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[lemonbalmgirl]

A friend from work sent me this. It me. 😅🤣

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I'm officially in mourning now. 😭😭😭

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have you washed your emotional support water bottle recently

[lemonbalmgirl]

Hey Portland folks!

It's Spring Scoot this weekend! Do a double check when driving and look out for folks on two wheels! Scooters, motorcycles, and mopeds abound!

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TFW you go to read more, but cats have claimed the reading chair.

A while ago, I rearranged my bedroom a bit and made a reading nook next to the window. It's my new happy place to sit, drink coffee, and read in the morning on my days off.

I get to sit in a comfy chair, put my feet up on the chair across from me (in between all the stuffed animals), admire my plants, and listen to the birds outside. Sometimes a cat will join me.

I'm consciously trying to add some self-care things like this back into my routine...as much as my ADHD will let me build a routine. 😅

[lemonbalmgirl]

A while ago, I rearranged my bedroom a bit and made a reading nook next to the window. It's my new happy place to sit, drink coffee, and read in the morning on my days off.

I get to sit in a comfy chair, put my feet up on the chair across from me (in between all the stuffed animals), admire my plants, and listen to the birds outside. Sometimes a cat will join me.

I'm consciously trying to add some self-care things like this back into my routine...as much as my ADHD will let me build a routine. 😅

[lemonbalmgirl]

You have been visited by the Badger of Executive Function!

May this tenacious beastie grant you the strength to break through whatever is holding you back from completing that important task you've been meaning to get to, and the energy and motivation to

Do The Fucking Thing.

[lemonbalmgirl]

According to the app I just used, a Western Screech Owl is what's been annoying the piss out of me when I'm trying to fall asleep. 🙃

[lemonbalmgirl]

NAZI PAGANS FUCK OFF

So because I damn near went over the table at somebody this past weekend, I'd like to remind everyone to WATCH FOR NAZI DOGWHISTLE SYMBOLS IN WITCHY SPACES.

Look them up (because there are a LOT), educate yourself, and keep your eyes open at gatherings and on the socials. If something seems skeevy, it probably is.

Remember - the first Nazi that walks through the door of your community space needs to be told to get the fuck out immediately and in no uncertain terms. Doesn't matter if they're being friendly or patronizing a business or "just there to check out the vibes." They do not belong there, they are not welcome, and they endanger the safety of the entire group. Because if you let one in, their goosestepping buddies will follow.

Don't wait for them to cause trouble. Throw them out. The first one is always there to test the waters.

No place in the circle for fascists.

[lemonbalmgirl]

there's something so reassuring about seeing you so openly outspoken in the past few days

there's comfort in a queer protective front

We are all in this together and we have more support than you know. Check this out from today in London:

Theresa's a pretty well known trans woman around here. But when I arrived, the protest was already in all the roads. Busses couldn't go anywhere. The police were trying to kettle but they couldn't do it. In the end, we had to start marching. Legal observers were everywhere, and I watched two chase some CSPOs carrying a camera to intercept. (Big up to legal observers, it's a voluntary role taken to by solicitors, lawyers and barristers, and they are legends.) Trans people and their allies ground the capital city of the UK to a halt.

The media will blackout and minimise today as much as possible. But if you're ever feeling like the LGBT community has no support, I urge you to go to a protest.

I'm reminded of what historian Dominic Sandbrook said if the so-called 1960s sexual revolution in the UK, that it was "in the newspapers not people's bedrooms". That most people remained sexually and socially conservative despite what 60s and 70s media would have you believe. Evidenced in 1983 when a poll reported only 17% of people saw homosexual relationships as acceptable despite it being decriminalised in 1967 (as a product of the belief the state had no right to interfere in people's private lives, not an increase of social acceptance).

But anyway! My point is: the media crafts the narrative it wants in order to sell. It fucking lies about what is really happening and it always has. UK media would have you believe we are "TERF Island", which, ok, we have JKKK Rowling and Maya Forstater (barf), et al, but the British people? Not lost yet.

I never expected to get to thirty. The LGBT community helped me make it, so every year after I owe to them. I may not have all the right phrases, words, attitudes, whatever, but I will throw down in an instant for the community. No quarter. We got this.

[lemonbalmgirl]

Hi all. I exist. I don't have a lot of bandwidth for much, but I exist!

Also, oh god, my age goes up in less than a month. I'M NOT READY.

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Back in stock at The Spiral House at Portland Button Works!

Alive With Spirits: The Path and Practice of Animistic Witchcraft by Althaea Sabastiani

Pagan Britain by Ronald Hutton

Witchcraft Cocktails: 70 Cocktails infused with Magic and Ritual by Julie Halina Hadas

Sew Witchy: Tools, Techniques, for Sewing Magick by Raechel Henderson

Goblin Mode: How to Get Cozy, Embrace Imperfection, and Thrive in the Muck by McKayla Coyle

Tarot Card Sticker Book: Perfect for Tarot Journaling from Weiser Books

Buffy The Vampire Slayer Tarot Deck

Tarot for Creativity: A Guide for Igniting Your Creative Practice by Chelsey Pippin Mizzi

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I went to @alexwrekk's keynote speech and all I got was this stupid long-arm stapler. 😜

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These are my replacement neurotransmitters of arte.

This is my emotional support familiar of arte.

how to be a traditional witch

just put 'of arte' at the end of anything.

This is my altar of arte.

This is my consecrated candle holder of arte.

This is the jar of change of arte I use for my prosperity spells.

This is my coffee can full of dead bugs of arte.

This is my glitter gel pen of arte I use for my arteful sigils.

[lemonbalmgirl]

Dear Week,

You're exhausting and I'm ready for you to be over.

No love,

Me

[lemonbalmgirl]

In preparation for the Ides of March, please take one (1) knife.

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