Farm Chores
I’m not an early riser. All those people who are convinced that you can’t be productive or efficient or powerful in your life unless you get up at the ass crack of dawn… well, they can eat my ass crack. Even the Lunation Rite, which is a daily DAWN...
The Springiest Spring Cleaning Ever
I’ve never been much of a spring cleaning person. My mom was. Every year, in early spring (which in New Mexico would literally sometimes be February) my mom would throw open every window and door — regardless of external temperature — and start...
All the Anniversaries
I’m surrounded by important markers in time. The end of last week, my husband and I took off for the coast to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the day we first met (why yes, our relationship is old enough to have its own Saturn return). It was also the...
It Can STILL be a Wonderful Life
The first thing to understand is that we do our family Christmas celebrations on Christmas Eve. It’s a German custom that I grew up with and that our household adopted when we started doing our own Christmases. This means that our Christmas Day to do list...
