Yeah, I know, no posting in time for Solstice this year. I have been going several days at a time without getting on line of late. It just seems harder to get things done this year. I think my health is, if you would believe, a bit worse.

Take care all, and Merry Winter holiday of your choice.

(I am not really mortified, I just like that little death emote. They should put it under seasonal->Halloween.)

I got sucked into Whirled by the recent contest sponsored by DA... Fun, but a major eater of time. Even if I have only done up one room so far:
Halloween Room: [link]
The games there are distracting enough to be good for blocking out pain.





Now if only it really was getting cold... It was up to 90 degrees today... well, yesterday, the 31st. I don't count Halloween over until dawn. It has only been bellow 80 degrees for a high once so far this Fall.

On a less mundane subject… Tonight is the time that the veil between the worlds is the thinnest, and our departed friends and relatives may come back to visit us. This is not something to fear, but a time of celebration, when offerings are set out to feed the visiting dead. *offers the departed as much candy as they want and/or can take away, since most of her pumpkins this year are plastic* I believe that dried beans are traditional, or more recently, cakes and wine, but believe me, anyone of my relatives that wanted to visit would prefer the candy. A good night for scrying, or reaching out to the otherworldly, by some traditions, this is also the end of the wheal of the year, and so is celebrated as the Witches’ New Year.

So Happy Samhain to all, and to all a good night.



Anyone who is still bothering to watch me should check out this artist. His photographs are amazing, particularly the ones of fire and ice.





As for the rest of life, the statement from my previous journal is still in effect, and so I repeat it here:

I have been sick for two and a half years now. Yes, the whole time. It took them a while to figure out what I have, but the final agreement was Fibromyalgia, before my health insurance ran out. For those of you that don't know what that is, and/or don't want to bother to look it up, that means that I have a chronic condition involving pain, exhaustion, more pain, weakness, more pain, mental fog, etc. It is not fatal, but it is rather disabling. Some days are worse then others. The few good days I have usually have to be spent trying to get basic things like cleaning, and grocery shopping done, so I have not been having a lot of time/energy for editing and posting photographs, or other art. I have not been completely idle, mind you, but my rate of art production has been greatly slowed.

Fibromyalgia doesn't have a cure yet, so the doctors just try to treat the symptoms. The problem being that I can't afford my prescriptions as it is right now, since my insurance ran out. So that is more or less where things stand at the moment.



I have a great many photographs (thousands) that were taken before I became sick that still need to be edited and posted, some day. So even though I only rarely find the strength to take a series of pictures now, if I can get up the energy to do some editing, there is a great deal that is 'new' that can still be posted. It will just take time.



I would like to thank all those that faved my work, or who left kind comments. I apologize for not finding the energy to reply to each of you separately as of yet.

I am working on it, but progress is slow.

Take care all.

Oh, look, it has been about nine months since I updated this thing... *sighs* Sorry, I haven't been feeling well, and haven't been getting much done. I am still alive though.

Mother had major surgery, and is still recovering, which took up all of my limited spare time for quite a while there.

It is disgustingly hot here. Heat of this kind just seems to suck the life out of me.

I have been playing with interference patterns, making mandalas and such. I might post some of those soon... I hope.



Anyone who is still bothering to watch me should check out this artist. His photographs are amazing, particularly the ones of fire and ice.





As for the rest of life, the statement from my previous journal is still in effect, and so I repeat it here:

I have been sick for nearly two and a half years now. Yes, the whole time. It took them a while to figure out what I have, but the final agreement was Fibromyalgia, before my health insurance ran out. For those of you that don't know what that is, and/or don't want to bother to look it up, that means that I have a chronic condition involving pain, exhaustion, more pain, weakness, more pain, mental fog, etc. It is not fatal, but it is rather disabling. Some days are worse then others. The few good days I have usually have to be spent trying to get basic things like cleaning, and grocery shopping done, so I have not been having a lot of time/energy for editing and posting photographs, or other art. I have not been completely idle, mind you, but my rate of art production has been greatly slowed.

Fibromyalgia doesn't have a cure yet, so the doctors just try to treat the symptoms. The problem being that I can't afford my prescriptions as it is right now, since my insurance ran out. So that is more or less where things stand at the moment.



I have a great many photographs (thousands) that were taken before I became sick that still need to be edited and posted, some day. So even though I only rarely find the strength to take a series of pictures now, if I can get up the energy to do some editing, there is a great deal that is 'new' that can still be posted. It will just take time.



I would like to thank all those that faved my work, or who left kind comments. I apologize for not finding the energy to reply to each of you separately as of yet.

I am working on it, but progress is slow.

Take care all.

Tonight is the night to light the lights, the longest darkness of the year...

There are all kinds of things that I could say, but I am too tired to say them just now.

Take care all, and Merry Winter holiday of your choice. *chuckle*

*goes off to watch the sun rise*

(I am not really mortified, I just like that little death emote.)

Hmmm… We bought waaaaay too much candy. The problem is, we can never tell how many kids will show up. One year will be really busy, and we will run out, and the next will be dead, with only a couple of groups. Now we have much more left then we should eat in a year. And most of it is stuff that we don’t like too much ourselves (to prevent our eating it all!) *sets out a large bowel of candy to share with anyone that stops by to read this*

On a less mundane subject… Tonight is the time that the veil between the worlds is the thinnest, and our departed friends and relatives may come back to visit us. This is not something to fear, but a time of celebration, when offerings are set out to feed the visiting dead. *offers the departed as much candy as they want and/or can take away, since most of her pumpkins this year are plastic* I believe that dried beans are traditional, or more recently, cakes and wine, but believe me, anyone of my relatives that wanted to visit would prefer the candy. By some traditions, this is also the end of the wheal of the year, and so is celebrated as the Witches’ New Year.

So Happy Samhain to all, and to all a good night.





As for the rest of life, the statement from my previous journal is still in effect, and so I repeat it here:

I have been sick for nearly a year and a half now. Yes, the whole time. It took them a while to figure out what I have, but the final agreement was Fibromyalgia, before my health insurance ran out. For those of you that don’t know what that is, and/or don’t want to bother to look it up, that means that I have a chronic condition involving pain, exhaustion, more pain, weakness, more pain, mental fog, etc. It is not fatal, but it is rather disabling. Some days are worse then others. The few good days I have usually have to be spent trying to get basic things like cleaning, and grocery shopping done, so I have not been having a lot of time/energy for editing and posting photographs, or other art. I have not been completely idle, mind you, but my rate of art production has been greatly slowed.

Fibromyalgia doesn’t have a cure yet, so the doctors just try to treat the symptoms. The problem being that I can’t afford my prescriptions as it is right now, since my insurance ran out. So that is more or less where things stand at the moment.



I have a great many photographs (thousands) that were taken before I became sick that still need to be edited and posted, some day. So even though I only rarely find the strength to take a series of pictures now, if I can get up the energy to do some editing, there is a great deal that is ‘new’ that can still be posted. It will just take time.



I would like to thank all those that faved my work, or who left kind comments. I apologize for not finding the energy to reply to each of you separately as of yet.

I am working on it, but progress is slow.

Take care all.