Me

Now there's a reason for my ongoing comments about sisters but first I should point out that to begin with there'll probably be a lot of postings as I catch up with posting stuff that has been sat around waiting to be posted. Eventually I'll run out and things will slow to an inconsistent trickle - much to the relief of anyone who accidentally falls into here since I don't expect anyone to notice that this is even up and running again. But it was a necessary thing.

So, sisters is part of a theme that has been playing through my head and running into my life with increasing frequency over the last few months, namely that of women's issues for want of a better phrase right now. I've always been what people would probably call a feminist, amongst other things. It's just a part of who and what I am in the same way that being a witch is - and yes, if you just joined us I'm a witch and a Pagan and quite happily so thank you. Have been for something like 17 years now give or take - kinda scary when I think about that, almost makes me feel old. Mind you, if I think about the fact that my eldest daughter turns 19 tomorrow then I really feel old lol

Anyway, I'm a feminist, I'm a witch, and a few other things too, none of them are something I do, they're just part of who i am.

As Matrinka once said (in words that probably haunt her since i use them a lot) "I'm a witch and a medicine woman, It's not something I do, it's just a part of who and what I am."

A long time ago, back when I almost ended up in politics (and that's a whole other story and a whole other lifetime ago) I was pretty outspoken about what I thought was right, and wrong, Then I got jaded and burnt by trying to change a flawed, and patriarchal - really patriarchal and conservative back where i used to live in that other lifetime - and life changed vastly and got very busy in the way that happens when you have a small child. So many things took a backseat, not because i no longer cared, simply because I had neither the time nor the energy to devote to them.

Then about a year ago now, things started coming to my notice, articles, news reports, books, people.... that rekindled the spark that had been sleeping and in the way of these things synchronicities started occurring ever more frequently until finally i got the message - time to poke your head back out again. Sometimes My Lady can be persistent when She wants me to pay attention. Will anyone listen tome? Does anyone care? Who knows, all I know is that I will do and say what I consider I need to, or what needs to be said, and whatever happens as a result of that, happens.

I've always been that way though. I'm pretty easy going, but every so often someone or something crosses that proverbial invisible line in the sand and brings out the bear in me. Happened many, many years ago with some people from Courage, and lend to doing things that I never thought I'd do, and having unexpected people come up and say they were glad I'd said what I'd said. (Back to the politics story) It's happened many times over the years, and as far as I'm concerned each time it was something that needed doing or saying, and if no one else would do or say then I was going. Each time if it made a difference somewhere, somehow, to one person that made it worth doing. Either way, sometimes things just need to be said and done even if people in general don't want to hear them.

So, to get kind of back on point, sisters, are a recurring theme lately, not just real sisters - blood or choice - but because at the most basic level, all women are sisters. What affects one of us affects all of us. See? Back to the feminism thing lol