#gatherings

[corvidsofthedeep]

No Context Crow #125: Giant Puppet Crow

Originally from Jay on Flickr.

#crows #corvids #corvidae #birds #animals #art #puppets #puppetry #multi person puppet #festival #gatherings #daily crows #crow queue #No Context Crow No. 125

[chasingrainbowsforever]

~ Pink and Silver ~

#pink #napkins #setting the table #parties #gatherings #forks #pink silver

[princessofthemoooon]

#national park #after dark #halloween #picture #art #wallpaper #UFO #gatherings #fire #dark #forest

[nerdygaymormon]

Scripture Study for Queer Latter-day Saints

The first annual Gather Conference was held in 2023 (which if you haven't already, I recommend checking out the presentations). In response to many people expressing a desire for this to happen more often or nearer to where they live, Gatherings are being encouraged.

Basically this is encouraging queer members & family, friends and allies, to gather together. Because many people are nervous about what to talk about at those gatherings, a simple outline has been created that goes along with each month's Come, Follow Me study. Each outline has 3 parts. 1) The scripture block and a question or two to think about. 2) A story by a queer Latter-day Saint and some discussion prompts (the story of faith can be accessed here). 3) Several questions to help you reflect on your own faith journey.

For example, here's January's:

I was thinking that even if you're on your own, or you have a friend but not a group nearby to gather with, these can be useful for a queer Mormon who wants to have a positive experience with the scriptures and see how we fit into the stories and principles. Idk if anyone in queerstake or queerward might want to get together via Zoom to have our own gathering, but I think that could be fabulous.

#gatherings #gather conference #queerstake

[1lifeinspired]

How To Host Thanksgiving In A Small Space- the Guide - StoneGable

#Thanksgiving Dinner #charcuterie boards #entertaining #gatherings #appetizers #fall food

[thelordismylightandmysalvation]

Food Photography by Dennis Prescott

#food photography #gatherings #hamburgers #cheeseburgers #serving ideas #pickles #condiments #burgers #food

[bonefall]

Hopping off the gathering ask, are cross-clan relationships themselves not forbidden, if a second 'illegal' gathering is able to take place? How does honor-siring work if the father isn't of the same clan? Have there ever been incidents where a particularly law-loving leader turned around and started condemning everyone in gathering 2: electric boogaloo? Is this a "I saw X at the second gathering with Y!" "So what were YOU doing at the second gathering bestie???" situation, where majority of lawbreakers know who else is in kahoots but just constantly keep their mouth shut? Did Mapleshade stay at these gatherings and thats how she got caught? SORRY FOR ALL THE QUESTIONS IM VERY CURIOUS

The answer is; the Aftergathering wasn't so bold back at the Forest territories!

In fact that's why I specified that the one Shellfur went to was an average Lake gathering!

It has always been your right to wander and have friends in other Clans. Unlike canon where a warrior's life is strictly controlled, cats are rarely questioned for hanging out in places they're allowed to be. So long as you do your responsibilities, you're a CLAN cat. Not a kittypet with a twoleg.

But being caught so brazenly meeting with a mate in another Clan, that would be a huge problem. So the Aftergathering existed, but quietly. The cats gave each other privacy.

No one would EVER ask why you were staying. A lot of coded language. If you got cuddly in public, someone would gently tell you to be more discreet.

And of course there was no soup.

The Aftergathering is also not that old! It started forming about a generation after Darkstar's Commandment, when kit-stealing was banned, during the mid-Crusade Era.

It was a genetic necessity, and Clan animosity had a different flavor when Chelford raids were the Clan's main targets. Pinestar was born before there was an Aftergathering.

The Campaign Era wittled the Aftergathering significantly. If the cats hadn't responded by becoming much less conspicuous, there very much could have been a Salem-esque "what were YOU doing at the devil's sacrament" movement. In fact, if Fire Alone didn't happen when it did, it could have been something that a leader with the newly-minted Thistle Law would have done.

It only didn't because it didn't. The soil was ripe for it. History is full of near-misses.

After the TNP journey, cats have become careless about the Aftergathering. The destruction of the forest changed something about them, the divisions were never quite the same again. Paw Soup itself was a cuisine MADE by apprentices who worked together.

As long as you are loyal and fiery for the rest of the month, defending your Clan with your life, the Aftergathering is not made into an issue...

Well, besides during TBC, when the Impostor ruled the lake.

#Gatherings #Clan culture #Bonefall Rewrite #Bonefall TBC

[dress-this-way]

https://www.aliciawoodlifestyle.com/

#Christmas #gifts #Christmas gifts #gift wrap #bokeh photography #gatherings

[artoutoftheblue]

I will point out that the cats that are apprentices at the same time as each other can have a little friend group at the gatherings, since apprentices usually have their own thing going on away from the adult cats. So that would be both Nightpaws (Beam and Night), Shadepaw (Void), Blackpaw (Blacky), Rosepaw (Sele), Brightpaw (Par), Stormpaw (BTB Lunar), Redpaw (Crimson), Swiftpaw (BTB Solar), and kitty Solar Flare could be friends

#blue talks #wc offshoot stuff #gatherings

[dreamofstarlight]

I get so annoyed when people suggest that Jackie was excluded from kennedy family events after she married Onassis bc that’s so far from the truth

#she was on vacations #gatherings #weddings #funerals #everything

[harperandhudson]

#drinks #cognac #quartz #ktichenmakeover #kitchen #vintagevessel #vintage #bright #photography #interior photography #veins #countertops #quartz countertops #chalkboard #gatherings

[corvidsofthedeep]

No Context Crow #364: Family Gathering Crows

If this image is yours and you would like it credited or removed, let me know!

#crows #corvids #corvidae #birds #animals #family #family gatherings #gatherings #daily crows #crow queue #No Context Crow No. 364

[lqb2quotes]

When life changes, you will probably miss the way it was. You may miss those long morning drives or walks to the office, or those hectic family gatherings. You may miss them because those moments are finite — you will only travel those streets and see those people a certain amount of times.

Every time you do something that is one less time you do it. One day you will do something the final time and you will rarely know when that day comes.

For all you know, today might be the last time you walk in a particular neighborhood. Or it might be the last time you smile at a particular someone. To think otherwise, would be foolish. Nothing is guaranteed, except this moment. Your only real choice is to cherish every exchange like it is your last — because it very well might be.

Therefore, the best way to cherish life is to remind yourself of life's impermanence. It is to remember that every time you see someone that is one less time you see them. It is to remember that every time you go somewhere that is one less time you visit. By doing this, you naturally slow down. Almost like a reflex, you start to truly live.

— Entrepreneur and creative director Andrew Anabi on how to cherish life:

#Andrew Anabi #entrepeneur #creative director #life #cherish life #morning #gatherings #finite #moments #times #memories #walk #foolish #guaranteed #nothing #cherish #slow down #reflex #live

[freememecomp]

#Memes #Dank memes #Daily memes #Family #Relatives #Gatherings #Funny #Relatable #Humor

[galatikid]

Do you ever think about how different cultures all had their own clowns. Like separately developed their own clowns. And I think its because we're meant to have comedy and silly lil guys.

#i just think its so cool #and very much not talked about when discussing things we developed as societal keystones #gatherings #structures #percussion #we have the same beating heart #void speaks

[1lifeinspired]

Cheese Breadsticks - Countryside Cravings

#breadsticks #cheese #bread #recipes #food photography #appetizers #parties #gatherings #celebrations #comfort food #crowd pleasers