we cut away the fat:
there is sun, there is moon
there are seasons and stars
there is above and below
and there might even be here
there are stones and plants
the living and the dead
what more can
you really desire?
nonsense verse
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Half-penny thoughts — 06nov25
Why is it that some of us are not allowed to be “not okay” in some manner or another? Why is it that we always seem to be the ones who have to be available?
And when we happen to be less than rosey, why do so many people act like it is less important than their own trials and tribulations?
Yeah. I know. There is no real answer to that question. Therefore, comments are closed. Food for thought is all, as meager a fare as that might be…
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Half-penny thoughts — 06nov25
hermitage calling
Photo by Ville Palmu on Unsplash hermitage calling,
i shuffle to mountaintops
to sweep out the debris
from my simple shack
a facet of memory,
what hint of comradery;
it is slow work with
a single black quill
but it pleases
spirits when i do—
we flamegaze the dusk
telling tales 'til dawn
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hermitage calling
casting runes — 06nov25
berkana pale lady riverside
beckoning down narrow trails
to where soul & spirit dwell
carved of wood &
filling of stoneA poem prompted by a randomly selected Elder Futhark rune.
Today’s rune is berkana, which translates to “birch”. Birch are associated with earth-mother and maternal energies. Because birch is a “pioneer tree” which tends to grow in advance of other tree growth — especially after forest fires — berkana is associated with renewal and rebirth. Additionally, berkana has ties to liminal thresholds of all types, especially those paths to the underworld.
Please visit my Elder Futhark pages at sceadugenga.com for additional interpretations of the runes based on multiple references and personal reflection.
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casting runes — 06nov25
A close hit
Photo by Warren Umoh on Unsplash Chatting with my mother last night, she mentioned that she had seen a new close relative that she didn’t know on a DNA service we both have used in the past. Color me intrigued, mostly because my mother knows distant relatives intimately, so it seems impossible that a close match could avoid her knowledge.
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Reads | The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, NK Jemisin
One of the various books I am reading right now includes The Inheritance Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin. If you look out on the internet, there is quite a bit of high praise for her works, driven in part because she is a female and black award-winning writer of fantasy. When I saw a special on this collection for Kindle for something like $3 for the trilogy a few months ago, I jumped on it, figuring I had to see what all of the fuss was about. The collection normally retails at around $23 as an ebook, which is still a bargain, but I’m not above saving money where I can, especially when I haven’t read an author’s stories before.
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Half-penny thoughts — 04nov25
Except for romance novels (where it is, after all, the focus and intent), I feel sex scenes in fiction almost never add to the story and almost always pulls you out of the story as a reader.
Or, maybe it is just me.
It could very well be me.
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Half-penny thoughts — 04nov25
