#evening tea ritual

[justposting1]

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[icewindandboringhorror]

On average, what is the total MONTHLY amount that you spend on dining out*?

*(This doesn't only count going out to restaurants, but also stuff like picking up fast food to bring home, getting a coffee on the way to work, getting a premade sandwich from a grocery store deli during lunch, buying a quick snack from a convenience store or food cart whilst walking somewhere, ordering a pizza or any other food to be delivered to your home, etc.)

*(If you often dine out in groups/as a household: calculate and divide the costs so that you get a Per Person average. This is for YOU individually, NOT the total household/group costs)

(I'm sure polls similar to this have been made before (very common topic), I just haven't personally seen one that I can remember, so, I was curious to do my own! I was discussing this with a group of people today and it was very interesting to see how widely the number varied between individuals. :0c )

(Reblog for bigger sample size if you can, and feel free to explain your answer in tags if there's anything extra to add!)

[montecrizto]

this is such an insane moment

[wandoffire]

[oldfarmhouse]

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[ratatatastic]

[harpershigh]

@adorectrine for Zevlor

The earthy scent of herbs filled the air around Jaheira, who knelt in the soft soil of the garden, gathering the last of the herbs she needed. Each plant had been grown under druidic magic, thriving in the special care she had provided. She smiled faintly, rubbing a sprig of rosemary between her fingers before tossing it into the small bowl beside her. This blend would do.

These herbs were more than just for healing or calming the mind — they were a bridge, a way to ground oneself and tap into the deeper magic of the earth. She’d used them herself countless times when she needed to realign her connection to the land. Now, it was Zevlor’s turn. The tiefling had shown a keen interest in druidic magic, and she figured this would be the perfect introduction.

Jaheira much preferred a soothing tea — something about the warmth and ritual always felt right. But in this sweltering heat? She shook her head, almost pitying anyone foolish enough to drink hot tea on a night like this. A pipe would have to do the trick instead. It wasn’t her usual way, but it was effective enough.

Jaheira leaned back, surveying her work, the rich greens and purples of the herbs in the bowl. She chuckled to herself. She could almost picture the look on Zevlor’s face — skeptical, but eager. The old soldier probably was no stranger to focus and discipline, but this... well... this was a different kind of ritual.

Jaheira wiped her brow, smearing a bit of dirt across her forehead as she stood and carried the bowl of freshly picked herbs inside. The summer air clung to her skin, and though the breeze in the garden was pleasant, the heat in the kitchen wasn’t. She wrinkled her nose as she spread the herbs on a tray, sliding it into the oven to dry.

"One thing about these summer nights..." she muttered, fanning her face with her hand. "They don’t mix well with digging in the garden."

She glanced down at herself — dirt-smudged, sweat making her clothes cling in places she'd rather it didn’t.

With the herbs drying, she had just enough time for a quick rinse, and after washing all the dirt away she slipped into fresh, comfortable clothes — a loose, sleevless tunic and some short trousers. nothing fancy, just breathable enough to bear the sticky summer air. The fabric hung loosely on her, and she left her feet bare, enjoying the cool touch of the floor under her toes.

"Much better," she muttered, tying her hair back loosely.

To avoid the heat of the still-cooling-oven, she sat at the veranda to crush the herbs gently, before packing them into a small pipe. The garden was peaceful, the children were camping with Minsc, Rion was reintegrated into the Flaming Fist (a courtesy from Duke Wyll Ravengard) and the sea breeze was a welcome respite from the day's heat. A perfect setting to help Zevlor bond with the land.

"Let’s see how he handles this," she muttered with a grin, examining the now filled pipe.

[rinhaler]

my brat vinyl came today she's GORGEOUS

[evermorethecrow]

can i please hear abt his cult and freaky blood powers

YOU CAN HEAR ABOUT HIS CULT AND FREAKY BLOOD POWERS BUT I WARN YOU....

it will involve

SOME EXPOSITION

so in my little au there are multiple different types of vampires

fuck all of them for now cause only one type is relevant and that's the demon vampire guys (i know it sounds edgy as hell but bare with me)

notable things about these guys is that they are descendant from demons, as such they have quite a few abilities and i could go more into depth about the sub species and all that jazz BUT not right now cause i wanna keep this short enough

fyodor is a demon vampire who can control and be connected (somewhat) to people who drink his blood (in a specific way where he can't fully control them but he can heavily influence their minds and decisions to the point its basically full control if you get me?

