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I am Wiccan and I follow the path of the Morrigan.  This is a triple Goddess (Maiden, Mother and Crone).  You do not choose the Morrigan - She chooses you.   I am hoping over the coming days to add Tarot Readings, Pendulum Readings and other "witchy" stuff. 

Food Porn: American Chop Suey By T. Fargo Original post from Newsvine published Fri Apr 18, 2014 8:21 AM     What is chop suey? In Chinese, the two characters for chop suey are pronounced "tsa sui" in Mandarin or in Cantonese "shap sui," meaning "mixed small bits" or "odds and ends." As a culinary term, shap sui refers to a kind of stew made of many different ingredients mixed together.  In...

  Cocktail sauce was popularized in the U.S. in the 1920.  While cold sauces were popular, the unusual ingredient of horseradish (Which was brought to the U.S. via southern Europe and western Asia) made a sauce that some thought was born out of a dare.  Nostril cleaning, citrusy chili sauce with the sweetness of tomatoes?  It just sounds like a dare that happened to be delicious.   I place a...

I'm a history buff, so I've dragged my wife along to visit any number of ghost towns here in the Southwest. The best, by far, is only a forty-five minute drive from Yuma... but mostly over unfinished roads. So Castle Dome has all three of the ideal characteristics for a tourist spot: intrinsic interest, photogenic, ... and very few tourists! It's a great place for "impressionist...

And if you like to pick berries... be VERY careful...

Sunrise  at Monument Valley Wupatki From the NPS site: People gathered here during the 1100s, gradually building this 100-room pueblo with a community room and ballcourt. By 1182, perhaps 85 to 100 people lived at Wupatki Pueblo, the largest building for at least fifty miles. Within a day's walk, a population of several thousand surrounded Wupatki. Wupatki appears empty and...

These were all taken late in the day. The light was horrible: dim and fog-murky. So they've become experiments in making lemonade from lemons. A TON of post-treatment!

I like "complicated" skies: turbulent clouds, spears of sunlight, and all that. Sometimes, though, there's just grey skies, and one must do what one can... All of these photos have been reworked. I use paint.net, a free app that's got all the tools I understand. GIMP has more tools, but it's a hassle... and Photoshop is expensive! I've paid attention to the sky, sometimes more than to...

THE scenery for "Big Sky western" movies. One overlook is named for John Ford. Our great little Buick Encore (with the help of a topbox almost as big as the car) carried four adults in quiet comfort for two weeks. I've encrusted the front plate (which is not mandatory in Arizona-. Anyone who tells us all what it is wins... more photos tomorrow!