#September October 2020 Calendar Page

[jeffhirsch]

Back-to-Back Monthly Surge Consolidating Gains

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Chances are you have already heard about the S&P 500 gaining more than 5% in October and November this year. We can confirm this feat is not all that common occurring only 11 times since 1950 including this year. The longest S&P 500 streak of monthly gains in excess of 5% per month was in 1998 beginning in September with a 6.2% advance, followed by 8.0% in October, 5.9% in November and 5.6% in December for a total gain of 28.4% in four months. The most recent streak was respectable, up 13.79% in two months.

Based upon the Bull & Bear Markets table on page 134 of the 2023 Stock Trader’s Almanac, all ten previous streaks occurred in bull markets. Streaks in 2020, 2009, 2002, 1998 and 1974 all occurred early in new bull markets. Performance after the previous 10 monthly streaks ended was broadly bullish, but choppy during the 1-month immediately following. The recent tough start of trading this month is consistent with the consolidation that followed past streaks and the more recent 21-year Seasonal Pattern for December.

Digging deeper into the data we have graphed the 30 trading days before and 60 trading days after the previous 10 streaks in the following chart. A typical calendar month has 21 trading days on average. We elected to set our reference point at the day the monthly streak ended. The sizable gain in the 30 trading days before is clear. What also becomes more visible is the tendency for the S&P 500 to pause and consolidate those gains in the 15-20 trading days after the streak’s end. Following this period, the S&P 500 historically resumed its march higher and was always higher 1-year after the streak ended.

#$^GSPC #$SPY #$VOO #December #Monthly streak

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Evie's OC Birthday Calendar

Have you ever wondered when my OCs' birthdays are? No? Well, you're getting a birthday calendar anyways. Under the cut, you'll find calendar pages, the template for which was made by this lovely person - for free! Thank you so much ^^

If, for some reason, you can't read what's written on the images, either because they won't load or because you can't read my sorry attempt at writing in cursive for the first time since fifth grade, don't worry – I've put a list of all the birthdays underneath the images for you!

List, in case the images don't load:

Also bonus reasons for the birthdays if there are any :)

January:

05. - Philomel (rough estimate of what "just after The Beginning" means) 10. - Kan-chan (goroawase for ma-ma-i-do: 0-0-1-10) 21. - Bára (Squirrel Appreciation Day, assigned by Larry Daley) 29. - Diana ("The Raven" is published on January 29th 1845)

February:

02. - Dotty (I honestly can't remember) 08. - Jelena (Release date of the Musik des Teufels audio drama) 15. - Honey (National Gumdrop Day + I needed a February birthday) 26. - Denri (Wii VC release of LOZ: OOT in the US)

March:

09. - Sonoko (goroawase for san-o-ko: 3-0-9) 10. - Lindewen (goroawase for surin-da: 3-10) 26. - K'Rala (Live Long and Prosper Day) 29. - Helena (Mermaid Day) 30. - Lily (World Bipolar Day)

April:

06. - Holly (goroawase for ho-ri: 4-6) 10. - Jamie (I honestly can't remember. But the Titanic sets sail April 10th!) 26. - Anita (World Burlesque Day)

May:

02. - Penny | Agent 0 (goroawase, probably, but I can't remember for what) 04. - Lani (Star Wars Day, May the Fourth be with you) 31. - Claire (Pretty sure it's a reference to Sappho but I don't remember how)

June:

01. - Vicky (Marilyn Monroe's birthday) 05. - Cora (National Tailors Day) 08. - Reina (Name Your Poison Day) 25. - Inari (Pudding's birthday - they're twins, so...)

July:

01. - Lux (07/01; Amber Lead Syndrome is introduced in ep. 701 of the anime) 09. - Eva (Argentina Independence Day) 16. - Varsha (World Snake Day; assigned by Tom Sawyer)

August:

01. - Kit (movie & 80s version) (Spider-Man Day) 08. - Fernip (I can't remember) 15. - Noura (Flooding/Fidelity of The Nile) 30. - Raevyn (picked it in 2019; wanted her to be a summer girl and a virgo)

September:

02. - Circe (goroawase for kyu-ki-tsu-ki = vampire: 9-2) 04. - Kaede (goroawase for mu-sa-sa-bi: 6-3-3-1; 6+3, 3+1 -> 9-4) 12. - Sonata (Hans Zimmer's birthday) 14. - Chalice (release of the animated Disney's Alice in Wonderland in the US) 25. - Aurelia (Maybe I wanted her to be a libra? Maybe it's a festival of Hera?)

October:

01. - Kassandra ("On the twelfth hour of the first day of October 1989...") 13. - Evelynn (picked it in 2020, yes it's a reference to Friday 13th) 25. - Byeong-ho (Nevada Day; because of his gambling addiction) 31. Charlie (Halloween for demon boi; read the fic for the canonical reason 🙃 )

November:

04. - Soles (Colombian All Saints' Day) 17. - Sherry (first release day of Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga) 22. - Eve (release date of her first appearance in the series if she were canon)

December:

05. - Celine (probably Who Killed Markiplier-related) 11. - Luna (I picked it about eight years ago as a reference to Zoro's birthday) 21. - Iris (World Poetry Day but make it sagittarius)

#oc birthday calendar

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Word Challenges

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Word challenges (and theme weeks) under the cut:

For challenge lists with links to the tags, visit our Challenges page.

May 2024

May 20: wail, lean, head

May 17: hilarious, damp, curtain

May 15: throat, pack, ignorant

May 13: cave, warm, earn

May 10: weak, rain, twig

May 8: business, puny, mint

May 6: illegal, shoe, front

May 3: clumsy, hair, honey

May 1: shape, pear, change

April 2024

Apr 29: wide, tire, air

Apr 26: proud, icicle, fast (theme: emotion)

Apr 24: feel, right, month (theme: emotion)

Apr 22: not, neat, next (theme: emotion)

Apr 19: trail, competent, pet

Apr 17: brick, mourn, slope

Apr 15: rest, low, interest

Apr 12: lush, wakeful, lethal

Apr 10: desk, earthquake, science

Apr 8: fabulous, pale, meddle

Apr 5: frail, crown, uncle

Apr 3: bridge, warn, airplane

Apr 1: tricky, side, point

March 2024

Mar 29: delight, quick, over (theme: consent)

Mar 27: idea, giddy, try (theme: consent)

Mar 25: thrill, hum, zipper (theme: consent)

Mar 22: sign, lavish, home

Mar 20: skin, delay, pan

Mar 18: vague, ski, notice

Mar 15: sponge, organ, bush

Mar 13: new, powder, broad

Mar 11: knife, difficult, begin

Mar 8: disturb, snake, reply

Mar 6: hesitant, suit, permit

Mar 4: crook, market, bright

Mar 1: stir, stone, ill

February 2024

Feb 28: fair, mug, hop

Feb 26: commit, morning, protect

Feb 23: eye, deserve, letter (theme: despair)

Feb 21: man, hideous, coo (theme: despair)

Feb 19: kind, heart, tender (theme: despair)

Feb 16: adaptable, hell, cat

Feb 14: bake, bloody, base

Feb 12: crush, confess, pipe

Feb 9: surprise, open, mix

Feb 7: receive, rifle, accept

Feb 5: joke, depressed, skate

Feb 2: royal, scarf, shrug

January 2024

Jan 31: scent, obscene, contain

Jan 29: sad, milk, kiss

Jan 26: bite, size, know (theme: gentleness)

Jan 24: aloof, cake, loaf (theme: gentleness)

Jan 22: white, listen, upset (theme: gentleness)

Jan 19: year, calculate, hush

Jan 17: free, rhythm, frog

Jan 15: duck, attack, mammoth

Jan 12: substance, cheat, inquire

Jan 10: channel, mad, diligent

Jan 8: toy, deafening, normal

Jan 5: wash, paste, complete

Jan 3: spirit, lake, nice

Jan 1: pancake, detail, badge

December 2023

Dec 29: vacation, miss, round (theme: winter)

Dec 27: wary, curious, squeal (theme: winter)

Dec 25: child, holiday, event (theme: winter)

Dec 22: prickly, annoy, live

Dec 20: disgust, rice, example

Dec 18: like, loud, tickle

Dec 15: scorch, value, embarrass

Dec 13: mine, invite, mighty

Dec 11: title, lovely, stupid

Dec 8: salty, popcorn, become

Dec 6: spiky, hook, friend

Dec 4: depend, vibrant, flame

Dec 1: active, slow, phone

November 2023

Nov 29: sea, false, history

Nov 27: cut, green, paint

Nov 24: vengeful, brave, cap (theme: unity)

Nov 22: amuse, tall, queen (theme: unity)

Nov 20: heavy, half, worry (theme: unity)

Nov 17: brother, church, birth

Nov 15: cheese, dock, dog

Nov 13: sneaky, peck, pink

Nov 10: poke, puncture, hat

Nov 8: scarce, soft, berserk

Nov 6: punish, concern, grin

Nov 3: sincere, fragile, belong

Nov 1: bang, saw, wrist

October 2023

Oct 30: decay, bird, zoo

Oct 27: grumpy, huge, lush (theme: halloween)

Oct 25: jump, brain, gaudy (theme: halloween)

Oct 23: magic, elate, wish (theme: halloween)

Oct 20: unnatural, seem, different

Oct 18: wall, blade, bruise

Oct 16: alarm, behave, benefit

Oct 13: danger, drip, dagger

Oct 11: same, appear, cave

Oct 9: down, inject, glisten

Oct 6: town, month, quaint

Oct 4: steep, charge, tower

Oct 2: middle, abandon, heap

September 2023

Sep 29: stove, hypnotic, imagine (theme: order)

Sep 27: slippery, thunder, rich (theme: order)

Sep 25: attempt, beautiful, jealous (theme: order)

Sep 22: nonchalant, crown, glossy

Sep 20: one, snore, six

Sep 18: attach, fit, trail

Sep 15: motion, red, identify

Sep 13: damage, nose, boundary

Sep 11: flash, iron, self

Sep 8: mark, uptight, peaceful

Sep 6: polish, square, overjoyed

Sep 4: sweater, canvas, linen

Sep 1: dashing, bizarre, ultra

August 2023

Aug 30: report, use, shade

Aug 28: delight, mere, arrogant

Aug 25: flood, way, school (theme: youth)

Aug 23: cat, elfin, obtain (theme: youth)

Aug 21: agonizing, funny, sticks (theme: youth)

Aug 18: more, tidy, thoughtful

Aug 16: lame, creepy, hole

Aug 14: impossible, young, aspiring

Aug 11: black, demonic, strong

Aug 9: calm, part, stale

Aug 7: pale, new, intend

Aug 4: achieve, better, burn

Aug 2: romantic, thread, flow

July 2023

Jul 31: mean, rainstorm, white

Jul 28: respect, quiver, normal (theme: journey)

Jul 26: weak, pleasant, cycle (theme: journey)

Jul 24: bone, callous, think (theme: journey)

Jul 21: discover, travel, bed

Jul 19: approve, direction, veil

Jul 17: sleet, stir, lick

Jul 14: describe, coat, nod

Jul 12: late, festive, wide

Jul 10: incredible, club, loss

Jul 7: liquid, vessel, brief

Jul 5: electric, fire, plastic

Jul 3: mature, idiotic, verse

June 2023

Jun 30: tick, secret, channel (theme: pride)

