Joy @joy-shines.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Very nearly a breakdown of my own reactions. I truly think Daniel Craig could be a spectacularly slimy/frenetic Uncle Andrew *and* whhyyyyyy is his workshop a TARDIS?!?! 110
Joy @joy-shines.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I love every bit of this, but I particularly love your choice (I assume you chose that? It looks different - to my untrained eye - than the text in the same place on the metal amulet) for the portion written *on* Lilith. 110
Joy @joy-shines.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I've been wondering about that, too. And starting to think about what I'll be prioritizing for myself. I'm so dismayed about the possibility of taking the (still masked!) community events I lead back online - but at least I've got the toolbox for it, if needed. 000
Joy @joy-shines.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I unequivocally hate this for you. This is the kind of shit that would result in me doing my utmost to avoid setting foot in there - which is not conducive to, y'know *actually getting care when needed*. Ugggghhhh. 0100
Joy @joy-shines.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I've got more space for books-as-portals, because they *do* transmit/allow things to flow into my brains/life...but in general, I deeply feel you, here, and internally roll my eyes at most uses of "portal" in these kinds of contexts. 020
Joy @joy-shines.bsky.social · 22/09/2026In a book, when an eclipse opens a portal to an eldritch dimension? Yeah, okay. But in my experience, eclipses in this world haven't resulted in that kind of thing. I 'm onboard with eclipses having a particular energy. But if you're saying they're a *portal*, I better see tentacles coming through. 140
Joy @joy-shines.bsky.social · 22/09/2026So the thing is (In my petty, snobby, but not actually super conversant in portal-discussing spaces opinion) I can see some of these things, in *really particular contexts*. I don't *agree*, but I can conceive of what that might look like. But the thing is - portal let things through. So. 120
Joy @joy-shines.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I'm enjoying how this feels adjacent to finding out that some Orphic texts syncretize Heracles and Chronos. CLUB OF SPACETIME, indeed. 030
Joy @joy-shines.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I have a large number of feelings about this moment in particularstatic.klipy.comThe Kiss of Judas IscariotAlt: Judas kissing Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar (2002) 000
Joy @joy-shines.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Goodness, this makes me miss Naples. Thank you for letting us live vicariously! 010
Joy @joy-shines.bsky.social · 09/09/2026This is one of my favorites - might not fit your requirements, but I definitely think of it as horror erotica: decemberseas.com/erotica/far-... 110
Joy @joy-shines.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Me, looking at this: "Cat...Har...Sis... that's an interesting name....OH. OH RIGHT. OF COURSE." 🤦♀️ I love this design, and also I need more coffee. 110
Joy @joy-shines.bsky.social · 06/09/2026...also I find it so interesting that the Greeks syncretized Krishna with Heracles, rather than, say, Hanuman, who seems like the logical choice to me. Here, especially, Krishna tastes so close to Dionysos to me - but that's also my own biases. Regardless, thank you, as always, for your stories. 000
Joy @joy-shines.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Coming back to this to say how deeply I appreciate seeing Krishna's grace, here. I've been thinking, lately, about what it means to give comfort/rest/delight to the Divine, and this is a heart-filling-ly beautiful moment to add to those contemplations. Thank you. 110
Joy @joy-shines.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Ohhh, see, I misread and thought in this potential world we were getting Christopher Lee as Vetinari, and I was picturing Lord Summerisle's haughty utilitarianism turned up to eleven...and having Feelings. However, I'm certain that Charles Dance is a fantastic Patrician! 140
Joy @joy-shines.bsky.social · 04/09/2026...I had previously never pictured a world in which I had a problematic attraction to Vetinari. Yet here we are, in that world. 120
Joy @joy-shines.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I don't know if this is actually up my alley as a film...or if I just need more shots of Willem Dafoe in this outfit. 130
Joy @joy-shines.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Preteen-me was super into the idea of a guy who'd wear lace, period, but she was much more easily overawed. 020
Joy @joy-shines.bsky.social · 30/08/2026And - I'd guess - because he's a dashing, well-dressed bad boy 120
