Dood.

I keep feeling like I've gotten nowhere with the packing. I blame it on the kitchen, which SHOULD be cleaned and packed tomorrow. Was going to do it today, then decided to do the porch instead ( Read more... )

Blllllllllllllllllarrrrrrrrrrg.

Started packing up skulls and stuff today. Thankfully, stainedfeathers is babysitting them, the altar stuff, and the stained glass. I'm cleaning the last bits of bone as well as the outside closet tomorrow. I've got bones that need to go to the pond, as well as two whitetail deer (a skullcap and a partial face) I may put up on furhideandbone ( Read more... )

You know, actually rolling up your sleeves and doing the work yourself is half of it to me. Hell, more than half. Almost all. It's a dedication, a ritual. It sets the stage for the rest of the relationship ( Read more... )

PHOTO DUMP!!!

Whoo! Cut for the sake of those on dial-up and because the lighting in my bedroom sucked and I had to try and fix it. "Try" being the key word here. Beware of the crappy photos.

( The MD )

The MD are done being rebuilt. Gonna spend a few more days checking to make sure they're going to behave (*coughcough*coyote*coughcough*) and then I'll get to work on hopefully the newest of the bunch ( Read more... )

Dear Coyote #2 ( Read more... )

Not really doing much in the way of cleaning my apartment (which is bad, because it needs it. Horribly.) but I am doing some minor bonework tasks that needed to be done...mostly repairing and gluing. Lots of teeth without jaws and a few jaw halves to be put back together. There are a couple actual *cleaning* jobs to do...the coyote skull, as ( Read more... )

Still working with the MD. Going through three years of development in a week isn't easy. I still haven't touched the (relatively) newer guys. I /may/ have a final system worked out...we'll see. At any rate, I have to go to the bead store /again/. That's the...fifth time in about three weeks. Considering it is a very small store run by maybe ( Read more... )

I've been making an effort to find more books on the anthropology of rituals surrounding death. Needless to say, it's a topic that strikes close to my heart. I was quite surprised when I read "The Archaeology of Death and Burial" and found that secondary treatment of the corpse is actually quite common.

From "Celebrations of Death: The ( Read more... )