Jun 28: wander, release, stamp (theme: pride)

Jun 26: trick, lean, separate (theme: pride)

Jun 23: circle, happen, irate

Jun 21: basketball, texture, taste

Jun 19: snail, acceptable, fragrant

Jun 16: relieve, borrow, notebook

Jun 14: spell, awake, nauseating

Jun 12: ancient, degree, three

Jun 9: found, far, level

Jun 7: vicious, end, crime

Jun 5: avoid, excite, mushy

Jun 2: land, learn, vast

May 2023

May 31: pin, continue, rose

May 29: kind, carry, rescue

May 26: letter, furtive, follow (theme: vengeance)

May 24: jaded, voice, car (theme: vengeance)

May 22: wheel, cherry, correct (theme: vengeance)

May 19: page, thumb, knee

May 17: pie, chase, dysfunctional

May 15: wet, handsome, stop

May 12: want, empty, fear

May 10: watch, snob, bump

May 8: zip, free, action

May 5: branch, friend, stake

May 3: drunk, adorable, stay

May 1: lighten, bashful, birthday

April 2023

Apr 28: love, arrange, ten (theme: quest)

Apr 26: push, step, shaky (theme: quest)

Apr 24: high, river, witty (theme: quest)

Apr 21: admit, alive, past

Apr 19: bird, attack, stage

Apr 17: cheap, burly, soup

Apr 14: argument, boil, hell

Apr 12: clutter, mellow, ocean

Apr 10: throat, pause, second

Apr 7: idea, baseball, scare

Apr 5: breathe, stretch, guitar

Apr 3: ill, walk, warm

March 2023

Mar 31: bitter, adamant, drain (theme: consent)

Mar 29: inform, stone, demon (theme: consent)

Mar 27: simple, fragile, whisper (theme: consent)

Mar 24: proud, horse, sneaky

Mar 22: neck, connect, unable

Mar 20: size, meek, wooden

Mar 17: interesting, clever, plate

Mar 15: contain, zebra, authority

Mar 13: decorate, nonstop, shave

Mar 10: thought, grab, wonder

Mar 8: noise, fantastic, scream

Mar 6: dust, crow, recognize

Mar 3: gain, tendency, drink

Mar 1: group, abrasive, bit

February 2023

Feb 27: irritating, scent, inconclusive

Feb 24: hate, fine, run (theme: escape)

Feb 22: try, anger, fast (theme: escape)

Feb 20: room, nerve, tap (theme: escape)

Feb 17: nose, conscious, alluring

Feb 15: detail, finicky, unpack

Feb 13: nasty, toothbrush, hypnotic

Feb 10: dark, book, border

Feb 8: over, observe, confident

Feb 6: bow, time, button

Feb 3: leather, prepare, cloth

Feb 1: hurry, receive, wild

January 2023

Jan 30: poison, camp, fanatical

Jan 27: burn, bored, suggest (theme: nature)

Jan 25: soft, mark, march (theme: nature)

Jan 23: icky, sniff, helpful (theme: nature)

Jan 20: lamp, need, hammer

Jan 18: scrape, paint, square

Jan 16: juggle, general, lucky

Jan 13: spiffy, hair, influence

Jan 11: intend, wary, discover

Jan 9: disgust, label, even

Jan 6: ear, train, pocket

Jan 4: shelter, six, ugly

Jan 2: cross, box, prefer

December 2022

Dec 30: useful, yarn, hole (theme: winter)

Dec 28: wise, oil, peace (theme: winter)

Dec 26: exuberant, warn, nice (theme: winter)

Dec 23: plant change delicate

Dec 21: serious, talk, pleasant

Dec 19: annoy, snore, remove

Dec 16: drop, brake, tin

Dec 14: child, command, bustle

Dec 12: nation, overflow, rabbit

Dec 9: sky, range, abstract

Dec 7: floor, damage, pants

Dec 5: kettle, bolt, glue

Dec 2: absorb, cruel, hang

November 2022

Nov 30: explode, earth, fool

Nov 28: steadfast, mind, flag

Nov 25: wobble, stick, glamour (theme: honesty)

Nov 23: part, matter, spot (theme: honesty)

Nov 21: possess, devil, arrogant (theme: honesty)

Nov 18: spark, different, limit

Nov 16: swift, army, copy

Nov 14: parcel, black, oranges

Nov 11: wish, solid, subdue

Nov 9: trot, sound, dare

Nov 7: mindless, airport, crime

Nov 4: open, war, afternoon

Nov 2: object, excite, chop

October 2022

Oct 31: cobweb, bat, evil

Oct 28: space, dress, moon (theme: halloween)

Oct 26: unfasten, bait, bump (theme: halloween)

Oct 24: whole, home, pie (theme: halloween)

Oct 21: comfortable, achieve, heartbreak

Oct 19: detect, painstaking, tiny

Oct 17: scold, careless, fly

Oct 14: behavior, typical, decision

Oct 12: fill, hiss, copper

Oct 10: treatment, delirious, apologize

Oct 7: concern, plain, jumble

Oct 5: hydrant, weight, zipper

Oct 3: hesitant, fall, curve

September 2022

Sep 30: winter, thrill, sparkle (theme: power)

Sep 28: stripe, borrow, tasty (theme: power)

Sep 26: current, condition, injure (theme: power)

Sep 23: sip, trust, proud

Sep 21: fade, impolite, nod

Sep 19: shape, misery, pen

Sep 16: greet, numerous, guard

Sep 14: defective, drag, scarf

Sep 12: false, innocent, escape

Sep 9: wipe, puzzle, competent

Sep 7: roll, important, harbor

Sep 5: laugh, shock, tire

Sep 2: collect, learn, pull

August 2022

Aug 31: harm, rampant, thankful

Aug 29: five, shade, peep

Aug 26: coat, magic, sophisticated (theme: bravery)

Aug 24: fang, nonstop, scary (theme: bravery)

Aug 22: dead, desert, endure (theme: bravery)

Aug 19: lovely, rude, naive

Aug 17: crate, statue, flame

Aug 15: root, ant, quiver

Aug 12: silly, itch, adorable

Aug 10: swanky, color, boat

Aug 8: shrug, wood, bottle

Aug 5: bright, heavy, truck

Aug 3: relax, middle, sleep

Aug 1: song, mom, stove

July 2022

Jul 29: curl, tremble, safe (theme: parents)

Jul 27: magenta, silk, baby (theme: parents)

Jul 25: zoom, plastic, car (theme: parents)

Jul 22: enormous, quirk, riddle

Jul 20: cook, tooth, need

Jul 18: carve, juvenile, stranger

Jul 15: bee, dull, quick

Jul 13: house, sand, grubby

Jul 11: ring, mellow, heavy

Jul 8: depend, amuse, giddy

Jul 6: judge, program, husky

Jul 4: twig, radiate, support

Jul 1: relation, read, visit

June 2022

Jun 29: willing, crook, three

Jun 27: snake, squeal, hop

Jun 24: shame, thing, present (theme: pride)

Jun 22: confess, soft, fit (theme: pride)

Jun 20: lyric, practice, harmony (theme: pride)

Jun 17: room, cheap, brother

Jun 15: skinny, meal, cat

Jun 13: admit, trouble, harass

Jun 10: air, wealth, replace

Jun 8: year, sign, super

Jun 6: tart, honey, full

Jun 3: expensive, bathe, curtain

Jun 1: spray, jaded, wacky

May 2022

May 30: vacation, story, grin

May 27: watch, hose, accept (theme: growth)

May 25: dysfunctional, letter, continue (theme: growth)

May 23: delight, expand, health (theme: growth)

May 20: dark, bashful, ethereal

May 18: rhyme, majestic, ahead

May 16: spy, disarm, simple

May 13: ragged, special, meat

May 11: scrape, consist, price

May 9: tearful, touch, print

May 6: door, avoid, phobia

May 4: airplane, wound, yell

May 2: sneeze, breeze, freeze

April 2022

Apr 29: group, smart, unite (theme: belief)

Apr 27: type, library, brain (theme: belief)

Apr 25: buzz, conscious, hospital (theme: belief)

Apr 22: duck, puny, hall

Apr 20: beam, rot, clear

Apr 18: wait, gaze, end

Apr 15: annoy, fret, note

Apr 13: remember, dinosaur, hollow

Apr 11: lock, ajar, light

Apr 8: sofa, two, draw

Apr 6: engine, access, encourage

Apr 4: mountain, veil, bizarre

Apr 1: frighten, haircut, helpful

March 2022

Mar 30: check, pizza, decay

Mar 28: sweet, uneven, black

Mar 25: fragile, verse, roast (theme: consent)

Mar 23: caption, eye, lace (theme: consent)

Mar 21: mate, chill, makeshift (theme: consent)

Mar 18: electric, cable, firefighter

Mar 16: preserve, guard, off

Mar 14: unusual, bird, necessary

Mar 11: snatch, jump, ocean

Mar 9: advise, stone, surprise

Mar 7: zipper, responsible, spectacular

Mar 4: eminent, addicted, hate

Mar 2: precede, happen, expect

February 2022

Feb 28: flashy, vanish, marvelous

Feb 25: dazzle, admire, flippant (theme: change)

Feb 23: approve, secret, pale (theme: change)

Feb 21: stale, smoke, fang (theme: change)

Feb 18: clap, five, scare

Feb 16: argue, crack, leg

Feb 14: station, badge, chew

Feb 11: aspire, blush, pickle

Feb 9: hook, crow, treat

Feb 7: taste, distance, push

Feb 4: destruct, chicken, alarm

Feb 2: innocent, capable, wag

January 2022

Jan 31: window, live, attractive

Jan 28: aggressive, beat, bear (theme: stranded)

Jan 26: barbarian, mom, thrill (theme: stranded)

Jan 24: direction, windy, command (theme: stranded)

Jan 21: fish, godly, subdue

Jan 19: ban, crown, grain

Jan 17: arch, utopian, birth

Jan 14: clip, enter, sedate

Jan 12: thread, wine, car

Jan 10: immense, telephone, endure

Jan 7: next, dislike, need

Jan 5: keen, rabbit, cake

Jan 3: vein, cruel, squeak

December 2021

Dec 31: amused, stage, wood (theme: winter)

Dec 29: mellow, cute, gruesome (theme: winter)

Dec 27: parallel, solid, cross (theme: winter)

Dec 24: son, death, yummy

Dec 22: use, sand, drain

Dec 20: parched, poised, screech

Dec 17: wiggle, memory, apathetic

Dec 15: quiver, wary, peaceful

Dec 13: busy, stocking, disagree

Dec 10: train, notebook, flat

Dec 8: juvenile, return, learn

Dec 6: dapper, moon, sea

Dec 3: scribble, fortune, punish

Dec 1: action, brash, discreet

November 2021

Nov 29: abide, smooth, fear

Nov 26: symptom, cold, believe (theme: cozy)

Nov 24: shift, slip, beautiful (theme: cozy)

Nov 22: overjoyed, grotesque, colossal (theme: cozy)

