Runes of the Day: “maintaining the status quo”

Thurisaz (reversed) (Also called Thorn; Letter: TH; Old Norse name: Thurs) Thurisaz is a very ancient name for Thor, so it’s not surprising that it is a most powerful rune. Thurisaz can be used and interpreted as a protection rune. Plants grow thorns to protect themselves, so the logic is clear. Drawing a ring of … Read more

An actual review of an actual book.

Just stumbled across a website for The Alphabet vs The Goddess, which is a book that I read recently on the topic of Matriarchy vs. Patriarchy, and whether the shift from Goddess centered fertility cults to male Warrior God based religions had to do with the shift from pictorial and iconic forms of “writing” and … Read more

School Dreams

Had one of those dreams where I’m in school again, but a couple of weeks into the semester and there are classes I’ve forgotten to take,etc. Only add to this a temporary amnesia factor, as if someone else has taken over my life and when I get back to it, I don’t the way it’s … Read more

Observation

Depressed people tend to gravitate to other depressed people, and somehow they expect the other depressed people to make them feel better. The sick thing is that about half the time it actually seems to work. Which makes it all the more depressing the fifty percent of the time that it doesn’t work. Why does … Read more

Breakfast of champions

Made grilled cheese sandwiches for breakfast. Semolina sourdough bread with cheddar cheese and real butter. Then grated a baked potato into the still-hot frying pan and made hash browns, salted and heavily peppered. Sprinkled the potatos with a bit of hot sauce and ate it with a coke and a dill pickle. (detritus)(dream)(poetica)(myth)(opinion)(divination)

Diego’s Breaksfast Burrito

The most paper thin or tortillas, lightly fried and wrapped with precision around a filling of of nicely browned scrambled eggs, crispy bacon, fried potatoes, and cheddar cheese. With a side of hot sauce, and free coffee if you want it. For less than $3.00. And of course, there are variations on the theme. You … Read more

Mountainous

Dreamt I was in the passenger seat of a car being driven by my Dad, with my grandfather sleeping in the backseat. We were driving up a very steep mountain on some sort of cross country trip, and no one could talk because it would distract the driver and we might all plummet to our … Read more