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Permalink Reply by Bad Seed on August 12, 2014 at 10:46

1. What is your practice?

I'm an initiated Wiccan in the Blue Star tradition. I am also a devotée of Hekate.

 

2. If you have a magickal name what is it?

I have a name that I use only among my tradmates, so I'm not going to share it here. In public, I will just go by my given name in person, or whatever Internet handle I use on a website.

 

3. What kind of pets do you have?

I have a longhaired black cat named LucyFur, though 99% of the time, I call her Woogie (thanks to "Something Positive," but from the early days, before they had a cat with that name in the comic).

 

4. What are two things in your kitchen that you couldn't live with out.

ALL OF IT. Seriously, I'm kind of obsessed with cooking. But to pick two…my stove and my chef's knife.

 

5. Are you married?

Yes, my husband and I got married this past October, though we'd already been together for over ten years at that point.

 

6. Do you have children? If so do you include them in your practice?

No kids yet.

 

7. List one item in your living room that you have made yourself.

In my living room? Nothing I can think of. The stuff I've made is primarily in my bedroom (mostly knitted things, especially lace shawls).

 

8. What is one item that you have added to your altar recently?

So, my altar is something I set only for ritual, and then take down again. I change the setup slightly (within the framework of my tradition's altar setup) depending on the ritual I'm doing, the time of year, etc. I do, however, have a couple of shrines to particular deities. The most recent addition to those is a small statue of Hekate on my shrine to her. I'd had one that was a copy of a three-faced pillar-type statue of her in Greece. Now I also have one that I believe is based on a vase painting depicting the return of Persephone, where she is depicted with two torches. 

 

9. Two random items that are in your fridge?

Great Hill Blue cheese and tahini paste

 

10. One item in your pantry?

Fish sauce

 

11. Favorite meal to cook?

Homemade pizza with slow-fermented dough. Getting the PERFECT pizza crust is enough of a challenge to keep me interested, pizza is always awesome, and I love the fact that I can change up the toppings infinitely, depending on what I'm in the mood for.

12. Favorite drink?

Oh jeez. Rye Manhattans? Corpse Revivers? Dirty gin martinis? Negronis? I love a good cocktail. I also love a good beer, particularly the lavishly dry-hopped ones. Cambridge Brewing Company's Red God is one of my faves in that category. I like non-alcoholic drinks too, but man, you can do some awesome stuff with alcohol.

 

13. Favorite fruit?

I can't pick just one. Whichever one I happen to be eating?

 

13. Favorite Veggie?

See "fruit." Though I am particularly, passionately fond of cucumbers, which are incredibly versatile.

 

14. Favorite workout?

Walking and calisthenics. I love feeling my body get stronger.

 

15. Favorite color?

Red.

 

16. What are some of your hobbies?

Knitting (hi, fellow knitter!), cooking, gardening, dancing, singing, strength training

 

17. What is your totem/spirit animal?

I don't have one. Never felt the need.

 

18. Favorite show?

I think Doctor Who probably wins that one, though I also have loved Firefly, The X-Files, Bablyon 5, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and others. Right now, I'm actually obsessively watching a rather BAD TV show--the BBC's Robin Hood--just because it has the amazing and dead sexy Richard Armitage in it. Swoon.

 

19. What are some decorations that relate to your practice around your house?

I suppose that you could count my shrines in that way, as well as my husband's shrine to the Morrigan.

 

20. If you garden what are some things you are growing?

Tomatoes, basil (Genovese, lime, and Thai), sage, catnip, lavender, oregano, spearmint, marjoram, kale, thyme, cilantro, jalapeños, cayennes, hot Italian peppers, tarragon, rosemary dill, chives (OK, those are volunteers), and maybe a couple more I've forgotten. I have no real land, but I do have a huge deck with lots of containers on it!

21. Favorite Herbs?

For cooking or magical work? For cooking…basil (Genovese and Thai), thyme, and tarragon, probably. For magical work, lavender and rosemary are two with a ton of uses, plus they're cheap and easy to obtain. I bloody HATE burning sage. It stinks!

 

22. Favorite flowers?

Roses that smell good or that have interesting colors

Lilacs

Hydrangeas

Irises

 

23. Coffee or tea?

Yes please. Coffee in the morning, herbal tea throughout the day, and sometimes black tea as a pick-me-up in the afternoon.

 

24. DO you collect anything?

Coins, books (does that even count?), stones (crystals and so forth), yarn (I don't TRY to collect it, but it seems to happen)

 

25. What is your favorite thing to do on your day off?

Go out shopping, cook a fabulous meal, spend time with my husband, have a lovely cocktail, see friends, and fall asleep happily on the couch while watching something fun.

 

26. What is the best advice you have ever been given?

"Communicate, communicate, communicate." The three rules to a good relationship. :)

 

27. What are you reading currently?(besides this survey)

The collected works of H.P. Lovecraft (just finished "The Shadow Over Innsmouth"), The Jennifer Morgue (part of the Laundry Files series by Charles Stross), and (when I only have my phone and its Kindle app), Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman.

 

28. What is to the left of you right now?

A completed and signed-off-on wealth evaluation of an alumnus. (I'm at work, and I do prospect research for a university.) 

 

29. What is to the right?

My now-empty mug, which had contained herbal tea.

 

30. What is one thing you hope to accomplish with your practice this year?

I'd really, really, really like to be able to get some more teaching experience. I feel like that's necessary before I take third degree. Unfortunately, with my coven's location, it's not easy to attract new students--it's not easily accessible by public transit, and isn't in the heart of the metropolitan area, whereas our sister coven is much easier for many people to get to, and anyone looking for a coven in our tradition is far more likely to start with them.

 

31. Have you created any groups here on RP?

Nope.