Nov 19: clutter, space, begin

Nov 17: impolite, cook, compete

Nov 15: sparkle, limit, make

Nov 12: close, plant, border

Nov 10: energetic, coach, dash

Nov 8: store, lyric, jail

Nov 5: appear, frantic, pet

Nov 3: weight, careful, fancy

Nov 1: chief, time, grumpy

October 2021

Oct 29: river, party, dangerous (theme: halloween)

Oct 27: little, angry, furniture (theme: halloween)

Oct 25: baby, shake, snail (theme: halloween)

Oct 22: bruise, pointless, envy

Oct 20: bake, pencil, zealous

Oct 18: absent, regret, select

Oct 15: useful, earth, room

Oct 13: deliver, umbrella, comb

Oct 11: game, untidy, clammy

Oct 8: thank, structure, dinosaur

Oct 6: wound, wait, stick

Oct 4: provide, basin, bath

Oct 1: breathe, devilish, trip

September 2021

Sep 29: arm, load, behave

Sep 27: invite, mundane, brief

Sep 24: sweater, horrendous, crush (theme: softness)

Sep 22: delight, shiver, grateful (theme: softness)

Sep 20: pack, excite, large (theme: softness)

Sep 17: future, straight, rapid

Sep 15: healthy, thaw, harsh

Sep 13: distinct, worry, appliance

Sep 10: color, middle, act

Sep 8: seem, joyous, obsolete

Sep 6: anxious, extra, cellar

Sep 3: free, small, fold

Sep 1: deep, drunk, nod

August 2021

Aug 30: hollow, ten, dire

Aug 27: tree, light, therapeutic (theme: summer)

Aug 25: great, elastic, friend (theme: summer)

Aug 23: circle, grade, lunch (theme: summer)

Aug 20: sound, curve, sky

Aug 18: stove, fire, bedroom

Aug 16: voyage, previous, complex

Aug 13: nervous, cloth, gaze

Aug 11: dog, town, enchant

Aug 9: soup, over, neighbor

Aug 6: men, object, hose

Aug 4: carriage, bewildered, uttermost

Aug 2: teeny, horn, outrage

July 2021

Jul 30: read, creature, scare (theme: sleep)

Jul 28: bed, common, pretty (theme: sleep)

Jul 26: many, reach, whisper (theme: sleep)

Jul 23: bang, miniature, pie

Jul 21: book, carpenter, dinner

Jul 19: rude, legal, badge

Jul 16: report, scent, hurry

Jul 14: reject, rest, sleep

Jul 12: last, cuddly, green

Jul 9: slim, collar, embarrass

Jul 7: detect, foolish, second

Jul 5: breakable, obtain, useless

Jul 2: kneel, smile, sign

June 2021

Jun 30: bloody, blow, defeat

Jun 28: tall, mourn, gift

Jun 25: same, challenge, year (theme: pride)

Jun 23: belief, bat, faithful (theme: pride)

Jun 21: material, flap, tricky (theme: pride)

Jun 18: stage, gigantic, egg

Jun 16: haircut, crown, play

Jun 14: tow, brake, ground

Jun 11: demonic, delicious, thrill

Jun 9: save, purr, stranger

Jun 7: stomach, wreck, belong

Jun 4: motionless, night, listen

Jun 2: word, willing, curious

May 2021

May 31: dizzy, nosy, curly

May 28: high, plane, balance (theme: ambition)

May 26: rinse, boil, deserted (theme: ambition)

May 26: nap, interfere, amok (theme: ambition)

May 21: holiday, educate, daughter

May 19: wobble, mitten, stiff

May 17: pathetic, unused, irritate

May 14: view, huge, mean

May 12: child, woman, memory

May 10: unlock, pan, swim

May 7: wave, store, wool

May 5: doubt, long, term

May 3: shut, five, thin

April 2021

Apr 30: glue, squeak, jittery (theme: fear)

Apr 28: price, admit, telling (theme: fear)

Apr 26: normal, knife, giant (theme: fear)

Apr 23: groovy, rock, youthful

Apr 21: tug, canvas, care

Apr 19: hug, cake, blush

Apr 16: unknown, somber, mark

Apr 14: plastic, dusty, adamant

Apr 12: flesh, bridge, red

Apr 9: aboard, boring, wheel

Apr 7: mend, improve, skate

Apr 5: flower, bitter, show

Apr 2: sneeze, fierce, pass

March 2021

Mar 31: raspy, angry, enormous

Mar 29: room, desk, copy

Mar 26: manage, mine, hand (theme: consent)

Mar 24: quilt, abuse, subdue (theme: consent)

Mar 22: drive, type, wary (theme: consent)

Mar 19: expert, peel, complete

Mar 17: clumsy, team, entertain

Mar 15: near, regular, careful

Mar 12: science, tired, annoyed

Mar 10: coward, storm, march

Mar 8: cup, beautiful, stone

Mar 5: third, cloudy, bucket

Mar 3: cat, hilarious, irate

Mar 1: stew, thing, slow

February 2021

Feb 26: hope, page, dirty (theme: creativity)

Feb 24: vase, rob, wretched (theme: creativity)

Feb 22: art, flow, tree (theme: creativity)

Feb 19: festive, arrive, ambitious

Feb 17: include, control, magic

Feb 15: rifle, wing, bashful

Feb 12: suggest, label, jeans

Feb 10: compete, panic, over

Feb 8: minor, super, confident

Feb 5: peaceful, fairy, dark

Feb 3: magnificent, exciting, fact

Feb 1: painful, boundary, wash

January 2021

Jan 29: yarn, icicle, knee (theme: travel)

Jan 27: agree, well, off (theme: travel)

Jan 25: quick, rainstorm, talk (theme: travel)

Jan 22: scream, grandfather, wrong

Jan 20: cover, mixed, root

Jan 18: yellow, suppose, ring

Jan 15: sad, helpless, scarce

Jan 13: weak, clammy, scissors

Jan 11: week, reward, crate

Jan 8: tiny, mountain, shade

Jan 6: murder, rabbit, card

Jan 4: shiny, worry, avoid

Jan 1: callous, communicate, board

December 2020

Dec 30: mailbox, chase, letters

Dec 28: drawer, gather, death

Dec 25: wire, star, solid (theme: winter)

Dec 23: border, blink, awful (theme: winter)

Dec 21: pinch, town, jolly (theme: winter)

Dec 18: spicy, realize, repeat

Dec 16: healthy, taste, crime

Dec 14: water, fragile, obedient

Dec 11: trap, powder, tedious

Dec 9: spiteful, little, bee

Dec 7: gun, offend, adorable

Dec 4: birthday, hard, fluffy

Dec 2: jail, church, attraction

November 2020

Nov 30: cold, boil, damage

Nov 27: donkey, disaster, tomato (theme: thankfulness)

Nov 25: precious, play, smile (theme: thankfulness)

Nov 23: tense, child, tender (theme: thankfulness)

Nov 20: shape, frighten, large

Nov 18: quizzical, secretary, bump

Nov 16: wander, painstaking, growth

Nov 13: reign, party, beneficial

Nov 11: punish, snot, bare

Nov 9: compare, expensive, vegetable

Nov 6: bush, front, fetch

Nov 4: surprise, possessive, call

Nov 2: wood, slap, wet

October 2020

Oct 30: spider, wax, steam (theme: halloween)

Oct 28: tub, like, blood (theme: halloween)

Oct 26: dare, trust, spooky (theme: halloween)

Oct 23: animal, hospital, special

Oct 21: rapid, twist, drown

Oct 19: stage, cheer, fill

Oct 16: fold, melt, victorious

Oct 14: arrest, scarf, confused

Oct 12: post, hang, curve

Oct 9: polite, needy, mind

Oct 7: wobble, wail, shake

Oct 5: forget, condemned, receive

Oct 2: blush, odd, visitor

September 2020

Sep 30: flame, embarrass, tent

Sep 28: leather, sidewalk, hesitant

Sep 25: person, hideous, miss (theme: revenge)

Sep 23: sand, wiggle, alive (theme: revenge)

Sep 21: nifty, best, scent (theme: revenge)

Sep 18: trot, light, wonder

Sep 16: fearful, careful, stocking

Sep 14: scandalous, attack, phone

Sep 11: eager, wonderful, roll

Sep 9: level, store, defective

Sep 7: collect, colorful, pink

Sep 4: argument, exchange, concern

Sep 2: imperfect, succeed, repair

August 2020

Aug 31: measly, empty, flimsy

Aug 28: buzz, impulse, bow (theme: peace)

Aug 26: shy, admire, laugh (theme: peace)

Aug 24: grateful, friendly, warm (theme: peace)

Aug 21: tearful, honorable, kneel

Aug 19: quaint, gate, chicken

Aug 17: admit, slave, parched

Aug 14: ethereal, key, song

Aug 12: guess, parcel, fresh

Aug 10: charming, happen, flaky

Aug 7: lump, stick, remember

Aug 5: swift, crash, courageous

Aug 3: scale, steep, mighty

July 2020

Jul 31: women, crooked, fire (theme: tradition)

Jul 29: married, replace, decision (theme: tradition)

Jul 27: sulk, pie, pan (theme: tradition)

Jul 24: drum, connection, north

Jul 22: road, foamy, agreeable

Jul 20: festive, quirky, return

Jul 17: somber, coat, dock

Jul 15: deadpan, contain, unsuitable

Jul 13: horrible, high, cry

Jul 10: seashore, harmony, faded

Jul 8: finger, abusive, robot

Jul 6: save, touch, snake

Jul 3: scarce, found, whisper

Jul 1: deafening, grin, quiet

June 2020

Jun 29: tug, tin, quill

Jun 26: parade, park, arch (theme: pride)

Jun 24: accountant, artist, kidnap (theme: pride)

Jun 22: cheat, plot, establish (theme: pride)

Jun 19: vacuum, earth, extraterrestrial

Jun 17: quarter, owner, stock

Jun 15: slice, greet, dine

Jun 12: glass, floor, betray

Jun 10: strike, club, communication

Jun 8: host, date, cancel

Jun 5: chain, problem, strap

Jun 3: ordinary, classroom, haunt

Jun 1: witch, sunshine, trial

May 2020

May 29: budge, summer, eyebrow (theme: strangers)

May 27: attic, cruel, listen (theme: strangers)

May 25: flower, fairy, gown (theme: strangers)

May 22: captivate, vision, home

May 20: pattern, fox, splurge

May 18: elaborate, retreat, rain

May 15: wrestle, possible, hard

May 13: area, useful, decay

May 11: blank, bedroom, silver

May 8: yelp, yip, yeti

May 6: pen, pot, pet

May 4: storm, star, ship

May 1: hero, harmful, heart

April 2020

Apr 29: angel, sailor, dinner

Apr 27: grandmother, wisecrack, button

Apr 24: detective, chaos, unaware (theme: isolation)

Apr 22: flu, treat, release (theme: isolation)

Apr 20: prisoner, ask, late (theme: isolation)

Apr 17: soul, fee, past

Apr 15: clinic, needle, sheet

Apr 13: name, tear, swallow

Apr 10: recover, tournament, lover

Apr 8: quit, routine, sensation

Apr 6: fog, brilliance, exotic

Apr 3: desire, publish, coma

Apr 1: dress, grand, object

March 2020

Mar 30: calendar, troop, feel

Mar 27: comfort, embrace, pace (theme: consent)