now sorry to overuse the cliche but think of it like hes a puppeteer and anyone who consumes his blood is a puppet

now it also means if he gets hurt anyone whos under his influence will as well

store that info THE CULT

I don't wanna give away too much but fyodor has a cult based around the premise of how pain can free you (they use a lot of rose symbolism showing how the pain can be beautiful but i'll explain that another time)

while i wont bring up how it formed i will say is the cult members don't know fyodor is a vampire and instead believe he is some kind of angel . he feeds the members of the cult his blood and so he can influence them further, not getting into his motives rn BUT i will say it works double because it means no one can kill fyodor without killing hundreds of innocent people

there's more to that but i wanted to bring up fyolai in this

due to unmentioned reasons nikolai is the only person in Fyodor's cult who is in on the fact it's all a lie, hes fyodors right hand man

and sigma is supposably just an ordinary member who happened to realise the place was a cult and discover the truth behind it and has been appointed next to fyodor and nikolai so he can be watched over (supposably)

[v-tired-queer]

Hi!! I'm a Christian, and while I've encountered people who combine witchcraft with their Christian faith, I've never understood it. I saw in your pinned post that this is something you do. If you're willing/interested/have the energy, would you be willing to share more about that? Or point me in the direction of some more information on it?

I know really little about this, and I really want to understand more. I'm not coming here to be critical, just super curious. :D Hope you're well!

Hello there! 😃👋 I hope that you're doing well, too, and sure, I'd love to share a little more about combining witchcraft with my Christian faith!

I think, for starters, that it's important to remember that, like for everything else in life, how I've experienced this might not be how another Christian witch experiences it, views it, or even came about it. But I think that as Christians we can also understand that fairly easily, as that's just how a lot of us experience Christianity in and of itself. How one person came to Christ won't always be the same way that another person has come to Christ, and how we worship won't always look the same, either. It's just like that for Christian witches, too.

In an attempt to make a very long story short (spoiler alert: I failed), I feel like I am very lucky and blessed to have grown up with a Methodist mom, Southern Baptist father, aunts who were Catholic, cousins who became atheist and agnostic and friends at school who were Muslim and Jewish. I was surrounded by all sorts of different paths to take, and my mom had always encouraged my brother and I to choose our faiths for ourselves when we were old enough to understand what having faith really means, which is why we weren't baptized when we were babies, but raised in church nonetheless. I grew up very faithful. Sunday School was my favorite part of the week, and I loved to learn more about God and Jesus and say my prayers at meals and at night. God always made me feel loved. Still does 🩷

When I was in middle school, I was very, very traditional. I was open minded to others, but I was always hesitant to let myself explore more things for myself. I think I was afraid that exploring meant that I was a bad Christian, that I was questioning God, and I didn't want to make Him angry or upset with me. But I eventually met a friend who was a Wiccan, worshiping a god and goddess, living by the cycles of the moon and seasons, doing spells and rituals and worshiping at home or in nature. I loved things like that growing up, but always thought that it was just something from Hollywood or the mideavel period at best. I didn't think people actually did it, though I had always wished that they did. Little middle schooler me thought that maybe this was God's way of giving me permission to explore more, so I asked questions, watched spells and rituals, learned correspondences, and eventually asked, "Is there a Christian faith that's like this, too?"

Turns out there wasn't really one specific faith in Christianity that I could find, but rather, a practice instead. Google led me down so many different paths of people who were both Christians and witches and I decided I wanted to give it a try, too. And honestly? It felt like my faith was renewed. I felt like by choosing how I specifically worship and "do Christianity", I was making a relationship with God and Jesus and even the Holy Spirit that was closer than ever before because I was letting myself actually feel my faith instead of just going through motions at church, which was a rut than even middle school me was stuck in. I wasn't just doing what I thought I had to, I was doing what I wanted to do to show God my love and faith, and it really empowered me to form my own path in life, one that was and still is Christ centered, even if not in a way that tends to be expected for Christians.

So, the witchcraft itself: personally, I don't know if I view my spells an rituals the same way that other witches do. I don't really do a spell and think of it as me bending the wills that be to my desire, but rather, I view it as a really intense prayer. I see it as me using visual representations of my goals, needs and wants as a way to show God what it is I feel like I need (or just really, really want lol), but I always still leave it up to Him and His plans at the end of the day. I can do a thousand spells for the same thing over and over again, but if God says no, than the answer is no, ya know? My rituals are just ways to show my love, devotion, and gratitude. I pay special attention to seasons because the world God made is beautiful in all of its many ways, and personally, when I take the time to rest in the winter or come alive in the summer, I feel like I'm using the natural patterns of the Earth to further build my relationship with God, and Jesus, too. I feel like God made so many things in a natural rhythm and pattern--I just try to live by those things to strengthen the relationship between us.

