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[29 Mar 2011|07:37pm] |
[ Oliver, Caradoc, Emmeline ]
He's writing in these?
[ Hestia ]
Did you see that entry? And here I thought today was actually going all right.
Oh my.
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[28 Mar 2011|09:33pm] |
Like everyone else, I'm shocked and appalled at the recent Death Eater attack against Hogwarts. That these delusional men and women would believe that a school designed to further the education of magical children should, in some way, be a threat to their 'cause' is bizarre and unfathomable to me. That the professors who foster growth and enlightenment in our youth and who, in many cases, were the very men and women who taught those attackers, should be attacked in such a vicious way is unconscionable. To be sure, I had my issues with Professor Flitwick; that doesn't mean I'd ever believe attacking him or his place of work would ever, ever be an acceptable behaviour.
What I find unsettling, however, is the way people are placing blame in this situation. Many seem to blame Professor Dumbledore, believing he should have made the school more secure and is Hogwarts truly safe if Death Eaters can make it onto the grounds?
Now, I in no way wish to say that parents shouldn't be concerned about their children. As I am not yet a mother, I have a difficult time imagining what I would do if my children were in any sort of danger. That said, to blame Albus Dumbledore for the incident is absurd.
Could Hogwarts have been more secured? Perhaps, though given recent attacks it seems Death Eaters are more and more capable of making their way past well-secured areas.
And there, of course, is where the blame lies. It lies with the Death Eaters and with the Death Eaters alone and anyone who says otherwise is following an odious tradition of blaming the victim. An attack is the fault of the attackers, not of the attacked, and that's something people seem to have forgotten in the last few days.
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[25 Mar 2011|10:48pm] |
[ Oliver ]
Oliver?
I don't feel well
Added later:
[ Bones Family ]
Oliver is in St. Mungo's. He was injured at Hogwarts. He's awake and writing and he's in the Spell Damage ward. I'm going to see him as soon as things calm down at the hospital and I'll keep everyone updated if I learn anything new.
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[05 Mar 2011|10:45am] |
I've mostly kept silent on the issue of this latest Muggleborn bill, but I cannot help but say how relieved I am that the Wizengamot made the right choice and stopped it. I cannot imagine living in a world where it is not only acceptable but encouraged to take children away from their mothers to be raised by strangers. I cannot imagine living in a world where I would not be allowed to know my biological grandparents because my mother was taken from them as an infant and I wouldn't want to raise my child in such a world.
I suppose I'm a bit biased now, as a mother-to-be. (That's right! Oliver and I are expecting!) We were keeping things quiet but it won't be long before I'm showing anyway and with all this going on it's been too difficult a secret to keep. We're due on September 21st and despite the fact that I haven't had a glass of wine in weeks it's been some of the best time of my life.
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[28 Feb 2011|04:03pm] |
[ Oliver ]
My mother not so subtly dropped off some of her old childbearing tips books today, as well as catalogs and a box of my old baby things. She's started to ask me all sorts of questions about how we're planning to raise the baby and I didn't know how to answer her at all. She's got plenty of advice to offer though, lucky me.
Love, when you get home can you reseal the dittany jar? I've tried but can't get near it without a wave of nausea sweeping over me. I used to think it smelled so nice, but it's making work very difficult lately.
I'm thinking of writing a letter to the editor of the Daily Prophet about all this Muggleborn baby business. What do you think?
[ Emmeline ]
Convince me not to chop off all of my hair, please. I like it but it's just driving me crazy. Every time morning sickness strikes it's just in the way.
I can't believe I almost forgot my own birthday! February has been simply crazy.
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[08 Feb 2011|07:50pm] |
Well, it's nearly here. I've been putting it off as long as I could but there's only so much I could do about it. I suppose eventually one just has to give in and accept the inevitable. It's not really a bad thing, I suppose, though let's be honest--nobody wants it to happen. In fact, people go years and years pretending it hasn't happened to them, though in the end that's really rather pathetic, isn't it? I don't want to be one of those women. I am who I am, no matter what age I am.
Yes, that's right. At the end of this month, I'll be thirty. Thirty. Three-Oh. The last significant birthday was coming of age at 17. Half a lifetime ago, nearly.
Well, I suppose that's the way it goes.
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[31 Jan 2011|06:42pm] |
[ Emmeline ]
Spill.
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[30 Jan 2011|09:07pm] |
[ Warded to Oliver ]
Oliver, don't forget. We've got that Healer appointment tomorrow at 2:00. I know the Ministry's crazy now but if you can make it, please try. I really think this will be the time.
Actonite can be so temperamental. It's amazing how different the flowers can react depending on whether they were harvested in spring or fall; even the amount of sunlight they got on a daily basis can hugely impact their effect in certain potions. I can only think of a handful of herbs this sensitive. It makes experimentation rather difficult, I can assure you!
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