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We're moving!

Okay, so we’ve been in the same place for 8 yrs now and it’s been too small since mom moved in. The rent has nearly doubled over the past 2 yrs. Do you know what hasn’t doubled? My income. So it’s been a rough time of it. I’ve found that I feel caged in. I found that I don’t want to go home, work is my peaceful place. Yeah, I know that’s pretty bad huh? Well, it’s a break from mom and it’s a…

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The Eclipse... part 1

Let me just start by saying: I’m a huge nerd, I was born during the solar eclipse in 1970. Whether it was during totality in my area is up in the air because I don’t know my exact time of birth. I was told my dad went out and was watching it while waiting for me to be born. Anyway, if you’ve never seen a total eclipse (like me) it’s absolutely surreal. I’ve seen plenty of partial eclipses…

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Crap snacks! I disappeared again! Dang it.

I disappeared again! Dang it. Well another update, I finished editing Nwa Pante Rising on my birthday (march 7th). It’s with a reader that’s helping with any remaining issues. That is still in progress. I’ve started working on the second Alleys book. 🙂 I’m trying to move and also further my education so I can make a better life for us. I have a lot of irons on the fire and I’m juggling things.…

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Random thoughts about witches (women) in history.

Yep, my brain has a lot of thoughts about a lot of things on varied subjects. So I was looking through a notebook and found some pages where I had been taking notes on women in history and their roles as midwives, spiritual leaders, revolutionaries, etc. Invariably, you’ll find witches in history, or more accurately, accusations of witchcraft. My brain said: OOoooooooh, let’s see where this goes!…

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Today I am excited!

Soo, after many years of start and stop editing and battles with writer’s block and general malaise, I am focusing on my writing and I’m down to the last 35 pages of this gawd forsaken editing. I love this book, I think it’s funny, it’s got sex, intrigue, kidnapping, paranormal/scifi, fantasy world, magic and… just everything you could want. I can’t wait to start working on some of the new ideas…

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Spiritual Journey: Breaking point

My hubby and I were of different faiths, I was Christian and he was a “godless heathen” AKA atheist. That being said, he was also living proof that men don’t need god to be moral, to be good husbands and fathers. He did a lot of good things for people that I wasn’t allowed to talk about, because he said if I told people and they looked up to him or thought better of him or that he benefited in…

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Why should football fans thank Taylor Swift?

I’m glad you asked. Instead of getting all hemotional about her being at the game and breaking her records and vowing to boycott… men should be thanking her. If your wife/SO/GF wants to watch football with you, she won’t interrupt you watching the game. She won’t come in and ask you to do something you don’t want to do… she’ll enjoy watching with you! She might make snacks and drinks, she might…

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If you could call/talk to someone on the other side, would you?

Before you answer, give it some thought. I thought it would be cool and heck yeah why wouldn’t you want the chance to talk to someone again? It’s a surreal experience and I’m still processing it. Some time in October or November when I went to a paranormal expo (because I like all things ghostly and whatnot) and was chosen to get to use a spirit box. If you’ve never heard of it… it’s a device…

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Dementia is cruel and Mom's crazy now...

So mom has developed Alzheimer’s and Dementia. I remember when she came out to visit just before hubby passed. She came to visit in January 2016; the first thing I noticed was that she was walking weird. My son noticed it too and said: Granma walks like a cat on wet ice. Once I saw it, I couldn’t unsee it. Her foot placement was very tentative, and more of a sliding shuffle than a walk. If you’ve…

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Spiritual Journey: Where I am now.

I’ll get back into my break up with organized religion in other posts, I want this post to be about where I am now. The other posts are to explain to you how I got here, why things make more sense, and why I’m happier here. It’s very unsettling and hard to let go of something so deeply rooted in your life but also terrifyingly freeing. Not just my religion, but all religions are cast in a new…

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What my ADD looks like:

Well, if you’ve been here any amount of time at all.. you already have an idea due to my rambling posts. But there’s more to it than just having a hard time staying on topic. My ADD looks like: Scads of unsent Christmas, get well soon, birthday, sympathy, thank you, and other cards. Addressed and stamped them but never sent them because I put them aside and forgot they existed or where I put…

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Grief... normalize being angry

When you’re grieving it can feel like you’re very much alone. It doesn’t matter how many people are around, or what support you have, you’re hurting in a way that no one else can see. There are no outward physical signs of it and only you know how you are actually feeling so it’s a very private pain. Grief also doesn’t have to be a death, it can be mourning the loss of a friendship, a breakup, or…

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Tiktoking to promote books?

I’ve seen authors on tiktok hyping their books. They seem to do fairly well.. but I have questions. What do you think? Would you promote on tiktok? Are you doing it already? Would you buy a book you saw a teaser for on tiktok? My first thought is… that’s a good idea. If you show yourself and talk about the book then you can bring your personality and enthusiasm to the book, a glimpse of the…

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Spirituality under review (SUR): When I decided I just wasn't that into church.

So, to get started we moved to Louisiana when I was 11. I was in a small church school and was accused of cheating on a quiz in my booklet. I had not cheated, I had simply put the red pen on the paper as I checked my answers. There were red marks on all the answers, little red dots. I scored 100% and they thought I cheated and changed my answers. I told them I had not, I told them the truth. They…

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Religious Fearmongering

Let’s dive right into the deep end of the pool, shall we? We have what I call the “Someone think of the children” crowd screaming about certain “agendas” of folks they don’t like and making terrible accusations about them. Unfounded, slanderous, and dangerous accusations. I want to remind people or perhaps introduce people to a simple concept that I learned a long time ago. If we lie, we expect…

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This year in review (so far)

December ended with a final middle finger in my direction as my car decided to act like an idiot. Everything was fine on my way to work, I need to maintain the timing belt but it’s only because it hit that mileage mark. But nothing was amiss… until I pulled into the parking lot and the service Tire Pressure Monitoring System light came on. I blink at it several times in disbelief, soooo I hit…

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Ooooh I ruffled some feathers...

Apparently, yer friendly neighborhood Kaw upset a fragile male today… What was my sin, my faux pas, my impudent muttering that triggered the “alpha male” so much? ME: There were other jokes you could’ve done than low-hanging political fruits. I can come up with 5-10 in a few seconds. Please do better.His response: All I see here is an angry feminist that nobody likes, wants or will ever love.…

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