Play Dough Night With Ash

Posted by LadyJaneGrey on Feb 9, 2012 in family, general | 0 comments

Ashleigh and I have been home sick all day today.  After laying in bed all day and watching an immoral amount of TV, she asked if we could play with Play Dough.  I dragged my achy hiney downstairs, but it was well worth it.  We made pizza…

hamburgers and french fries….

a man with a moustache (Ashleigh’s creation)

and bugs… of course.

Then we did ballerina twirls and somersaults (much to my sick body’s chagrin) to get ready for the Daddy-Daughter Dance on Friday.

Sweet times.  She won’t be three very long… I never thought I’d have a little one to play Play Dough with again, so I am trying to soak it all up while I can.

Ladies… An Invitation!!

Posted by LadyJaneGrey on Oct 19, 2011 in general, God, music | 0 comments

FRINGE!!

Posted by LadyJaneGrey on Sep 23, 2011 in general, Pop Culture, TV | 0 comments

In honor of the return of Fringe tonight (which I’ll review tomorrow), I thought I’d post this amazing video done by fans of the show.

As a video editor, I’m totally geeking out over this video.  The girl who put it together is an amateur, but she did an excellent job (in fact, I’m envious of her mad skillz).

Check it out:

Are you a fan of Fringe? Will you be watching the Season 4 premiere tonight?

Happy Birthday to my Hubby!

Posted by LadyJaneGrey on Sep 10, 2011 in general | 0 comments

Today is David’s 40th b-day.

God is doing amazing things right now in him and through him, and I’m so proud to be married to this amazing man of God.

I love you, honey, and can’t wait to see what this next decade holds for you and for us!

Stop by his facebook and wish him a happy b-day!

Blog 2.0

Posted by LadyJaneGrey on Sep 9, 2011 in Blogging, general | 0 comments

It’s been awhile since I blogged… I had a good thing going earlier this year, and then I forgot to renew our hosting plan, and lost everything.  Including my will to blog.

I finally got re-inspired yesterday and found a template I’m in love with, and so here I am again.  Blogging.  About nothing.

I was able to import every single blog I’ve ever written (except for this year’s entries), so feel free to browse through the madness.

I’ve decided to make this a blog a home for all my creative pursuits, so I’ve got entries with some of my fiction stuff now, too.  More will be coming (as soon as I get the guts to post my latest work).  I’ve also got plenty of memoir/reflection type stuff around here, and, to make things interesting, I’ll be posting some of the more pointless stuff that I’ve normally kept separate — reviews of stuff I’m reading, listening to, and watching. And, who knows — maybe I’ll post some vegan recipes from time to time, too.  It’s a writing blog, but a girl’s gotta eat, right?

We’ll see how this goes.

In Honor of Nano, an excerpt.

Posted by LadyJaneGrey on Nov 10, 2007 in Fiction, general | 0 comments

Here is an excerpt from my last year’s Nano Novel, just for fun.

(I am feeling compelled to add all sorts of disclaimers at this point, but I’m going to resist. It is what it is.)

Here we go:

Chosen

Chapter 1 excerpt

The cavernous underground room was deathly silent. Over three hundred people stood in rows, uniform in dress and in emotion. Each was clad in a white, gauzelike tunic and loose-fitting white pants, each person barefoot, each without any distinguishing adornment in their hair or on their bodies. Each woman had their hair fashioned into a single braid, and each man had been shaved bald. Each member stood facing the front of the room, solemnly and with a mixture of monastic calm and stoic determination. No one moved; no one dared breathe. A woman near the back of the room began to cry softly and was quickly ushered out. No one among the rows acknowledged the incident. Their training had been thorough, and only the weak dared show emotion or stand out during a meeting. There were no individuals here, only a collective Body.

At the edges of the rows, men and women in black tunics moved silently, carrying trays with paper cups. The women in black carried trays with cups containing water, pausing at each row and handing out cups to be passed down to each member of the row. The men in black passed out smaller cups, each containing one white capsule. The congregants in white also passed these down the rows, faithfully, bravely. Each person had prepared for this moment, this communion, whether consciously or unconsciously, for many months or years.

When the elements were distributed to every member of the Body, the people in black formed single file lines along the side walls of the room and slowly made their way to the front. They then turned and filed across the front, facing the crowd. The tall man in the center of the black-clad ushers spoke:

“Brothers and sisters, we have waited for this beautiful Day since we embarked on our journey together many years ago. As our numbers have increased, our energies and our psyches have been knit together as one. Now is the time of fulfillment and ultimate enlightenment. We have attained greatness on earth; now we will attain the ultimate achievement, the prize. It is time to journey to the next level. Our travel will be swift. In the shedding of our earthly shell, we will achieve a new freedom and a new level of enlightenment. We will truly become melded into one Great Body, and our collective energy will empower our great leader and strengthen him in his continued work here on earth. Let us therefore cast off the bonds of this plane, and partake together in the final Communion of transcendence.”

Fire

Posted by ladyjanegrey on Oct 27, 2007 in Essays, general, God, Life | 1 comment

We are driving through the Mohave Desert, and I never knew such a barren place could be so rich in color. The pale tans, blues, purples, and a black that is the exact color of cocoa decorate the mountains on the horizon in perfectly layered lines, while the bleached sand in the foreground is dotted with scrubby trees that are surprisingly green, complementing the color palette perfectly. The sky is awash with a pinkish haze – whether from smoke from the fires in California or dust, I don’t know – and it blankets the landscape, softening the edges.

We were in California for 10 days, but as we make our way homeward, I feel as though I am leaving behind a lifetime’s worth of emotion.