Mar 25: stroll, corner, palace (theme: consent)

Mar 23: reflection, permission, incredible (theme: consent)

Mar 20: fever, alarm, harvest

Mar 18: body, helmet, material

Mar 16: plant, part, grimace

Mar 13: cabin, axe, drown

Mar 11: feed, race, mistreat

Mar 9: humor, freeze, combine

Mar 6: account, good, vague

Mar 4: confession, burst, fantasy

Mar 2: appearance, thanks, rob

February 2020

Feb 28: urgency, unfortunate, half (theme: survival)

Feb 26: battlefield, enjoy, sword (theme: survival)

Feb 24: color, leader, mature (theme: survival)

Feb 21: row, need, place

Feb 19: flat, deadly, stream

Feb 17: bathtub, heaven, disaster

Feb 14: stumble, aspect, love

Feb 12: house, mirror, stir

Feb 10: distance, firefighter, shadow

Feb 7: case, sign, book

Feb 5: fur, slump, lost

Feb 3: familiar, hope, pony

January 2020

Jan 31: approach, pat, dangerous (theme: supernatural)

Jan 29: damn, observation, dragon (theme: supernatural)

Jan 27: path, blood, speed (theme: supernatural)

Jan 24: thick, hunt, problem

Jan 22: veil, horn, real

Jan 20: swarm, curve, warn

Jan 17: arrow, raw, rest

Jan 15: disappointment, effort, scramble

Jan 13: syndrome, yearn, language

Jan 10: conflict, charity, turn

Jan 8: level, regret, quest

Jan 6: fall, see, moon

Jan 3: scene, mother, season

Jan 1: spit, lemon, winner

December 2019

Dec 30: begin, choice, sun

Dec 27: help, chocolate, hand (theme: winter)

Dec 25: wing, light, horror (theme: winter)

Dec 23: branch, berry, string (theme: winter)

Dec 20: youth, block, reproduce

Dec 18: bow, air, visible

Dec 16: ex, mar, shower

Dec 13: camp, crystal, lake

Dec 11: cane, jury, wrong

Dec 9: abnormal, rock, gap

Dec 6: history, shot, maid

Dec 4: disclose, shame, portrait

Dec 2: shop, presentation, notebook

November 2019

Nov 29: walk, demand, core (theme: heroism)

Nov 27: fist, tooth, lesson (theme: herosim)

Nov 25: brown, perfect, roof (theme: heroism)

Nov 22: pigeon, staircase, difference

Nov 20: column, explode, wound

Nov 18: respectable, remark, jealous

Nov 15: enhance, crew, embark

Nov 13: penny, bucket, infinite

Nov 11: set, adoption, spare

Nov 8: load, quality, fruit

Nov 6: romantic, tease, say

Nov 4: poem, baseball, report

Nov 1: bolt, venture, elaborate

October 2019

Oct 30: eternal, push, seek

Oct 28: chain, cage, gold

Oct 25: beast, enchant, moonlight (theme: halloween)

Oct 23: boot, troll, thread (theme: halloween)

Oct 21: wedding, carriage, behead (theme: halloween)

Oct 18: detect, dignity, shortage

Oct 16: tumble, top, throne

Oct 14: sweater, locate, soft

Oct 11: origin, speculate, soup

Oct 9: deep, pudding, nonsense

Oct 7: blue, carpet, declaration

Oct 4: hypnotize, owner, kitchen

Oct 2: ally, surround, glance

September 2019

Sep 30: can, steak, mine

Sep 27: bless, main, chance (theme: children)

Sep 25: flag, emotion, novel (theme: children)

Sep 23: flour, wash, beard (theme: children)

Sep 20: kid, broken, design

Sep 18: wriggle, favor, passive

Sep 16: society, truck, attack

Sep 13: herd, alcohol, medicine

Sep 11: grind, decline, tight

Sep 9: meat, supply, inn

Sep 6: chew, pepper, nut

Sep 4: law, forbid, denial

Sep 2: motivation, transaction, exception

August 2019

Aug 30: paint, poison, purpose (theme: war)

Aug 28: escape, neighborhood, range (theme: war)

Aug 26: grief, sustain, soldier (theme: war)

Aug 23: issue, image, last

Aug 21: city, survival, restaurant

Aug 19: peace, nature, temporary

Aug 16: peak, predator, plain

Aug 14: dawn, stay, mud

Aug 12: mosaic, hike, show

Aug 9: asylum, aunt, inhabitant

Aug 7: vein, spell, chorus

Aug 5: talented, burst, part

Aug 2: metal, fill, ash

July 2019

Jul 31: answer, cake, agenda

Jul 29: arrange, line, include

Jul 26: suffering, fault, rank (theme: dreams)

Jul 24: smart, wear, white (theme: dreams)

Jul 22: hold, snuggle, warm (theme: dreams)

Jul 19: engagement, expectation, establish

Jul 17: ensure, land, view

Jul 15: crowd, beg, frighten

Jul 12: baby, desert, garbage

Jul 10: protect, half, reason

Jul 8: fitness, hell, fan

Jul 5: captivate, absorb, ton

Jul 3: cope, battle, rub

Jul 1: circulation, brain, hour

June 2019

Jun 28: guest, collect, enemy (theme: pride)

Jun 26: wild, upset, talk (theme: pride)

Jun 24: launch, still, open (theme: pride)

Jun 21: tissue, sit, clothes

Jun 19: onion, video, cater

Jun 17: noise, slow, need

Jun 14: day, exercise, small

Jun 12: prey, pool, mind

Jun 10: complain, charity, translate

Jun 7: pastel, state, version

Jun 5: drink, power, delay

Jun 3: bond, catch, animal

May 2019

May 31: swing, change, self (theme: death)

May 29: jacket, bench, celebration (theme: death)

May 27: stem, anniversary, darling (theme: death)

May 24: lover, double, out

May 22: name, past, cash

May 20: domestic, tidy, trouble

May 17: deal, tick, feather

May 15: quest, hall, nest

May 13: act, freckle, swallow

May 10: slice, rage, rainbow

May 8: cut, sail, record

May 6: leave, quit, lay

May 3: rebel, force, space

May 1: jaw, leaf, sunshine

April 2019

Apr 29: tired, recover, restrain

Apr 26: positive, sense, show (theme: kindness)

Apr 24: pride, neck, help (theme: kindness)

Apr 22: praise, fate, roll (theme: kindness)

Apr 19: barrier, glimpse, reserve

Apr 17: room, security, elbow

Apr 15: drift, wonder, horizon

Apr 12: tense, gear, coffee

Apr 10: sheep, summer, difficult

Apr 8: partner, work, brink

Apr 5: sign, basket, water

Apr 3: rest, weak, movie

Apr 1: sort, kind, class

March 2019

Mar 29: ball, helpless, moment (theme: consent)

Mar 27: other, whimper, forest (theme: consent)

Mar 25: relax, twist, kill (theme: consent)

Mar 22: slippery, flash, dribble

Mar 20: scream, cell, infect

Mar 18: move, introduce, black

Mar 15: study, squash, try

Mar 13: bathtub, place, matter

Mar 11: candle, horror, faithful

Mar 8: driver, journal, bear

Mar 6: romantic, alive, first

Mar 4: stick, spin, frozen

Mar 1: share, truth, house

February 2019

Feb 27: break, down, pause

Feb 25: cart, reach, rib

Feb 22: wrist, slump, polish (theme: fire)

Feb 20: post, palm, clash (theme: fire)

Feb 18: safe, get, slap (theme: fire)

Feb 15: angst, roommate, slash

Feb 13: harm, feign, thigh

Feb 11: dirty, sword, heal

Feb 8: right, beam, feel

Feb 6: fog, gun, deserve

Feb 4: threaten, brave, swap

Feb 1: doubt, choose, gain

January 2019

Jan 30: cupboard, fall, slam

Jan 28: lead, silver, tap

Jan 25: minute, proposal, flush (theme: food)

Jan 23: confusion, plead, shout (theme: food)

Jan 21: save, green, panic (theme: food)

Jan 18: loose, shelter, trace

Jan 16: draw, pluck, red

Jan 14: bend, scratch, pure

Jan 11: claim, drag, disaster

Jan 9: edge, normal, shame

Jan 7: tempt, bloody, credit

Jan 4: coal, large, thin

Jan 2: voice, camera, pretty

December 2018

Dec 31: medium, comfortable, fantasy

Dec 28: hurl, weapon, pull (theme: winter)

Dec 26: dish, knock, back (theme: winter)

Dec 24: cup, deliver, hope (theme: winter)

Dec 21: ankle, leg, appear

Dec 19: needle, tree, topple

Dec 16: deck, grave, flow

Dec 14: choke, miserable, cafe

Dec 12: staff, follow, anxiety

Dec 10: dance, crime, firefighter

Dec 7: iron, shadow, urgency

Dec 5: golden, oak, stumble

Dec 3: earthquake, budge, root

November 2018

Nov 30: aware, satisfied, offend (theme: competence)

Nov 28: vampire, west, sausage (theme: competence)

Nov 26: loss, pillow, wrap (theme: competence)

Nov 23: wing, hand, definite

Nov 21: lazy, spread, wave

Nov 19: agree, snow, way

Nov 16: jam, suitcase, rough

Nov 14: gesture, tie, step

Nov 12: sharp, throat, bruise

Nov 9: cage, comfort, glare

Nov 7: stuff, hostile, fuss

Nov 5: soul, dressing, see

Nov 2: fang, species, bat

October 2018

Oct 31: carve, candy, cemetery

Oct 29: love, heart, husband

Oct 26: loud, guess, bread (theme: halloween)

Oct 24: standard, color, private (theme: halloween)

Oct 22: hero, say, freeze (theme: halloween)

Oct 19: nap, flower, swim

Oct 17: eye, moon, beat

Oct 15: trust, sweet, wake

Oct 12: map, ditch, thunder

Oct 10: due, fade, password

Oct 8: pole, jungle, warrant

Oct 5: knit, tender, kiss

Oct 3: print, anger, middle

Oct 1: snail, deer, dash

September 2018

Sep 28: snarl, fast, overwhelm (theme: choices)

Sep 26: term, crash, hurt (theme: choices)

Sep 24: owl, tell, bury (theme: choices)

Sep 21: bow, good, honest

Sep 19: tactic, revenge, witch

Sep 17: inappropriate, countryside, cattle

Sep 14: cotton, bee, hay

Sep 12: fur, arm, tape

Sep 10: Monday, murder, redo

Sep 07: mark, sniff, forget

Sep 05: mole, quiet, whisper

Sep 03: kit, free, prince

August 2018

Aug 31: sugar, alley, heat (theme: loyalty)

Aug 29: defend, wound, fit (theme: loyalty)

Aug 27: patient, crouch, dark (theme: loyalty)

Aug 24: clinic, guitar, pyramid

Aug 22: brag, handy, dinner

Aug 20: spite, spend, Sunday

Aug 17: proud, leader, retain

Aug 15: pack, polite, keep

Aug 13: door, well, strong

Aug 10: unicorn, belly, moment

Aug 8: guilt, mislead, horrible

Aug 6: halt, disaster, height

Aug 3: hook, credibility, pumpkin

Aug 1: bottle, massage, snuggle

July 2018

Jul 30: pain, cucumber, snatch

Jul 27: fox, river, bird (theme: pride)

