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Conventional Wisdom: From Caroline’s POV

| October 9, 2013

Caroline has been going to conventions since she was three months old. In that time she had learned a lot about going to conventions. Now remember that she has only gone to conventions with her dad so her perspective is slightly skewed. What I like best about convention is that I can be myself. I […]

Crafty Tuesday: Costuming the Next Generation

| October 8, 2013

So Caroline has decided that she will not be Amalthea for Halloween. Instead she designed her own vampire princess dress with special effects. I think part of it came from stuff she has seen on Face/off and Heroes of Cosplay. The original drawing (for the VI This is a drawing of a long black dress […]

The Siren’s Song

| October 4, 2013

Everything in Moderation, I have been told since I was a small child. You can have too much of a good thing which can become a bad thing. Recently from different corners of my life I have been hearing about addiction and a lack of moderation and control. The most vivid is that a good […]

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons

| October 3, 2013

Two of my favorite poets are T. S. Elliot and Seamus Heaney. I was talking the other day with a couple of friends one of whom has lupus (yes it can be lupus) and the other has fibromyalgia and the season change plays havoc with her and her ability to do anything. We were talking […]