A lot of people I know have been experiencing relationship upheaval, or have been asking questions about relationships. So the subject has been on my mind ( Read more... )

Home safe. Eaten, bathed, cuddled with my sweeties. Big love to my Feri folks. Making an offering to Hermes as votive for my safe return and to wish blessings on those still travelling.

I SLEEP NOW.

In ancient Greece, the Hestia (sacred fire) was sometimes kindled with a parabolic mirror -- this is how the fire was kindled for the ancient Olympic games, and the tradition lives on even today.

( Notes about today's kindling rite... )

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The maelstrom of hormones is subsiding. (THANK THE GODS.)I have a cup of organic, fair-trade sumatran coffee ( Read more... )

I picked up some new essential and fragrance oils - clary sage, white thyme, rosewood, frankincense, china musk, green tea, and vanilla. These fill some holes in my kit ( Read more... )

I finished transferring and cleaning up the lineart on the board for this week's painting. I then reached out for the masking tape... which was not there. I rummaged through the studio. No tape. Kitchen, Living Room, Office, back to the Studio, Bedroom, Bathroom, Studio again, Kitchen Table, Studio... ::grumble, grumble ( Read more... )

• The basement is in pre-remodel condition, so I can staple or duct tape things to the walls as needed.
• I have a whole roll of white butcher paper and several white sheets to use for diffusion.
• I have two $3 reflective car windshield screens to use as reflectors.
• I have two 1000-watt shop lights with ultra-white halogen bulbs, plus tripod and hooks for ( Read more... )

Made a big pot of barley beef stew with red wine, and several loaves of goat bread. Offered hospitality to travellers. Hestia's flame is burning in the hearth, and a benevolent snake is curled up nearby.

The gods are on Olympus -- all's right with the world.

Denver Trinity has arrived safe and sound!