occasional posts by risa aratyr
In my local time zone, the true cross quarter – the exact midpoint between the last equinox and the upcoming solstice – occurred last night at 22:56/10:56pm. By my calculations, that made last night Samhain Eve, and today the first day of Winter. Here in my new residential corner of the world, Summer ended long … Read more The First Day of Winter
This is not the post I intended to write. A couple of days ago, when the blogging urge hit me, I intended to de-wire my overloaded brain by splashing serious thoughts on a serious topic all over this page. Then my sis dropped off Sadie. In her time on this planet, my sister Liane has … Read more Winter Wonderland
So. Another week, divvying up another passel of things-that-gotta-get-done among the greedy minutes, and all in a rush, it’s Sunday again. That lead-in sentence up there? I tried out “zig-zagging through another week” and “plowing through another week.” I finally found the word that nailed it, but it didn’t scan. Spiralling. Spiralling through another … Read more Home Comfort