Waking Shadows locations

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Distance: The knife in the writer's hands

Certain degree of detachment is beneficial at the time of incision, when it is necessary to kill your darling scenes or characters for the benefit of the story as a whole: that painful limb removal which will save the patient's life.

As a teacher my mom often draws from her psychiatric research and field work, direct experience with incapacitated and deeply disturbed patients.

Such experience is invaluable to her theoretical work the way life experience fuels the work of any writer. But just ...Read more

Round as a ball and New Links

Round as a ball and New Links

I can barely move today. I feel blissfuly sedentary thanks to the awesome Colombian dinner prepared by my uncle on Christmas Eve and the Korean feast Alex cooked for us yesterday. I almost feel guilty of enjoying myself so much. Almost.

So I've started putting all the Vana Espuma, Idle Mist stuff in one place...

Check it out at...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/idle_mist/

More personal pictures will still be available at

Round as a ball and New Links

I can barely move today. I feel blissfuly sedentary thanks to the awesome Colombian dinner prepared by my uncle on Christmas Eve and the Korean feast Alex cooked for us yesterday. I almost feel guilty of enjoying myself so much. Almost.

So I've started putting all the Vana Espuma, Idle Mist stuff in one place...

Check it out at...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/idle_mist/

More personal pictures will still be available at

Enjoying the Holidays

Enjoying the Holidays

Hello Every One,

I've been having a great time with my mom and visiting family and have neglected posting for a while.

We are not particularly religious but these holidays are as good an excuse as any to enjoy one another's company. Any chance to party amongst our loved ones should be as good as taken.

I think the moral principles at the core of every religion are more important any superficial differences so whether you celebrate Kwanzaa, Christmas, Hanukkah, Dongzhi, Yaldā, Yule, Biikebrennen, Vesak, R...Read more

Enjoying the Holidays

Hello Every One,

I've been having a great time with my mom and visiting family and have neglected posting for a while.

We are not particularly religious but these holidays are as good an excuse as any to enjoy one another's company. Any chance to party amongst our loved ones should be as good as taken.

I think the moral principles at the core of every religion are more important any superficial differences so whether you celebrate Kwanzaa, Christmas, Hanukkah, Dongzhi, Yaldā, Yule, Biikebrennen, Vesak, R...Read more