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⏰Reading, Meditating, Thinking… And The Collection Of Memes💻

Daily writing prompt
What are your daily habits?
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Hi Everyone! 🙂

Let’s see what today’s prompt brought us… Thankfully, these are just habits, not duties 🙂

So… I read daily in three languages, about 30-50 pages per book, depending on the day. As you can guess, I usually read three books at the same time. I typically do this in the garden, but I can enjoy the process anywhere. I easily detach from whatever is happening around me and plunge into the narrative.

Earlier, I also read in German, but I kind of relinquished learning this language, as I have no spoken practice with real people. Thus, I couldn’t develop my skill above the upper-intermediate level. And I normally can’t stand talking with AIs, as they are boring and morbid. So, only three languages are left for me at the moment. I’m thinking about returning to extensive language learning though 🙂

I try to meditate daily, though I’ve been persuading myself to do this for almost a week already with no result. I normally do Yoga, Reiki, and other spiritual practices, which usually mean a lot to me and support me psychologically.

I play video games, mostly different parts of The Sims (except for 4th, which I can’t stand), Skyrim, and for nostalgia’s sake, The Heroes Of Might and Magic III. I also have ESO, Mount and Blade, Minecraft, and other games installed on my computer, but those are left for rarer occasions.

Additionally, I ruminate a lot, worry, and daydream – I love imagining different things and stories. Sometimes I’m so captivated, I forget where I am!
I over-interpret people’s behavior and enjoy pondering upon philosophical questions, analyzing everything over and over again 😀

Finally, I adore listening to music and walking in nature, taking occasional photos: I mention it a lot here on my blog, so you know it 😉

photo by MarvellousNightmare

I was caught by the rain on my way and got drenched completely 😀 As if after an intensive shower 😀

PS: After reading the last chapter of my recently posted short story, my husband asked me directly if the sorceress was, in fact, me, as she gave off a lot of my personal vibe. Of course, she wasn’t my twin or the personal projection of myself, but I must admit that the most female characters I write about have a lot of my energy and character features. It is easier for me to write this way, and it is difficult to create someone very different from what I am.

So, I thought carefully and set myself a challenge: my next story, I will write about a strong, independent, feminist woman. I don’t know what will come out of it, but if I managed to make male protagonist quite tolerable (?), why shouldn’t I succeed with a stronger female character? 🙂

After all, a good writer should be like a good actor, able to describe and impersonate everything. So wish me luck!

Thank you so much for reading this post! 🙂

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🥣My Husband’s Cooking, Pasta and… I’m Officially A Vampire!🧛

Daily writing prompt
What’s the most delicious thing you’ve ever eaten?
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Hi Everyone!

It is a difficult prompt, in my honest opinion. There are so many delicious dishes in the world, so many tasty experiences and vivid memories they bring! Should I really sacrifice them all for one? Hmmm.

No, I shouldn’t. My blog – my rules. And I refuse to narrow it down, though I did a bit anyway, otherwise, it would never end!

So enjoy this list of dishes, full of sentimental, wonderful, delicious memories and choices!

👩🏻‍🍳 My husband’s cooking, an example of which you can see in the photo, is always delicious and exceptional. He is endowed with true talent. I’m a picky eater, but when he makes something I generally don’t like – I eat it with pleasure. I’ve already shared some pizza photos with you, trust me, there is so much more to explore and enjoy!🥣

🥟My grandmother’s dumplings. I don’t know if it is me being sentimental or the unique herbal mix she always added to the boiling water, but she made the best dumplings ever. And these are nice, treasured memories because my grandmother, grandfather, and I made them together. I always added one with the surprise inside: I enclosed some salt, pepper, or raw dough instead of stuffing. The one who got this special treat on their plate was lucky… Or rather it was a demonstration of my vindictive character and vicious sense of humor! 😈

🍲Duck blood soup (Czarnina) 🩸 – yeah, I’m officially a vampire, give me some badge or sign of honor. I know that at first you’ll probably be disgusted. However, just trust me for a moment, close your eyes, cast off all your expectations and try this dish. I promise you it tastes like heaven. It is some kind of fairytale dish, with a multitude of shades mixed in one flavor. It is rich in plum juice as well, which balances its taste just perfectly. Worth trying 😉

🏺Yogurt + Honey and Greek Dolmades – we tried this during our vacation in Greece. It was a really wonderful experience to which I often return in my memories. If you are ever in Greece, try this, you won’t regret it 🙂

🥪Panini in British Costa Coffee – also an exceptional memory. They made it taste so stunningly there, so crunchy and nourishing. This melted mozzarella on crispy bread smeared generously with pesto – mmm. Worth every bite of it.

