Baba Widdershins

@ciapoeia.bsky.social

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Cozy crone. Joyful cook. Compassionate friend. Cautious optimist. Exuberant reader of arcane mysteries. Magically delicious. Perpetual student of life. Mothered only by the moon & the stars. Sovereign observer. Currently: treading water

The night sky over a rural scene, taken on another night. The moon glows through a patch of heavy clouds that fill one half of the sky, leaving the other side barren.
A black book cover featuring a hand holding a dripping, amazing looking pork burger in its palm. The burger is dripping grease and what looks like mustard down her wrist. The book title is THE ART OF ESCAPISM COOKING: A Survival Story, With Intensely Good Flavors by food blogger (LadyAndPups.com) Mandy Lee.
Peacock’s stupid TV app taking a crap again. Pic of my TV screen that says SOMETHING WENT WRONG. Gee, you think?
BLOWING ON YOUR THUMB Blowing on your thumb can help calm you down because it activates a nerve called the vagus nerve, which is connected to your body's relaxation response. When you blow on your thumb, you stimulate the vagus nerve, which can help reduct your heart rate and make you feel more relaxed. It's like giving your body a gentle reminder to calm down and take a deep breath. --The Contented Child
Watermelon and cherry Zotz candies for a trip down memory lane. Our store is out of the apple ones.
A rural scene of green vegetation along a road, with two lightning-damaged deciduous trees waiting for leaf buds.
A 30 year old winking green man carving hanging on the wall amid giant Monstera leaves.
I MAKE NO COMMISSIONS FROM TELLING YOU ABOUT THESE GUMMIES. They're just the ones I've used the longest & I get asked about them by other disabled people. The discount code is good for TODAY ONLY and won't be extended, so this is it. Today is the day. KindOasis.com The discount code is OUR420 You must enter the code in the cart to get the discount. I don't have a dispensary in my town, so I always order online. My package arrives inside a week & I live pretty far from them. They're in Milwaukee, WI & I'm on the west coast. FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) Q: Do you need a marijuana card in order to purchase? A: No. I don't have a card & I've been purchasing for a couple of years. You do have to click to say you're over 21. Q: They're expensive. How is this affordable? A: I only take it for sleep 90% of the time. It makes me sleepy with 1/4 to 1/6 of a gummy, depending on which strength I take. I cut my current strength into 1/6 size pieces. If I occasionally want to fly a little, then I'll additionally eat half of another 6th. I'm fairy-size woman, tho. Ymmv. But for me, a jar of 30 gummies at my current strength lasts me 180 nights, if I only take 1/6 every night. So I typically order gummies 2x per year. I like to have a cushion of some extra, so I like to have at least 1/2 a jar more than I need since I do share them with family when they ask. Q: I tried gummies once & it didn't seem to do anything. Were they no good? A: This would happen with me sometimes when I first started using gummies. Timing some food with or within a few mins of your gummy can really help it along, especially something sweet. Take your gummy, then follow it up with either a meal or a sweet snack. It can be as small as a piece of peanut butter toast or a small bowl of sweet cereal. Q: What if I have other questions? A: You can DM me, if it's questions about the experience. If it's a technical question, I'll refer you to the shop's website.
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Big flaky snow falling in the twilight in a rural country scene. In the middle of APRIL.
A very colorful, old, mini tarot deck and matching booklet sitting in an even older, clear, square candle jar (burned out wax removed years ago). They were a perfect match for each other.
Lily from the movie Legend possessed by the dancing black dress, which often appeared as a lacy black outline in front of a giant fire.
Black and white Buffalo check curtains are tied back revealing a foggy view of the field out back. On the window sill is a small sedum plant struggling toward the limited light. A faceted crystal from a chandelier hangs between the upper part of the curtain opening while tiny fairy lights shine along the inner edges. A wax melter is lit in a mandala-type glow. A cozy late winter scene in the high desert of Pacific Northwest.
A rural, misty, twilight scene of a field with deer quietly grazing near a rock jack.
