You would think that after almost 70 years of being a work in progress I would be closer to completion, but that doesn’t seem to be the case. I am more like the roads of El Dorado County (always under construction and full of pot holes) than I am like the Empire State Building (only took about 15 months to build and still standing proud). While I do occasionally have a manic episode when I think I am doing well, more often I am in the middle of an existential crisis around one of my many flaws … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2018
THE CRONE ARCHETYPE
To begin with, I had to look up “archetype.” That was pretty easy. Wikipedia: The concept of an archetype /ˈɑːrkɪtaɪp/ is found in areas relating to behavior, modern psychological theory, and literary analysis. In various seemingly unrelated cases in classic storytelling, media etc. characters or ideas sharing similar traits can be found. It is really just a type of person, like a hero, or a caregiver. The idea that, from early in man’s history, certain types of characters have peopled our … [Read more...]
QUEEN FOR A DAY
I haven’t mentioned it much (because I don’t like to dwell on my failures) but, last year, we got a couple of bee hives and set out to save the planet and give our veggie garden a boost. We hit a few snags along the way but thought we were doing pretty well until we treated the bees for varroa mites without adequately understanding the power of the medication. So, all of our bees either keeled over dead or flew away to safer climes. This year, we attended the Beekeeping 102 class given by … [Read more...]
Welcome to the 20th Century
No, that was not a typo. It is a phrase I have repeated many times since moving from the San Francisco Bay Area to the Sierra Mountains. It comes up every time I am faced with the limited services available to me living out in the proverbial “boon docks.” Little things, like fast internet, cell service in your home, decent cable TV reception, Costco within an easy drive, a grocery store around the corner, or pizza delivery. This week has been especially trying because a late dumping of snow … [Read more...]
