Wicca and Writing

As my mother texted me mere hours ago,

"Free at last free at last Lord God Almighty free at last!"

My father has finally gone away. With a little luck he will buy a property in Virginia and be even further away.

Mama has gotten me an early Solstice present: one of the new Amazon tablets I got her for her birthday xD Should come in a few days.

I see Christopher Columbus on Thursday morning. My new therapist on Wednesday. Waiting for my wheels to be restored.

Tomorrow is just off. I shall write. I find myself able to outline again already.

I need to pick up a new journal at Barnes and Noble. As it will be after work someone shall inevitably ask me for help. I shall send them in a random direction. Correcting them actually gets them annoyed. Inevitably if I leave work and go to any store while wearing my work polo shirt and khakis, people assume I work there. Note my polo is grey. These places include Walmart where the uniform is bright blue and places like Staples or Target where the uniform is bright red. Done playing nice.

So random thing about me. I identify as Wiccan. And one of my pet peeves is when male witches are called Warlocks.

I blame Hollywood and the BBC.

(also wtf Merlin is supposed to be a Wizard)

Charmed, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Harry Potter-all of these media items have used Warlock interchangably with male witch.

Warlock refers back to the European Witch Hunts. Thousands, possibly tens of thousands, were killed. Warlock was a term coined for those who revealed the locations of others to try to save their own skin-or Oath Breakers.

To clarify. Men can be witches. Women can be Warlocks. In modern Wicca it refers to one who has broken one of the tenants such as Harm None.

In other words its more like Sinner. But a lot more severe.

Rant concluded.