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Hello! I'm a retred counsellor. My work was primarily in PTSD and alternative relationships. I also worked with a church, helping those who were uneasy with the spirituality vs. dogma issue, and those who were having issues with having walked away from their religions to be reconcilled with their decisions, themselves, and in their quest for greater unity of self.
Yes, this is me ... 35 years ago!
Country:
United States
Location: Arizona's White Mountains, on 40 acres at 6,500 feet elevation
(yes, it DOES snow)
Birthday:
Late August
Occupation:
DIdn't we cover this?
Retired counsellor.
I retired early due to fibromyalgia. Now I write speculative fiction and alternative history (another fiction genre) run a small family farm, and do pretty much what I want ... even some painting !
ABOUT ME...
Hello, my name is Peri! A "Peri" is a Persian elf who "lives off perfume and dew-drops and is forever barred from the Gates of Paradise" until atoning for its parents' sins.
Their "sin?" "And the Gods looked upon the daughters of men and found them fair, and took unto them as wives." The ultimate bastardization, in the view of the Higher Gods.
And yes, my name shows up in Mirriam Websters' Dictionary, the Oxford Complete Dictionary, and Persian mythology. Etimology Persian: Pir-E (I pronounce it Pear-E) meaning: fairy, genius (muse). Etimology from the Middle Persian: Parik; akin to Avestan: Pairika, meaning: sorceress. Circa 1780. 1. A supernatural being in Persian folklore. Descended from fallen angels and excluded from Paradise until penance is accomplished.
And you think YOU'VE got "issues?"
Honey, I was saddled with them from BIRTH!
My Astrological Sign, for those that go in for those things, is smack on the Leo-Virgo cusp if you go by Greenwich Mean Time and were born in Guam.
On the other hand, I don't put a terribly large stock in astrology. I don't cop a plea of upbringing, OR try to say that my disposition and traits exist because I was late in deciding that accomidations were a bit crowded in the womb.
Besides, virtually everything in my chart is in the lower left quadrant, which should make me very verbal and outgoing. I'm not. Cerebral, yes ... outgoing, no.
SO ... I am ME:
The "me" influenced by upbringing and experience, and ultimately shaped by my own perceptions and design.
