occasional posts by risa aratyr
risa’s writing and writings about writing
Happy New Year! It’s the year of the Earth Ox, as of 11:55pm PST. Clean your house NOW (no working on New Year’s Day, or you’ll be doing drudge work all year, so they say), then kick back and feast. Don’t forget oranges for prosperity, long pasta for a long life, and pussywillows for Spring. … Read more Gung Hay Fat Choy
First “Unresolved,” now “Undecided.” I seem to have hit upon a theme, here… In fact, this post is harking back not to last week’s blog, but to what I put up the week before — to “Hummingbirds, By Request.” I saw another hummingbird today, hovering high in the branches of one of our oaks. … Read more Undecided
Well, I tried. Been trying since 6 July 2008, post #1. Tried again 11 January 2009, post #27, but, once again, the words I started with are gone, and new ones have taken their place. I’ve been thinking about my next post all week, as usual. As usual, I diddled around with the silly … Read more Unresolved
Janet and I were discussing happiness. I was talking about something that had escaped me, but that I longed to recapture. She was talking about a fiction, a fantasy, a construct in which she placed no credence. Time was short; we left lots unsaid. She urged me to write about it, and post it … Read more Hummingbirds, By Request
We are a Christian nation. Would it weren’t so. The ethical foundations of a just and sound society are common to virtually all religions and spiritual philosophies. We certainly wouldn’t lose any moral ground by paying greater respect to our constitutionally guaranteed freedom to worship – or not worship – as we please. In fact, … Read more Church and State