How I Was Burned By An Evil Eye

My younger sister told her friend about me and now I’m their favorite person, apparently. I got a note today saying I’m their childhood hero and asking for my signature, a picture of an apple on fire, and an inspirational quote? Idk who you are James the high schooler, but I hope you like it

I have a question tho: what is my sister telling people???

yellow is generally the population’s least favourite colour which is interesting to me. i have a theory that yellow is generally more appealing to people the Less saturated and deep it is, the more warm and less cool it is, and that faded pale yellow is more pleasing to the eye than mustard. can you all participate in a casual experiment and tag or reply with which shade you like best from this yellow shade chart. i’m hypothesising daffodil will be popular as an answer

Tincture of Alehoof

Glechoma hederacea, or Ground Ivy (called Alehoof because it was used in beermaking before hops) Is, among many other things, an astringent herb. This is my recipe/experiment for making a toner for the skin using it.

Gathering

Ground ivy grows everywhere as a weed in temperate parts of Europe and America

Preparation

Wash your plants and remove dead, dirty, and damaged parts (right into the compost)

Roughly chop, adding to a jar as you go

Finally, add ethyl alcohol or vodka (70% alcohol or higher is best) to your jar leaving little room, cover, label, and wait a few days. After the jar is very dark in color, strain out your plant matter into another jar, and you should be left with a jar of your tincture!

you would not believe your eyes

if 10 million goblin cries

lit up the night as you

tried to sleep

"We're the daughters of the witches you couldn't burn."

Oh, shut up! If you lived during the European Witch Craze, you'd be the one accusing the mentally ill woman down the lane of cavorting with Satan, and we all know it, because it's exactly how you behave now. Fuck off.

To the cashier that at first gave me a student discount and then just gave me a bag of free clothes and shoes at the store because both of my cards declined and I was going to have to make a call to put money on one if them, thank you. Thank you so much 😭 ♥️

I say this with my whole heart, please donate your clothes to women's prisons instead of thrift stores.

When these women are released, some have been incarcerated for 16 years. Nothing fits them, they are released with no money, and something to know about incarcerated women is that their family members are more likely to cut ties with them in comparison to incarcerated men.

An incarcerated woman said to me today that she's so scared because she will have no real outfits when she's released. She doesn't know what she's going to do.

If you're a man even to you, please donate your clothes to women's prisons. The women will be so happy to wear your clothes. Especially things like workwear.

You can look up your nearby women's prison and give them a call. Some of them have programs like clothing closets that people can donate to. I recommend contacting women's prison camps and minimum security facilities because typically these are the facilities that women get transferred to when they don't have as much time left on their sentences.

by Natalie Krim

Rainbow Katydids by Arthur Anker and Bernard DuPont