#deuxfleurs

[foxglovecordial]

Finally started B2, and yet I'm still too shy to actually practice speaking Norwegian outside of my class

Also I'm back from a trip to Albania

Currently reading: The Bone Houses by Emily Lloyd-Jones

[slavicafire]

If you were a goddess, I would offer you a day of this coastal Texas heat, a glass of sweet blackberry wine, and a kiss from my spoiled black cat Licorice.

how fitting and how needed! tell your dear cat I love them wholeheartedly.

[if I were a god, what offerings would you leave at my shrine]

[slavicafire]

For your playlist I’d like to suggest Kupalets or Kupala I Kostroma by Arkona, and Last Night by Kitka (this one I’m not sure has anything to do with Kupala, but it sounds otherworldly)

oh, thank you - added!

[themodernsouthernpolytheist]

Arawn for the mythology ask?

Arawn: What is the most terrifying thing you’ve ever done?

Hmmmm....hoenstly....idk? I feel like I’ve done a lot of things that terrified me at the time, but I don’t regret any of em. I’ve flown across the ocean a few times and that was awful the first time (it’s gotten progressively better), I’ve been to the top of the Eiffel Tower and that scared me cause I hate heights, I’ve been on the news in a small Appalachian town multiple times while fighting the much beloved local university and state legislature as a Queer person, I’ve moved to a city with 6 million people where I knew literally no one...but as I think about it, I still think the most terrifying thing I’ve ever done was come out to my mom as Queer. It took months of me plannin and talkin myself into it, tellin other people so that I couldn’t back out. I was truly afraid she’d cut me off completely and I had zero supportive family at the time (a few have since become or I’ve realized they were fierce allies and I can’t ever express how much that means to me). Yeah, I think that outweighs any fear of moving or heights or grad school that I’ve ever had. It’s not perfect, but our relationship is lightyears ahead of where I ever expected it to be, so I’ll take it.  

[themodernsouthernpolytheist]

(i’ve had) the time of my life and uptown girl for the 80s song ask! 😁

(i’ve had) the time of my life: if you could relive any ten minutes of your life, what would you relive?

Oooh, good one!!! But tough!! So, I think I’m gonna approach this 2 different ways and give 2 answers because Gemini. 

1) The Good: High school. I know that sounds weird cause most folks in the US seem to hate high school, but I loved it. I was in the band, I took 4 years of Russian, I helped in theater, I was on every prom, homecoming, and senior year committee I could be on. I did mock trial and model UN. I absolutely loved it, despite the issues. I recognize now that part of it was that it was an escape from home life, which you can read about below, but it truly was one of the best times of my life. 

2) The Bad: So, my dad died when I was a baby and I grew up with just me and my mom til I was 10. The winter before my 10th birthday, there was this father-son camping trip I really wanted to go on, but again, no dad. My mom was in a single adult women’s Sunday school class of and they had a “brother” class of single adult men. So, they asked the men if anyone would take me (and a now ex-friend) on this trip since we were dad-less. Good times! I had fun and even earned an unexpected Cub Scouts badge. But this man turned into my (now ex-) step-dad, who turned into an abusive asshole right after my mom married him. And despite the strength I’ve found through dealin with that, it’s one of the few things about my life I’d actually change. 

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