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Permalink Reply by Midnight Solstice on August 12, 2014 at 22:00

1. What is your practice?
Solitary eclectic witchcraft

2. If you have a magical name, what is it?
Midnight Solstice

3. What kind of pets do you have?
A cat named Moonshine Cutiekicks

4. What are two things in your kitchen that you couldn't live without?
A knife and a molcajete

5. Are you married?
No

6. Do you have children? If so, do you include them in your practice?
No. I would include them, though not in spells and maybe not rituals, and they would not be forced.

7. List one item in your livingroom that you have made yourself.
A mailbox for the desk

8. What is one item that you have added to your altar recently?
A small stoneware bowl

9. Two random items that are in your fridge?
A lemon and yogurt

10. One item in your pantry?
Nesquik chocolate powder

11. Favorite meal to cook?
Shrimp alfredo

12. Favorite drink?
Juice

13. Favorite fruit?
Orange

14. Favorite veggie?
Cucumber

15. Favorite workout?
jogging, yoga, or zumba

16. Favorite color?
Green

17. What are some of your hobbies?
Arts & crafts, photography, drawing, painting

18. What is your totem/spirit animal?
Unsure

19. Favorite show?
The Walking Dead, How I Met Your Mother, Beauty and the Beast, Criminal Minds, Charmed

20. What are some decorations that relate to your practice around your house?
A drawing of a seven pointed star that I want as a tattoo

21. If you garden, what are some things you are growing?
Bermuda grass, wild flowers, sage, rosemary, lamb's ear, sunflowers

22. Favorite herbs?
Sage, lavender, cilantro, basil

23. Favorite flowers?
Tulips and sunflowers

24. Coffee or tea?
Both

25. Do you collect anything?
Feathers, sticks, rocks, coffee mugs, pennies with pressed images on them, beads

26. What is your favorite thing to do on your day off?
Go for a walk, read the paper, go around downtown on the bus

27. What is the best advice you have ever been given?
To follow your heart, that nothing is perfect, and even small steps are accomplishments

28. What are you reading currently? (Besides this survey)
One for the Money by Janet Evanovich

29. What is to the left of you right now?
My cousin Rory

30. What is to the right?
A window

31. What is one thing you hope to accomplish with your practice this year?
To make it a way of life.

32. Have you created any groups here on RP?
No

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Permalink Reply by Ms. Witch(Sara) on August 16, 2014 at 16:54

Bad seed, a lit people that have taken this survey knit. I need to get started on my winter knitting projects early. On occasion a friend will pay me a pretty coin to make them something or they will get something as a gift for yule or a winter birthday.
Midnight
My husband and I just finished all the available seasons of the walking dead on netflix. We love it! Following your heart is good advice. Blessings to you both.

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Permalink Reply by Amber Fry on May 20, 2015 at 19:30

1. What is your practice?     Pagan Spiritualist

2. If you have a magickal name what is it?    Amberhawk when it is online, I don't really have one otherwise

3. What kind of pets do you have?    Non at the moment but intend to get some chickens, goats and probably a dog

4. What are two things in your kitchen that you couldn't live with out.

         My deep freezer and my toaster oven

5. Are you married?  yes, 20 years

6. Do you have children? If so do you include them in your practice? Just one, and no. I raised him to understand religion to be a choice he gets to make when he is ready.

7. List one item in your living room that you have made yourself. A crocheted afghan

8. What is one item that you have added to your altar recently? Another candle.

9. Two random items that are in your fridge? almond milk, and eggs

10. One item in your pantry?  bottled water

11. Favorite meal to cook? Roast, baked or broiled chicken.

12. Favorite drink?  herbal tea 

13. Favorite fruit?  Nectarines 

 13. Favorite Veggie?  Broccoli

 14. Favorite workout?  walking, horseback riding

 15. Favorite color? Blue

 16. What are some of your hobbies?  I read a LOT, chat and game online, crochet, pick on my son (is that a hobby?)

17. What is your totem/spirit animal?  Hawk

18. Favorite show?  Hmm.... Not sure I have one really, I don't watch much tv these days

19. What are some decorations that relate to your practice around your house?  Just what's on my altar, I don't like to "scare the straights" so to speak lol

20. If you garden what are some things you are growing? Oh dear... I haven't decided but I have plans for both herbal and veggies next year.... with the deer eating everything in site we need a fence up first, and that's gonna cost us.

21. Favorite Herbs?  mint, chamomile, lavender, lilac

22. Favorite flowers? roses, orchids, baby's breath

23. Coffee or tea?  why should I have to choose? lol!

24. DO you collect anything?  I started a dagger collection but haven't gotten far. Up til this year I just haven't had room for it. 

25. What is your favorite thing to do on your day off?  ooh depends on the day, read, if its raining then sit on the porch and watch that... pop in an old movie from time to time

26. What is the best advice you have ever been given?  don't sweat the little things

 27. What are you reading currently?(besides this survey) Oh dear.... well, I have a VC Andrews novel going, A Drestrin's Files novel going, and a pagan theology book going...

28. What is to the left of you right now? My computer unit

29. What is to the right?  A pile of reference books, a cup of pens and pencils, and a lamp

 30. What is one thing you hope to accomplish with your practice this year? herbalism, I want to advance that, and tarot, I wish to get back involved with that

 31. Have you created any groups here on RP?  No, I haven't been able to keep groups going in the past so didn't start one here.

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Permalink Reply by Ms. Witch(Sara) on May 20, 2015 at 22:51

Amber, thanks For posting And sharing. We have a lot on common. We should get to know each other better. Blessings!

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Permalink Reply by Steve Paine on May 21, 2015 at 10:01

That is most fascinating Sutra TY for sharing!

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