Joy @joy-shines.bsky.social · 29/08/2026I watched it with a friend a couple of years ago, and they spent most of the movie going "...people just really want to touch this man's face. Not that I blame them." 010
Joy @joy-shines.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I love the beauty of them - but they do hurt my hands if it's a night where everyone chooses your deck! It's a price I'm happy to pay...but also I yelped with delight at the idea of a playing-card size deck! 130
Joy @joy-shines.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Whilst *I* think "anchorage" should be more than a city in Alaska, I think I typically hear anchorites being "enclosed". (Wikipedia tells me that their cells are referred to as "anchorholds", which I find charming and appropriately Saxon.) 120
Joy @joy-shines.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I feel like the canonical response would be: both, at the same time. 120
Joy @joy-shines.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I read this and was like "THERE'S A DECK OTHER THAN THE LUBANKO THAT DOES THIS??? I need it!" ...and then I saw the correction post. 😆 Heavy endorsement for the Lubanko - I love it so much. 120
Joy @joy-shines.bsky.social · 24/08/2026I have the Haring-inspired "Protect the Outcasts" on my laptop, and an out-of-print St. John the Baptist/Forerunner on my work folder. ...and I definitely got my Greek Orthodox friends the St. Augustine W/ Hippo last year, because yes. I adore Marza's work. 050
Joy @joy-shines.bsky.social · 22/08/2026...that *does* work well!! Thank you for the alternate tune! 010
Joy @joy-shines.bsky.social · 21/08/2026My mother and I did the same! I saw this and immediately began singing it! Our tune was something close to the elementary school "Miss Susie" rhyme. 120
Joy @joy-shines.bsky.social · 21/08/2026*I* don't find that gross - were I in a similar position, I'd be compelled to do the same! 010
Joy @joy-shines.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Extra special points (from me, at least) if anyone shows up as The Loving Saint. ...or Sexy St. Sebastian. 110
Joy @joy-shines.bsky.social · 21/08/2026That *and* I shudder to think what any added AI tools might hallucinate into a summary of the text and/or commentary. 231
Joy @joy-shines.bsky.social · 03/08/2026In line with what other folks are saying here, my solution to this was dropping my first-semester 8am class, avoiding almost all others, and getting a C in the one other one I had to take. I didn't make *sensible* choices about bedtimes, but I don't regret the experiences I had in those wee hours. 010
Joy @joy-shines.bsky.social · 30/07/2026I got to watch it yesterday with a friend who wasn't familiar with the myth at all - but she's a former theater kid, and clocked that 'this seems really Moulin Rouge-y', and was therefore not surprised by the tragedy (even apart from them announcing that at the beginning). 030
Joy @joy-shines.bsky.social · 30/07/2026On this note, clients were vocally admiring my necklace last night - particularly when i got to demonstrate the "look, you can swap the pendants!" functionality. 130
Joy @joy-shines.bsky.social · 25/07/2026I long to see your translation of *THIS* classical text in particular! 010
Joy @joy-shines.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Eeee! I'm so excited about this one! I really enjoy what you're doing with it. 120
Joy @joy-shines.bsky.social · 10/07/2026YES. This is just as offensive in the other direction! ...more, really, because it's a deliberate choice, rather than whatever interesting, possibly contrary, linguistic drift happened with the folksong. 020
Joy @joy-shines.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Jean Ritchie's "Kentucky Cherry Tree Carol" - which, I like the vocal style! But it feels like a DELIBERATE missing of the rhymes! Sometimes in places where you have multiple EASY options! www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnAV...youtube.comThe Kentucky Cherry Tree CarolYouTube video by Jean Ritchie - Topic 010
Joy @joy-shines.bsky.social · 10/07/2026They used to be at the Pittsboro farmer's market every week - but I don't know where they are now, since the market moved from the Plant. So, yeah, sadly, I think it's a "write her and see"...but also she's really nice and I expect would be delighted to help make this happen! 110
Joy @joy-shines.bsky.social · 10/07/2026This, because I'm a huge nerd, makes me think about my beef with the Appalachian variants of "The Cherry Tree Carol". Bad scansion! For no reason! Linguistic drift happens, I get it - but whyyyyyy did we drift into such wretched scansion, ancestors? 240
Joy @joy-shines.bsky.social · 10/07/2026The meadery gets our peppers from Heartsong Farms: www.instagram.com/heartsongfar... (Their website hasn't been updated recently, but their insta shows recent activity - maybe message them and see what they've got available?)instagram.comInstagramCreate an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you. 110