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Laura Perry

@templemom.bsky.social

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Founder and Temple Mom of Ariadne's Tribe. They/she. Polytheist, animist. Tarotist, herbalist, gardener. Mildly obsessed with pre-industrial skills such as spinning and weaving. https://www.lauraperryauthor.com/ https://www.minoantarot.com/

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Laura Perry @templemom.bsky.social · Nov 13

Howdy! I'm Laura, the founder and Temple Mom of Ariadne's Tribe, a fully inclusive Minoan spiritual tradition (polytheist / animist). I'm keen on gardening, herbalism, and pre-industrial skills like spinning and weaving. Happy to be here!

#WitchSky #PaganSky

My colorful modern art interpretation of an ancient Minoan seal ring that depicts four female figures in long skirts, dancing, surrounded by lilies and floating objects that include two snakes, a beehive, an ear of grain, and a tiny goddess.

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Laura Perry @templemom.bsky.social · 12m

The Moon and the trees. Every now and then, the Moon allows me to get a decent photo.

#moon

A view across the tops of silhouetted trees in a darkening sky, with a small, shining white gibbous Moon positioned at the edge of the tallest tree in such a way that it almost looks like a Christmas tree ornament.

Laura Perry @templemom.bsky.social · 19h

As an author, I'm a small business doing my best to be seen and heard in the loud and crowded marketplace. Each week, I share one of my creations with you. Maybe one of them will ring your chimes. Book details: www.lauraperryauthor.com/leap-a-love-...

#book #BookSky #GayRomance #QueerFiction

A paperback copy of Leap! A Love Story by Laura Perry stands in front of a blue background. The book cover features the Minoan Bull Leaper fresco from Knossos. The book is surrounded by snippets of text that connect to the book with arrows. The text reads, "gay romance, ancient Minoans, bull leapers, pagan ritual, pining and angst, happy ending."

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Laura Perry @templemom.bsky.social · 19h

😂 Good luck!

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Laura Perry @templemom.bsky.social · 19h

The Minoans didn't celebrate Samhain (it's a Celtic holiday), but they did have some special ways of connecting with their Beloved Dead.

Dining with the Ancestors, Minoan Style

For the Season of the Dead

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Laura Perry @templemom.bsky.social · 19h

Halloween has apparently infected the delivery services.

Hopkinsville woman accidentally gets body parts delivered instead of ordered medication

A Hopkinsville woman received a shocking delivery Wednesday night when she opened a package expecting medicine but instead found human body parts.

www.lex18.com

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Laura Perry @templemom.bsky.social · 2d

Bit of a rainbow. It's been a while since I've seen one, so this was a happy sight.

#rainbow #AfterTheRain

A view across the top of a wooded area, with green-leafed trees in the lower third of the photo and a rainbow arcing above them in the center of the picture. Above and behind the rainbow are thick gray clouds.

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Laura Perry @templemom.bsky.social · 2d

Chicken-fried shrooms! We bought some lion's mane mushrooms at the farmer's market, and I prepared them our favorite way. I don't do it very often, because it's messy and labor-intensive. But boy is it worth it!

#food #cooking #HomeCooking #LionsMane #mushrooms

An oblong metal baking tray lined with paper towels (kitchen paper) is filled with a single layer of large slabs of chicken-fried lion's mane mushroom. The individual pieces are roughly oval and are coated with a crispy, golden-brown batter.

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Solitary Witch Books @witchbooks.bsky.social · 3d

Books of Witchcraft we keep 2/3 🐈‍⬛

#booksforwitches #occultbooks #esotericbooks #witchsky #booksky

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Laura Perry @templemom.bsky.social · 4d

Moss growing in the cracks. Life... uh... finds a way. Where is life persevering around you despite human interference?

#moss #nature

Cushiony bright green moss grows in a spiderweb-like constellation of cracks in dirty dark gray concrete.

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 4d

SNAP isn't about "people who don't work." It's about people who don't get paid enough to live.

Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:

* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled

* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages

Marc Lobliner post on X: "Why the hell are we giving food stamps to 40 million people?

Does anyone work anymore?"

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Laura Perry @templemom.bsky.social · 4d

And if not them, your local food bank would love donations right now, especially cash since they can buy in bulk which gets more food per dollar. So many people are about to go hungry due to SNAP benefits stopping.

Judith Lynne @judithlynne.bsky.social · 4d

Guys don't dick around, give money to Feeding America to help support people getting to eat.

