occasional posts by risa aratyr
When the oak tree fell last December, it crushed my daughter’s car and robbed the potato vine of its fence. The unsupported lianas have been heaped at the base of the oak tree’s stump ever since — a gigantic ball of brown twine with a few green threads stretched over the top. We cut … Read more In the Heart of the Season
I don’t quite understand how people can justify taking a stand on one side or the other of the fate / free-choice fence. Even if you believe the decisions we make about our lives are ordained, to claim that our reactions to events and situations are likewise and entirely pre-determined and that how we … Read more Symphonic Variations
I didn’t need the iteration. Didn’t need to spend another entire effing day crunched at the computer slogging through endless business emails to realize that changing my job didn’t change anything — I’m still working too many hours for too little pay. Didn’t need to catch sight of the unchopped wood under the … Read more The Portents
So. Fate gave the Wheel of Fortune a might spin, catching us all off guard. It hasn’t been easy, clinging to splintering spokes as the Wheel hurtled through fire and flood and careened against mountains, as the winds roared against us, striving to pluck us from our purchase. It’s not over, it’s not done. … Read more Twist of Fate