Just been listening to a fascinating podcast on the fall of the Western Roman Empire (I really push out the party boat on Saturday nights!)
Now I need to find an atlas to try to wrap my head around all the movements of peoples...
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Married with young adult twins
Interests: #knitting, #gardening, #reading, #IndoorPlants, #tarot, #cats and heaps more random stuff (did I mention I have ADHD?!?)
Location: mostly found in the burbs of Te-Whanganui-a-Tara, Aotearoa (aka Wellington, New Zealand).
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Profile pic: statue of a guardian rat holding a scroll at a shrine on the Philosophers' Walk in Kyoto
Banner: Her Impurrial Highness, #PurrincessNami (may she rest in purrs)
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I have had an incredible satisfying weekend doing a deep dust and reorganise of my study/home office/craft room.
Despite releasing very little into the wild (aka op shop pile, recycling and rubbish), somehow my room has ended up with heaps more space - which is both disconcerting and wonderful!
I am hopeful that I will now be able to find things (and put them away) more easily and thus be able to do more stuffs 🤞
And all this without shifting any furniture! (Just rearranging the stuff being stored in and on it)
Photo is of my refreshed shelves - happy to provide close ups and/or descriptions of anything on there for the curious!
This #WellyWedensday brings you a harbourside bollard having an existential crisis:
Steven the bollard never quite recovered from being labelled "decorative only".
Ummm, the early jonquils are running VERY early this year... We haven't even reached winter yet!!
(I'm in the southern hemisphere, as is this garden)
Just this one little bloom so far - and it smells divine.
Blessed Samhain/Beltane to all who celebrate.
May the turn of the year treat you gently.
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@tiefling@bardicperspiration.club Happy to add to the non-Wiccan pagans in your online surroundings!
I'm eclectic and solitary and not good at remembering to talk about this part of my life! I'm a polytheist and animist with a tendency towards chthonic and/or not-humanoid deities.
A card for the week - 4 May 2026
💙 Four of Cups
How's your ennui?!?
This card is often read as a card of dissatisfaction, apathy, and not appreciating all you have.
I also read it as a card of boredom... of not knowing what excites and interests you... or of not having energy to do anything about it.
Pay attention to what you are avoiding or procrastinating - there's useful information in there.
Pay attention to what piques your interest.
See where following your interest leads you.
Deck: the Trash Panda Tarot 🦝
PSA Pōneke peeps: pine pollen season is now underway... 
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@tiefling@bardicperspiration.club True - and the JWs...
Yeah, I loved the shrines especially and the whole outdoors aspect of devotion - it felt very welcoming and approachable.
'Things' are what get most of us here!
And at least you've got less to unlearn...
I've been at this since late last century, and I'm still an evolving mess!
Mutual aid NZ
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@exlibrarykris@cloudisland.nz @aligorith@mastodon.nz It does rather explain why my hayfever has flared this week... 
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@tiefling@bardicperspiration.club Absolutely respect/vibe/hang out with.
Worship can stay with the monotheists!
I much prefer this more friendly approach
One of my Peeps/deities did my head in awhile back by telling me quite bluntly that she didn't want me to serve her! (I am allowed to be devoted to her though...)
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@tiefling@bardicperspiration.club I was thoroughly monotheistic in the past (though a few decades have slipped by since then!) and it still trips me up occasionally.
Partly I guess because that's our societal expectation for how religion works - even those who are anti it still operate from that framework.
I visited Japan last year and it was such a relief to be in a place where Xianity wasn't the founding norm or much of an influence. It was a comfort to realise that you can build a society and a spirituality without that as its base.
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@tiefling@bardicperspiration.club so hear you on the difficulty of letting go of monotheistic BS! It's amazing where it sneaks in...
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@norbertwoehnl@famichiki.jp Taito Ward is a great place! I have many photos of my own stay there.
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@vmbrasseur@social.vmbrasseur.com Thank you for sharing this - even if I too am now humming with righteous rage that will bugger up my gauge!
(I find that I am also humming 4 Non Blondes "What's Up" for some reason...)
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@simplicitarian@cloudisland.nz What a gorgeous coat 😍
I love how it's come together. Great work!!
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@Tattie it's all about the display and performance to other males, not actually doing something that might help someone!
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@blue@sunny.garden Thanks. That's useful to know. I don't think that's likely to be a big problem for me, as I hate using virtual calendars. I prefer my paper diary that doesn't beep at me!
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@IkkleGemzUniverse@ohai.social CEOs do seem to have a knack for that, especially in the tech world!
Did he (I assume 'he'...) do/say something particularly noxious?
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@alexisbushnell@toot.wales Oh, good idea! I do have a domain name and some website hosting stuff set up already (hosted locally to me in NZ), so I'll check how many addresses my current plan gives me!
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Thank you all so far (and feel free to keep commenting!) :blobhaj_cathug:
It's looking Tuta, Proton or my own domain are strong contenders.
Anyone have strong views about any of these options?!? (Or other options!)
Any specifications or other things I should consider? (Remember: I'm not a techie!)
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@SimonCHulse @MichaelaKHulse @donkey Can't make it this time, but what a great idea!
Have a wonderful time!
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@thrashcardiom@mastodon.nz Thanks for the reminder!
And here's the link that worked for me: https://vote.nz/enrolling/enrol-or-update/enrol-or-update-online
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@jesper_linnet That is magnificently impressive floof!
Which death metal band is he lead for?!?
#FediCoven Q11 How do you acknowledge the autumnal equinox and do you celebrate Mabon?
I'm in the southern hemisphere, so it's the Vernal Equinox for me.
I have a soft spot for the equinoxes (not just because my birthday is close to the other one!) I prefer balance to the extremes of the Solstices...
I like to take time to ponder the balance of my life, and my beings and doings, as well as the wider balance of everything.
At each turn of the wheel, I do an altar/shrine refresh. That and a simple oracle reading with my deities/patrons is enough of a rite for me.
I also like to cast on a new knitting project at each turn, to help connect my spirituality and my creativity. (It's also a form of impulse control!)
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@camelliakyoto Such a beautiful garden 😍
I got to visit it in Autumn and it was such a delight to wander through.
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@Ashmire@pagan.plus you are not the only one! I cannot bring myself to try. Nearest I get is a saline nasal spray.
Oops, I accidentally cast on something new...
This is my adaptation of Sylvia McFadden's "Teacup"
I love her stripe pattern, but I prefer an i-cord edging and a more triangular shape, so I'm doing those!
Main yarn (in photo) Malabrigo Mechita. Colour: Diana
Other yarns will be stash oddments in bottle green and mahogany brown.