Though we are born into a particular place in time and way of thinking, we benefit from expanding our awareness of the worlds and people that create the place we call home. We can renew our lives through choosing to be hospitable to new ideas and ways of being, even seemingly foreign one...
something apart from our D/s slave lives. For me, writing is an outside endeavor that could feel satisfying looking back. For other D/s slaves, Maria and others, the meaning of a D/s life has to be found and forged in their own ways. This means we need those “relative freedoms...
But Roux is a Domestic and not used to the ways of the Wild; it’s only her love for Malkin that draws her to his side and leads them on the path of adventure. The call to the Wild is strong and finally Malkin and Roux search for a place they can call home. On finding the ...
Since Patrick died, one of the many losses I’ve experienced has included the loss of these kinds of ministry trips. It was such a major part of my life, the first summer without it seemed very strange. However I have never doubted that I would have other ways to serve. I have never...
So much has happened that in some ways the time has flown by. Only others who’ve walked the grief journey can truly relate. I’m not really sure how I’m supposed to feel at this three-year anniversary of Patrick’s death. Overall, I am doing well. Day by day I continue to move...
You alone in a room for hours at the time learning in ways you never have done before. It hits your personality and your doubts. You start second-guessing. Is what I am learning now, really what I want to learn? Do I want to use it in the future? Can I see myself working with...
, the novel is a separate work that was published nearly 30 years after JTTW. Look at this piece as a fun “What if?” Fig. 1 – Monkey’s headstone (larger version). I. Possible Ways Ch. 44 of Investiture mentions ten magical array traps that rely on primordial energies, destructive...
In this photo essay, I will briefly explore guns in Chinese folk religion, types of historical (mainly handheld) firearms used in ancient China, and, finally, ways that such weapons could be inserted into the narrative. I. Folk Religion ...
After receiving separate complaints about Monkey’s behavior, Heaven decides to give him a celestial position in order to keep his misadventures in check. A stellar deity is dispatched to invite him to the realm above: The Gold Star came into the center of the cave and stood still with his...
It is seven feet in height, it can imitate the ways of human beings and is able to run fast in pursuit of them. It is named Jia-guo 猳國 or Ma-hua 馬化; some call it Jue 貜. It watches out for young women travelling on the road and seizes and bears them away without anyone ...