October 6, 1999

...waiting for my sweet corn couscous and mashed potatoes to cool. I'm hungry.

'Found' a little produce stand today in Hartsville. I say 'found' because it's been there for years and I've never stopped. They had huge bins of apples: macintosh; cortland (or is it portland?), red and golden delicious, mutsu...the smell was wonderful! There were also the usual pumpkins, sweet potatoes and mums - hidden away to the side and back were the herbs and statuary. Tansy, st. john's wort, statues of Saint Frances of Assisi, wrought iron and tiny little bird baths...it was heaven.

Reading -
Traveling Mercies - Some Thoughts on Faith - Anne Lamott

Today was another good day - two in a row. Could a trend be developing?

Tomorrow, I'm going to avail myself of a free screening for depression - may as well get the suspense over with. The price is right, too. I haven't told anyone that I'm going to do it...I just didn't want to hear it. It's my life, my emotional state. I'll do what I see fit.

I had a little revelation this morning...or perhaps I just think too damn much. I have really been pulling away from religion of all kinds lately - including my own. It just doesn't fit right anymore, or so I thought. Anyway, the revelation that came this morning came quietly - as quiet as an owl flying by.

I'm really pissed at God. Goddess. Me. Whoever the hell is in charge.

All these questions came up - why now...why here...why this damned century...just plain why??? I've found myself not able to believe in the god of my parents: kind, loving, the shepherd of us poor sheep (blaaaaaaaa!!), yet totally willing to cast anyone into a fiery pit for the least misstep. In other words, contrary to the point of schizophrenia.

It is also hard for me to grasp the Pagan God/dess many a time: sometimes no more than an Archetype, sometimes as real as what Kitt leaves in the litterbox and always what you imagine Him/Her to be - no matter the name. Even my own Patron.

All in all - one of the main questions I have is: "Will the real god please stand up??" I'm tired of all the rhetoric.

I think the best thing for me to do is to just let it all go - don't worry about it (as if I was really worried about it to begin with) and just let it all hang out, so to speak. We'll work it all out later. I'm going to watch Conan.


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