Using modern folktale scholarship, I can prove that the seven dwarfs in German Snow White stand one on another’s shoulders in Norwegian versions, to appear as three knights (one a third taller than the others, no doubt).

#folklore #folktale #folkloristics #independentScholar #SnowWhite #Schneewittchen #Snofrid

Now with illustrative image.

In the Brothers Grimm version of "Snow White," the Evil Queen tries to kill Snow White again at the girl's wedding. So the dwarfs make red-hot iron slippers, the prince forces the Queen to wear them, and she is made to dance until the shoes burn her to death.

#FolkloreSunday #Folklore #FairyTale #Germany #BrothersGrimm #Grimm #SnowWhite

#HashtagNews !! The day in pictures.

Mastodon started with #TronAres (118 to 32 now)? Or #wednesday 2 (72 +7)? #DejaVu.

#SNOWWHITE 2
#galgidot 1
#RachelZiegler 1
#MinecraftMovie 0
#jennaortega 2
#jasonmomoa 2
#wonderwoman 11
#PabloPascal 0
#Mandalorian 5
#supermanmovie 0

#bluejays 421 +81
#ladodgers 20 +3
#CalgaryFlames 18
#TorontoMapleLeafs 23
#sidneycrosby 22+2
#jackeichel 11 +2

#taylorswift 109 -1
#miagoth 13 +6
#sabrinacarpenter 22+4
#BillieEilish 28 +5

#Dccomics 52
#Dcofficial 5

What’s the best flavor? Weekly Recap 10/20/2025

Although I haven’t made one in quite a long while, I’m pretty good at baking cheesecakes.

And cheesecake also happens to be one of my favorite desserts.

My question to you today is this: if you had to pick one flavor of cheesecake to eat for the rest of your life, what would it be?

Personally, I’m usually happy with something fruity. I’d probably pick a raspberry cheesecake. But since we’re in the middle of Fall, I’m kind of hoping to find a slice of pumpkin cheesecake somewhere soon!

Good morning and happy Monday, friends.

It’s an interesting morning for many people today, as Amazon has brought much of the world to a screeching halt. WordPress and my personal website seem to be working, but all of my school stuff is offline. Maybe you get this email, maybe you don’t! And if you’re bored at work with a non-responsive system, feel free to click through my archive to pass the time.

Me? I woke up, walked outside, and was greeted by one cat, four ducks, and two squirrels.

That’s not our cat — it’s a neighborhood cat. I gave everyone a little bit of food (lest they decide that one of the others was food). The squirrels opted to not pose for the picture.

Closer and closer to the goal:

This week was filled with incense. I made a new batch of ritual incense and shipped a few Kyphi orders.

Our Kyphi stock is starting to dwindle, so we obtained some resins to start a new batch soon.

Botanica Obscura recently made workshop selections for the upcoming conference in March. The website isn’t completely updated with all the classes yet, but I’ll give you a teaser: Have you ever wondered about the connection between music and plants? (I mean, I know you have, right?)

I’ll be talking about some of that in my workshop!

On Saturday, I returned to the forge. My intention was to make a knife, but my intention was also to do whatever was suggested as the best next thing to learn.

Well, they told me to make a knife — not an athame-style knife (I guess I’ll work up to that), but a simple, single-sided blade.

I was given a rectangular piece of steel attached to length of rebar (as a temporary handle)… as well as this visual guide depicting the major steps of the process.

Here’s my metal in the fire…

It’s amazing how much force is required to shape steel. I was literally hitting this thing with a sledgehammer at one point… and it barely moves.

Anyway, I think I got somewhere close to “Step 3” (if you’re counting from right to left on the visual guide above).

I might be able to finish the rough outline next month. I suspect that attaching a handle will also be a very lengthy process, so I have no idea what to expect for an overall completion date at this point. Either way, I’ll keep you posted!

I encountered this robot named Tilly while Selene and I were grocery shopping. She beeped at me a few times, then slowly navigated around me.

Sorry, no pictures of food this week. On Saturday, Selene and I skipped out for a quick coffee date, but I didn’t take any pictures of the snacks we had. In honor of the spookiest month of the year, we gave a watch (or maybe sort of a re-watch) to Hannibal. I think it was my first time actually watching the movie all of the way through. Very recently, we also watched The Conjuring: Last Rites. It wasn’t bad. It also wasn’t good. Any other suggestions for scary movies to watch this month?

Oh, and if you were curious, I passed my recent final exam and finished the class with 102%.

I think that’s all for now. I hope to have a new episode of M3 out in the very near future. Until then, stay tuned for more soon!

#amazon #animals #baking #cats #cheesecake #dailyprompt #dailyprompt2100 #ducks #forging #incense #music #snowWhite #squirrels #updates