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#CurrentlyReading “Making Witches: Newfoundland Traditions of Spells and Counterspells” by Barbara Rieti. Listening to this on audiobook is well worth it to hear the captured folklore in its native dialect. This is a gold mine of witch lore, with some captures as recent at 1966 so far.

less #CurrentlyReading and more like #JustRead The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell,
This was a memorable gothic folk horror with a ton of twists and turns. Themes of madness, witchcraft, and family trauma. 4/5 ⭐️

Serviceberries ripen in a bunch on a tree. The leaves are covered in raindrops.

Working outside on a rainy day is made a little sweeter with a pocket full of serviceberry snacks. 🫐

Philadelphia should pay *you* to drive on their streets. A you destroyed my vehicle tax for the people

Thin Lizzy tho.

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Warm weather got me breaking out the hard rock and cracking open a cold one. (Seltzer) youtu.be/EVS1pDzFnag?...

Given all that the Trump regime is doing I now totally understand how the Dark Ages happened.

Ancient Greek and Roman statues often smelled like roses, a new study says Ancient Greek and Roman statues didn't originally look like they do now in museums. A new study says they didn't smell the same, either.

Ancient Greek and Roman statues didn't originally look like they do now in museums. A new study says they didn't smell the same, either. From @jamesdoubek.bsky.social

Trying to paint tiny details after you just drank too much coffee is hard. 🫨 #PainterProblems

New friend, Pacific Parrotlet, Tico

Happy Spring Equinox to all!

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Hello, Hellebores #SpringIsNear

Me and @djnightwitch.bsky.social

‘Mushroom Moon’ is part of Laine Bachman’s planet series which she has been working on for about five years. The fungi included in this planet are amanitas, morels, devil’s tooth and many more.
Discover more at Bender Gallery >> buff.ly/3OFOMiN
#art #beautifulbizarre

Impromptu Game Night last night. First time playing ‘Escape the Dark Sector’ Had a good time especially with the expansion packs, Twisted Tech and Mutant Syndrome. Been in a bit of a cyberpunk mood lately!

Image from FolkloreScotland.com

In Scotland, Beira is the Queen of Winter. With one eye, blue skin & copper-coloured teeth, she carries a hammer, which she uses to shape Scotland's hills & valleys.
Like her Irish counterpart, Cailleach, she fights to hold back the tide of Spring.
#FolkloreThursday #Weatherlore

Yeah! It’s the 10th anniversary. The rest in the series has the same treatment. Authority has a rabbit!

#CurrentlyReading Annihilation by @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social this one is very hard to put down!

Toynbee tiles: the mystery solved An interview with 'Resurrect Dead' filmmaker, Justin Duerr.

Day 25 of SKEPTICISM MONTH on @aiptcomics.com looks at a mystery ... solved! If you live in a major northeast city, you've probably seen a Toynbee tile. Filmmaker and artist @justinduerr.bsky.social tells @doubtisthewayout.bsky.social about doing the work to figure it all out.

Threads of Tradition: Slavic Voices in Folklore discussion panel, featuring practitioners from various Slavic countries and regions premieres March 1st on my YT channel.
Early access is available via my Patreon.
#folklore #slavicfolklore #slavicfolkmagic

#CurrentlyReading ‘The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World’ by Robin Wall Kimmerer “
Store my meat? I store my meat in the belly of my brother,” replied the hunter.“

A pride flag with every color band represented by a NASA image. White is Earth clouds, pink is aurora, blue is the Sun in a specific wavelength, brown is Jupiter clouds, black is the Hubble deep field, red is the top of sprites, orange is a Mars crater, yellow is the surface of Io, green is a lake with algae, blue is Neptune, and purple is the Crab Nebula in a specific wavelength.

I made this Pride flag using only NASA images and our team thought it would be cool to share on social (I work on the NASA heliophysics communications team), but it's getting all sorts of hate on the bird app and Fbook. Thought y'all might be more appreciative of it here. ☺️🏳️‍🌈💖

Recently finished penciling the first scene in the comic @tedvg.bsky.social and I are creating. I’m pumped.

Image shows a highly detailed black and white illustration of a Púca - a supernatural trickster figure from Gaelic mythology - in the form of a goat with human hands. A wren sits on their shoulder, and they are crowned with a halo of blackberries and brambles. The background is filled with ivy leaves and fruit, mountain ash leaves and berries, and blackthorn.

A detail crop of this Púca and wren, discussing the merits and misfortunes of supernatural trickery
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It's a few years since I illustrated this shapeshifting trickster in goat form, and I've been feeling like revisiting the mischievous Púca again soon

#art #illustration #folklore #pooka #SpéirGorm

Last nights viewing. Big fan of the lil demon stop motion guys!

VHS Cover of the film “Cyber Bandits” starring Martin Kemp, Alexandra Paul, Adam Ant, Grace Jones and Robert Hayes “welcome to cyberspace, where danger is a virtual reality.” A woman lays in a silk dress under the title with blue and yellow lights streaking above her. A laser line is drawn beneath her to the base. There two people run across a cyber landscape.

Tonight’s Viewing. #VHS #cyberpunk Cyber Bandits (1995).

Thread: Cuno Amiet (1868-1961) was a Swiss artist & pioneer of modern art in Switzerland. His work is characterised by constant experimentation & vibrant colours. A fantastic colourist he is one of Switzerland’s greatest painters