Deep cleaning dreads recipe.

~ Get a BIG bowl of warm/hot water,
mix in about 3/4 c of baking soda,
8-9 drops of tea tree oil,
2 tablespoons of lemon juice, and
2 tablespoons of sea salt
stir until well dissolved.

Soak all your dreads real well ~ wrap up in a towel and let them sit for like 1/2 an hour or so ~ then rinse( and rinse again ).

People on the hip forums say this stuff is the bomb for deep cleaning, which I don't feel I need to do just now, but I'm saving it here for later.

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Another visitor!

This morning's visitor is an Oleander Hawk moth. Really, really beautiful!






The Luna'pillars are doing great, by the way--getting nice and fat!

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Tonight is the Nemoralia (Festival of Torches-Ritual to Diana/Hecate)

From Ovid's Fasti:

In the Arrician valley,
there is a lake surrounded by shady forests,
Held sacred by a religion from the olden times...

On a long fence hang many pieces of woven thread,
and many tablets are placed there as grateful gifts to the Goddess.
Often does a woman whose prayers Diana answered,
With a wreath of flowers crowning her head,
Walk from Rome carrying a burning torch...

There a stream flows down gurgling from its rocky bed..."

Last year's Nemoralia:

http://jadedmyrrhmaid.livejournal.com/340233.html


Diana is, for many women, the first goddess that they become acquainted with. It doesn't seem to matter what religion they are to start with, most every woman knows and recognizes Diana/Artemis. She represents strength and power, which can help as a meditative archetype through rough times. She is prayed to for ease of childbirth, athletic ability, guidance and even revenge.

For me she was what got me through a bad relationship, and led me to embrace the duty of the Religio as I do now. She also gives me a strong visual and emotional signpost against my arthritis pain, and I'm pretty sure she will always be deep in my heart because of how much I've gone through with her. So, Lady, watch over me today. I am planning a lovely ritual to you this evening.