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Good morning and Happy Good Friday Eve readers! Last Saturday i ventured to The Raven Moon and it so happened to be the “pink” full moon or the first full moon of spring and I started to wonder what does that spell for Easter or the pagan holiday Ostara? Who came first? Let’s brew about it!

Now, Easter is the celebration of Jesus rising from his grave after being dead for three days. The first known recording of the resurrection is as far back as 325 B.C. Ostara is a little more difficult to pinpoint due to the fact that Anglo-Saxons didn’t have the ability to write and most of their rituals or celebrations were done by word of mouth. BUT some say it’s the 6th or 7th century which is crazy how far back that is. However, it could be further since again done by word of mouth plus the Christian church tried to rid their practices and forcing their beliefs onto them.

And here is where the two collide or rather the Christian church tried to convert the Anglo-Saxons to their religion by blending the two beliefs together. Ostara or Eostre are one in the same, a goddess of fertility and rebirth, Eostre is the German word for Easter. Naturally, the church used that as their spearhead to convert the Anglo-Saxons. So out goes the goddess of spring of fertility and in comes the Lord and Savior or were the two birthed around the same time?

Either way, both represent rebirth and new beginnings for the greater good of mankind. Celebrating that though winter time is dark there will always be spring to bring things back to life or the shedding of what is no longer needed so that something new and better can fill it’s place. The ways to celebrate Easter or Ostara is with decorating eggs, planting seeds and celebrating the longer days filled with warmth and light. But what do you think? Which was first the chicken or the egg or rather Easter or Ostara( Eostre) ?

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Good morning readers, I’m hoping your weekend went well. I’m coming at you today from the heels of The Raven Faerie trip with another great film. There will be some spoilers as I usually touch and go with films in the past, but I rather open the lid a little bit more as this one had me twisting the shape of the story back and fourth, puzzling over what happened. So let’s brew about it!

The Lady In The Yard, surprisingly I didn’t have popcorn when I watched this and if I did I’d probably eat my hand off before I got to the next bite. The opening scene starts with a tragic insight of whom is missing in the family, the father and husband of the family of four and things look bleak. In fact, the main character and mother of the movie is not only in pain emotionally but also physically and she takes it out on her two children, being short and ill-tempered with them. This part unnerved me and made me mad which means to me that the writer, director, and actor were doing their job right.

Of course The Woman shows up in the beginning and getting things kicked off from the get go which doesn’t help the already broken and mourning family setting the oldest child and mother’s nerves on edge. The writer really showcases the main character’s mental health and her desire to get up and provide for her children with the statement of,”give me strength.” At first I thought that the character states this as she’s now the sole caretaker of the two children and she’s also physically trying to recover from an injury, but as the story goes on it seems there is a mental screw that’s loose along with overriding guilt.

As the story progresses The woman is now IN the house wreaking havoc on the children and woman and it seems only in the dark can they be safe, which is the exact opposite in most stories or movies. It felt like the dark was hiding the true nature of The woman and only the light could shed the true story of what is really happening, as well as whom or what it actually is.

THIS is where I get stuck, is The Woman the truth of the main character trying to push through and the main character is actually the dark recesses that’s wreaking havoc on herself and her children’s lives? Is that why as The Woman comes closer they have to shutter themselves into the attic? Or when The woman explains to the main character that the only way out is death if she keeps going down the path she’s currently going? In the end the main character shoos her children to the next farm over and makes the motions to end her life BUT there’s no gunshot?! All of a sudden the kids are back the electric is turned on and everything is hunky-dory showing one of the character’s painting but the signature is mirrored. So did The Woman take over and the main character is living in a fairytale world that everything is better?

There are a lot of twists and turns in this movie and I feel it deserves a second watch, because the more I keep turning this Rubix’s cube the more I question was The Woman the good part of the main character and the main character the darker parts of herself? Is she actually dead? Did her kids ACTUALLY come back and they are living their best lvies, BUT why is her named spelled backwards? What are your thoughts?

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Good afternoon readers, I hope all is well. I’m coming to you later than my usual posts due to my schedule being a tad off, but well worth the wait! I went out this time and I’m so glad that I did. I took a trip to The Raven Faerie, it’s a hop, skip, and a jump from where I live down country roads which suited me just fine. Let’s brew about it!.

