Holiday
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A Funeral for the Old Year
A Funeral for the Old Year is the magical rite suggested this month. My daughter picked out a woodblock art calendar about witchcraft for “her room” (she doesn’t really live here anymore, and it’s been hard for me to accept) so I will be living with it myself for the…
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Autumn in Animal Crossing New Horizons
The author describes the autumn ambiance both in their neighborhood and within their Animal Crossing island, Pretty City. They enjoy decorating their island in an autumnal theme, despite its “default settings.” With 1400 hours of play, they aspire to complete various in-game achievements and prepare for Turkey Day, despite vague…
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Spooky Season
(A content warning for minor spoilers about the movie “Monkey Man” and for talking about calories) Happy Halloween! The current moon phase is called “new” and it’s when the moon is completely dark, so that is a fun and appropriately creepy coincidence. My understanding of the New Moon is it’s a…
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Dance 43
It’s a quick life update with good vibes only. I have celebrated my birthday again and this year happily outlived my own mother. I was anxiously fixated for the past year on “being 42” (that same age as when my mom died). But now I feel great, and am in…
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Wedding Season in Animal Crossing New Horizons
There is an annoying couple in ANCH (a videogame I have played for over 1000 hours, wow) who continuously celebrate their love for eachother every day through June. They are a pair of alpacas and want wedding themed anniversary photos taken. Sometimes they ask to recreate their own nuptial ceremony…
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Ukranian Eggshell Art Goes So Hard
There is an ancient pagan egg-dying craft from Ukraine called “pysanky” I first saw pictures (or maybe a gif) of it on Twitter, years ago. It’s gorgeous, when done by a practiced artist. Finely layered, cleverly designed, wax patterns with bold geometric shapes are put onto the fragile shell of…
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Predictions for the New Year
I really tried to imagine a more fun or lighthearted future, but whatever psychic spirit guides me brought only negative premonitions this week, sorry. I hope I’m wrong about it all, I don’t want so many of these things to happen! But here is what came to mind when I…
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Winter Solstice 2023 and Other Holiday Happenings
The days have become short and dark, and it’s pounding down snow today, so let me remind everyone how I love this wintery time of year. Recently I got another new jacket, it was on a clearance sale rack around $20 so I couldn’t resist. My collection of outerwear for…
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Ballet is Labor
Nutcracker season is here and there’s always some kind of internal ballet drama to gossip about but this year is especially juicy and on-trend if you’re interested in leftist politics. The ballet dancers have gone on strike! Syracuse City Ballet company fired them after a walk-out but of course managed…
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Autumn Rituals
It was almost a month ago the calendar said Autumn Begins but it’s only been the past two weeks or so that it feels believable. My daughter and I like to celebrate pagan holidays, track the moon cycles and trade tarot readings by candle light when the time is right. …
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