Jul 25: method, fold, answer (theme: pride)

Jul 23: jewel, stroll, necklace (theme: pride)

Jul 20: waist, treat, admire

Jul 18: finger, glasses, apple

Jul 16: monster, take, date

Jul 13: lake, ground, walk

Jul 11: straight, letter, breakfast

Jul 9: snack, smile, marriage

Jul 6: discuss, wait, fade

Jul 4: admire, landscape, pleasant

Jul 2: ward, thank, log

June 2018

Jun 29: oppose, dragon, transition (theme: magic)

Jun 27: withdraw, touch, hover (theme: magic)

Jun 25: beard, linger, rain (theme: magic)

Jun 22: sunrise, convulsion, coma

Jun 20: clean, winter, bark

Jun 18: agony, harmful, presence

Jun 15: pressure, giant, depend

Jun 13: package, brand, hunter

Jun 11: bacon, breeze, salt

Jun 8: shake, new, tent

Jun 6: sip, fresh, eat

Jun 4: haircut, concentration, awful

Jun 1: rabbit, chase, yearn

May 2018

May 30: explain, trouble, dog

May 28: transparent, area, smell

May 25: rifle, punch, acid (theme: anger)

May 23: scrap, whole, hard (theme: anger)

May 21: perform, wing, arrow (theme: anger)

May 18: understand, neighbor, park

May 16: terrify, mistreat, lost

May 14: sun, writer, practical

May 11: approval, snuggle, continuous

May 9: emotion, roar, damage

May 7: hostage, killer, failure

May 4: stomach, frown, midnight

May 2: treaty, imagine, angel

April 2018

Apr 30: twitch, spill, chop

Apr 27: skate, greeting, voucher (theme: family)

Apr 25: reveal, replace, feeling (theme: family)

Apr 23: wolf, conversation, grateful (theme: family)

Apr 20: royalty, warm, voice

Apr 18: update, goat, office

Apr 16: fool, hilarious, master

Apr 13: snap, beach, waste

Apr 11: cry, overlook, care

Apr 9: cheap, block, allow

Apr 6: genuine, floor, grip

Apr 4: wrong, pleasure, dictionary

Apr 2: extreme, kitchen, night

March 2018

Mar 30: lazy, possible, pillow (theme: consent)

Mar 28: struggle, accompany, relieve (theme: consent)

Mar 26: body, pleasant, fun (theme: consent)

Mar 23: shy, tease, funny

Mar 21: head, fragrant, cabin

Mar 19: sale, gesture, tempt

Mar 16: evening, amuse, realize

Mar 14: soak, poor, ring

Mar 12: flood, defend, stunning

Mar 9: want, surgeon, sister

Mar 7: differ, deteriorate, duck

Mar 5: groan, weigh, cable

Mar 2: fine, aquarium, chin

February 2018

Feb 28: rear, dump, pleasant

Feb 26: die, adventure, scrape

Feb 23: collar, indication, acceptance

Feb 21: embrace, mouse, branch

Feb 19: fence, scramble, velvet

Feb 16: climb, praise, sigh

Feb 14: whisper, sap, heart

Feb 12: lick, visible, bleed

Feb 9: shoulder, hang, bake

Feb 7: brave, gift, friendly

Feb 5: birthday, cheese, bless

Feb 2: bitter, throw, literature

January 2018

Jan 31: galaxy, wolf, struggle

Jan 29: horse, frame, book

#linked post #challenges #not a drabble

[moonkissedmeli]

Artemis [Greek, Olympian]

A page from my grimoire.

Goddess of: the Wild Mountains, the Crescent Moon, Girls, Childbirth & Midwifery, Weaving, & the Hunt.

Zodiac sign: Taurus; her birthday is May 6th

Planet: The moon, specifically the crescent moon

Lineage: Daughter of Zeus & Leto & sister of Apollo.

Primary cult centres: Brauron, Delos, Ephesos, & Sparta

Artemis is one of the most ancient deities in the Greek Olympian pantheon. Her name is of an unknown etymology & her origin rests in earlier, pre-Greek mythology.

Artemis was the Goddess who looked after young girls. The Arkteia, young girls who imitate she-bears, are protected by Artemis and eventually offer their childhood to her when they move into motherhood.

Artemis is the lion among women. She can spare their lives in childbirth, or she could take it away. The clothes of women who died in childbirth were left as offerings, much like the hunter would leave a pelt for the Goddess when he had a successful hunt. Likewise, when women had successful childbirth without much pain, they would consider this the work of Artemis & leave blankets for the Goddess. She assisted her mother, Leto, painlessly birth Apollo, Artemis’s twin brother.

Artemis is a virgin & is the only Greek Goddess to wear a short tunic, symbolic of her perpetual maidenhood & almost boyishness. However, she is a virgin by choice - representative of her fierce independence & autonomy. In fact, some say Artemis was the only Goddess to never be kidnapped or raped.

She has 20 Amnisides Nymphs as her handmaidens & 60 daughters of Okeanos, all aged 9 in her choir. She chose these as part of 12 wishes granted to her by her father. All of her companions remained virgins.

Artemis had various men interested in her & this never worked out well for the men. The river god Alpheus, Bouphagos, Siproites, Actaeon, Orion, &The Aloadaes are among the men that have loved or wanted her. These men often threatened her with rape or kidnapping. However, she was afraid of none of them & usually killed them, had them killed by animals, or turned them into animals. Sometimes it was some combination of the three.

Artemis can teach us wildness, independence, and a love of nature. She protects women, children, and anyone who exhibits exceptional self-sufficiency or who defies cultural gender roles. As a goddess of transitions, she helps us pass from one state to another. As a bringer of light, she can illuminate our lives and help us find our way.

In ancient Greece, cities prayed to Artemis before battle when the situation was a matter of life and death. When the options were to be victorious or be destroyed, they prayed to Artemis for survival. When they won, they would sacrifice in excess to her. Artemis can help us face whatever life throws at us. She teaches us how to adapt, survive, and never just be the sum of others' expectations.

Festivals & Worship

The 6th day of each month is sacred to Artemis.

Artemisia: Modern festival of Artemis where anything goes, celebrating freedom & modern inspiration. Celebrated on June 6th.

Elaphebolia: festival held in Athens & Phocis during Elaphenolion [March-April]. Modern Hellenistic practitioners observe Elaphebolia as a holiday which falls on the sixth day of that month. [March 1st in 2020]. Cakes made from flour, honey, & sesame in the shape of stages were offered to the goddess.

Mounikhia: 16th of the month of Mounichion of the Athenian calendar. Was created to commemorate the victory of the Greek fleet over the Persians at Salamis. Cakes w/ candles were offered to the goddess & young girls dressed up as bears.

Kharisteria: Festival of Artemis at Athens to thank her for their survival of the Persian assault at Marathon. Celebrated on 6 Boedromion [September/October].

Mounykhia: 16 Mounkyhion [April/May]. Festival to Artemis as a light bringer.

Brauronia: Festival to Artemis at Brauron & an initiation festival for young girls.  At this festival, girls & maidens dance in their bear masks w/ phallus' strapped to them. The dance was slow & solemn as it was meant to imitate bears. Baskets of figs were also carried. The earliest participants actually wore bear skins; however, they were switched to Krokoton dresses. The dresses were short, saffron-yellow chiton, at the end of the festival they shed their dresses to symbolize maturation. Offerings found here are many, but include spindles, spindle whorls, loom weights, epinetra, textiles, & garments. Celebrated every 4 years.

Thargelia 6-7: May 6, which is the birthday of Artemis & Apollo.

Symbols

All animals, as she is the mother of all animals. Particularly, deer/stag, bear, goat, boar, buteo hawk, dog, horse, fresh water fish & ground dwelling birds.

Bow, arrows, & torch.

The crescent moon.

Colors: silver, white, red, green, turquiose

Offerings

Cypress, asphodel, amaranth, palm tree, mug wort, birch, wildflowers, female goat [drawing/toy/etc; I don’t really condone giving an actual goat, lol], toys from girls before their wedding, clothing [from women], garlands, statuettes of soldiers, clay masks [bear, rites of passage], moonstone, frankincense, fruit, music & dance, work & tasks, honey, port, incense [woodsy]  game meat, & pelts.

Crystals

Moonstone, pearl, clear quartz, silver, turquoise, emerald & diamond.

How to Worship

Offerings, caring for the natural world & animals.

Support women's and all gender equality, supporting LGBTQ+, and trans rights and equality.

Spending time in nature.

Show gratitude to the natural world & its gifts, including using natural resources in witchcraft if you practice or any other creative hobby you may have.

Work, any kind of work. Dedicate it to Artemis. Create her things to offer her.

Knitting, sewing, crocheting, etc. Artemis as one of the goddesses of weaving so you can dedicate anything you make to her. Likewise, you can use knot magic with her.

Epithets

Agreia/ Agrotera – Of the Wild, Huntress

Brauronia – Of Brauron, Caretaker of Girls

Delia – Of Delos

Hegemone – Leader, Ruler

Karytis – Of the Walnut Tree

Keladeine – Noisy or Sounding

Kynthia – Of Kynthos

Leukophryne – White Brow

Limenia – Protector of Harbors

Limnatis – Of the Marsh

Lokheia – Protector of Women in Childbirth

Mounykhia – From Mounykhia

Parthenos – Virgin

Phoebe – Light Bringing

Phosphoros – Bringing Light, Shinning

Potnia Theron – Mistress of Animals

Soteira – Savior

Sources

“The Myth of the Goddess: Evolution of an Image” Anne Baring and Jules Cashford

“The Oxford Classic Dictionary” Simon Hornblower

“Encyclopedia of Greek and Roman Mythology“ Lucas Roman

“Artemis” Theoi.com

“Artemis” Wikipedia

“Artemis” Britannica

#hellenism #artemis #hellenic #artemis devotion #dieties #witchcraft #goddess #worship #grimoirepage #melitta

[petite-madame]

Petite-Madame’s Avengers Food Calendar - December 2020: Wanda Maximoff

I’m working on a new project, an “Avengers + Food” calendar. Once a month,  I’ll post a page of the calendar (one Avenger = one month). You won’t  have everybody because there’s just 12 months and there are a lot of  characters now but I hope you’ll still enjoy it. ♥

January: Peter Parker * February: Tony Stark * March: Bucky Barnes* April: Natasha Romanoff * May: Sam Wilson * June: Clint Barton * July: Steve Rogers * August: Scott Lang * September: Thor Odinson * October: Stephen Strange * November: Bruce Banner *

#wanda maximoff #Elizabeth Olsen #wanda vision #scarlet witch #food #avengers x food calendar #myart

[jo-washere]

every monthly calendar setup I’ve tried in my bullet journal !

I’ve decided I want to make some posts focusing on how I started in my bullet journal and how I got to where I am now, and the essential monthly calendar seems like a good starting point! Keep reading to see 10 different months out of my journals and how my layout developed to what I use now :)

May 2020, the first full month I bujoed and the first ever calendar I made. I didn’t get much use out of it because nothing happened in 2020. I don’t like how this spread looks really and I abandoned this layout after June 2020, but I have been considering going back to a full page calendar grid like this. 

