March 22, 2000

Word(s) of the Day:

None at the moment.

Man, I'm tired. It was lawn mowing day. I decided to mow what I could with the manual mower ~ I've mentioned it before here, the old fashioned one that doesn't have a motor. I managed to get a good deal mowed with it before the grass proved to be too thick. Tomorrow I'll finish up with the power mower.

I kind of dread it though - I prefer the manual one. Much more quiet and clean.

Well...will it happen? Tennessee was supposed to put the first man to death in 40 years at 1 am. Last I heard, there was a stay of execution.

You know, this really bothers me. Yes, Robert Glen Coe raped and murdered an 8 year old girl - back in the late 70s. He has been in jail the whole time since, fairly safe from the rest of humanity.

My question is this: What does that say about humanity as a whole if the he is executed now? Common sense says that people like this do need to be put away from the rest of the population and death would certainly isolate him from humanity. (lol) But that requirement has been fulfilled for years now, simply by him being in jail. Is it really humane and just to kill a man after he's sat in jail for over 15 years - no matter what his mental capacity is? It seems like a double sentence to me.

MORE MAGICK

O.k. I admit it. I've been quite the idiot lately.

Really, you ask? Yes, really. It took a discussion with my dad to remind me of a few things. The discussion took its usual turn ~ toward the paranormal. I was telling him how I had heard from two people here in Tennessee who would like to join if a local group begins (a local group as in 'the others'). It began by him asking if they had ever had any experiences and I don't know. I haven't gotten around to asking yet. Then there was the kicker ~ he asked if I had ever had any experiences...

Well...how do I answer that? Do you really think that I would spill everything that has ever happened to me? Who would believe that??? I'd be committed pretty quickly, I bet.

I ended up telling him about a few instances where I had a witness ~ Kitt. I told him about the little episode with Cyrus coming into my room uninvited ~ astrally ~ and Kitt reacting as if he had been kicked in the stomach and came up fighting. To this day, I don't know what was up in that man's head ~ especially when he called me the next morning and told me, after he described exactly what had happened the night before, that Kitt was going to get me killed. (Yeah right, I wasn't the one invading.) I also told my dad a little bit about the time Kitt and I woke up to the sounds of claws on the window sill. Believe you, me ~ I severely edited that one. I didn't lie about it ~ I just left a good deal out. I don't think he'd believe me if I told him the whole story.

Anyway, as the discussion progressed, I remembered some things that I had forgotten. I remembered that I have been pretty rude ~ after all, this house is supposed to be open to 'all creatures benevolent and good' and it hasn't been. I've tried my damnedest to keep it and myself closed from everyone. I've neglected some other duties as well that traditionally goes with the house as well as along with my path (I've remembered after all, Azrael...as hard as I tried to forget). I've got to offer apologies, as well as another formal cleansing of the house before it can once again be open.

I guess the irony isn't lost on me at all ~ it took a christian to remind this shamanic witch what her duties are. That's happening alot lately, huh?


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