Do you know any good crochet tutorials? :) I always seem to fuck up the rows(?) and like, I'll start with 15 stitches, and next thing you know I've somehow managed to crochet less and less stitches as each row goes on. :")
I don't have any good ones off the top of my head, when I first started crocheting, Youtube was my go to. But also, I practiced with books like this...no frills, there might be some harder stitches in some, but I liked books like that because it gives you the count in () at the end of the step. So like if you needed 6 d double crochets it would like (6 dc count) or something similar.
Yay! You're my top go for anything cosmic, and have always explained things through a scientific/studious lense versus weird "when the stars align" sort of way.
something in my brain changed today where i realized that i can't keep treating astrolatry as a concept instead of a religion because it literally is a religion, at least in a broad sense depending on how you look at it.
and i don't really vibe with that structure anymore ?
no i'm not giving up on cosmic magic - that's still my thing. it'll just be viewed through a much more secular lens. :)
I'm with y'all. Altars can be whatever and where ever. For me, in my bedroom, I have a special spot and its just an antique roll top desk, but its for my baby dragons, my crystals, and mostly for soothing my nerves. My other altar area (where most of my pictures are taken), is the dining room. That fluctuates constantly because of what I need to do for the day or of I'm doing my journaling. But it's a space where I mentally set up so I can get stuff done, or my ADHD will come in and I lose focus.
Been seeing a lot of 'you don't need an altar to practice' discourse and while I do believe that can be true for some practices, it is not true for mine.
Altar building is essential in my practice. I make an altar anywhere I worship. I go on a hike and want to offer the apple I brought? Then the stone I sit on is my altar. I want to do some yoga in the park? I bring some food, some water, and maybe a crystal or two. My altar is the dirt and the grass. I want to dance for Hathor in my living room? I move the things I need to the coffee table and that is my altar. My altars are constantly changing and moving. I am always building and taking down altars.
Yes, you don't *need* an altar to practice. Yet, there are so, so many more altars than a permanent one in a room.
Do I have a permanent altar? Yes. I have many. Do I use them? Honestly, barely at all. My most commonly used altars are the ones I build for a particular need and then take down after I am finished. Most don't even last two hours.
If you feel the need to have an altar for your practice, don't be ashamed to have transient ones.
(1) How long have you lived in Kansas (2) Do you like it there (3) What's your favorite thing about it, even if you don't like it? [Answers can all be mundane or magical :D]
1. I'm born and raised in Kansas. 2. Yes and no. 3. The things about Kansas I do like, depending on where you go, you still can enjoy the small town country vibes, and during the spring and summer Kansas can be quite beautiful.
Another round of storms. It was hot and muggy, but now it's cooling off. If my IBS wasn't acting up, I'd feel like doing some weather witchery. But I will settle for playing Minecraft and taking a break from packing.