🍝Last, however insanely loved! Pasta – in each shape, with each sauce… If I were forced into eating one dish only for my entire life, I’d definitely pick pasta – it is my eternal love! I even had a period in my life when I ate pasta and fruits only and was very happy (my organism probably wasn’t as much but still…)

What about you and your list of the most delicious things? Let’s share 🙂

And thank you so much for reading my posts! 🙂

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Ancient Helmet And My New Drawing🎨

Daily writing prompt
If you were forced to wear one outfit over and over again, what would it be?
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Hi Everyone,

I don’t know what kind of intelligent answer I could possibly produce for this prompt. And I marvel at the sight of people who managed to do so. Round of applause

So I asked this question to my husband, and he chose the Roman or any ancient helmet as his eternal outfit. Please count it as my reply 🙂

As for me, I’d better boast about my latest drawing. I’m an amateur artist, as you possibly know, and I draw mostly for fun. The shadow play and lights are my biggest weakness, but I tried really hard, using almost exclusively my imagination:

drawing by MarvellousNightmare

I hope you’ll enjoy it. This is also an illustration for the final chapter of my short story False Memories.

I should definitely exercise drawing more regularly; however, I have been rather preoccupied with some other aims and passions lately. Nonetheless, I went through a tiny crisis this Full Moon, and I guess I have my priorities slightly readjusted… which means you’ll see more of my creative attempts 😅

Thank you for checking out this post 🙂

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💆🏻‍♀️My Self-Care Activities: I’m Aiming To Harmony And Relaxation!🧘🏻‍♀️

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How do you practice self-care?
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Hi everyone,

It is a bit difficult question in my case because I have problems with relaxing myself, and I feel it especially acutely now, with the Full Moon in Capricorn. I have a natal Moon in this sign, so I’m overly sensitive at the moment.

There are some things and activities that help me to relax for a very brief period, but then it comes back to normal, and my back and neck hurt like hell because I accumulate all this pressure and emotions there, in my bones.

I also had problems treating myself; I had a tendency to reject some simple pleasures completely in the past, and I was really ascetic, which is not always good for my psyche. But I’m working on that and learning to find pleasure in practical things as well, and it’s going quite good!

So how do I practice self-care?

📖Reading, self-learning, and other intellectual tasks – when I’m absorbed by intensive thinking, I don’t concentrate much on negative emotions, worries, or self-criticism. I can even calm myself down this way quickly – I just recently discovered that, but it is helpful.

🚶‍♀️🎵Long walks with music: it reduces my levels of stress and releases negative emotions, especially when I move quickly and intensely – it is kind of a physical exercise too!
I mostly listen to heavy music like metal & hard rock & rock (you’d never think it if you saw me in real life), though I’m also open to darkwave, folk, ethereal, renaissance songs, some dramatic and intense classical tunes, and even some melodic rap (I mean, I’ve stolen something from my husband’s car).
I guess you really stop caring about staying true to one genre after 30. The most crucial thing is the dramatic, expressive, electrifying quality of these musical pieces, because my emotions have the same level of intensity, so when I listen to it, I feel… on my own waves and calmer.

💆🏻‍♀️Hugging my husband, good food, massage, spa (facial treatments, etc.), connecting to nature – it also helps me feel better and release my inner tension for a moment 🙂

🎨Creative activities like writing and drawing also help me to unload from my chest whatever torments me at the moment or any way-too-high level of unease. I kind of embody or pour it all out into my artistic pieces, and then I’m at ease for a moment, all anxiety and tension released.
That is why I enjoy writing horrors so much, btw 😀 Also because my inner child is frightened and gothic, but you get the point.

🧘Meditation, yoga, Reiki self-healing, and other forms of spirituality – this helps me to relax, reach inner harmony, get rid of tension, “touch the sky,” and talk with the Absolute. I feel like I’m in touch with the sense of my life then.

    And that is it 🙂 Thank you for reading this humble list of self-caring activities 🙂

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    🗡️Paul Atreides From The Dune Novel Series By Frank Herbert🏜️

    Daily writing prompt
    Write about your first crush.
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    Hi, everyone!

    Answering today’s question, let it be Paul Atreides from Dune. Not Timothée Chalamet, but the book character from Dune novel series by Frank Herbert, which I read for the first time when I was in my teens.

    No doubt, he was utterly compelling to me. I’m easily attracted to charismatic leaders, and he was also very intelligent, decisive, shrouded in mystery, noble, an exceptional warrior and politician, and his spiritual aspect and gifts were really something captivating… And he was a pale brunet, which I find aesthetically pleasing.

    Summing up, he was everything I found attractive back in those days.

