The Festival of Lights

Hanukkah started on Sunday evening 

and continues all this week.

Every year, I have to double-check

how to spell the name of this holiday. 

Every single year. 

Maybe this kid has the right idea --

Her Royal Highness the Cat

always laughs at me because

she knows how it's really spelled!

Happy Hanukkah / Hanukkat 

to all who celebrate!

Queen Bitch

Time To Go A-Viking!

Norse News: Date for Norse activity in North America confirmed as 1021 CE!

After analyzing 14C concentrations in tree rings from wooden objects found at L'Anse aux Meadows, researchers have been able to conclude that the Norse were active in North America exactly 1000 years ago, in 1021 CE.

Article | Thread (by Dr. Cat Jarman)

I've never been to 

L'Anse aux Meadows 

in Newfoundland, 

but one of my travel goals 

is to get there someday!

In the meantime, let's

celebrate our favourite

historical pagan ruffians!

And now, to conclude,

a public service announcement 

from the Danish Road Safety Council --

Signal Boost!

Help out a grad student, willya? 

Blogging buddy (The Gods Are Bored) Anne Johnson's daughter needs a lot of people to take a survey she created about news sources and late-night comedy shows. The survey only takes about five minutes and is found here:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/12dMKWXXixARlduvbe8zhd6beGzIyoJjxgJDa38XKuiY/edit

Although the survey is geared towards Americans, input is also welcome from Canadians and others.

It's NSFW Smut Time Again!

Oh, I know what

kind of posts

YOU PEOPLE 

really want.

Catering to you people's

TWISTED SENSE OF HUMOUR 

is going to result in 

DIRE CONSEQUENCES 

for me someday, I know. 

BUT YOU'RE WELCOME!

Baby, You Can Drive My Car

 agavehoney

The only honest mechanic left

Oh, thought I couldn't work 

superheroes into this post?

Think again!

November Full Moon Altar: Kali

November's full moon altar celebrates the Hindu Goddess Kali, Great Mother of All and Destroyer of Evil. She is one of several divinities honoured during Diwali, the joyful Festival of Lights which was marked earlier this month. So on this altar I have surrounded Kali with a string of mini-lights, a pair of white lotus votive holders and two ever-changing lotus devotional lamps displaying a sequence of bright fibre-optic colours.

With her golden diadem, necklace of human skulls, arsenal of weapons and fearsome visage, Kali dances the eternal dance of creation and destruction on top of the prone body of her husband, Lord Shiva the Destroyer. Wielding her Sword of Truth, Kali cuts through all illusion. People often seek her assistance when they want to overcome their worst fears.

My statue of Kali is carved from black stone. I bought her years ago in my favourite South Asian variety store here in Edmonton.

[Photos © Debra She Who Seeks, November 2021]

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