Goddesses, Goodness, and Grace

I have met the goddess, and her name is Durga. I do things ass-backwards according to everyone else’s standards, I think.  In this case, I named the dog before I even met her, hoping the right one would come to me.  An experiment in faith, I suppose. I was at wits’ end.  Terrified and terrorized [...]

Turning on the Lights

If I thought 2011 would greet a new me, a new, healthier, happier, more optimistic me, I couldn’t have been more wrong. The break-in, and the subsequent acts of vandalism have left me fearful, afraid. Jumping at noises and silent company.    Friends acting decidedly unfriendly:  the crossing of boundaries in such a way that [...]