    So, you got it – Paul Atreides was a book character that agitated my romantic imagination when I was a teen (There was also the Phantom of the Opera, but let’s leave that for the next post).

    Never cared if he was a positive character or not… You can be deeply moved by a false messiah 🥰

    from here

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    🔥My Poem “Fire”

    Daily writing prompt
    What are you passionate about?
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    Hi, everyone!

    I wrote a long post today as an answer, but deleted it all. Perhaps, it wasn’t meant to survive and see the light.

    I’ll share with you my old poem instead, I consider it to be one of my best – so why not repost it?

    And it is about passion, fire and whatever meaning you will see in it 🙂

    Enjoy!

    🔥Fire

    I love to gaze at your bright flames
    Which shine like gems pierced by sun rays.
    I’d dive into these blazing waves!
    I love to think that you might save 
    My soul if I could be so brave
    And enter, welcoming your light,
    Which cleans, then heals, kills and revives.
    Please let me rise from dead, my fire,
    Warm up and make me whole… Enlighten, 
    Enlighten me!
    Burn like the deadliest desire, 
    Soothe me like divine love… Inspire,
    Inspire me! 
    Make me the flame that flies so high!
    I wish I were a gleaming star,
    A shiny sparkle carried far 
    By wind. My dazzling, glaring passion,
    I cannot join your wild expression  - 
    It’ll kill me. So, in my obsession,
    I’ll light the candles white and ashen.
    I’ll stare and dream, and dream, and dream….
    Dream...

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    ❄️Between the Winter Death And Spring Rebirth🌷

    Daily writing prompt
    What is your favorite season of year? Why?
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    Hi everyone!

    I feel like I answered this prompt once, but who knows—maybe my preferences have changed since then.

    Actually, I love all the seasons, every single one of them. So, I enjoy summer because of its warmth, fruits, and swimming, and autumn because of its awe-inspiring decadent golden mystery… ❤ All times of the year are charming and have their own enchanting mood and advantages 🙂

    Nonetheless, you wanted me to specify, so I picked these two most favorite seasons of mine for you. 🙂

    Before answering this prompt, I checked my old poems and photos, so enjoy! (Stoa – Soft Snow/My Dying Bride – The Cruel Taste of Winter).

    I wrote this poem about winter, for instance:

    I woke up, and I saw: the rain ceased crying,
In this gray season when whole nature's dying,
So interesting a view: the sun's rays shining,
Dissolving gloominess. The awe inside me,
My very being is lit up. How can I measure
This beauty? Every leaf was turned to treasure
Of ancient kings, who thrived in their leisure,
And now are long forgotten. The only pleasure

That's left is beauty of the sun translucent rays,
With frosty shades that paint in many ways
This landscape. All reminds me of those days
I was in love with Winter: gazed... and praised
Her art: the silver sparks of snow, gentle lace
On windows, as you know. The shiny coat on branches laid.

And me, enchanted, lost in her magic, icy maze,
Half-drowned in freezing sea of soft and tender snow.
Do you remember me? It’s shame I didn’t know...
And that I didn’t paint. Oh, I would show
The sorcery of ghostly, charming glow,
For those who’d neither seen it nor would follow…

Thus, deeply touched by magical sundown
My only wish was: please just take me home.

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Some photos:

    Why do I love it so much? I believe it is because the world is represented by a different quality; it is covered in silver and white, it is brilliant and magical. There is a shade of solemn wonder in it. The winter nature is under a fairytale spell—sparkling, shiny, ethereal, otherworldly. As if there is a portal to a different reality opening, waiting for us to navigate and explore the different worlds. And each and every time we have a snowy winter, my heart is full of this anticipation. It has been with me since my childhood days when I believed in and searched for these magic doors and realities.

    I’m also bewitched by the winter fires: crackling wood in the fireplace, colorful lights on the Christmas tree, yellow windows shining in the early dusks of winter. This fills me with a wonderful, warm coziness, and of course, I’m mesmerized by this glow and twinkling.

    And I’m out of my mind with snow, a glistening, soft blanket covering the sleeping earth, and bare trees, adding a shade of cosmic, starry wonder to them. The delicate stardust spilled over the Earth—so I see it. My husband hates the snow because it is unsafe to drive during this time, but I live for it.

    And here comes the spring:

    Autumn solemnly came back to reign in its kingdom,
    Gilded leaves covered and buried the withering flowers.
    Strikingly beautiful, living in sorrow and sinking...
    Dreams, constant traps, deathly fears… You're counting hours.
    Anticipating the future, you are like frozen, 
    Previous cycle is finished, the deeds of past will repeat,
    No blinks of sun, no more joy, but you have been chosen.
    Now you should wait for abduction, for a desperate pit.
    Being removed from above, hidden deeply in darkness,
    You are not able to breathe, seems, you'll never escape,
    Where're you lost, blooming Kore, captured, buried in madness,
    You'll become one with this World, step by step, day by day.
    But time will pass, Persephone, and the gates will be open,
    Ices of Lethe will be melted, new life will begin,
    Then, getting rid of all fears and having new hope,
    You will awake and exclaim: let’s enjoy the new Spring!



