas, behaviors, and persons. Ordinary language combines all of these qualities. It can be used literally and precisely, to convey meaning; metaphorically or poetically, to move people; or ‘religiously,’ […]
Adult Gaming
Sam and I just listened to “Female Characters,” episode 42 of the Game Master Show. The topic came up because Erin, one of the hosts, realized that she was willing to put female characters through some experiences that she wouldn’t apply to males. There was a fair amount of talk about the Heroine’s Journey and […]
Happy Mother’s Day!
I’ve certainly had a sweet one :-) Michelle Sagara wrote a wonderful post today about how mothering is like writing.
And That’s the Week
I consider Sunday the first day of the week rather than the last. It was a week full of appointments for the girl and getting paperwork shuffled to various bureaucracies. Sam and I had lovely dates Wednesday and tonight, although we were so exhausted Wednesday that we turned in much earlier than usual.
TotD: Controlling the Public
Wag the Dog, anyone? There have always existed three ways of keeping the people loving and loyal. One is to leave them alone, to trust them and not to interfere. This plan, however, has very seldom been practised, because the politicians regard the public as a cow to be milked, and something must be done […]
TotD: Written On the Body
I’d never heard of Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson (or of the author, at all) until I was browsing through some of the quotations at Gaia a while back. This bit is too long for my quotations file, but I love it too much to just delete it. “You’ll get over it…” It’s […]
SBQ: Family Heirlooms
And another Stitching Blogger Question of the week, which should leave me all caught up: Do you have any pieces that you would liked passed on to future generations as family heirlooms? At one time, I thought so. My mother has a Tigerlily piece I did for her, and my father has a big Marine […]
SBQ: Blended Threads
And another Stitching Blogger Question: How do you handle blended threads? Do you kit the blends up before you start a piece, or do you grab what colors you need and blend when the need arises? If you kit up the blends beforehand, how do you store them? Do you have another option for blends to share? I […]
SBQ: Most Complicated Piece?
I’m behind on the Stitching Bloqqer Questions, so I’ll do them for the next few days. What is the most complicated piece you’ve ever completed? I’m trying to figure out how to judge how complicated someone else would judge a piece to be. Size? Different types of stitches? Embellishments? For sheer cussedness, though it was worth […]
Graphics. Gah!
There are times when being graphic-impaired really does annoy me. I’m finally moving forward with porting the Heartsong Handicrafts site to WordPress. It shouldn’t be a big deal. I’ve done the same many times before with other sites. Unfortunately, I don’t have a logo. I mean, I have a simple logo, but it isn’t very good. It […]