So, we're using "Suvetar" by Gjallarhorn in ritual today, which is not a perfect match for intention, as it's an invocation of a goddess of Spring... but the texture, rhythm, and mood were dead perfect for the ritual, and... nobody in our group will recognize the words.

For a while there, I was worried it might be in Swedish, and that lilia_blackbear would be ( Read more... )

So... much... homework. Eep ( Read more... )

The problem with buying nifty foreign art supplies is the nifty foreign color names, health warnings, and labeling instructions.

Time to spend some quality time with a German dictionary.

More language-fu ahead. featherynscale and triadruid were kind enough to work through my pouting to help me improve the alphabet so it looks less like Tengwar. I've got a baby lexicon of about 50+ words, a rudimentary grammar system, and even some punctuation ( Read more... )

( Cut becuase nobody cares but me )

I got the best software ever this weekend. It's 101 LanguagesI started playing with it this weekend. The accent system is a little weird to get used to, but I think it'll be faster than unicode encryption. Reading, vocab, games, quizzes -- whee! And since it has sound files, this means I can work on my pronunciation, too! Of course, this means ( Read more... )

The Nine Muses
by Angeles Arrien
Tarcher/Putnam

( Too snarky to keep to myself )