MUSINGS

The dawning of a new era? Nah, it's been like this for a while, I just figured we'd outgrown it somehow. It will never cease to amaze me how- in this day and age- there are still bigots, hypocrites, and simply closed minded people. Now don't get me wrong, I'm a southern woman, I do believe in gender roles...to a degree. Am I the primary one to keep my house and tend to things house related? Yes. Does my man do most of the outside the house work? Yes. However. I do still maintain a 45 hour week, as many women I know do. My fella does help out with laundry and dishes and dinner. So do the children. We are what I consider a modern, traditional family. That was what I thought of my prior marriage as well, even though we had more reversed roles. I know that the world is changing and we are going through a major spiritual upheaval across the globe. There are militant men bombing and killing folks, wars raging in old countries, and lawsuits ablaze here in America; all over...

Being out in the woods in my old stomping grounds always makes me thoughty.  It also makes me dream.  I don't sleep especially well there mainly because I sleep on a pull out sofa bed when my old man comes with me.  See, we're not married and it's not prudent for us to sleep in the same bed at my mama's.  I'm ok with it.  Kinda have to be huh?  Anyhow, because I'm aware of myself pretty much all night my mind works the whole time.  This particular weekend me and mine along with my sister and her brood cleaned the whole yard and pasture behind both houses.  It took basically all of Saturday to get it done.  While we were working I was able to get a good bead on what exactly was out there and how the lay of the land goes.  I'm probably what people would call an alarmist.  I don't think I am, I just think I'm cautious and attentive.  There's a bit of a curse that comes with having a fairly honed sixth sense.  Sometimes...