I'm sure you can tell by how many times I've said it, but at the end of the day, it's all about my relationship with God and our Savior, just like for other Christians. I'm just doing things a bit differently. I'm 1000% that there are people who don't believe that this is a "valid" thing to do or that I'm sinning or that I'm going to Hell for all of this, but their opinions don't matter to me. My relationship with the Lord, His Son, and His Spirit matters to me, and when I do the things that make me feel the closest to Him, that make me feel His love and grace, then I feel like I'm doing fine.

Allllllll of that being said, there's lot of different ways that other Christian witches worship or practice witchcraft, which I think is really cool! There are some that have Mother Mary as a huge focus in their worship, or the Saints, or even the Disciples! I especially like witchcraft that involves the angels (Gabriel, my beloved 🤍). Personally, I steer clear of anything that involves demons or dark spirits and the like, but I'm always on the lookout for signs that angels are near or that the Lord is with me (which He always is, like he's always with you).

Unfortunately, I can't think of any sources or materials off the top of my head that would be good for further research. But maybe there are some other blogs on here that would have some good starting points, or would share their own views, too! You could search by denomination and then put witch after, like "Catholic witch" or Methodist witch", things like that. There are some books about Christian witchcraft, too, but personally I haven't read any of them. I think there might be come Christian witches on YouTube, too.

I hope this post made sense! If you have any other questions, please don't hesitate to ask! 😊

God bless! 🕊

[jinouchibhue]

Bitch I bought a tea kettle. Who am I?

[justposting1]

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[linc-karo-27]

The more I hear about that set the more I assume it was a melting pot of stress and tempers and arguments. And ngl it doesn't surprise me. This is what I was wondering.

Do I condone what I feel th**trebo*rd thread suggested (without evidence of any kind not even mild context which is needed when this is not a common view of someone even from DM) of someone being nasty and short with crew?

No

Not at all - that isn't adult behaviour. You're better than this. This is not acceptable at all. Especially from someone who's usually "drama free".

Do I genuinely wonder if this was caused by set and/or was a result of winding up?

Yes.

Yes I do. If I spent 12-16 hours a day in what seemed to be a melting pot of mess and stuff and wound up enough someone did something trivial, I'd snap at them.

But until evidence is coming out of what happened (bar the one line of "X is equally as a diva as Y") I'm saying from the context it was a one off/happened now and then from the person not always being there. aka. it kicked off a lot but wasn't constant and it was just a coincidence it was a lot while there were there.

But yeah. The amount of mess so far that press tour is gonna be bribe central.

edit: I THINK *THAT* ATTITUDE ARTICLE IN 2018 (MAYBE 2019) WAS THE ANSWER - WATCH IT BE HIS WEIRD "RITUALS" BECAUSE HE WAS JUST VERY STRESSED THERE BECAUSE IT WAS A PRESSURE COOKER.

[teaandinanity]

oh right hi everyone I’m not dead I just live in a dystopian hellstate where incompetents and misanthropes (or for a special treat; both) run most things and therefore when the power goes out in an ice storm a lot of them go ‘that sounds like a YOU problem’ and therefore I will probably continue not to have power or internet until like. Wednesday.

[sanchoyo]

tbh I think 1 reason I do struggle w jobs is my fucked sleep schedules. like I don’t even know how to describe it. It’s insomnia some weeks then sleeping too much other weeks but also, I CANNOT keep it consistent. I’ve tried alarms. I’ve tried VERY hard. But my body does this thing where it wants to go to bed a few hours later or earlier each night so one week I could be sleeping 10 PM- 7 AM then the next week I’m sleeping 4 AM- 12 PM with seemingly no reason!! Even when I do All the Popular Sleep Tips! Like no screens/lights or trying to wear myself out during the day (but not TOO close to sleeping time!) it’s ridiculous and every single time I’ve tried to explain it to a dr I get the stock ‘haha young people always want to stay up late and mess up your schedules it’s nothing to worry about!’ Sir this has been happening since I was a kid. Even when I went to public school I’d be fighting sleep on the bus and in class bc my brain decided it’s a week where we don’t sleep at night. And I figured back then maybe it was a teen thing but now I’m in my mid 20s and it’s still happening. Forever. Like what the fuck

[lumienn]

herbal teas are awesome actually