An image with two panes: Robert Duvall on the left & a quote from the movie Broken Trail: We're all travelers in this world. From the sweet grass to the packing house. Birth 'til death. We travel between the eternities. —Robert Duvall Image from AZ QUOTES
The World is like a ride in an amusement park, and when you choose to go on it you think it's real, because that's how powerful our minds are. And the ride goes up and down and round and round, and it has thrills and chills and is very brightly colored, and it's very loud. And it's fun, for a while. Some people have been on the ride for a long time, and they've begun to question, 'Is this real, or is this just a ride?', and other people have remembered, and they've come back to us and they say 'Hey, don't worry. Don't be afraid, ever, because this is just a ride.' and we KILL THOSE PEOPLE. "Shut him up! We have a lot invested in this ride! SHUT HIM UP! Look at my furrows of worry. Look at my big bank account, and my family. This just has to be real." It's just a ride. But we always kill those good guys who try and tell us that. You ever noticed that? And let the demons run amok. But it doesn't matter, because... It's just a ride. And we can change it anytime we want. It's only a choice. No effort, no work, no job, no savings of money. A choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear wants you to put bigger locks on your door, buy guns, close yourself off. The eyes of love, instead see all of us as one. Here's what we can do to change the world right now, to a better ride: Take all that money we spent on weapons and defense each year and instead spend it feeding, clothing, and educating the poor of the world, which it would many times over, not one human being excluded, and WE CAN EXPLORE SPACE, TOGETHER, BOTH INNER AND OUTER, forever... in peace. -- Bill Hicks (1961 - 1994)
A small kitchen window of a 100+ yo house, with black & white buffalo plaid curtains, looking out into the fog pressing in. A small sedum plant presses itself against the window glass, desperate for light. A wax melter is lit in the window like a tiny sword raised against the encroaching dark.
White or super pale gray fog envelopes a rural neighborhood. Power poles stand in stark resistance to the gloom. The trees in the distance are but vague shapes, mere suggestions of trees. It's a nice feeling to be in your home, warm & held separate from the hovering mists outside the door.
A girl is sitting on a rooftop, facing away. A black bird is next to her. The text says, “Don’t wait till your deathbed to tell people how you feel. Tell them to fuck off now.”
A rural view out my back door. This winter scene is stark white: white on the ground, trees covered in white -- it's all covered in hoary frost from freezing fog. The fog has temporarily rolled out in this pic, but you can see it at the edges. It never goes far in freezing fog. The trees are heavily misshapen from the weight of the frost. Even the sky is stark white. Branches are down all over & there will be more. The ice accretion is about 5-6" thick on the power lines. It looks like a snowy scene, but no snow here. There are intermittent spots of color from people's sheds & outbuildings.
"Dr. Gladys West, a trailblazing mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has passed away at 95. Born in 1930 in Virginia, West pursued higher education during the Jim Crow era fighting against discrimination earning bachelor's and master's degrees in mathematics from Virginia State College (now Virginia State University). In 1956, she began a 42-year career at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Dahlgren, where her groundbreaking satellite-based models of the Earth's shape became essential to GPS. Though her contributions went unrecognized for decades, West received long-overdue honors by being inducted into the US Air Force Space and Missiles Pioneers Hall of Fame and honored as Female Alumna of the Year by the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Awards in 201 8, cementing her legacy as a quiet architect of modern navigation. Job well done, Dr. West!
A head shot of a proud, accomplished black woman, Dr Gladys West, in a hat -- a GPS pioneer. The shared graphic below this image reads: "Dr. Gladys West, a trailblazing mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has passed away at 95. Born in 1930 in Virginia, West pursued higher education during the Jim Crow era fighting against discrimination earning bachelor's and master's degrees in mathematics from Virginia State College (now Virginia State University). In 1956, she began a 42-year career at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Dahlgren, where her groundbreaking satellite-based models of the Earth's shape became essential to GPS. Though her contributions went unrecognized for decades, West received long-overdue honors by being inducted into the US Air Force Space and Missiles Pioneers Hall of Fame and honored as Female Alumna of the Year by the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Awards in 201 8, cementing her legacy as a quiet architect of modern navigation."
A magical feeling rural scene at night with houses in the distance all aglow. Frost covered trees stand against the dark. Light, hovering fog up high is illuminated by the glow from the homes. Looks like a gift shop greeting card.
A stark rural scene covered in hoary frost with freezing fog hovering at the edges. Two lightning damaged trees are bearing the weight of frost.
