I love you ocean, I love you beach, I love you seashell, I love you fish, I love you moon, I love you sun, I love you stars, I love you mermaids, I love you ships, I love you sailors, I love you surfers, I love you weird deep sea creatures, I love you pearls, I love you fossils, I love you treasure chests, I love you houseboats, I love you anchors, I love you waves, I love you sea foam, I love you sea glass, I love you-

She is free as the sea — a siren amongst the waves 🫧

Reclaiming Her Soulskin with Selkies greeting card by Lucy Campbell

artist note: Based on the Selkie legend of the Seal maiden, reclaiming her stolen sealskin and returning to her underwater realm.

fuck it. morningstar

Perhaps Louisa didn't need to detail what Marmee is so angry about nearly every day of her life. To be a woman is to know anger. To be underestimated, treated as inferior, have one's concerns classified as minor, to do all the work and receive none of the glory— how could one not feel angry? And yet in order to be a good woman who stands a chance at being loved and accepted, back then and still very much so now, one has to learn, as Marmee advises Jo, not to show it, even better not to feel it. Anger in a woman runs the risk of being pathologized, penalized, criminalized. A woman is supposed to bear the violence of patriarchy— both the bloody and the bloodless forms— with unflappable cheeriness. —Jenny Zhang, March Sisters: On Life, Death, and Little Women

~ Hestia

𝙳𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝟷, 𝟷𝟿𝟸𝟷 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙳𝚒𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝙾𝚏 𝙵𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚣 𝙺𝚊𝚏𝚔𝚊, 𝟷𝟿𝟷𝟺-𝟷𝟿𝟸𝟹

[ID:Four calmer days in the midst of tormented ones. END ID]

The Mari Lwyd says, "Good night, sleep tight, don't let the Afanc bite."

Blessed Hestia, the first and the last, and the always flame.

May your light burn bright and strong,

May your prayers be those of respect and love,

May you guide the lost,

And give to those who have nothing.

I give thanks to you, Hestia, for all that you have done

And continue to do.

For my fellow fibre arts witches, if you're starting to get the Annual Cold Weather Fidget, that driving urge to reach for hooks and needles and that big bin of spools and fabric lurking in your closet....

If you feel like Doing A Witchcraft, you can work some witchy into whatever you're making. Weaving, crocheting, knitting, nalbinding, stitching, embroidery, and knotwork can all carry magic and serve as a vehicle for creating spells, sigils, talismans, or enchanted wearables.

Am I saying you can put a spell into that pair of socks you're knitting? That scarf you've been working on? That pile of granny squares waiting to become a blanket? That cross-stitch piece you've been meaning to finish?

ABSOLUTELY.

There are even books on knot magic, witchy crochet and knitting patterns, and beautifully spooky cross-stitch and embroidery pieces. (And lots more downloadable patterns exist on etsy and fibre arts forums!) Perfect for chilling with your favorite hot beverage and current binge-watch while you keep your hands from getting bored.

Go forth and have fun with it!

A helpful guide to some common birds here in the western US

Here are a few more, for your birding needs:

please allow me to thank you by giving you one in return

Thank you for your contribution to the birding community

Here is some more helpful identification knowledge of birbs

for you