In times of old, The Furies protected Mother Right. If a mother (or any woman) was harmed, The Furies swooped down and took their vengeance. They were one of the last vestiges of a world that existed before the patriarchy. When we feel righteous anger, it is The Furies who are calling out to us to make what is wrong right again.

Monday, November 13, 2006

Cleanliness is Next... 

...door?

Well, I did it. I sat down and ripped the pages out of probably a hundred yellow pads. I witnessed my scrawl over thousands of pages—there goes the Jigsaw Woman, Gaia Websters, oh there's Crane in Coyote Cowgirl. Gone, gone, gone. Years from now no one will be able to look at those pages and see my thought process, see how I wrote...

I also got rid of all of my records, plus most of my cassettes. We'll take them into Portland and sell them. I got rid of about 1/4 of my books. We'll take those to Powell's. I got rid of almost every single VHS tapes I had. All my old Star Trek tapes. I love watching those when I'm sick or tired or whiny. Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, even Voyager. All gone. (We're mailing those to someplace that recycles such things.) We're also taking three computers into a place in Portland that recycles computers. We have to pay both these recycle places, but I don't care. I want them gone. The Faeries don't like clutter, I've been told. The Wabi-Sabi way is definitely without clutter. And I just want less crap. The house was completely trashed for a day, but now it is almost back to order, except for my room. I've got the light off. I'm not even going in there for a while. I have on-the-road library work to do all day tomorrow, so I won't see it until then—if I can stay away.

That's all there is today, except to say it is indeed still raining.
Posted by: Kim Antieau / 11/13/2006 08:46:00 PM
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2 Comments:

YEA!!!!!! a pat on the back and great big sister mermaid hug for all your hard work....I KNOW how hard that was, because I too am a closet pack rat.
Well done Sister Kim, well done! I'll bet it feels really good right now....The faery's will be so much happier now....You've inspired me! Now I need to go make mine happier.... ;)
Michele

By Michele Bergeron, at 8:43 AM  

Phew!! We just got back from Portland where we recycled the computers and sold the books and records. I is tired. But thanks for the support, Michele. The house does feel good. Now I've got to finish it by filing all the leftover scraps of paper in my room...

By Kim Antieau, at 8:36 PM  

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