Because it satisfies the nature of my inherently orderly mind, each installment of my blog can be sorted into one of these categories:
appletalk
apple and macintosh goodies (and gripes).
fresh hell
new things, site updates, and so on.
fussbudget
getting my crank on.
horticulture
...but can you make her think? movies, music, culture both pop and not so.
inconstant reader
book reviews. yeah, it's that simple.
pure drivel
woolgathering, nonsense, et cetera.
spinnerets
billowy wisps of web. sometimes sticky.
As for the name of my blog itself, it comes from this quote by Dorothy Parker:
The writer's way is rough and lonely, and who would choose it while there are vacancies in more gracious professions, such as, say, cleaning out ferryboats?
The University of Texas at Austin, that's who. They awarded me a Bachelor's Degree in Music Performance in 1989, admitted me to the graduate musicology program the same year, and in 1995 admitted me to the Honors English program. (Just in case you're wondering what my bona fides are, I do actually have a couple.)
Everything on this site was written by me, and thus is copyrighted. You are more than welcome to cite it in a paper or link to it as part of a class syllabus. Here are two example citations, based on the MLA style guide for citing Internet works:
The Sign of Angellica: An Aphra Behn Web Site.
Susan Harwood Kaczmarczik.
March 2004. Sukipot.com.
<http://www.sukipot.com/angellica/>
Kaczmarczik, Susan Harwood. "The Incomparable Astrea: An Introduction
to Aphra Behn."
The Sign of Angellica: An Aphra Behn Web Site.
July 2003. Sukipot.com.
<http://www.sukipot.com/angellica/astrea.html>.
Regardless of what format you use in your citation, please do remember to cite these and indeed any other works you draw from that are published online. Thank you.
Short answer: Yes. No.
Longer answer: Yes, when I was an active reader of alt.pagan I volunteered to edit and help write what became the newsgroup's FAQ. I used to distribute it through ftp (and maybe gopher, I forget now) and by posting it to the newsgroup. I passed it on sometime in the mid-90s, and have had no input since. (I find I still know it well enough to know when someone has cribbed something we wrote.) No, I am not involved in any groups or networks, and cannot set anyone up with pagans in their area. Witchvox is a good place to start looking for such things.
The title says it all. It's my ongoing one-woman show, with new works being put into rotation as they come up.
cleaning out ferryboats
all writing, all the time, just because
the sign of angellica
an aphra behn web site
reflections and illuminations
art, technology, spirit