A rural night scene showing off the sunset colors of mostly rosy pink in the clouds of the night sky. Houses from the next block over are lit from within, the warm amber glow spilling out into the night.
A rural scene featuring the sunset, making the blue sky rosy in large swathes. Power lines in a semi-ghost town crisscross the view.
In crayon & stickers a page is decorated in dogs & stars & dog bone shapes. The spirit is cheerful & childlike. In crafting is written “I have survived everything I thought I wouldn’t and I’ll survive this too.”
An anthropomorphic bird in an apron, stirring a big pot on a stone stove powered by flame. It says, “I don’t need a recipe for disaster. I usually just eyeball it.” The copyright text says KITCHENWINDOWBOY
A beat up looking chicken with bald spots & very few feathers walking along. The text above it says, "It's been a rough week but I made it - how about you?"
The tower card from the Agatha All Along tarot deck. It depicts a white tower with a jagged rocky base & clouds all around. The 2 windows have flames coming out & the top of the tower is blown off & burning with a yellow jagged arrow that might be a lightning strike. A large blue crown is blowing off the top. Two witches in black are falling head-first while what looks like a princess in white with a white crown is falling horizontally, while reaching toward the top, her gown billowing in the air.
This image is of the inside bottom of the box with the cards & LWB removed. It's black with white creepy twigs in the corners & some purple stars. Bold purple text in the center says "Seeketh Thou The Road." This is significant because in Agatha All Along, she & the other witches must walk the Witch's Road.
A black tarot card box with gold foil & purple foil lettering & witchy symbols with moon phases in a circle. Under the purple crescent moon at the top it says MARVEL TELEVISION in gold foil. Beneath that in purple it says AGATHA ALL ALONG. Triple goddess is in a cameo shape in the center. The box is the kind that has magnetic closure. The box is 2-1/16" thick.
A thoroughly packed pair of dark bookshelves, with decorative orange pumpkin string lights draped across the top front. A hanging crystal teardrop is suspended from one of the shelves, which holds a couple dozen oracle & tarot card decks. The other shelves are cluttered & packed full of books & various witchy decorations. The top of the shelves feature a metal obelisk casting its shadow on the wall, a large gnome witch with expandable orange & black legs, a tall beautiful witch figurine in a beautiful black layered Victorian-style gown & miscellaneous creepy garden decorations. Hanging to the right, you can see a round wooden disc that features a wood-burned wheel of the year with representations of each cycle between the spokes. It all needs to be dusted, baby.
A large fuzzy black cat asleep on his side under a dark plum purple faux fur blanket. His name is Samedi.
The title screen for the tv series Dark Winds.
A rural scene with greenish grass in the foreground, some old houses, and the setting sunlight hitting the tops of some trees showing off their fall color.
A large black coffee cup with white moons and stars inside, brimming with the elixir known as coffee with creamer, sits on a worn side table. You can’t see it steaming… but, oh… It’s steaming, baby. Coffee cup by Rogue & Wolf
A fog-enshrouded rural scene of a field with some trees in the distance & a road along the left side. A telephone pole with multiple wires extending in multiple directions is more visible than the trees.
A country sunset scene with yellow lights in house windows beneath a ceiling of clouds that are deep dusty in blue with the gentlest shades of rose pink.
An Anyday cookware bowl with short grain rice, broccoli & salmon.
A nutrition label for a Barebells Salty Peanut Protein Bar. The important stats are 20g protein, 18g total carbs (5g sugar alcohols, 0 added sugars, 1g total sugars), 3g dietary fiber. 8g fat.
A screen cap showing the date of midterms, which is 4/7/26 - 11/3/26
A space heater that looks like a wood burning stove with beautiful fake flames amid year round fall decorations.
A brindle colored dog asleep in a fuzzy chair in a chilly day. The tip of her tail is covering her face.
Samedi, a fluffy black medium haired Ragdoll cross is laying on his back looking up at me adoringly.
The full moon is peeping in the window above a Turkish lamp & some green plants on a stand.
A cyan blue cereal box with a happy martian popping up behind a big bowl of Quisp cereal. The front of the box says Quaker in the upper left corner, then at the bottom it says QUISP Crunchy Corn Cereal.
A calico cat named Ms Halloween Candycorn is perched on a radiator heater.
A big black floof of a cat who would love to snooze if I’d stop taking pics.