{"id":1851,"date":"2007-02-21T21:08:27","date_gmt":"2007-02-22T05:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/2007\/02\/21\/inert\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T16:41:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T00:41:14","slug":"inert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/2007\/02\/21\/inert\/","title":{"rendered":"Inert"},"content":{"rendered":"

The writer in me is hibernating, I think. I come to this blog with the intention to write and instead find myself wordless and frozen. I consider writing about my day, but everything I do is so mundane I can’t bring myself to typing the details. Who wants to read about how I arranged the backyard furniture and plants? Well, here’s the thing: the topic I want<\/em> to write about, the subject that is central to my life write now, I cannot<\/em> elaborate on at this point. In the near future I will. Of course, as my family teases me, I’m as subtle as a hammer, and by this time some astute readers may infer what’s going on. It’s hard not to write about an elephant in the room, especially when it’s sitting on top of one. And all my other ideas are squeezed out! So if I end up writing about the weather, or if my posts seem a little lean, that’s why.<\/p>\n

The wind is blustery this night. We are promised rain tomorrow (100% chance) and possibly thunderstorms. Hah! I’ll believe that when I see it. In the Bay Area, they don’t know thunderstorms. Now Texas, that’s<\/em> a state that knows how to unleash climate armageddon. I’m nostalgic for the drama.<\/p>\n

Having finished The Mists of Avalon, my interest in paganism is sparked again. I own a series of books published by Llewellyn Press that provide the history and suggestions for rites of the various Sabbats in the year. The next Sabbat is Ostara (Easter), so I’ve pulled Ostara: Customs, Spells & Rituals for the Rites of Spring<\/a> off my bookshelf. (Yes we have unpacked all of our books at last!) The vernal equinox is technically the date of the Sabbat, but since Easter shifts around the calendar each year, sometimes they don’t fall on the same date (or month). As for myself, I’m not a practicing pagan (or even very learned about it), but I’m intrigued by the customs behind the holidays that I celebrated when I was a Christian. The practice of honoring seasons and enacting small rituals to celebrate the natural rhythm of life and the earth appeal greatly. In Austin, Husband and I had egg decorating parties at our house. It was so much fun! We don’t have the large table or the big dining room anymore for such a gathering, but I really wish we did. Maybe I’m hobbled by my perspective. Just because the space is smaller doesn’t mean we couldn’t have a small party, or people come in shifts, or something. Hmm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The writer in me is hibernating, I think. I come to this blog with the intention to write and instead find myself wordless and frozen. I consider writing about my day, but everything I do is so mundane I can’t bring myself to typing the details. Who wants to read about how I arranged the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1851"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11226,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1851\/revisions\/11226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}