http://www.rebelleink.com/blog sharpening my pen Sat, 01 Aug 2009 15:04:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So I moved from Pennsylvania to Oregon. Since I have been here, we've had tripple digit heat and zero rain. Yes I know it's July, but it's rained EVERY day I've been gone in the town I moved from in Pennsylvania. What's up with that??? Bring me the rain!!! http://www.rebelleink.com/blog/?p=60 So last Sunday, Jan 5. was week one of the kids program at the wonderful Nature Church. It ended up being more daycare-like, and that's kinda what we expected. 4 boys, all age 4 and younger, including mine. We'll see how this progresses. Watching the wee ones is good, it ... http://www.rebelleink.com/blog/?p=58 My goals as a parent: To raise my kids as conscience, caring people. To instill in them a sense of the universe and how it is greater than themselves. To let them be free to make their own choices and their own mistakes. There's more here, there has to be. But that's a start. http://www.rebelleink.com/blog/?p=55 For the most part, I sign off on emails with   Peace and joy, rebelleink*   Funny thing about that: I mean it. The world has too little of these things. And these are the things I wish most for my life, therefore if I wish them to others, they will come back. ... http://www.rebelleink.com/blog/?p=54 So... I had to go to the doctor today. Joy. (not). This was a new doctor for me, and as such, I had the requisite 9 million pages of medical history and insurance information to fill out. On the top of the medical history form, they asked my religion. Apparently ... http://www.rebelleink.com/blog/?p=51 Driving to daycare this morning, Bolt (who can barley talk) was having a conversation in Baby to his reflection in the car window. /cute kid alert. http://www.rebelleink.com/blog/?p=50 ** Yeah, I know this is a week late. I know almost NOTHING about Judaism. I know from my 10th grade religion teacher (taught by Mr. Heilskamp) that Yom Kippur translates roughly as 'Day of Atonement'. No idea what that really means for followers of the religion. So, today at Shakesville, one ... http://www.rebelleink.com/blog/?p=47 There aren’t many. After the Spoutwood Fairie Festival and FaerieCon, I’ve seen my share of fairy paraphernalia. The only real boy fairy art I have seen was found by Raven and is called Dusk by Shelia Wolk. There are always ambiguous baby fairies too, but that's not the same. What ... http://www.rebelleink.com/blog/?p=46 How do you label yourself? What's top on the list? Name. Stutter. Job title. Spiritual path.  Relationship status. Geography. Sexuality.  Dreams. I still can't (won't) identify with my married name, perhaps since Q identifies with it SOOO very strongly. My first name is all mine, you can't have it. I speak with ... http://www.rebelleink.com/blog/?p=38 J. was here. For a brief, shining moment. She brought the rain with her, of course. One of the side effects of having a sister you don’t see all that often is that you tend to revert to childhood. Because arguing the philosopher of Buffy the Vampire Slayer is ... http://www.rebelleink.com/blog/?p=37