In July and August 2020, I tried out this wheel type spread. I like how this page turned out and the calendar worked just fine, but it’s not really my thing anymore. 

In September 2020 I kept the wheel but made it two pages. I didn’t like this page because there was too much blank space and it felt very plain and wasteful. Also, you can tell this journal got some use by the split in the middle lol.

October 2020 is when I struck gold because this is basically the monthly spread I used for the entire next year. Even now my monthly calendar came from this idea. You can see I put birthdays on the calendar and everything else in the appropriate dated box on the right. Later this evolved to not have anything on the mini calendar. 

February 2021 I clearly did not want to spend time setting up my calendar and I came up with this condensed but still practical version. In March, I went back to my original 2 page spread like October’s. 

However March was the end of 2-page monthly spreads because my April and May 2021 calendars looked like this. I condensed the date boxes to fit into 3 columns below the mini calendar. 

In June and July, I did the same basic layout but with both months on one page. Since I don’t have school in those months, I combined them into 2-month spreads for the calendars and habit trackers. 

Last September is when I came up with the ideal right side page for this school year. There is a lot of blank space, but it’s there if I need it to plan. Also, I made a space for future events (this is when I realized I needed a future log). 

Once again in October I found a favorite layout. It’s basically the same thing as before but with boxes for weeks instead of days. It’s much less cluttered and easier to read when I’m transferring things from my calendar to my weekly spreads. 

For December and this month, I did a 1x1 instead of 2x2 calendar and gave myself a little more space in the week boxes, but that’s the only change. Now that I’m in my new journal I have a future log, so I got rid of the “future events” section for now. 

And that’s all the progress my monthlies have made! It’s cool to look back on things like this and see all the ways I’ve experimented. I will be making a series of posts like this, and I’ll eventually have a masterpost coming as well! Thanks for reading :)

#bullet journal #calendar #studyblr #discbound #bujo #planner

[ashtaarot]

Global Economy on Brink of Collapse, Everyone but Bankers are Screwed.

There’s a News Blackout on the Fed’s Naming of the Banks that Got Its Emergency Repo Loans; Some Journalists Appear to Be Under Gag Orders

https://woodlandreport.com/2022/01/theres-a-news-blackout-on-the-feds-naming-of-the-banks-that-got-its-emergency-repo-loans-some-journalists-appear-to-be-under-gag-orders/

Four days ago, the Federal Reserve released the names of the banks that had received $4.5 trillion in cumulative loans in the last quarter of 2019 under its emergency repo loan operations for a liquidity crisis that has yet to be credibly explained. Among the largest borrowers were JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, three of the Wall Street banks that were at the center of the subprime and derivatives crisis in 2008 that brought down the U.S. economy. That’s blockbuster news. But as of 7 a.m. this morning, not one major business media outlet has reported the details of the Fed’s big reveal.

On September 17, 2019, the Fed began making trillions of dollars a month in emergency repo loans to 24 trading houses on Wall Street. The Fed released on a daily basis the dollar amounts it was loaning, but withheld the names of the specific banks and how much they had borrowed. This made it impossible for the public to see which Wall Street firms were experiencing the most severe credit crisis.

It was the first time the Fed had intervened in the repo market since the 2008 financial crash – the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. The COVID-19 crisis remained months away. The first reported case of COVID-19 in the U.S. was not reported by the CDC until January 20, 2020 and the World Health Organization did not declare a pandemic until March 11, 2020.

The dollar amounts of the Fed’s repo loans grew to staggering levels. On October 24, 2019, we reported the following:

”The New York Fed will now be lavishing up to $120 billion a day in cheap overnight loans to Wall Street securities trading firms, a daily increase of $45 billion from its previously announced $75 billion a day. In addition, it is increasing its 14-day term loans to Wall Street, a program which also came out of the blue in September, to $45 billion. Those term loans since September have been occurring twice a week, meaning another $90 billion a week will be offered, bringing the total weekly offering to an astounding $690 billion. It should be noted that if the same Wall Street firms are getting these loans continuously rolled over, they are effectively permanent loans. (That’s exactly what happened during the 2007-2010 Wall Street collapse: some teetering Wall Street casinos received, individually, $2 trillion in cumulative loans that were rolled over for two and one-half years – without the authorization or even awareness of Congress or the American people. One bank, Citigroup, received over $2.5 trillion in Fed loans, much of them at an interest rate below 1 percent, at a time when it was insolvent and couldn’t have obtained loans in the open market at even high double-digit interest rates.)”

Under the Dodd-Frank financial reform legislation of 2010, the Fed was legally required to release the names of the banks and the amounts they borrowed “on the last day of the eighth calendar quarter following the calendar quarter in which the covered transaction was conducted.” The New York Fed released the information for the third quarter of 2019 last Thursday, a day earlier than required. We reported on it the following day.

Those Fed revelations, that had been withheld from the American people for two years, should have made front page headlines in newspapers and on the digital front pages of every major business news outlet. Instead, there was a universal news blackout of the story at the largest business news outlets, including: Bloomberg News, the Wall Street Journal, the business section of the New York Times, the Financial Times, Dow Jones’ MarketWatch, and Reuters.

Could this critically important story have simply slipped by all of the dozens of investigative reporters and Fed watchers at these news outlets? Absolutely not. The Fed was required to release its repo loan data and names of the banks for the span of September 17 through September 30, 2019 at the end of the third quarter of this year. We reported on what that information revealed on October 13. Because we were similarly stunned by the news blackout on that Fed release, out of courtesy we sent our story to the reporters covering the Fed for the major news outlets. Our article alerted each of these reporters that a much larger data release from the Fed, for the full fourth quarter of 2019, would be released on or about December 31. The data was posted at the New York Fed sometime before 1:23 p.m. ET last Thursday.

A The most puzzling part of this news blackout is that the majority of the reporters who covered this Fed story at the time it was happening in 2019, are still employed at the same news outlets. We emailed a number of them and asked why they were not covering this important story. Silence prevailed. We then emailed the media relations contacts for the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Financial Times and the Washington Post, inquiring as to why there was a news blackout on this story. Again, silence.

Next, we emailed a number of reporters who had covered this story in 2019 but were no longer employed at a major news outlet. We asked their opinion on what could explain this bizarre news blackout on such a major financial story. We received emails praising our reporting but advising that they “can’t comment.”

The phrase “can’t comment” as opposed to “don’t wish to comment” raised a major alarm bell. Wall Street megabanks are notorious for demanding that their staff sign non-disclosure agreements and non-disparagement agreements in order to get severance pay and other benefits when they are terminated. Are the newsrooms covering Wall Street megabanks now demanding similar gag orders from journalists? If they are, we’re looking at a form of corporate tyranny previously unseen in America.

The history of Bloomberg News came to mind. That news outlet had previously come under fire for spiking stories that may have been counter to the business interests of its billionaire owner Michael Bloomberg, who derives his billions of wealth from leasing the Bloomberg data terminal to Wall Street’s trading floors around the world.

On March 11, 2016, Matt Winkler, Editor-in-Chief-Emeritus at Bloomberg, wrote a sycophantic piece titled “Stop Bashing Wall Street. Times Have Changed.” Winkler wrote a fantasy view of where things stood at the time:

”One of the reasons the American economy is performing better than any of the largest in Asia and Europe is that its regulators have repaired the damage of the financial crisis and the worst recession since the Great Depression. Led by the Federal Reserve, they replaced incentives for reckless speculation with catalysts for old-fashioned credit creation backed by levels of capital that are unprecedented in modern times.”

Winkler’s column was an egregious coverup of the “reckless speculation” that continued on steroids on Wall Street. The megabanks were trading their own stock in their own dark pools – which continues to this day. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency would report that as of March 31, 2016, just four banks held 91 percent of $192.9 trillion in notional derivatives held by all banks and savings associations in the U.S. Those four banks were JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup’s Citibank (which blew itself up with derivatives in 2008), Goldman Sachs Bank USA, and Bank of America – the same banks that were taking giant sums from the Fed’s emergency repo loan facility in 2019.

Also in 2016, Michael Bloomberg showed very poor judgement in co-authoring an OpEd with Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase, a man who should have been the target of investigative reporting by Bloomberg journalists for an unprecedented crime spree at his bank.

In 2015 Politico’s Luke O’Brien deeply reported the details of a Bloomberg News article that was critical on China and appeared to have been spiked to preserve business sales of the Bloomberg terminal in that country.

#banks #economic collapse #debt ceiling #us government #bailout #covid

[filmnoirfoundation]

ASK EDDIE Returns This Thursday!

ASK EDDIE livestreams this Thursday, September 30, 7:00 PM PT on our Facebook page. FNF prez Eddie Muller responds to film noir fan questions fielded by the Foundation's Director of Communications Anne Hockens.  In this edition, we discuss the differences between L.A. and San Francisco set noir, British noir, and silent film stars who made the jump to film noir, as well as chat about the noir fiction we’ve being reading and give our recommendations for noir related biographies. Plus, Eddie talks about the upcoming NOIR CITY DC, our first in person film festival since March 2020. On the cat front, Charlotte is back and as sassy as ever.

Can’t make it? A recording will be up on YouTube the next day, Friday, October 1.

For your calendars — our first October episode will stream on Thursday, October 14, 7:00 pm PT on our Facebook page and will be on YouTube on October 15. The second and third October episodes will stream at 7:00 PM on Facebook on Thursday, October 21 and 28. The episodes will be on YouTube, on Friday, October 22 and 29.

Want your question answered? We solicit questions from our email subscribers in our monthly newsletters. Sign up for free here. 

#eddie muller #anne hockens #film restoration film noir #neo-noir #brit noir #livestream #Q&A #book recomendation

[fire-siblings-week]

Fire Siblings Week 2020!

Hi! Welcome to Fire Siblings Week, a weeklong event from October 19-25, 2020 dedicated to creating fanworks centered around Zuko, Azula, and their sibling relationship. Zuko and Azula are our favorite ATLA characters and we were really inspired by @azulaweek and @water-siblings-week to make this event. We coordinated with @water-siblings-week to stagger out deadlines so there will be plenty of time for creators to participate in both events! 

We’re also running this event on twitter @fire_siblings.

Timeline (see the more detailed schedule here): 

July 23 - August 31 - send us prompts via askbox, DM, twitter or CuriousCat! 

September 1 - September 14 - voting!

September 15 - prompts announced! 

October 19 - October 25 - submissions week! 

October 26 - make-up day!

Please read through the rules and check out our calendar/timeline. 

If you have any questions, shoot us an ask or DM us. Answered questions will be listed on a FAQ page.  

Thanks for reading and we're really excited to see what you guys will create! All mediums are welcome! (fic, fanart, podfic, edits, filks, cosplay, etc.). 

Your mods, @oceantail-oceantail (celia) & @unseelie-siren (zyr)

#azula #zuko #fire nation #atla #avatar the last airbender #fandom event #fanfic #fanart #podfic #edits #gifs #filks #cosplay #prompt week #atla fandom #avatar fanart #avatar fanfic #info/about #mod posts

[astroboyart]

The Osamu Tezuka Calendar 2021 is up for sale!

There are two separate listings for the calendar: the first is September 19, 2020 and the second is October 3, 2020. It is unknown what the differences are between the two listings.

