Grumpy 4 Lyfe

Crockpot with a frankincense oil infusion in a warm water bath to extract the fragrance without burning it.

Got a lot done with my new hobby @holy-odours.bsky.social. My first tinctures (frankincense, benzoin) are almost done. Thought I would be a candle queen, but it's really about anointing oils + rollerball applicators to me. Wearable. I'm not trying to do perfume but I'm not against it.

we are a polarized people lol

I'm always surprised green bean casserole gets as much hate as it does. I love the stuff.

Friends, have you tried going into a store and actually trying to find anything lately? Stores do not stock anymore. And I guess there’s nothing to do except come to peace with that and pay shipping and handling everywhere?

Not to be that one but purely as modus operandi, "nothing is true; everything is permitted" goes pretty hard.

👀 The idea of people who regularly try to get you to follow their IG who then turn around and say, “you suck if you’re still on twitter” is… a choice.👀

tldr = “I do what I want. You do what I say.”

There is nothing wrong with wanting the way you spend your time to be about dreaming and realizing dreams. Doesn’t matter where or how you do it.

Shot from above of a gift bag on a white backdrop. The bag contains two organza drawstring sachets, a small clear glass bottle, and two barely-visible amber bottles.

🎉First commission fulfilled!🎉

It contains:
• Frankincense-Benzoin resin blend (drawstring #1)
• Frankincense-Bergamot wax melts (drawstring #2)
• 2 oz sample of lavender-epsom milk bath (silver cap bottle)
• Frankincense anointing oil (½ oz dropper)
• Sandalwood-Rose pulse point rollerball (10ml)

I dreamed I was in a taxi last night with Ariana and would not shut up about Cynthia's singing, and the whole time she was sitting over there looking at me like, "You know *I'm* here, right?" Love her, but it 👏did 👏not 👏matter👏. I couldn't stop praising Cynthia.

(No I have not seen part 2)

What wonderful questions! My image is closer to condensation on glass, an unfurling leaf (whose plant is a bitter medicine). A gasp of delight to watch the unfurling, and then a gasp of surprise to see the truth.

I’m always saying…

I was thinking about you earlier this morning. So glad to see this!

I have a 45-minute presentation to give tomorrow that is barely put together, but it is. Pretty sure they're gonna love it more than if I'd spent weeks agonizing over it.

Tore myself out of couch lock to hit the Queer Sacred Space Salon at Lincoln Park Prez, and I’m so glad I did. I needed a baby queen doing crucifixion drag with the 5 holy bedazzled wounds and some home-grown queer joy.

To @durbin.senate.gov: You got yours, so f*ck the rest of us, I guess? Thanks for nothing, and enjoy all the perks of your cushy retirement while those you represent suffer even more. Way to destroy your legacy.

You are seen, friend. I'm so sorry.

She captioned this image "Scar and all". An image of a woman with long, curly hair, smiling joyfully in a selfie. A forehead scar on her face is prominent. She is dressed fashionably and showing a happy demeanor and personality through her expression.

When I struck the well of my grief
Instead of water it gushed poems,
and then where the poems were
I wept again at
an emptiness, deeper;
unspeakably
Vast—
cthonic.

My sister: my ancestor; my beloved.
_________

Toni Peebles Franks would have been 53 today ❤️⚱️

A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.

Image Description: A man is standing in a cemetery, surrounded by trees and grass. The scene includes sculptures and monuments, set against a backdrop of the sky. Plants display their autumnal colors. The atmosphere has a reflective and serene quality.

A beautiful day at Bohemian National Cemetery

Oh yeah I finally listened to the Rosalia album and yes it is very good. I wish people would stop using "classical" to describe things that are "harmonically more complex than vi-IV-V-iii 🔂" or "uses orchestral samples" but that's not a hill I'm interested in living or dying on.

SAME.

For real though, seems like “Turn the volume up” might have some social legs.

Glad to read good news this morning. It has been a while.

Sandalwood + Rose is giving "I like that a cassock makes it harder to tell what's on my birth certificate" nonbinary vibes lol

Once the weather cools off I keep a big stock pot with lemon rinds, cinnamon sticks, cloves, and rosemary on simmer, and it is the opposite of season depression.

Pleased to see Jensen took the #3 spot.

I'm getting ready to start #crafting a corded #rosary, but I haven't decided what thread density I'm going to use yet. If anyone has experience, speak up!

An amber dropper bottle sits on a kitchen table. A tag with twine reaads, "Almond Oil Cedarwood Clove/ Fr+Myrrh Lavender"

An amber dropper bottle sits on a kitchen table. A tag with twine reaads, "Beard Oil #1"

Beard Oil Test #1
- Almond Oil
- Cedarwood
- Clove/ Fr+Myrrh
- Lavender

Notes are here: www.tumblr.com/holy-odours/...

HAPPIEST! I hope it was really good to you. You are such a light.