Signifying Nothing.

And let me tell you it was delightful. It tastes like watching the leaves changing color and dancing in the wind. It tastes like picking out pumpkins and gourds and fresh apples at the farm up north. It tastes like witches and freedom.

I make it every year now and this year I walked in the house on the morning of October first with all the ingredients and shouted ‘FALL DRINK’ and my roommates were like ‘????’ so I made them Fall Drink and now every time they get home from work they’re like ‘Fall Drink pls?????’

Also, I do something like this in the crock pot with the overly sweet Growers Pumpkin Apple Cider, chai spices, cloves, a bit of orange juice, and some super dry Pinot Grigio.

White sack wine, cider, spices (clove, cinnamon, nutmeg, mace, ginger) tea, sugar, and if you want it authentic, a bit of cream or whipped egg. All this is brought together in a low temperature and then stewed for a time. It can also be “pulled”, a process in which one “stirs” the concoction by using a ladle and pouring it repeatedly from high in the air. Makes it foamy and frothy. 

Serve warm.

Hi there! So this depends heavily on which minhag and branch of Judaism we are talking about. Though there are atheist Jews of every stripe, conversion in some communities requires theism. Looking specifically at Ashkenazic Reform conversions (because those are the ones I know best), theism isn’t generally a requirement, but understanding Jewish theism is. But that doesn’t mean the convert has to believe, just understand.

In my personal experience, most converts to Judaism I know are (or at least were, initially) theistic or agnostic, but not all.

Also going to tag @tzipporahssong to see if she has any thoughts, having been through the process.

Like, I don't believe in "God" but I also believe a lot of specific things about the God I don't believe in.

This is a position that's evolved over time, obviously.

God from a literal view holds very little literal value for me, certainly. Like, I don't believe that literal descriptions of God's actions, behaviors, words, desires, etc, are necessarily the true literal will of a sentient literal being. I just don't. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ However, I believe that this type of mythological approach to God tells us more about our ancestors and ourselves than it does the divine.

But God from a philosophical view is very interesting to me. For example, philosophical perspectives like pandeism or panentheism sometimes suggest that the physical universe is more or less the decaying of God's body, and that God either died or withdrew in order for the universe to exist. That has fascinating parallels with Jewish philosophical ideas like tzimtzum. So, ways to attempt to make sense of ourselves, our world, and the divine as a force like gravity or physics appeal to me as part of the search for truth and meaning, even if none of these types of explanation are truly concrete and satisfying.

God from a humanistic view is also quite compelling. Looking at divinity across culture starts to build a picture of God's developing simultaneously to royalty, basically. In most human cultures, Gods more or less exist for royals to be descended from and claim their authority through. Gods are less like actual beings, and more like symbolic and metaphorical containers into which whole societies put their most valued ideas and beliefs. Now, obviously, I think that has led to exactly what we see in many cases - religion that reinforces power divides. But, I don't think that HAS to be the case, and it certainly isn't what I see within liberal Judaism. Instead, this idea of God as an idea box has become really liberating and self empowering, because it de-fangs the paradigms of "God says x y z and you aren't good enough unless you comply." Well actually, I say God DOESN'T say x y z, you can't tell me I'm wrong because you don't have a more valid claim to be God's voice than I do, and you can suck it."

So, is God real? It doesn't really matter to me. It isn't interesting.

Like.

No?

Why is it such a big deal to want to read stories where women have sex and then don’t die at the end? Jesus Christ.

Why is the concept of female characters being happy seen as less creative than female characters suffering? (Trust me, creating a world where women win in the end takes a lot more creativity and artistic vision lmfao)

And that’s a very important fantasy.  To have your feelings, your pain, be made so absolutely central to the narrative, to someone else’s world.  You could call it a power fantasy, but I don’t think that’s exactly right.  It’s a significance fantasy.  A romance story is a story in which the woman is the most significant damn thing in the book.

i tried my best to translate it into digital so that people get a bit more accurate look at them. Tho bear with me I’ve never done an actual pattern design sheet before!

so basically my hope is that anyone could print these out to any size of their choosing and get the same result, but ive never tried anything larger than approx. 3 inches with these sooo idk if you try it tag me!

the goal is to sew the backs together to the lines at the tip of the head to the middle of the butt. then leaving a space along the belly piece near the butt end and sewing from one side of the butt including all the legs and the “mouth” to the other side with its legs to get back to the butt. if that makes sense

i usually pause sewing up the body once the head is fully sewn together,, usually after ive sewn both arms and ill yank it inside out where ill start sewing on the little poofball eyes so i know theyre in a good place, then resuming the body, and then pulling the whole thing inside out and pushing out the tips of the limbs with a skinny blunt object like a dull pencil until i can see the stitches. if you attempt this piece definitely make sure you stitch up the arm and leg crevices very well!!!!

then just stuff the lad and sew up his back end and its done :)

one suggestion for fabric is always try to use a stretchy soft fleecy fabric with these because its much easier if mistakes are made during sewing and to hold the ROUND shape better

Absolutely incredible.

a long awaited squeakquel i meant to make months and months ago