Author: scribe

The old woman sat on her woodpile in the woods, serenely waiting. She knew that soon someone would come along who needed her presence. Indeed, soon, a soldier lurched and stumbled into the clearing, his uniform torn and...

It has proven impossible for me to continue to hate “Christianity”, as I did for so many years. It took a long time for me to understand that it wasn’t the religion of Christianity itself that kept me...

Meet my old (step)Aunt D, who passed on last year.  She had a good long life, and was good Christian wife to her (long dead)  husband.  She never had to worry about money, having inherited well from him, and a...

(x-rated) I hate this. I got through everything that’s happened since 911 without buying a single roll of duct tape or sheet of plastic. But now I have this crazy urge to start buying tuna, powdered milk, canned veggies,...

(cross posted from Dkos) The news out of South Dakota about a ban on abortion, even in cases of rape, has hit a lot of women hard, ripping away the protective coating covering very painful memories.  The outpouring of...