The store front reminded me of Diagon Alley from harry Potter, with it’s displayed window filled with crystals, plants and all things magical. I didn’t call ahead to set up an interview but rather i wanted to do some recon before asking to do an interview. Saturdays are quite lively it seems which really shows the harmonious atmosphere that brings people in. In fact, I was welcomed in with bright and cheery voices.

I wish I had ten more pair of eyes, everywhere the displays enticed me to pick up and satisfy my curiosity. I had just missed a workshop that they had held so as customers left the building, more trickled in so the energy had a healthy hum to it along with my astonishment, cats! One is named Yin and the other is Yang and they were beautiful. I know it seems I have an affinity only for cats, but that isn’t the case,I just find it to be a wonderful surprise.

Each room had a name flowing from one to the next without a hitch. Besides beautiful crystals they have a book of realms, which there were quite a few I wanted to take home, herbs for tea in another with a magnificent throne, and even a temple which was rather peaceful. Even the bathroom was gorgeous done in an aquatic theme with mermaids, led lights and seascape sounds.

I did end up purchasing some crystals and making friends with come to find out we are both born in the same month. Not only did I make friends with a fellow Aquarius, but also happens to do workshops for Runes coming soon on Saturdays. I can’t wait to set up an official post with the owner and get into their classes, because this place is magical.

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Good morning readers! I hope all is well and your weekend was relaxing. I’m enjoying the growth of my garden on the back patio. I do enjoy starting my day in the garden with Audrey 2 (aka Little Shop of Horrors plant) and the cats, but it would be interesting to be writing in a different place, maybe a mini adventure away from home or out of the state entirely. I would love to see a few little fur someones though and they were all the rage last night, let’s brew about it!

I was skimming through Facebook last night and I just so happened to see something about dire wolves popping up all over my feed like crazy. I thought to myself this has to be a scam or hoax because these guys have been extinct for WAYYYYY too long. Evidently, through bio-engineering they were able to extract fossilized dire wolf DNA and using red wolf DNA on top of using donor eggs have created three beautiful un-extinct mammals! It’s crazy to even type it let alone reading it. Why red wolf DNA though? The red wolf is the closest to the dire wolf genetics which ergo why they were used.

The first two dire wolves were born in 2024( I can’t BELIEVE I just typed 2024) and are named Remus and Romulus which if my werewolf history is of any use those are the names used in Underworld I believe, don’t Quote me! The newest member of the pack is a female pup named, Khalessi born this year. I am 110% sure I know where that’s coming from (Game of Thrones). It’s all so exciting. However, the location of the pups are at is unknown for many reasons I’m sure, but it is a great time to be alive during this monumental occasion! I’m also, thankful they paid heed to the disaster of what could happen from the many Jurassic movies. Hopefully, we will get more updates soon on how these little ones are thriving!

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Good morning readers, I’m in my sanctuary before the day begins, and it is nice and quiet surround by plants and of course the cats the peruse the neighborhood. The cars haven’t decided to zoom by with relish, or at least not the steady stream, yet. But I wanted to give you all an update on the vegetable/ fruit garden, let’s brew about it!

In the beginning of March, I planted tomatoes, cucumbers, and strawberries of which only one of the cucumber plants decided to have a “murder death kill,” within the first few days. I didn’t realize how delicate of a plant it is, so when transporting these bad boys from the garden center to your car to your home be aware of it’s surrounding these guys snap quick.

Also, cucumbers are vine plants and require a place to climb, luckily I had a couple of crates from the move that I placed behind the little guy. I highly recommend getting chicken wire to act as a lattice on the crate. Traditionally a lattice or cage is used to house climbing plants, but crates work just as well, if you’re looking for crates you can always call your local companies around you to se if they’re getting rid of any.

Other than that mishap everyone else is flourishing, the 2 tomato plants currently are bustling with tomatoes, the remaining cucumber plant is blooming and the strawberry plants well, they are starting to flow out of the pot and over the edge. I’m excited to see what growth will take place further into the year.

I plan on adding more cucumber plants, so the one lowly one has some buddies, but I’m thinking of adding zucchini, blackberry and bell peppers, possibly blue berries. I really don’t want to get overzealous, but I am revamping some pots to hold pollinator plants such as milkweed, passionflower and other tubular plants.

