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31 days of Inktober, 31 levels of monsters. I combined my love of RPG’s, D&D and pen and ink for this series. 

I wanted the art to evoke those naive, yet charming 1st edition D&D monsters.

Here’s the first 10!

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Went to the pumpkin patch today!

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patiently waiting for fall like

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🌲Imagine misty evenings living in the middle of a forest surrounded by deers and rabbits 🌲

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Old Burying Ground | Ipswich, MA | October 2016

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Kamenny Island, Saint Petersburg (@chartorizhskaya)

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reblog if ur mom is smart and beautiful

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Saw a post earlier from a page called Plastic. It was a video from the 2004 Super Bowl commercial containing Britney Spears, Beyoncé & Pink. The title of the video read “The Most Iconic Super-bowl Commercial Of All Time, Kendall Jenner can choke.

Kendall Jenner Can Choke? Really? How despicable of this page to pit one human against another. I am certain that none of the women in the ‘iconic’ super bowl commercial would want to be associated with shaming someone else.

STOP SHAMING OTHER PEOPLE.

There are entire days I feel as if our entire society is based upon shame, guilt and the ridicule we throw towards others.

Unsure if you are a part of this problem? Let’s play a quick game of true or false with phrases from your vocabulary.

1) Someone let them self go.

2) Wearing enough makeup?

3) Whore. Slut.

4) Boys Will Be Boys.

5) She seems a little bossy.

6) You aren’t like other girls.

7) Looking good for your age.

8) He isn’t a real man if he cries.

9) She’s pretty, but not as pretty as...

10) Have you lost weight? / Have you gained weight?

11) Women lie about sexual assault all the time.

12) You are such a tease.

13) Kendall Jenner Can Choke.

If you answered true to any of these, you are shaming someone else. Why? For what reason? Does it ease some guilt you have fostered in your own mind from others shaming you? Does it make you feel superior?

Want to know a few quick and easy ways to stop perpetuating this behavior?

Think before you speak & eliminate all of the previous phrases from your vocabulary.

That’s it. It’s simple.

Enjoy your life without dampening someone else’s.

#stopshame

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An Actual Writing Tip From An Actual Author

Wow holy shit I’m gonna actually give you guys an actual writing tip, being a published and award winning author and all.

Anyways, a great way to work in TOTALLY UNRELATED little details about your setting or what have you that may or may not be relevant later on is through the use of metaphors, euphemisms, etc. in character dialogue.

“This cold is terrible! I’m wearing more layers than an Aenirian bride!”

Congratulations, you now know something about Aenirian marriage customs. You might not even know what exactly an Aenirian is, but you know that their brides wear lots of layers.

See where I’m going with this?

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Sabbat Altar and Celebration Ideas for the Solitary Witch

YULE Altar ideas: Put mistletoe and pine on your altar; put a candle up there to represent the Sun; keep your Yule log on your altar; use symbols of the Sun; decorate with red, green, white, blue, and yellow (red and green for holly, white and blue for snow and wintery colors, yellow for the Sun). Celebration ideas: Kiss a consenting person under the mistletoe for luck; give gifts; have a feast; make magickal wreaths with herbs corresponding to the spell intent (you might use lilac, lavender, and camomile for a wreath that brings peace into your home).

IMBOLC Altar ideas: Use candles to represent the return of spring; make a cute little corn dolly; put a Brigid’s cross on there to honor her; decorate with yellow and green to represent the Sun and return of spring. Celebration ideas: Clean your house; have a self-dedication ritual (to a particular path, deity, philosophy, standard of life, etc.); clean off your working altar and redo it; cleanse and charge any tools or crystals you need to.

OSTARA Altar ideas: Use fake eggs, rabbits, and other symbols of fertility or spring; put some potted plants on the altar; place some packets of seeds you might be planning on growing; decorate with purple, yellow, green, white, and other spring, pastel colors. Celebration ideas: Paint and blow eggs (take proper precautions when handling raw eggs, obviously, especially if you’re putting your mouth on them); if you have a greenhouse, want a potted plant, or it’s warm enough where you live to plant outside, plant some seeds; buy a potted plant; organize your herb shelf.

BELTAINE Altar ideas: Make a mini Maypole for your centerpiece; smack some candles up in there, especially beeswax, if that’s in your budget; put some faery symbols, like little statues or bells or something like that; a jar of honey or some beeswax is always dope; if you’re comfortable with it, some people like to put representations of genatalia on their altar. Celebration ideas: Light an awesome bonfire (also be very cautious with this because fire can quickly turn dangerous); leave offerings to the faeries; have a dance outside; this is a good time to plan to have a handfasting ceremony or wedding; cast any love workings you’ve been meaning to do; if you’re an adult and have a person/people who consent to it, you could choose to have sex during this time (but do be safe!); many people try to conceive children during Beltaine.

LITHA Altar ideas: Symbols of the Sun and the Moon, feminine and masculine symbols if that’s a thing in your tradition; decorate with black and white to symbolize the night and day. Celebration ideas: Get up before the Sun rises and go to sleep after it sets, so you can experience the day and night; have a bonfire (again, safety is important); have a picnic; just spend a lot of time outside.

LUGHNASADH Altar ideas: Put bread and grain on the altar; maybe some apples and other autumn fruits; pinecones and leaves are fall symbols; decorate with red, orange, yellow, brown, and other colors of the season. Celebration ideas: Bake (especially make the cute little bread men); give an offering to the Earth; go to an apple orchard and pick some apples; share a feast with the family or your friends.

MABON Altar ideas: Wine, or grape juice if alcohol is unavailable for any reason; leaves and pinecones; apples; a money jar (see first celebration suggestion below). Celebration ideas: For a week or two before Mabon, put money you can afford to give up in a jar, and donate it to charity or a cause you support on Mabon; have another apple harvest; have another feast; do a ritual to honor the Earth.

SAMHAIN Altar ideas: Pop a few gourds in there, more apples if you want; pictures of the deceased; tools for divination and spirit contact; decorate with black, white, and orange. Celebration ideas: Divination, spirit communication (obviously only if you know what you’re doing); hold a seance or a dumb supper if that’s more comfortable for you; light a candle in the window for spirits (use a fake one if you want it lit all night); leave some milk and honey for the Fair Folk; give offerings to the dead; put up wards and shields if you’re one of the people who would prefer to avoid spirit activity.

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The Wheel of the Year

Imbolc: Hell yeah it’s almost spring

Ostara: Hell yeah it’s spring 

Beltane: Hell yeah it’s summer 

Midsummer: Hell yeah it’s the middle of the summer

Lughnasadh: Hell yeah it’s the first harvest 

Mabon: Hell yeah it’s the second harvest 

Samhain: Hell yeah it’s the last harvest

Yule: Hell yeah it’s winter

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LOOKING FOR ADVANCED READERS

Hey guys! I am looking for book reviewers for my upcoming poetry book! Message me for more details!!!!

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