Lakshmi (Hindu) Lakshmi is a Living Goddess for the Hindu People. When I started looking for information on her, I quickly saw how much data is out on the internet about her. The idea of being able to sift through it all was daunting. I found one website that gives an excellent overview of who…
dVerse Prosery Monday — Heard
Publication – is the Auction Of the Mind — Emily Dickinson, from Publication – is the Auction (788) Heard The first things she remembers are screams. Her own. And too much red. Twelve years later… Lilac wafts through window of the third-floor dormitory, waking Dahlia. It’s laundry day. Still an hour before dawn. She pads…
A2Z 2026 Konohana no sakuya-bime
Konohana no sakuya-bime (Japanese) Konohana no sakuya-bime, or simply as Sakuya-hime, is a goddess that appears in Japanese mythology. Konohana no sakuyabime means a woman as beautiful as flowers blossoming on a tree. She was a daughter of Oyamatsumi, and Iwanaga-hime was her older sister. Oyamatsumi was the chieftain in the area they lived in. In the mythology…
#SLS — new artist to me — Julianna Riolino — Macca cover: “Every Night”
I first posted on Julianna Riolino in October 2025 after hearing her on Spotify’s Release Radar. I love the smooth graveliness of her voice. I like the passion with which she sings. I like her songwriting abilities. I like how she cut her teeth in at least one excellent band before deciding to go solo. …
A2Z 2026 Jiang Yuan
Jiang Yuan (Chinese) Jiang Yuan at Her Temple Jiang Yuan (Chinese: 姜嫄) is an important figure in Chinese mythology and history. She is recorded as having lived during ancient Chinese history. Jiang Yuan was the mother of Houji (aka Qi) who is a culture hero and revered as the god of millet and, by extension, agriculture. Jiang Yuan’s personal name was not recorded….
#FFF 73 — Fox and Socks
A couple of weeks back, I met up with both sons for a delicious meal at El Arriero (daughter in-law and granddaughter were unavailable.) The plan was for older son and I to hang out at Schuler Books, which is nearby the restaurant, until younger son texted us. I’m used to going to Barnes &…
A2Z 2026 Inanna
Inanna (Sumerian) Inanna began her journey in the Sumerian city of Uruk, one of the oldest cities in Mesopotamia, sometime around 4000 BCE. Her original name, “Inanna,” is thought to come from the Sumerian phrase nin-an-ak, which roughly means “Lady of Heaven.” Later, as the Akkadians, Babylonians, and Assyrians took cultural center stage, she became widely known as Ishtar. Scholars believe Inanna…
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