In the end having something to nurture snd watch grow is very humbling and satisfying. I enjoy relaxing in my little garden oasis. I really feel a fountain is needed four a sound sensory as well. I blame Secret Garden for my plant obsession, but I think also, with the constant screen action whether by laptop, phone, t.v. you get overloaded and desensitized so, it’s nice to dial it back. What do you think?

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Good morning readers, we are now sliding into April, which it feels like this year has flown by like zero to sixty, how do you feel about it? As we all know April 1st is April Fools Day, but why is it April Fools? When and why did this start? Let’s brew about it!

I hadn’t realized how far back April Fools Day may have began into the middle ages. Now, if you noticed MAY HAVE is the key words in this sentence. There isn’t any hard evidence as to when or where it started. However, one of my favorite writers of all time for his very cheeky streak, Geoffrey Chaulcer, wrote many stories with quite a bit of a “tongue in cheek” drawl. His Canterbury tales (known for it’s tom foolery) and Nun’s Priest’s Tales makes a reference to April1st, but there isn’t any hard evidence, although I can’t see why Chaulcer wouldn’t approve of a day like this.

There are some references to a festival of fools, but I digress if I were to continue my research I’d be down the rabbit hole for days. SO let’s pivot to the now, April Fools Day is perfect to get one over on a friend, co-worker, significant other, etc. Pranks whether by word of mouth or action. However, with social media at our fingertips we can prank worldwide AND in real time.

I myself enjoy a good prank, but sadly I’m not fond of those that can harm or debase a person. April Fools is a day for laughter and not to be done in a harmful manner, I know I’m not the only one that has seen videos that play at random. With that I say enjoy a good laugh and be kinds to others.

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Good morning Readers! I hope your week has been going well. It’s coming to a close for the month of March, and I like to take the time to reassess the month. Did I set out what I wanted to accomplish? Did I run through the week just trying to get to the weekend and now I’m stuck doing the things I didn’t want to do during the week? You betcha, I kept saying next weekend, next weekend and now the time meant to recharge and be creative is spent doing the mundane. What about you? Did you hit your target or do you have to adjust fire? Let’s brew about it.

I had to sit myself down and instead of doing a more quirky post I jumped on this train about cramming things into the weekend. Which I guess I wanted to navigate this way because I can’t be the only person that does this to themselves. I end up feeling disgruntled with the choices I made for the week or month even and end up wanting to bite everyone head off when it’s truly my own fault.

Time management, that’s the key. It gets tossed around like crumpled paper only to land outside the waste bin when not used right and then, fuck gotta exert more energy picking up the mess that was made. I literally, wrote it out and then inputted the MUST DOs in my phone, because one I really shouldn’t be doing what I don’t want to do on the days I should be having fun and two losing my shit on people for my own laziness isn’t right nor fair.

Relief, that’s the one word I felt, and not so tangled? I could breathe and see things clearly once I mapped everything all out and then some. I could navigate the days and even months in advance if I just planned it out. Will there be some pivoting? Of course, not all things can be planned out to a T life likes to throw those curves balls out there, but it’s how we respond to them.

With that being said I wasn’t just talking about mundane, I’m pretty sure you were picking up what I was putting down. If not, I was talking about what I do here, I didn’t like how it felt being chaotic, am I suzy homemaker? Am I a goth snatching crystal girl? Are we flipping to pictures of what I cook or books I read? What is the direction I want to go when I’m on here? What are you guys wanting to read about when you come here? What is the presence? Honestly, sometimes the worry is flooded with anxiety. I’m not sure if most writers would cringe at my transparency, but maybe I’d like to show the human side, the faulty one.

So, I hope you will continue to ride with me as I go down this curious path. How do you feel? What’s your perspective on life cramming on the weekends? Do you have any pointers on what actions to take, meditation possibly or maybe biting someone’s head off does feel relieving in some way?

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Good morning, readers it is with great pleasure that I come to you today. Currently eyeing the garden with the company of the cats that roam our neighborhood. Side note I’ve always wanted a calico cat and now said imaginary cat exists on my streets but most importantly hangs out with me in the patio while I write. It’s the perfect way to start the day, I feel. Anyways, there’s another dream come true and it’s made it’s way to the box office! So let’s brew about The Death of a Unicorn!

