Blog Hiatus For The Holidays
Having safely crossed the One Thousand and One Berthoudian Nights Blog thresh hold, I promised an extremely talented friend I would read his ARC latest in a popular series book to provide a cover blurb and since I am also working on a legal matter through the end of the year, I figured I would […]
Missing Monday Is Worth The Elevation
Yesterday, I had to drive Lisa into the mountains to Breckenridge, where she will be babysitting a few of our grand fur (and furless) babies – 2 pups and a pussy – at the Fairy Godmothers’ Chalet for a few days. It started out beautifully. The sky was clear and the full moon brightly lighting […]
Cold Moon Over Casa Claire
First Night of the 3 day Full Moon cycle – the last of 2024. The Cold Moon. Spectacular. I made sure I got my Moon Water topped off. And of course I got in some Cold Moon grounding while I was out and about seeing to Claire and Honey this morning. “As the moon waxes […]
Life Is Short. Time Is Luck.
One of my favorite movie lines, from the 2006 film version of Miami Vice, is as follows: Isabella: “Once I had a fortune, it said: ‘Leave now. Life is short. Time is luck.’” Now maybe, as a true Romantic, it was because I really felt the Shakespearian connection between the star crossed lovers Sonny and Isabella – […]
Last Friday The 13th of 2024 – 12 Days of Yule
Now I have recently mentioned my thoughts about Friday the 13th. And how much I enjoy anything that involuntarily triggers the otherwise complacently agnostic’s supernatural response. Although I do feel for those who suffer arasavedekatriaphobia or friggatriskaidekaphobia (said in my best Linus voice). Me, I’m feeling lucky today. First of all, whatever number on the calendar, […]
Shake It Off, Scarlett Rose
The highlight of my yesterday was attending a Winter micro musical – Grinches vs. Trolls staged at my Grans’ posh school, Dawson. Given it was a lower school production, I was enchanted by it’s ambition. It was an us vs. them story line where two factions of rivaling mystical creatures face discord and reconciliation over […]
Tommy’s Tik Tok Travails
I am such a Luddite. I haven’t a clue what I’m doing most of the time I am on Social Media. I have learned how to post videos on FB and TT but it is through the message in a bottle method. I create them and upload them and then I’m not sure where they […]
Writing Without A Net
The above very cool photo was downloaded from https://www.pexels.com/search/tightrope/ Make sure you check out William Warby’s amazing photos https://www.instagram.com/wwarby I’ve never been a big planner when it comes to writing. There is some vague idea floating around just beyond my peripheral vision. Pure channeling. I don’t outline. I don’t story board. I don’t even know […]
Back To Back Alan Rickman
Muggle Celts are some of the best. Take Alan Rickman for example, who was quoted as saying: “I was talking to Sharleen Spiteri about being a Celt, how you smell each other out, because my mother’s family is Welsh.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Rickman#:~:text=Rickman%20would%20later%20say%20in,his%20mother%20was%20a%20Methodist. Turns out his paternal grandfather was Irish as well. https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/alan-rickman-acclaimed-performer-who-became-a-hero-with-a-villain-s-manner-1.2496961#:~:text=Rickman%20had%20Irish%20blood%20via,like%20coming%20somewhere%20I%20knew%22. So, this Celt is claiming him […]
Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Lisa has been feeling very guilty about allowing her Shingles to interfere with her grandmotherly obligations so decided that yesterday we (me completely and forcibly conscripted) would spend the day with the feral Grans – first at the movie Wicked and then at the Berthoud Christmas Parade. Exhausting. Well, we purchased our reserved seating at […]