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Winter wreaks havoc on me. It always has, ever since I was small. It aggravates my Rayndaud’s, triggers my dyshidrosis, and sucks whatever moisture I have left in my skin right out. But the thing I hate most about winter is the sharp mood change. The SAD. And since it happens every year, I view the low mood the same way I view the Raynaud’s [...]

So every year I do a post about Child’s Play Charity and the importance of video games in my life. For those of you who don’t know what Child’s Play is all about, I will just point you in the direction of the Wikipedia article. It says more than I ever could, and it has lots of lovely facts. To date the charity has raised [...]

In the end the only events in my life worth telling are those when the imperishable world irrupted into this transitory one. That is why I speak chiefly of inner experiences, among which I include my dreams and visions… All other memories of travels, people and my surroundings have paled beside these interior happenings… Outward circumstances are no substitute for inner experience. Therefore my life [...]

It’s been a rough weekend. Thanksgiving and all that stuff with the family was good, but things sometimes have a way of falling apart afterward for no reason whatsoever. I would like to blame it on PMS or the short days and cold nights, thunderstorms, but it’s not always in someone’s best interest to pin blame upon other people and things. Or entities. I’ve been [...]

I took a few hours today to zip on up to the thrift store and buy some sweaters. I owned a grand total of three as of eight o’clock this morning. Not sure why so few. Sweaters are comfy and cozy, and $29.76 later I now own six sweaters, some blouses, a couple pairs of shoes, two belts, and some fun, gaudy necklaces. I love [...]