Happy Friday!
I’m looking forward to making this for Lughnasadh. I’ve never made it before, but it looks pretty easy. If you get the chance to make it, let me know how it turns out. Enjoy!
Prep time: 10 minutes
Baking time: 50 to 55 minutes
Servings: about 16
Ingredients:
1 cup flour
1 cup graham or rye flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
Scariest Movies Over the history of cinema there have been many films that have been called the scariest movies. Many of these movies are horrific, gory and frightening on many different levels. Some people are scared by monsters while others are frightened by real life horrors, but all these movies scare people in many different ways. Read full story from screenjunkies.com
Navajo Continues Life’s Work With AICF Early this year W.K. Kellogg Foundation gave the American Indian College Fund (AICF) $5 million for the Wakanyeja “Sacred Little Ones” Early Childhood Development Initiative.
Botanical Name: Jasminum officinale, Jamsminum grandiflorum, Jasminum odoratissimum
Folk Names: Anbar, Jessamin, Moonlight on the Grove, Peot’s Jessamine, Yasmin
Jasmine is a woody perennial. The shrub climbs up to 50 feet, with green stems and leaves. J. grandiflorum is mostly used in herbal remedies, while J. officinale is used in aromatherapy.
In Europe, jasmine was used to aid in childbirth. The oil would facilitate birth by “warming the womb.” Burning Jasmine leaves would attract wealth and bring money. If the leaves were burned in the bedroom, it was believed that it would result in prophetic dreams.
Jacobs, Benefiel To Spend 40 Days Laying Spiritual “Seige” To Washington DC Last week we posted a video John Benefiel, head of the Heartland Apostolic Reformation Network, explaining how he had gone to Washington, DC in order to exercise his “spiritual authority” to “divorce Baal” and rename the city “the District of Christ.” Read full story from rightwingwatch.com
Why Pagans Need Community Centers
In response to the Sacred Paths Center’s financial situation, opinions have been circulating that Pagans don’t need community centers. I realized that we assume the reasons for community center projects are obvious.
Clematis (Vitalba)
Clematis (also called Traveler’s joy or Old man’s beard) is a flowering vine of the Ranunculaceae family. The vines can grow up to 100 feet long and can completely blanket trees and other plants. Each blossom is made up of 4 greenish-white fluffy sepals and feathery filaments that turn silvery and thread-like in the fall.
Clematis can be a great remedy for someone who tends to live in a dream world, and takes little interest in day-to-day events. It also helps with people that may be frustrated with life and have unrealistic ideals. It can stimulate creative potential and encourage a person to envision their dreams and become focused.
Prep Time: 14 minutes
Baking Time 15 minutes
Servings: 4 to 6
Ingredients:
1 (10-ounce) can refrigerated pizza dough (See below for homemade dough recipe)
1/3 cup pizza sauce
1 cup grated mozzarella cheese
1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1/2 cup broccoli florets
1/2 cup sliced red bell pepper
1/2 cup sliced green bell pepper
1/3 cup coarsely chopped onion
1/3 cup sliced mushrooms
1/4 cup sliced black olives
Indian Paint Brush
Botanical Name: Castilleja
Folk Names: Snake’s Maiden, Snakes Matches
Native to North America, Indian Paintbrush is a genus of about 200 species of annual and perennial herbaceous plants.
According to Native American legend, a young brave became frustrated in his attempts to paint a sunset with his war-paints. He then asked for guidance from the Great Spirit****. The Great Spirit gave him paintbrushes laden with sunset colors**. With these gifts, he painted his masterpiece. He then left the spent brushes in fields across the landscape.** The brushes sprouted into the vibrant reds, scarlets, yellows and purples of the Indian paintbrush.
Native to the Mediterranean, lavender is primarily cultivated in Provence, in the south of France. It usually grows in open fields and stony mountain slopes. Today, it can be found throughout southern Europe, Australia, and the United States. Lavender is a short shrub that grows to a height of roughly 24 inches. When in bloom, lavender’s blue-violet flowers gives the herb its aromatic scent. The flowers are aligned in spirals of 6 - 10 blossoms, forming interrupted spikes above the foliage.
Happy Friday Everyone!
I plan on doing a lot of grilling this weekend, which also means Potato Salad and Deviled eggs. I can never get enough of those yummy little eggs. So simple and fun to make, I had to post both recipes. :)
Potato Salad
Ingredients:
1 5 lb bag of potatoes (red or white, I prefer the red)
4 eggs
1 small onion
1 celery
2 tsp Relish
Study Sheds New Light on Archaeology of the Dura-Europos Expedition A recent study of the photographic archives of one of the 20th century’s most sensational archaeological excavations and discoveries lends powerful credence to the phrase “a picture is worth a thousand words”. Tucked away carefully within the archival collections of the Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven, Connecticut, more than 5,000 unpublished photographs taken between 1928 and 1937 recount a story in visual detail that cannot be fully told in the printed words of excavation reports, site journals or the popular press of the time. Read full story from popular-archeology.com
