There's a lot of frustration in pagan/occult/divination communities about scamming impersonator accounts on IG. I wrote about that this week. Some of it probably applies to other communities and other platforms, too.

https://diydiv.substack.com/instascammers-and-divination

I'm not really a sports person. I only care during the World Series, and only enough to check the score. But I live with people from the Philly area, so Sunday was A Thing.

I've talked to the wrens who come to eat at my back door. They don't think it seems right for a non-bird team to win the Superb Owl when a bird team was competing. Wren is the King of Birds and does kind of owe Eagle for that, so...the Eagles win!

Every year, my dad gave my mom a big boquet of red roses and a big chocolate sampler. And he gave me a few pink roses and a little chocolate sampler.

When I moved out on my own, he sent me a card every year. Or he knocked on my door with a card when he was on his lunch break.

After almost 40 years of being reminded that Valentine's Day can be for all love - not just romantic love - it's been less than 10 years, so I'm still not used to him not being here.

Started the day with a seizure. It can only go two ways from here. Any amount of "better" is a blessing, or going down from there makes for great stories to tell in the future.

Had to pull out a whole day of knitting and start over. Halfway done, but then noticed a mistake at the beginning that would compromise the stability. Tried to do a "work around fix"...but, nope.

Starting over! Keep your fingers crossed for me. Maybe that'll hold stitches together. 😄
#CoSoKnitting

Actual things said in our house tonight...

"What is psytrance?"
"Look up the group Infected Mushroom."

I'm kind of surprised that I like their cover of "Black Velvet"!
#CoSoMusic

After several days of serious house cleaning, I'm going to glare very angrily at the next person who leaves a mess.

The whole book goes through each letter of the alphabet, and those are actual comments I wrote on each page. You just need to recognize the cypher I used.

My book made it back to me! I did this several years ago for the Brooklyn Art Library's Sketchbook Project. Sadly, they have to close. But I was able to get my book sent back to me! It survived a fire at the library, I've moved to a different state than where I lived when I did it, and now we're together again. Praise Lake Monster!
#CoSoArt

Holy clean floors, Batman!

My body has made mopping not an option, and we live in an old school with lots of hard floor. I got a Hoover FloorMate. It cleans my floors! It's like pushing a slow vacuum. I can mop my floors again!

I have recently fallen in love with the song "Annan Water". The chorus just...look, we will all meet our end eventually. Making a deal with the water seems like a good idea.
#CoSoMusic

"If you calm
And let me pass
You may render me a wreck
When I come back

So calm your waves
And slow the churn
And you may have my precious bones
On my return"

I think this is the best drawing of Azathoth I've done. Probably one of my best Lovecraft Mythos drawings.

I also have no idea how anyone would know if it wasn't. I mean, it's not like we can agree on cheekbones, facial hair, etc with this.
#CoSoArt

I've been spending a lot of time lately making really weird art. That's actually a good thing. It's one of my self-care tactics. I'm going to make it through this cycle of depression.