They have a great track record of donations going TOWARD FOOD. They can stretch your dollar further. They are everywhere in the US. I've been donating there about 15 years.

www.feedingamerica.org

U.S. Hunger Relief Organization | Feeding America

Feeding America is a nonprofit network of 200 food banks leading the fight against hunger in the United States. Learn how you can help end hunger in America.

www.feedingamerica.org

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Laura Perry @templemom.bsky.social · 4d

This week's Minoan Tarot cards offer some sage advice for these Interesting Times. This deck is my creation, made the old-fashioned way (ink on paper) and available at bookstores everywhere.

#Tarot #TarotSky #Minoan

In the cards this week:

This week’s Minoan Tarot cards.

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Laura Perry @templemom.bsky.social · 7d

A single little lettuce bloom is looking artistic among the shadows. I save seed from most of my garden plants: the circle of life and all that.

#gardening #flowers

A single bright yellow lettuce bloom hovers above a small cluster of green leaves. It sits on a stem that bears several dried-out flowers as well as unopened flower buds. The flower is round, with a solid yellow center. The plant is growing in the corner of a square planter, surrounded by dappled light and shadow on a tan painted wood deck.

Laura Perry @templemom.bsky.social · 7d

I've read all of DJ's books. And yes, I recommend them all. Good stuff.

DJ Martin @djmartinauthor.bsky.social · 9d

I'm Scottish, which means I'm thrifty (among other things 😉). I like #herbs that serve more than one purpose. You?
https://mybook.to/Cupboard

The cover of A Green Witch's Cupboard on a dark background with green fronds, and the caption, "Sixty-nine herbs that will do triple duty, whether in your cooking, medicine chest, or cauldron."

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Laura Perry @templemom.bsky.social · 7d

A book review for you today. I found this modern take on Arthurian legend to be surprisingly relevant.

lauraidaeja.substack.com/p/book-revie...

Book Review: Grail Maiden

A different kind of Arthurian tale

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Laura Perry @templemom.bsky.social · 7d

Wow!!

Laura Perry @templemom.bsky.social · 7d

I bet it's beautiful! Oddly, the leaves are slow to change here this year. Most of the trees are still green. It's weird.

Laura Perry @templemom.bsky.social · 7d

As an author and artist, I'm a small business trying to be seen in the crowded marketplace. Each week, I share one of my creations; maybe one of them will ring your chimes. Up this week: The Last Priestess of Malia.

www.lauraperryauthor.com/the-last-pri...

#Book #BookSky #HistoricalFiction #pagan

A paperback copy of The Last Priestess of Malia by Laura Perry stands upright in front of an orange-yellow gradient background. The book cover is blue with artwork of an ancient Minoan priestess standing in front of a temple. The book is surrounded by snippets of text that connect to the book by arrows. The text reads, "Ancient Minoans, Historical Fiction, Matriarchal Culture, Pagan Rituals, Powerful Priestesses, Culture Clash, Sorry, No Happy Ending (You've Been Warned)."

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Laura Perry @templemom.bsky.social · 9d

Oh my, that's gorgeous!

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Laura Perry @templemom.bsky.social · 9d

We had to evacuate several frogs from the pineapple plants before moving the plants indoors for the winter. Some were easier to "persuade" than others! I garden because I love doing it, but it's also a part of my spiritual practice, a communion with the plants that provide our food and medicine.

Laura Perry @templemom.bsky.social · 9d

The goldenrods are looking especially spectacular this year. What native plants are blooming in your area?

#goldenrod #flowers #NativePlants

A large cluster of deep yellow goldenrod blooms sways on the end of a leaning branch, set off by narrow green leaves, with more goldenrod blooms and leafy stalks in the background.

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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 10d

Today on the blog I wrote about AI and the golem, and the benefit of listening to cautionary tales from the past.
going-medieval.com/2025/10/21/o...

On AI and the golem

Recently I, like a lot of people who make their living by creating things, have been thinking a lot about so-called AI. I have been forced to do this because so many companies have been stealing th…

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Laura Perry @templemom.bsky.social · 10d

That's not a dead leaf - it's a butterfly! We've had a few butterflies this summer, not as many as we used to have before the area was so heavily developed, but their local populations are still hanging on.

#Butterfly #CloudlessSulfurButterfly #YellowButterfly

A yellow butterfly hangs from a leaf within a cluster of leafy vines. The butterfly is visible from the side. Its wings are rounded and yellow, with small brown spots on them as well as two small white spots outlined in brown.

Laura Perry @templemom.bsky.social · 11d

Though I will note that many Northern transplants to our area do attempt to grow English peas, with varying success. They're definitely not a traditional crop here.

Laura Perry @templemom.bsky.social · 11d

Georgia, just north of Atlanta. But the use of "field peas" and the not-planting-English-peas applies to the entire American South, with the possible exception of some higher elevations where English peas can be grown.

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