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It’s been an interesting couple of weeks, and it’s kind of thrown me for a loop, which is why I haven’t been posting. Another death (and goddess, how I hate typing those words) disrupted everything. I re-set myself a bit by doing some coifs to help out a friend and sent them off, and by helping my niece and nephew get married, and now I’m ready to start again. As I’ve been reminded lately, time is a river – we move in one direction. Even if we feel like we’re stuck somewhere, we’re still moving. And sometimes, you just have to go with the flow until you feel like you can swim again.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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For those who may have missed it – the second Molly book is out!\u00a0<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

I’ve also been listening to books lately – I just finished\u00a0Derelict: Marines<\/strong>\u00a0by Paul E. Cooley<\/a>, and I’m almost done with\u00a0Libery Station\u00a0<\/strong>by Terry Mixon<\/a> (yes, I’m on a SF kick lately), and that’s made me realize that I need to write again. So, we’re writing. I want to have\u00a0Winter Mysteries\u00a0<\/strong>done before NaNo starts, so I can work on something new for November. And no, I really haven’t decided what. I might just work on either Blue or Abby and see which one takes off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m preparing for winter, too. I know how weird that sounds, when it’s still August and technically summer, but I’m moving myself into a more pagan mindset, and since Lammas is already past (August 1), we’re in the harvest festivals. It’s fall, and we’re moving towards when the earth settles back and rests before growing again in the spring. Many pagans use Samhain (October 31) as their new year, and I’ve decided to do that as well this year. My winter will be a time of resting, of planning for the energy of the spring, of enjoying a quiet time. I’m not going to be going at the same speed I do during the summer. I’m learning to live in harmony with the seasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There may be more pagan-type stuff in the blog as I work through this. I know not all my readers are pagan, so I will be tagging things again in the header. If you are not interested, feel free to skip those posts. But this is something I need to discover about myself, and work through, and, well, it’s my blog. You’re welcome to come along for the ride.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s been an interesting couple of weeks, and it’s kind of thrown me for a loop, which is why I haven’t been posting. Another death (and goddess, how I hate typing those words) disrupted everything. I re-set myself a bit by doing some coifs to help out a friend and sent them off, and by …<\/p>\n

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