Another visit by Featured Grownups

If you do read FG(and I have my doubts seeing very few of the vet writers there anymore) you will know that there is a new sheriff in town. Which means the old favorite question must be raised, 'Who are you?"

I'm hoping it will stir more attendance in the land of FG because it really is a good place to go, to read and to write.

So here we go again.....
Who am I? Only the Gods know the answer to such a benign question and to be had in just a few measly paragraphs. Just who are we in the grand scheme of life, eh?  Existentially of course

I’ve been a member of Xanga since 1999. I quit once but lasted all of 6 months and I rejoined in 2002. Glutton for punishment I suppose. I consider myself an artist, academic, writer, sudo-philosopher, reader, teacher, wife, mother, Pagan, college graduate,collector, worker bee, sculptor, seamstress, renovator, former hippie, vegan and so on and so forth.But what's in a label? Not much.

I’m in my late 40’s, have a couple of daughters known world wide as my ‘read headed heathens’. I have been married for 20 years to the same guy! Imagine that!  I put up with him when no one would. Besides he’s broke so no upstanding women would give him the time of day!   I am of Scot-Irish-German-English-Souix ancestry. I'm a descendant of Ben Jonson, Reginald Johnson(the teacher of the last emperor of China) and Chief Quanah Parker.

My  long-term dream is to return to Scotland, to my roots and to my family.

I homeschool the kiddos since my 16 has Asperger’s Syndrome and has reached the aggressively surly age and my 14 yo has Inattentive ADD as no teacher would have the patience/tolerance that I do with her(‘Columbus discovered…oh look something shiny!”). But that’s all right because her mom and dad have it as well and understand fully.

I operate my own online gift business where I made everything there that I sell and a separate EBay business. I’m one of those people who like turning garbage into useful ‘stuff’! I’m also a freelance writer which means not only am I on the lookout for stuff at garage sales but topics I can write about(usually from the same place).

I have a congenital hip, SLE, arithritis, ADD, bad teeth, pre-menopause hair, and curvature of the spine. Lovely huh? Walking medical disaster.

I have an old Diva of a Tabby, a spoiled baby of a Jack Russell and a crazy baby Calico cat. They are like big teenaged sister(who wants to be left alone), bratty baby sister who’s always into things and little brother who just doesn’t want either one of them to pick on him or he'll run cry 'Mommmm, they're picking on me!". 

All of 7 of us reside in a 60 year old ‘haunted’ looking house in a small poverty-stricken town in North Texas. The hubby works as a part-time renovator and part-time Wally World flunkie because neither pay worth a damn! 

We are Pagan. Not Wiccan; just Scottish Pagans who believe in the Gods and Goddesses connected to our homeland.. I was raised in my faith as some are raised as Baptists or Methodists or Catholics. Unlike most of your ancestors who came here seeking freedom in their Christianity, my ancestors came here to escape persecution from the Christians and to pray the way they wished. It's always been a two way street just my side doesn't get heard from a lot. Which is OK. We like it quiet on this side of the road!

I love my faith just not what I have to do to maintain security and sanity in the process. I have watched an Uncle die because of it. I have had my house egged, and TP'd, paint bombed and had effigys burning in my yard. I've lost jobs because of my faith and watched my children cry because of cruelty of adults living vicariously through their children.

I like to read a lot of the Christian blogs and dont consider it us or them. I even watch the Duggar family on occasion(but shy away from that Kate and Jon thing for good reason). I have quite a few Christian friends(although I may not after this ) I haven't belonged to a coven since I left home and don’t wear black or lots of jewelry and pretty much look like your average Jo-sephine I suppose because most are shocked that I’m Pagan when they find out. . I don’t know if that is a good or bad thing. My faith doesn’t make ‘who’ I am just part of the mix. I do miss the days of 'community' with fellows of my faith. That's the one thing that   I envy of the Christians.I miss that a great deal. 

More benign stuff....

My kids have been raised in our faith just as they have been raised Vegans(actually GFCF vegans), pet lovers, book fiends and board game fanatics.

We spend our Springs and Autumns working our local Renaissance festivals and have even traveled with them.

My parents are dead. My brother lives in West Texas. Our relationship is strained but we're working on it. I have an older sister to whom I don't speak to anymore which involves lies, slander and bipolarism. Long story. 

I am strong on the exterior but overly sensitive on the interior. So much so that sometimes it disturbs my sleep because I can sense when someone close to me is upset. . My 14 yo says I have visions and that is my power. Great...sign me up for 'Heroes' now.

I like being a blonde although now it needs touch-ups.

I hate arthritis and winter and cold. But I also hate extreme heat. October is a good month for me.

I'm a certified herbalist and practice daily because of bad experiences, hate doctors and pharmaceuticals.

I make my own laundry soap, bath soap, bread, candles, furniture, clothes and insist of having a compost. I'm still a hippie at heart.

I love to read tea leaves and an old Tarot deck made somewhere in the late 1800's.

If I ever win the lottery(and I play religiously) I want to buy a Silver Eagle RV instead of a house and travel across the US and Canada.

I was once a professional musician

I have 5 different degrees.

So there you have it. If you think you know me...Great! If not, it'll come in time.