Shown is the cover art, the July page featuring artwork of Unico characters, and the November page featuring artwork of Princess Knight characters.

All of the calendar artwork can be viewed on the official Osamu Tezuka website:

https://tezukaosamu.net/jp/mushi/entry/25421.html

#Osamu Tezuka #Unico #Princess Knight #Ribon no Kishi #Astro Boy #Ambassador Magma #Marvelous Melmo #Son Goku the Monkey #The Three-Eyed One #Rainbow Parakeet #Dororo #Kimba the White Lion #Jungle Emperor #Bukkira no Yoroshiku #Tezuka's Black Jack

[yyh-bigbang]

Writer Sign-Ups Open September 1st!!!

Hey guys!! Welcome to the “official” blog for the 2020 Yu Yu Hakusho Big Bang! 

We’d like to use our first post on this blog to inform everyone about the first big date on the calendar, that being Writer Sign-Ups, which will begin September 1st and run until October 10th. The link to the form will be posted here on the 1st. 

Artist sign-ups will begin shortly after writer sign-ups close, with sign-ups opening October 12th and going until November 5th. 

For a full list of dates please see our Schedule. Also, be sure to check out our FAQ and Rules pages. 

Askbox is open to any and all questions, comments, and concerns. Mod Lola ( @lola1b ) & Mod Jilly ( @mazokutattoo ) will be available to answer any questions, so feel free to shoot them a message here on Tumblr if need be. Mods can also be reached via [email protected] 

#yyh big bang #yu yu hakusho #yyh

[rz-jocelyn]

[NEWS UPDATE] Musical Touken Ranbu: The DMM Live Streams for the "Musical Touken Ranbu ~Bakumatsu Tenrouden~ 2020" are Now Available

NOTE: Although all the performances will be live streamed, only the final performance will include a live stream, a re-broadcast of the live stream and a delay stream.

Please find the information about the streams and how to purchase them below the cut. 

FINAL PERFORMANCE

Date: November 23, 2020

Time: 18.30 (Japan time)

Stream Package Contents

Live stream: November 23, 2020

Re-broadcast of the live stream: 20.00 (Japan time) on November 24, 2020

Delay stream: 18.00 (Japan time) on November 27, 2020 to 23.59 (Japan time) on November 30, 2020

Price: 3,800 yen

To purchase the stream package for the final performance, please refer to this link: HERE

ALL LIVE STREAMED PERFORMANCES

Dates

Tokyo: September 20, 2020 to October 10, 2020

Fukuoka: October 16, 2020 to October 18, 2020

Kyoto: October 24, 2020 to November 02, 2020

Tokyo Gaisen: November 13, 2020 to November 23, 2020

How to Purchase the Streams

Scroll down the page until you reach the calendar. 

To access the streams, click on your preferred date on the calendar.

Then, click on the orange button with the words " 予約する " to select your preferred time.

Price: 2,200 yen

To purchase the streams, please refer to this link: HERE

NOTE: VPN is required to access DMM and purchase the streams.

GOODS

The goods for the "Musical Touken Ranbu ~Bakumatsu Tenrouden~ 2020" are also available.

To purchase the goods, please refer to this link: HERE

Source(s): ( x , x )

#Musical Touken Ranbu #Toumyu #Team Shinsengumi with Hachisuka Kotetsu

[aitaikimochi]

Got the Dr. STONE 2020 Calendar by Ensky, and it's full of new art from the series! Here are close-ups of the pages.

January & February: Senku talking with Taiju and Yuzuriha in front of a campfire.

March & April: Senku, Kohaku, and Chrome in a flower field 

May & June: Tsukasa in the rain (because June is rainy season in Japan)

July & August: Kohaku and Ruri chilling at a lake while Ginrou and Kinrou guard them

September & October: Gen whispering to Suika to be quieter as everyone naps.

November & December: Chrome, Senku, Gen, & Magma watch the snow fall as they drink grape juice(?) wine? 

#dr. stone #senku #chrome #gen #asagiri gen #kohaku #tsukasa #suika #taiju #yuzuriha #senku ishigami #ishigami senku #sengen #my translations #these are so cute

[stickers-and-stationery]

2020 Bullet Journal highlights!

Since I only started bullet journaling in June, I don’t have a full year to show, but I think I’ve undergone HUGE change, even in just a few months. Pics under the cut since it’s a long one!

[ID: My June bullet journal highlights. The first photo is of the cover page. June  is written in brown in a diagonal line, with 2020 in pink underneath it. There’s a rainbow in the background. The second photo is of the month calendar. The box of each day is in a rainbow order. The third photo is my habit tracker, a horizontal checkerboard. The habits are colored in with the colors of the rainbow. The fourth photo is my page tracker, a book and a piece of notebook paper.]

This was my June spread! As you can see, the theme was rainbow for Pride! Very sloppy, but I’m overall pretty happy. I really like the cover page, honestly. This was before it occurred to me to only do one-sided spreads, since the marker bled through the paper so much.

[ID: My July bullet journal spread. The first page is the cover, with July written, with honeycombs and bees across the page. The second page is the monthly calendar. It’s done in green with a bee flying through the page. The third page is a page tracker, a shelf full of books and a honey pot, and a page of notebook paper. The fourth page is my habit tracker. The month is organized into honeycombs for each habit. The last page is a weekly spread, with the days shaped like honeycombes and bees flying across the page. End ID.]

Already a big change just through a month. I stopped doing double-sided stuff, so the pages look WAY cleaner. Also did a bit more of a focused theme which made everything look more organized! Should have taken more time, especially with the weekly spreads. The weekly spread was my favorite for the month which is why I’m including it!

[ID: My August monthly highlights. The first page is the cover page. It’s a spaceship hovering over a silhouette of a forest with a beam coming down from it. Written on it is “August 2020″. The second page is the monthly calendar, a simple black outline with planets, Suns, and comets around it. The third page is my habit tracker. The title of each habit is above a series of numbers in the shape of the month. Below that is my page trackers, organized in simple green boxes. The fourth page is my Mood tracker, a series of planets and asteroids numbered for the days of the month. Some of them are colored in to indicate my mood for that day. The final page is a weekly tracker, a four x two grid. Above it, hanging from strings, are planets and a Sun. End ID]

This was probably one of my favorite themes this year? I love space and stuff so it was great. I wish I had black paper so that I didn’t have to use so much marker ink to make the cover page lol. The habit and page tracker was my least favorite this time because of how sloppy it looks, but I had a great time designing all the spreads!

[ID: My September bullet journal highlights. The first page is the cover page. The page is covered in doodles of sushi, with pink circles. The second page is the monthyl calendar, the empty boxes decorated with doodles of sushi.  The third page is my mood tracker, a top-down view of a table covered in drawings of sushi. Some are filled in with colors to coordinate my moods. The fourth page is my writing, reading, and habit trackers. The background of the habit trackers are doodles of sushi. The fifth page is a weekly spread, pink rectangles, with smaller dark green rectangles with the name of the days of the week inside. End ID]

So I finished this month in my new composition journal, but none of the spreads from that are particularly amazing. I’m kind of ambivalent about this one, I feel like it wasn’t done particularly well.

[ID: my October monthly highlights. The first page is the cover page. “October” is written in script next to a silhouette of a pine tree. There are clouds obscuring a crescent moon, with a miniature monthly calendar and a couple of pumpkins. Beside them, “something wicked this way comes!” is written. The second page is the monthly calendar. It’s a brown checkerboard, with a skull beside it, and a spiderweb with “October” written in it. The third page is my mood tracker, a series of jack o’ lanterns colored in to correlate with my mood. Each of the colored lanterns has a face drawn on it to indicate the mood. The fourth page is my habit and page tracker. There is a jack o’ lantern at the bottom left, and a couple of ghosts on the right next to the page trackers. The last page is a weekly spread. Alternating between being on the left and the right, there are wreathes of autumn leaves with red berries. Inside the wreathes are the numbers of the days. End ID]

Being my witchy self, I had a really good time doing this spooky / fall theme. The weekly spread is definitely one of my favorite spreads all year, I love how the wreathes turned out (sorry for the blurry pictures :/)

[ID: my November bullet journal highlights. The first page is the cover page. “November” is written in bubble letters in different shades of green. Doodles of frog heads cover the page. In the blank spaces is written “Pain is a gift. Without the capacity for pain we can’t feel the hurt we inflict. -The 12th Doctor”. The second page is the monthly calendar and my chore list. More doodles of frogs adorn the page. The third page is my habit and page tracker. The heading for each habit is green ovals. More frogs around the page. The last page is a mood tracker. There are thirty frogs, one for each day of the month, with different facial expressions on them. A few of them are colored in to indicate my mood. End ID]

This was kind of a weird theme to do. I didn’t have too many ideas, but I think it ended up being pretty cute.

I’m gonna put December in a different post but here’s all that!!!

#original post #my journal #bullet journaling #bujo #bullet journal inspiration #2020 flip through #captioned #halloween #long post #do you know i love queue

[petite-madame]

Petite-Madame’s Avengers Food Calendar - November 2020: Bruce Banner

I’m working on a new project, an “Avengers + Food” calendar. Once a month,  I’ll post a page of the calendar (one Avenger = one month). You won’t  have everybody because there’s just 12 months and there are a lot of  characters now but I hope you’ll still enjoy it. ♥

January: Peter Parker * February: Tony Stark * March: Bucky Barnes* April: Natasha Romanoff * May: Sam Wilson * June: Clint Barton * July: Steve Rogers * August: Scott Lang * September: Thor Odinson * October: Stephen Strange *

#bruce banner #mark ruffalo #the hulk #mcu #marvel #myart #food #avengers food calendar

[orthodoxydaily]

Saint&Reading: Sun., Nov. 8, 2020

Commemorated on October 26_Julian calendar

The Holy GreatMartyr Demetrios of Soluneia

     The Holy GreatMartyr Demetrios of Soluneia was the son of a Roman proconsul in Thessalonika (the present day Salonika, which in the Slavonic is termed Solun', [anglicised as Soluneia]). Three centuries had then already elapsed, and Roman paganism, – spiritually shattered and defeated by the multitude of martyrs and confessors of the Crucified Saviour, – intensified its persecutions. Both the father and mother of saint Demetrios were clandestine Christians. In a secret house-church at the home of the proconsul, the child was baptised and raised in the Christian faith. When the father died, and the child had reached the age of maturity, the emperor Galerius Maximian – having ascended the throne in the year 305 – summoned him, and confident in his education and military-administrative abilities, appointed him to the position of his father as proconsul of the Thessalonika district. The chief task expected of this young commander consisted in the defence of the city from barbarians, and in the extermination of Christianity. It is interesting, that among the barbarians threatening the Romans our ancestral Slavs occupied an important place, in particular by intentionally settling upon the Thessalonikan peninsula. There exists even the opinion that the parents of Saint Demetrios were of Slavic descent. In regard to Christians the will of the emperor was expressed simply: "Put to death anyone who calls on the name of the Crucified". The emperor did not suspect in appointing Demetrios, how wide a swath of confessors acts he had opened up for the clandestine ascetic.