So I’m a big fan of unicorns, since I was young, one of my top favorite mythical creatures growing u[p and still is. I find them to be mysterious, playful and of course magical. I’ll stop there so you don’t start barfing, but one of my favorite movies growing up was called The Last Unicorn, which is about a unicorn who’s looking for her own kind and makes friends along the way (definitely a hero’s journey here) learning lessons along the way.

I always wanted something more for a tale about a unicorn although The Last Unicorn does have that more. However, most often as not the unicorn isn’t a main character (also without speaking parts because we immediately think they don’t talk) and are more of a segway in helping others achieve their goals or are a sign to follow. BUT in this new movie coming out not only is it not a movie made straight to home video, it’s IN THE THEATER!!!

Now, The Death of a Unicorn takes a comedic and dark story about a unicorn being hit and now one of it’s own kind is seeking revenge against those that harmed one of their own. Which to me is !: hilarious and the old joke of, “I think there’s a unicorn in the engine of my car.” Also, Paul Rudd is in it and he is hilarious so, I’m excited to see this take on this mythical creature. Usually they are shy and elusive, but not this time they are dark and ready to kill.

What are your thoughts? Does the word,”unicorn” throw you off? Do you find the dark twist not to your liking or is it just what the doctor ordered?

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Good morning readers, earlier this week I chattered about places to go in Plant City, and I’ll be traversing about in April, so there will be more in-depth look into the places I mentioned. However, I wanted to see if there were any haunted places or sightings, I have some paranormal gear I’ve been itching to bust out. So let’s brew about it.

I’ve done some research on the area of Plant City and I thought if this place has been around since the 1800’s surely it’s haunted! It is NOT. Originally there was a native village and was named after said village, in which I’ve tried but I can’t for the life of me pronounce it, chepuckesassa. After some research I was quite stumped. You mean there hasn’t been anything happening and it’s all peachy? I feel there’s an underbelly story somewhere in here and I just haven’t done enough digging.

The reason why this little idea fairy popped in my head was when I drove by a cemetery and the lightbulb went off, what IF I’ve moved in an area where there was some activity?! Obviously that balloon popped as soon as it was inflated. However, there is a haunted trail, Sir Henry’s, which I have covered before and it is an amazing place. I met the owner and he is an awesome guy, very down to earth. Sir Henry’s is open this coming April 11th & 12th for their haunted ghost town and BBQ.

I definitely want to check out Sir Henry’s again because not only are they more local to me but they create a gruesomely amazing experience and have grown tremendously since last I been there. Not only are they opening more and more throughout the year, they in fact have a section for private events for media coverage. I practically rubbed my hands, but how do I get in? After reading the requirements, it states that you will need at least 4k minimum of subscribers or followers for a single platform or channel and If you have multiple, they require you have at least 2k.

I don’t think these are unfair numbers as you and Sir Henry’s are both profiting from the exposure and networking. So It seems I have a heading, and a goal this year. What do you think? Do you feel the numbers to be steep or fair? I think the exposure would be fantastic and practically kick start what you have and double it.

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Good morning readers! Since I have moved I haven’t done much in exploring my new habitat. The dust has definitely settled and it’s high time to spread my wings and explore what lies beyond the new walls of my home, but I’ve done some research, so let’s brew about it.

The new area I ,live in is as close to “country” in a big city area as you can get, in fact, I sit on the back patio just to hear the roosters crow while cars speed by. There’s even a downtown area with brick buildings and diners to get a bite to eat as well as events every last Friday of the mont. So, I did some digging and there are some places I’d like to explore here in the near future, next month really.

So, my fingers flew to find a metaphysical shop near me and sadly it isn’t in Plant City but a town over in Lakeland called Raven Faerie. It isn’t too far from where I live so it’s a definite check out(I’ve been to Raven Moon before but I have yet to write about it and it’s about the same distance.)

Catnip Cafe, though, is in Plant City proper and across from a cafe called Brick House Cafe that looks delicious. The name immediately jumped out at me and then, when I realized they had cats you could sit and have a beverage with, was immediately on the bucket list.

Honestly, I think a stroll in the downtown area, would be great as I can’t really name another place. I’ve only been able to commit to memory what I seen while driving through. So photos and posts to follow, but I’m really excited to get these boots some milage and carouse about my new hometown area.

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