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    Some photos:

    In truth, I adore spring as well, as it is an enchanting time of the Earth when everything returns to life from this death magic spell (winter). I always feel it so deeply; it affects me emotionally so much that I feel one with nature. I want to run barefoot in forests, gather flowers, and feel like I’m newly born.

    I feel pulled to nature and its rhythms then, and this is the time of the year I become a real pagan. I’m just open to the spirit of this undercurrent unity that transcends the Universe.

    Another reason may be that I was born in spring.

    That is it! I hope I answered this question, so thank you for reading this post!

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    🌞🌊Lake Photos by MarvellousNightmare: Nature Is the Luxury I Wouldn’t Give Up for Anything🌳💚

    Daily writing prompt
    What’s the one luxury you can’t live without?
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    This weekend I was on vacation from WordPress (actually, I’m planning on doing it each weekend from now on). I hope it helped me a bit with overcoming my writing block. Anyway, I felt lately that my brain is on fire, and my ADHD symptoms had increased, so I needed to unplug 😉

    So… yep, I did it! I didn’t post anything for the whole two days, and I feel more rejuvenated now. Of course, there were additional reasons why my inner batteries are recharged 🙂

    The first one was the massage session I visited on Saturday. It was a wonderful, gorgeous, revitalizing procedure. I felt newly born; most of my stress and anxiety simply evaporated as a result of this wonderful treatment. It is definitely a luxury I’m planning to indulge in the future, and I strongly recommend it to anyone struggling with increasing stress and anxiety 🙂

    Nonetheless, let’s come back to the most interesting part of this weekend. I often joke that I live in a village lost in the middle of the woods. In truth, we are also surrounded by several lakes in close proximity, and we visited two of them during this weekend. I took plenty of photos from these trips, so enjoy and share my journey with me 🙂

    🌊The first lake:

    🌊The second lake:

    🌿The plant which I was holding on my palm (common horsetail) has stunning hair treatment qualities.

    I was also lying down on my back among these wild herbs, as if on a silky mattress, feeling the earth’s coolness with my skin—it was a great experience. I felt connected to the four natural elements and soaked in their energies, allowing them to replenish mine.

    🏊‍♀️I saw some people swimming there, so next time I’m definitely taking a plunge.

    Coming back to the prompt question, my first guess was my ebook/kindle because I use it all the time. It’s practical and comfortable for reading. However, at this point, I think more of 🌿Nature🍃 as the kind of luxury I prefer to have around and wouldn’t give up for anything 💚

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    🐦‍🔥My Name Is A Powerful Talisman

    Daily writing prompt
    If you had to change your name, what would your new name be?
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    I could appreciate this prompt a lot as a teen, as I wasn’t accepting my name back then and constantly created something that suited me better in my imagination. I came up with some elven names. Actually, the name in my mailbox was also a product of my creativity back then, and I used it often.

    Since then, I’ve created plenty of nicknames for different platforms, for my stories, and novels (stored dying silently in my head), each of them probably presenting some part of my personality that I wanted to expose the most at those moments. I also dreamt about my spiritual name once; I heard it while sleeping, and I use it for spiritual and magical purposes (also used on my deleted FB account). Nonetheless, I don’t want to change my actual name to any of those.

    Why am I so boring?

    Simply because, by my present age, I’ve learned to treat my first name as a powerful talisman. I had quite unusual circumstances of my birth, so my artistically-inclined somewhat crazy father (🤦) came up with something symbolic that marked the event. I feel that partly because of this name and its meaning, I have the power of rebirth, of rising up again after failures, and it matches my Scorpio Rising sign perfectly.

    And I love how it sounds in its full form. I hate some short versions derived from it, but I can live with them.

    And I have already managed to change my surname, thanks Universe, so I’m fine with what I have.

    PS: as always the picture was generated in WP AI Picture generator 🙂

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    🍫Any That Tastes Like Chocolate

    Daily writing prompt
    Describe your dream chocolate bar.
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    Just any chocolate, really, that has a rich cocoa flavor and doesn’t taste like burnt sugar.

    Something with coconut, milk, or salted caramel will do perfectly. Or with crackers and walnuts—I really enjoy crunchy food.

    Yep, that would be Heaven on Earth!

    I also admit that because of this prompt, I have a tremendous craving for chocolate now. 😅

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