    Accepting the appointment, Demetrios returned to Thessalonika and in front of everyone immediately confessed and glorified our Lord Jesus Christ. Instead of persecuting and executing Christians, he openly began to teach the inhabitants of the city the Christian faith and to extirpate pagan customs and idol-worship. The compiler of his life, Metaphrastes, says that in his teaching zeal he became for Thessalonika "a second Apostle Paul", particularly since "the Apostle to the Gentiles" once founded at this city the first community of believers (1 Thes., 2 Thes.). The Lord also destined Saint Demetrios to follow the holy Apostle Paul to a death by martyrdom.      When Maximian learned, that the proconsul newly appointed by him – was a Christian, and that he had converted to Christianity many Roman subjects who were influenced by his example – the rage of the emperor know no bounds. Returning from a campaign in the Black Sea region, the emperor decided to lead his army through Thessalonika, filled with the desire to make a massacre of the Soluneia Christians.      Learning of this, Saint Demetrios opportunely ordered his faithful servant Luppos to distribute his wealth to the poor with the words: "Give away the earthly riches amongst them, for we shalt seek for ourselves heavenly riches". And he gave himself over to prayer and fasting, preparing himself for the accepting of a martyr's crown.      When the emperor came into the city, he summoned Demetrios, who boldly confessed himself a Christian and denounced the falsehood and futility of Roman polytheism. Maximian gave orders to lock up the confessor in prison, and an Angel came to him in confinement, comforting and encouraging him for the act. The emperor meanwhile concerned himself with a foul gladiators spectacle, esteeming as his beloved champion a German by the name of Leo, who made a challenge for a Christian to struggle with him on the platform over the spears of the victorious soldiers. A brave youth from the Soluneia Christians, Nestor by name, went to the prison to his advisor Demetrios and requested to be given the blessing for single-combat with the barbarian. With the blessing of Demetrios and through his prayers, Nestor prevailed over the fierce German and hurled him from the dais-platform onto the spears of the soldiers, just as the murderous pagan would have done with the Christian. The enraged commander gave orders to immediately execute the holy Martyr Nestor (Comm. 27 October) and dispatched a guard to the prison – to run through with spears the one who had blessed this deed, Saint Demetrios.      At dawn on 26 October 306 soldiers appeared in the underground prison of the holy saint and ran him through with spears. His faithful servant, Saint Luppos, gathered up on a towel the bless of Saint Demetrios, and he took from his finger the imperial ring, – a symbol of his high status, and likewise dipped it also in the blood. With the ring and other holy things sanctified by the blood of Saint Demetrios, Saint Luppos began to heal the infirm. The emperor gave orders to arrest and kill him.      The body of the holy GreatMartyr Demetrios was cast out for devouring by wild animals, but the Soluneia Christians took it and secretly committed it to earth. During the reign of holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Constantine (306-337), a church was erected over the grave of Saint Demetrios. An hundred years later, during the construction of a majestic new church on the old spot, the incorrupt relics of the holy martyr were uncovered. From the time of the VII Century beneathe the crypt of the GreatMartyr Demetrios was found a miraculous flowing of fragrant myrh, in regard to which the GreatMartyr Demetrios receives the church title "Myrh-flowing". Several times those venerating the Soluneia wonderworker made attempts at a transfer of his holy relics, or part of them, to Constantinople. But invariably Saint Demetrios secretly made apparent his will to remain the protector and defender of the people of Thessalonika.      Advancing towards the city, pagan Slavs were repeatedly turned by the apparition of a threatening radiant youth, going the round of the walls and inspiring terror in the enemy soldiers. It is therefore perhaps why the name of Saint Demetrios is particularly venerated among the Slavic nations after their enlightenment by the light of the Gospel truth. On the other hand, Greeks regard Saint Demetrios in terms of being a Slavic saint merely an arbitrary preference.      The very first pages of the Russian Primary Chronicle, as foreordained by God, is bound up with the name of the holy GreatMartyr Demetrios of Soluneia. Oleg the Wise threatened the Greeks at Constantinople (907), as the Chronicle relates: "The Greeks became terrified and said: this is not Oleg, but rather Saint Demetrios sent upon us from God". Russian soldiers always believed that they were under the special protection of the holy GreatMartyr Demetrios. Moreover, in the old Russian barracks the GreatMartyr Demetrios was always depicted as Russian by descent – thus this image fused with the soul of the Russian nation.      Church veneration of the holy GreatMartyr Demetrios in Russia began with the time shortly after the Baptism of Rus'. Towards the beginning of the decade of the 70's of the XI Century belongs the founding of the Dimitriev monastery at Kiev, known afterwards as the Mikhailov-Zlatoverkh monastery. The monastery was built by the son of Yaroslav the Wise, – GreatPrince Izyaslav, baptised Dimitrii (+ 1078). The mosaic icon of Saint Demetrios of Soluneia from the cathedral of the Dimitriev monastery has been preserved up to the present day, and is located in the State Tret'yakov gallery. In the years 1194-1197 the GreatPrince of Vladimir, Vsevolod III Bol'shoe Gnezdo (Great-Nest), – baptised Dimitrii, "built at his court a beautiful church of the holy martyr Dimitrii, and adorned it wondrously with icons and writing" (i.e. frescoes). The Dimitriev cathedral also reveals for the present the embellishment of ancient Vladimir. The wonderworking icon of Saint Demetrios of Soluneia from the cathedral iconostas is located even now in Moscow, at the Tret'yakov gallery. It was written upon a plank of wood from the grave of the holy GreatMartyr Demetrios, brought in 1197 from Soluneia to Vladimir. One of the most precious depictions of the saint – a fresco on a column of the Vladimir Uspenie cathedral, is from the brush of the Sainted Iconographer Andrei Rublev.      The veneration of Saint Demetrios continued also in the family of Saint Alexander Nevsky (Comm. 23 November). Saint Alexander named his eldest son in honour of the holy greatmartyr. And his younger son, holy Nobleborn Prince Daniel of Moscow (+ 1303, Comm. 4 March), raised up at Moscow a temple in the name of the holy GreatMartyr Demetrios in the 1280's, which was the first stone church in the Moscow Kremlin. Later on in 1326, under Ivan Kalita, it was taken down and in its place was erected the Uspenie (Dormition) cathedral.      The memory of Saint Demetrios of Soluneia from of old was bound up in Rus' with the military, patriotism and the defense of the Fatherland. The saint is depicted on icons in the guise of a soldier in plumed armour, with a spear and sword in hand. On a scroll (in later depictions) is written also a prayer, with which Saint Demetrios turned to God about the salvation of the people of Soluneia: "Lord, let not the city nor the people perish. If Thou do save the city and the people – with them I shalt be saved, if they perish – I too perish with them".      In the spiritual experience of the Russian Church, veneration of the holy GreatMartyr Demetrios of Soluneia is closely bound up with the memory of the defense the Native-Land and Church by the GreatPrince of Moscow, Dimitrii Donskoi (+ 1389). "An Account of the Life and Repose Great Prince Dimitrii Ivanovich, Tsar of Russia", written in the year 1393, already regards the GreatPrince as a saint, as also do other old Russian histories. GreatPrince Dimitrii was a spiritual son and pupil of the Sainted Metropolitan of Moscow Alexei (+ 1378, Comm. 12 February), and a disciple and associating also with other great figures of prayer in the Russian Land: – the Monk Sergei Radonezh (+ 1392, Comm. 25 September, Dimitrii of Prilutsk (+ 1392, Comm. 11 February), Sainted Theodore of Rostov (+ 1394, Comm. 28 November). GreatPrince Dimitrii "about the churches of God he worried much, and the territory of the Russian land he held by his bravery: many the enemy risen against us he conquered, and his glorious city Moscow he protected with wondrous walls". From the time of the building of the white-walled Kremlin (1366) by GreatPrince Dimitrii, Moscow was called "Belokamenna" ("White-Stoned"). "The land of Russia prospered during the years of his reign", – testifies the "Account".      By the prayers of his Heavenly patron the holy warrior Demetrios of Soluneia, GreatPrince Dimitrii gained besides his brilliant military victories also the preordained further prominence of Russia: he repelled the onslaught against Russia by the Lithuanian armies of Ol'gerd (1368, 1373), he routed at the River Vozha the Tatar army of Begich (1378), and he smashed the military might of all the Golden Horde at the Battle of Kulikovo Pole (Kulikovo Field) (8 September 1380, on the day of celebration of the Nativity of the MostHoly Mother of God), set between the Rivers Don and Nepryadva. The Kulikovo Battle, for which the nation calls him Dimitrii Donskoi, became the first all-Russian national deed, rallying round Moscow the spiritual power of the Russian nation. To this auspicious event of Russian history is dedicated the "Zadonschina", an inspiring historic poem, written by the priest Sophronii of Ryazem (1381).      Prince Dimitrii Donskoi was greatly devoted to the holy GreatMartyr Demetrios. In 1380, on the eve of the Kulikovo Battle, he solemnly transferred from Vladimir to Moscow the most holy effect of the Vladimir Dimitriev cathedral – the icon of the GreatMartyr Demetrios of Soluneia, written on the plank from the grave of the saint. At the Moscow Uspenie Cathedral was built a chapel in the name of the GreatMartyr Demetrios. In memory of the soldiers, fallen in the Kulikovo Battle, was established for all-church remembrance the Demetrios Parental-Ancestors Saturday. The first time this panikhida was held was at the Trinity-Sergiev monastery on 20 October 1380 by the Monk Sergei, Hegumen of Radonezh, in the presence of GreatPrince Dimitrii Donskoi. From that time it is served annually with a solemn remembrance of the heroes of the Kulikovo Battle, in which number are the Schema-monks Alexander (Peresvet) and Andrei (Oslyab).

© 1996-2001 by translator Fr. S. Janos.

ohn 21:15-25 (11th 

15So when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me more than these?" He said to Him, "Yes, Lord; You know that I love You." He said to him, "Feed My lambs."16 He said to him again a second time, "Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me? He said to Him, "Yes, Lord; You know that I love You." He said to him, "Tend My sheep."17 He said to him the third time, "Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me?" Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, "Do you love Me?" And he said to Him, "Lord, You know all things; You know that I love You." Jesus said to him, "Feed My sheep.18 Most assuredly, I say to you, when you were younger, you girded yourself and walked where you wished; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish." 19 This He spoke, signifying by what death he would glorify God. And when He had spoken this, He said to him, "Follow Me." 20 Then Peter, turning around, saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following, who also had leaned on His breast at the supper, and said, "Lord, who is the one who betrays You?" 21 Peter, seeing him, said to Jesus, "But Lord, what about this man?" 22 Jesus said to him, "If I will that he remain till I come, what is that to you? You follow Me." 23 Then this saying went out among the brethren that this disciple would not die. Yet Jesus did not say to him that he would not die, but, "If I will that he remain till I come, what is that to you?" 24 This is the disciple who testifies of these things, and wrote these things; and we know that his testimony is true. 25 And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which if they were written one by one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that would be written. Amen.

2 Timothy 2:1-10

1 You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. 2 And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. 3 You therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 4 No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier. 5 And also if anyone competes in athletics, he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. 6 The hardworking farmer must be first to partake of the crops. 7 Consider what I say, and may the Lord give you understanding in all things. 8 Remember that Jesus Christ, of the seed of David, was raised from the dead according to my gospel, 9 for which I suffer trouble as an evildoer, even to the point of chains; but the word of God is not chained. 10 Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

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