On The Slow Train To Katmandu
Yesterday I posted a bunch of “how-to” stuff over at the Encyclopedia of Herbology. Today, my goal was to post a lot of herbal remedies along with in depth profiles of some of my favorite herbs. So far… I have 2 posts completed:
- Ground Ivy – more than you ever wanted to know about this nifty little common plant.
- Ground Ivy Magick – how to use that nifty little plant in magick.
Now I’m feeling pretty much done for, so this is probably it for today. Have fun reading all about Ground Ivy. It grows like crazy around here, and is one of my favorite little ground covers.
Today It’s All About Herbs
For Mother’s Day, I got myself book on Herbal Medicine for Beginners. I really like it, and it has rekindled a desire to learn more about herbal medicine, herbology, and herbs in general. So, I thought today would be a good day to work on the The Encyclopedia of Herbology.
Here’s what I have so far:
- Safety Precautions and Best Practices
- How To Make An Infusion
- How To Make A Decoction
- How To Make Herbal Steams
- Preparing An Herbal Bath or Soak
- Preparing Poultices and Compresses
- How To Make Tinctures
- Making Herb-Infused Vinegars
- Making Herb-Infused Honey
- Making An Herbal Syrup
- Making Oxymels and Elixirs
- Making Herb-Infused Oils
- How To Make A Liniment
- How To Make A Salve
- How To Make A Healing Lotion
- Making Honey Powder Pastes
Oh my, that’s a lot of information! I can’t wait to get started.
Finally Off The Couch!
So, I woke up this morning with the idea that I should clear my phone out and post all the pics and info I have been collecting while sitting on my couch doing almost nothing else during this quarantine… even though I could have been using all this wonderful free time to get make art, get organized, catch up on the Pagan Calendar, learn a new skill, read a bunch of books, do a bunch of magick… all those things that I didn’t do because what I was doing was mindlessly surfing Facebook and google and snagging pictures and stuff that I thought was cute, or funny, or interesting.
Anyway. I turned on my laptop, and today is the day. Beginning first with It’s A CatAstrophe:
Moving on to Way Cool Pictures with a series of posts that are either cute and adorable, really beautiful, or just plain fun:
- Moms and Their Babies
- Book Ideas
- Colorful Pow Wow Dancers
- Creative Container Gardens
- One Cute Squirrel
- A Hoard of Dragon Hoards
- A Lovely Bird Bath
- Silly Quarantine Signs From El Arroyo
- A Cutie In The Tulips
But then of course things begin to get a little darker, and more interesting, so over at More Cool Pictures, we have these:
- Crocheted and Curvy
- Cthulhu Lives
- Psychedelic Alien Fun
- A Young Reaper
- The Stuff Of Nightmares
- 2020 – It’s A Wild Ride
And after that, I felt the need to check in at Hey It’s Me, and say something personal… which spiraled into:
Fun fun fun
Cleaning out folders on my laptop and uploading a bunch of fun pics:
A Focus On Healing
So today I uploaded a series of practical hands on healing techniques which are easy and simple to try. My thought is that most of us are stuck at home, worried about our health and the health of our loved ones, so it might be both helpful and fun to explore a variety of healing techniques. Here’s what I have so far:
On a personal note, I experimented with the Blanket Forgiveness technique several weeks ago to see if it would heal a patch of eczema that had been driving me crazy. It worked amazingly well. Within about a minute or two the area began to feel cold, and then the intense itch was gone, and that particular spot has healed completely. So it’s definitely worth playing around with.
Anybody Stressed Out?
Of course we are all stressed out right now. These are hard times. So I got busy and am working on a series of posts from a cool book called Instant Healing, by Serge Kahili King. The first section that I just finished up this morning is about stress and tension and his idea that this is where disease and illness originates.
Here are links to each of the finished articles posted over at Alternative Therapies:
- The Stress Factor
- The Emotional Stress Factor
- The Mental Stress Factor
- The Physical Stress Factor
- The Spiritual Stress Factor
And then, I needed to blow off some steam and release some stress… so I uploaded some fun and creepy Lovecraftian Cthulhu images to More Cool Pictures… because… well… when I see them I think it’s the perfect metaphor for the Coronavirus Pandemic we are all in the midst of.
- Check them out here: Cthulhu Reigns Supreme
Making An Effort
In an effort to try to find my way into a smooth rhythm of posting cool and interesting stuff here on shirleytwofeathers.com, I have had to wade through a certain amount of bullshit. You might like some of it… or be amused by it… I don’t know… but here’s the list so far:
- On Hey It’s Me, we have this short commentary: Apocalypse Now! Actually!
- Over at More Cool Pictures, there is something Creepy Disturbing and Weird
And then I thought I’d put some stuff up about healing because… well… pandemic! So here’s that list:
- A Myriad Of Healing Methods – Alternative Therapies
- The Stress Factor – Alternative Therapies
Not much yet, but I hope to add to this list as the day progresses.
And so it goes…
I spent years… literally… wishing I didn’t have to work a regular job so that I could spend all my time on my website, making art, working on my property, doing cool shit. And then BAM! Global pandemic! I am stuck at home. Couldn’t go anywhere even if I wanted to. And apparently unable to do anything productive at all… nothing… nada… zip.
Of course, there were the months previous full of depression and sadness, and doing pretty much nothing at all. So, now I am making a stab at being productive. Not sure if there is really any point to it, but back on my laptop, and posting.
Wish me luck and send me some good energy and hope for the future!
It’s A Card Game Day
Today was an interesting journey. I started off with a small story about playing cards on Toward The One. And then when I was looking for a picture to illustrate it with, I stumbled into Ganjapa cards, Orissa art, and now I’m about ready to join the card game shown above. 🙂
On Mandala Madness we have:
- Ganjapa Playing Cards Gallery– a small gallery of my favorite ones
- About The Ganjapa Playing Cards – an informational post
- About the Orissa Art Tradition – another informational post
- Traditional Orissa Mandala Art – a small gallery of mandalas
And the one that started it all:
Poetry and Stories
I have been reading Sufi stories and poetry every morning as part of my ambitious New Years resolution to get my shit together, and as a result, I have also been uploading lots of fun stuff to the Toward The One mini site. Here’s a list of what I’ve posted recently:
- The Three Fish
- On Gambling
- Love’s Confusing Joy
- In A Boat
- A Smuggling Story
- Osho Talks About Sufism
- This Is The Way
- Notes On The Tavern
- Wandering Around
- Meadowsounds
- A Soapy Story
- Be A Full Bucket
- I Circle Your Nest
- Something Circling Inside
- You Can’t Be Alive
- Half and Half
- No Tigers Here
- The Perfect Wife
Some of these stories and poems are inspiring and beautiful, and some of them are silly and funny. I hope you find something that lightens your day.
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