Myth and Folklore as a gay Christian Witch

(Personal Photo) As the semester draws to a close, I have been stressing for the past week to accomplish tasks that I thought were impossible. If there is one thing that this semester has taught me it’s that with hard work anything is possible. I have truly enjoyed the semester. I did not like having to take French every day however I knew that it was enjoyable to take French over Spanish for my language requirement. Reflecting on the whole semester I have found that there have been tough times and there have been easy times. I have gone through a lot this semester and am continuing to go through things every day. I have also learned the meaning of hard times are the challenges on the road to success. The further I get into my degree the more I find myself writing more. I know that my career will be a fun experience. I look forward to reading more novels and getting to write more fiction and quite possibly writing a novel sometime soon. I also look forward to my tutorials cl...

(Personal Photo) I have found that reading out loud is definitely different than reading silently. Sometimes it helps me to catch grammatical mistakes that I would have missed originally. Overall I really dont like reading out loud because it makes me lose my spot often. I am glad that I was able to have the experiences I have had this semester with writing and reading so much material. I look forward to my future and will definitely be doing a lot of reading.

(Image made with Canva)      I saw this quote on my advisors computer and it resonated with me because I have been going through a small identity crisis in the recent couple weeks. This quote reminds me that I may have to make changes to move ahead in my life. It also gives me hope that as I improve my writing that one day I may be published. 

(Photo found on Wikipedia ) I have found the sport of archery to be interesting but my original search brought up the page about bracers. I found that this page was very interesting because the original bracers that were worn by Native Americans were made of bone. The way how the bracers became decorated is that they were made from different material so that elements of turquoise could be added as decoration on them. The next page was an arrowhead page. Arrowheads are wonderful pieces of art and it gives us a glimpse into how civilizations prior to us hunted for their food. These pieces of art were mainly made of stone and were sharpened often to ensure the clean kill of the animals that would be used for food and clothing. These were later modified to create the modern arrow that we know today the next page describes that arrowsmiths made arrowheads and fletcher's make the body of the arrow as we know it today. Arrows were used for centuries and they predate even record...

I dont have very many time management tricks that I could give but setting a timer for me never works. I found that many times I have found that I measure the time by just getting things done and then taking a cigarette break. Sadly I have learned how long fifteen minutes is by knowing how long it takes to smoke two cigarettes. I will say however when I am not smoking I tend to rely on my body to tell me when I need to take a break. The body has a way of letting us know if we need to take a break.

(Image found on Wikimedia ) I enjoyed reading this story so much I found it interesting that the coyote's ignorance and jealousy got the better of him. There is a great moral lesson in this story that we should not be quick to be jealous of others and we should also be careful about how ignorant we can become if we do get jealous of others things. I wish I would have read this story earlier in the semester as it would have given me a lot more ideas for stories. overall I have enjoyed this experience and I love bluebirds.  bibliography: How Bluebird and Coyote Got Their Colors by Kathrine Berry Judson 

(Image found on Public Domain Files ) Nick was sitting in his therapist’s office absorbing all the experiences he had had the past year. Nick was dealing with gender dysphoria and could feel the question coming up. He was about to ask for Hormone Replacement Therapy. He could remember the feeling of the bra he had been wearing for the past 4 months and always got self-conscious when he was wearing it. Nick was a chubby man and was about five foot six inches tall. He had been thinking about the hormonal change his HRT would make and was also thinking about the changes in his body he would experience. His bra would eventually begin to fit right as the breast tissue began to form. He was excited to be able to identify as the gender he so longed to become.  Ruby is what he planned to change his name to. He had gone through all the therapy that was needed to get his hormone referral letter. He had even gotten used to the change in pronouns. He was ready for a change. The the...

(Image found on Pinterest with credit to Disney )  The last half of the story cronicles the transition of the little mermaid into a human and goes into detail about how she would have to have the prince fall in love with her or she would die and turn into sea foam. She never manages to have the prince fall in love with her and so she is given a chance to return to a mermaid form as long as she kills the prince in his sleep. Because of her love for the prince, the little mermaid sacrifices herself instead of killing the prince which earns her the opportunity to earn an eternal soul as mermaids did not have eternal souls. This story is so inspirational that I am going to write a short story for it that incorporates the ideas in the story. I feel inspired because the longing to be loved is something everyone experiences in their lifetime. I plan to write a story from this that might even just be a queer retelling for this class. It should be interesting and as always I plan a...

(Image Found on Pinterest ) I have always enjoyed the story of the little mermaid. I decided this week that I would read parts 1-3 for my first reading assignment and then read parts 4-6 for my second reading assignment. This story has so much description in it and this inspires me to incoporate description in my last storytelling post  of the semester. I enjoy the story also for its nature. The idea of longing to be part of a world that you dont belong to is something that is very close to me and it describes the feelings I have had all my life. What if we couldnt become part of a world that is different? would that change the way we think about the world? Human life is wonderful in that there are so many things that we can do within our lives. The question to be asked is what would happen if the story of the little mermaid happened to a human who longed to be part of another world. In a way, I feel like transgender individuals understand this all too well. We shall see w...