Often associated with Samhain and Yule, nutmeg is also one of the traditional spices used in the Jewish ritual farewell to the feminine aspect of God on Saturday evening, when warm spices are sniffed to remind us that Her presence should permeate the week, like the sweet smell of a spice permeates the air. Nutmeg…
Month: April 2020
#FF — Up on the Roof
Up on the Roof It was that kind of day — cotton-puff clouds dotting robin’s-egg-blue skies, sun enough to warm — that made Sill glad to be alive. She flipped the shop’s sign to “Closed” and climbed eight floors to the roof. Ergochair molding to her curves, Laura Nyro crooning on her radio; within minutes…
Dotty Dear dVerse OLN
Dotty Dear Her thin white hairs Float in the air, Stick to my clothes, Go up my nose – They’re everywhere! Cat on my chest, Her own bequest; Claws say I’m hers; So do her purrs – Food is her quest. Lillian is today’s host of dVerse today, for Open Link Night.
A2Z 2020 — essential oils — M — Marjoram, Sweet
Native to the Mediterranean and Eurasia, Origanum species have been cultivated in Egypt for over 3000 years, were used by the ancient Greeks since classical times and have been grown in England since the 13th century. Some of the earliest records of Origanum use date back to 1600-1200 B.C., when images of the plants were…
dVerse — soup de jour
Born from Mother Chaos and Father Order Mother vivid, brash, capricious, and tormented Father drab, introverted, obsessed, and tormented Each ordered in their imbalances, each oblivious I acknowledge order whether I see it or like it or not, for The paradox of order is in chaos and the illusion of control. My hypervigilance is on…
What do you see # 25 — Hippity Hoppity
Petey and Carla fell in love the first time they met in the clover patch. It was in early Spring, just as all of the winter browns started greening. Petey’s family nest was in the roots of the old cedar tree. Carla’s was under the edge of the farm’s greenhouse. As both of them were…
Movies, Movies, Movies! #33 April 14, 2020
Welcome to another installment of Movies, Movies, Movies! Sources of new viewing material continuing to be compromised because of the lock-down (libraries are closed and the mail is arriving only every 3 days or so, which puts a crimp in the dvd.com discs.) Besides the two I watched and will talk about today, both from…
Tao Talk 