Collie

Dashing and eclectic scholar-about-town. Have laptop, will travel!

Diploma *squeeeeeeee*!! ;-)

So my master’s diploma finally arrived in the mail today, and it looks absolutely gorgimous! Fantabulous! Tongue-twisting-excitimus!I m seriously squeeeeeing over this one! :) Add…

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The Birthday & Labyrinth Weekend

Saturday’s wonderful events weren’t over yet, although I initially thought they were since we’d finished the planned ones. As an aside: I love celebrations! I…

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The Sweat Lodge Weekend (pt. 2)

I’ve never been in such a super-heated, sensuously rich feeling, thick- and heavy-aired place before; nor have I ever literally poured off sweat like this…

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The Sweat Lodge Weekend (pt. 1)

[Fair warning: many parts of the sweat lodge ceremony are a sensory blur of memory to me; I’m writing the mental images I recall, but…

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The Drumming Weekend (pt. 2)

In the Mountain’s Shadow Drum-making & sweat lodge were simply amazing! A side note: this is mostly about me because I’m trying to be very…

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The Drumming Weekend (pt. 1)

October the fifth is my birthday, but since I love birthdays and parties with friends, I tend to celebrate for the entire month. I try…

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Giselle (pt. 2)

Because I too love symbolism, I checked the meaning of the various names used. There’s an interesting mix which made me think the composer, Adolphe…

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Giselle (pt. 1)

I got to watch the gorgeous ballet Giselle this last Friday night! One of my housemates is an astonishing sweetie, and has taken me to…

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Following the follow-up

Well, that was clumsy of me. Not only did I forget I had another posting scheduled, but of course, right after I get through chastising…

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