Saturday, October 24, 2026

Inanna, or Ishtar, or ?

Another goddess...

another full moon.

From Debra She Who Seeks...

A three dimensional sculpture made by Sacred Source (India) and painted silver by Debra, photo by Debra.

The Burney Relief now in the British Museum.

Sacred Source sells their sculpture as bare clay titled Lillith.

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Quoted from: Girl God Books on FaceBook

Based in Norway

"Archaeologists agree that agriculture was originally developed by women, along with pottery, weaving, and Neolithic religion,  which most likely centred around ritual dance. Women have long been the keepers of both horticultural knowledge and ritual dance, which are connected in multiple ways. On a practical level, flat round threshing grounds make ideal floors for circular dance, while metaphorically, the threshing floor represents the generous womb of Mother Earth, and of human mothers by extension.

The dance circle itself serves as a vessel of symbolic rebirth, as it recreates the womb or lap or embrace of the Great Mother, and offers abundant unconditional love to all those who join the dance. The connection to Mother Earth is reiterated over and over in the dance songs, as well as in the dance steps: the most common dance pattern traces the motif of the Tree of Life, which has been a key symbol of the Mother Goddess since ancient times. I believe this is because visible patterns of veins in the human placenta branch out from the ‘trunk’ of the umbilical cord into a tree shape, which midwives around the world independently name the Tree of Life. In this way, the Tree symbolises the life-giving sustenance of the Divine Mother which we receive when we dance. 

Circle dance traditions survive best today in southern and eastern Europe – the same area where egalitarian matriarchal civilisations flourished for thousands of years.  This region, named Old Europe by archaeologist and archaeomythologist Marija Gimbutas, was the cradle of sophisticated societies which honoured the Goddess, celebrated nature, made beautiful art, shared resources, and lived in partnership. These peaceful egalitarian matriarchies formed the foundation of human culture from approximately 7000-4000 BCE, and longer in some places, for instance until 1450 BCE in Crete."

-Laura Shannon, excerpt from her paper, "Women’s Ritual Dances to Heal Somatic Trauma" - featured in Spells for Survivors: Returning to the Holy Her

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I'm interested in history...ancient history...as it depicts a time when civilizations existed with completely different foundational aspects to those of today.

The goddesses might not just be mythological stories; they were in all probability central to the lives of culture as Gimbutas posits. Her work is based on findings in archaeological sites where no defensive structures were found. No community dikes or defensive walls. No weapons. A culture where peace was expected, lived in daily lives, where neighbors weren't a threat.

When I learned of the ancient systems of these cultures in the 1990s, it changed my entire sense of feminism. Goddesses were central to civilization at one time, before patriarchy took over. So I started reclaiming the divine feminine in my life.

This easily melded with the need for our world to address the issues of climate change. Our survival as a civilization depends upon removing reliance upon fossil fuels. This is the big picture. In 200 or 500 years, it's highly unlikely that plastics will still be around, nor cars and trucks and planes running on fossil fuels. (Whether or not humanity is stil around is another philosophical question)

Then think forward as far as we think back to the ancient times. Ha! What will remain from our poor culture when it's buried beneath the soils?

Friday, October 23, 2026

Nope, can't buy my vote this way!

So the law stopped the president from political advertising on TV using government money to get votes.

Lots of people did receive a $90 deposit... who's grateful?

This is the next step.

Elders, wake up and smell the poop! Of course we want our grandchildren to have great little bank accounts.

But do not let a politician sway your votes by again using the government to advertise for his party!

This is ILLEGAL! I'm sure of it.

I got this email yesterday morning...from the actual Social Security site...or perhaps a very good fake.

Social Security Administration Information@update.ssa.gov

Last year, President Donald J. Trump signed into law the Working Families Tax Cuts, which included a historic tax cut for America’s seniors. That law also created Trump Accounts, individual investment accounts for America’s children designed to grow with the U.S. economy and build long-term savings.

Today, nearly 70 million Trump Accounts are open for all American children. Parents and legal guardians simply need to claim their child’s Trump Account through the official Trump Accounts app, available to download for free in the Apple App Store and Google Play.

Once activated, the account can receive funds from family, friends, and employers, as well as gifts from generous donors. Tens of millions of accounts already have money contributed by donors in them, just waiting to be claimed.

At Social Security, we are informing families about how they can activate their child’s Trump Account—many accounts with money already in them. We are also communicating with parents of newborns about the one-time $1,000 contribution from the U.S. Treasury, available to children born between Jan. 1, 2025, and Dec. 31, 2028.

Trump Accounts are one of the most significant investments in the next generation of Americans in our nation’s history, by giving every American child a stake in our country’s success and a strong financial foundation for the future.

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Thursday, October 22, 2026

The colors of the holiday (Halloween/Samhain)

Thanks to fellow blogger!

Box Elder Bugs...not this many, but I've got a swarm of them inside the screen/window glass. Ugh. I want to open windows, but don't want them flying into the apartment. I've had them about a week...and hope their season of living in the walls on the 4th floor of a concrete building is almost over.

No, I can't spray with insecticide, since I can't breath those chemicals.

With rain instead of sun they have disappeared, for now.

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Night shot of Cortez with Sleeping Ute Mountain in the distance.

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Would love help identifying the bird at the top of the phone pole...black with a white ring around his neck, and some pink/orange on his underbelly, but a white chest.