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Thank you very much for that detailed explanation, BaldJean! Having seen that pic for a while, it's nice to have some background info. Is it just the two of you or are there more? And what inspired you and BaldFriede to add the "bald" aspect?

Well, I'm glad you're both okay now, and successful, and are here to contribute your musical expertise. I know every time I run across one of your posts, or BaldFriede's, the forum is a little richer. 

Herbs are righteous. I presume the knowledge she passes on factors into your cuisine. Do you serve anything spicy?

BaldJean wrote: verslibre wrote: To which fall festival do you refer? What do you do during the proceedings/ceremony/ritual?  we are High Priestesses of Gaia, the ancient Greek Goddess of the Earth. the solstices and equinoxes, which mark the beginning of the four seasons, are our holy days. we paint ourselves head to toe in the color of the beginning season - green for the grass of spring, red for the flowers of summer, yellowish-brown for the leaves of fall and white for the snow of winter. we dance and sing hymns of praise to Gaia, bring offerings of flowers and fruits of the season (nuts for winter) and take fly agaric to have visions. we also developed a calendar of our own. it has 13 months with 28 days each + a New Year's Day that does not belong to any month or week. in leap years New Year's Day is followed by leap day which also does not belong to any month or week. since the weekdays of this calendar are not identical with the weekdays of the Gregorian calendar we named the weekday after the 7 Pleiades. the months are named after Greek Goddesses. this calendar has the advantage that the same date will fall on the same weekday every year. what's more, every month starts with the same weekday, so calculating which weekday a certain date falls on is totally easy

Very interesting! Ethiopian calendar has also 13 months, it is based on Egyptian calenders, is 7-8 years behind of Gregorian calendars. Their new year day is in September.

Mortte wrote: About the High Pristesses of Gaia, I believe you all are vegans?

we are decidedly not vegan, precisely because we are into nature and its ways. if you look at the human body you will find that is not designed for a vegetarian diet but for a mixed diet, else the structure of the teeth and the digestive tract would be completely different; the digestive tract would have to be much longer so we would all be potbellied. also we lack a lot of enzymes that a vegetarian would have, for example an enzyme that could crack cellulose.

Gaia is not only a kind Goddess; if you are familiar with Greek mythology you are aware of it.

we do however not engage in the sacrifice of animals. and before we eat we thank the animals, plants and mushrooms for partaking of them. and we eat only ecological food

I have been vegetarian over 20 years. I eat milkproducts, eggs and fish. I can´t even think to eat meat these days, although liked it a lot before starting vegetarian. The fact is about 50 years there will not be much meat to eat (also milk products, we used a lot oatmilk into our foods, I haven´t ever liked real milk so I haven´t drink it much ever and not drink it all at the moment, eat only chocolate and cheeses, love them!).

As you will have seen, I have deleted my avatar - because the band has broken up. It had been sabotaged by our lead guitarist who had been hiding his hard-right leanings (myself, I am rather a green liberal) - but eventually, I was frustrated by the lack of progress and called for a break, and when I found out about his political stance and his Nazi friends (also, he is professionally involved in the recent car exhaust scandal), I turned that into a permanent quit.

Sean Trane wrote: Ian, I hadn't even noticed the blurred mammaries on the AHM Mortte wrote: My avatar is vacuum. You, lady, owe me author's rights... My lawyer will contact yours BaldJean wrote: this calendar has the advantage that the same date will fall on the same weekday every year. what's more, every month starts with the same weekday, so calculating which weekday a certain date falls on is totally easy How do you manage with the 29th of February??

In leap years we have a leap day which follows immediately after New Year's Day and does also not belong to any month or week.