Monthly Archives: October 2022

Storytelling

Posted on October 31, 2022 by Caroline Ailanthus

Tonight begins the old Celtic Day of the Dead, a celebration that has echoes in Hallowe’en and All Saints’ Day and Dia del Muerte, while being quite distinct. American culture has been so influenced by Celtic culture, I’d argue that … Continue reading →

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….Aaand All of a Sudden I Don’t Want to Focus

Posted on October 25, 2022 by Caroline Ailanthus

I was fine last week. Now I’m a lump again. I can come up with plausible explanations, some of which might even be true, but I don’t want to use this post to talk about why I am a lump. … Continue reading →

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Into the Story

Posted on October 17, 2022 by Caroline Ailanthus

I’m traveling at the moment. Right now I’m in a tent, but I spent most of last week staying with friends. I had previously seen one of their number last year, but I had not seen the others since before … Continue reading →

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So….

Posted on October 13, 2022 by Caroline Ailanthus

So I wrote a post for this blog. Took me several hours. When it was done I looked at it and realized it wasn’t a very good post and shouldn’t be posted, at least not without several hours of revision. … Continue reading →

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Grump

Posted on October 4, 2022 by Caroline Ailanthus

I have very little to say today. I woke up, ready to take on the world, and then my first project of the day took a very long time, I reread some older things I’d written and noticed zillions of … Continue reading →

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