On gifting

As it turns out, Fathers' Day is next week. While this does not incur the level of challenge and or anxiety of say, Winter Avarice, it does present some issues. And it's complicated. You see, I'm a magician more or less by nature as well as by practice. I have a long memory for trivia and a tendency to view everything as not only the thing itself, but also as a symbol of other things. As such, giving good gifts is one of the talents I've developed and one of the standards of behavior I expect myself to meet. A good gift is, IMHO, appropriate, wanted, relevant to the trivia of a recipient's life, not a repeat of past gifts, and also a conveyor of the right symbolic message and resonance.
( An example, about flowers )

( The current conundrum )

( The inevitable part of the entry that is about sex )

On gifting

As it turns out, Fathers' Day is next week. While this does not incur the level of challenge and or anxiety of say, Winter Avarice, it does present some issues. And it's complicated. You see, I'm a magician more or less by nature as well as by practice. I have a long memory for trivia and a tendency to view everything as not only the thing itself, but also as a symbol of other things. As such, giving good gifts is one of the talents I've developed and one of the standards of behavior I expect myself to meet. A good gift is, IMHO, appropriate, wanted, relevant to the trivia of a recipient's life, not a repeat of past gifts, and also a conveyor of the right symbolic message and resonance.
( An example, about flowers )

( The current conundrum )

( The inevitable part of the entry that is about sex )