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The Astarte Home

  • Introduction
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The Daily Page

  • Today’s Moon Phase
  • Today’s Spirit Animal Totem
  • Mixed Nuts by BB Curtis
  • This Day in History — NEW
  • Holidays/Holy Days/Remembrances
  • Recommended Links
  • Previous Months’ Holidays

BB’s Hallowed Hollow – Opinion · Essays · Growth

  • A Country That May Be in Her Final Death Throes
  • How to Grow a Healthy Government
  • Woke, Liberal, Far-Right, Conservative – It’s All a Big Mess
  • Did it Backfire?
  • From a George Carlin Point of View: Spin Class
  • No Moral Authority
  • The Perfect Call
  • The Sickness unto Death, Part 1, by Mary Trump
  • Internet Inaccuracy
  • Put a Hold on the Rhetoric – Find the Substance
  • Let’s Just Work to Solve the Problem
  • Back in Vogue
  • Much Needed History Lessons
  • How much do our representatives in the US Congress really know?
  • What a Damned Good Beating Really Looks Like
  • Make it Stop
  • The Shame of the Supreme Court
  • Dogs ARE Better than People
  • Feelings of Superiority
  • The Shadow Knows
  • Defining Yourself
  • Your Best
  • The Lessons we Refuse to Learn
  • Maybe that’s the Best They Can Do
  • Gifts
  • Dropped into Still Waters
  • Is it Time for a Change?
  • Not innocent at any step of the way – unless you’re wealthy, then you’re free to go
  • When Is Too Long?
  • The Strangest Things
  • Rebirth of a People
  • Seek Within
  • 2 Beers and Puppy (by Ross McCammon)

Earthly Energies – Crystals and Chakras

  • Our Friends From the Gem Kingdom
  • Crystals:  Care and Feeding
  • Stone Descriptions – A Short List
  • The Power Within and Around You – Cleansing, Activating, Balancing, and Aligning your Chakras

Essential Oil Minutes – Information & Blends

  • The EO Short Story
  • Meditation Blend
  • Oil Pulling
  • A Personal Story
  • Pleasant Mood Diffuser Blend
  • Some General EO Facts
  • Tension Headache Reduction Blend
  • Cleansing, Sanitizing, and Air Freshening
  • Bob’s Super Moisturizer
  • Fat Blaster Blend
  • Peace and Love Meditation Blend
  • Thyroid Blend
  • Nail Treatment
  • Sore Throat/Laryngitis Blend
  • Kidney Stones
  • Coughs
  • Everything Skin
  • Anxiety Reduction
  • Anti-Fungal EOs
  • Anti-Bacterial and Anti-Fungal Spray
  • Cooling and Refreshing Skin Moisturizing Spray
  • Cooling Bug Spray

Expressions – Poetry

  • They Hate
  • Did I Just Forget?
  • When the Stars Go Out
  • The Whole
  • Dark You
  • Self-Eulogy
  • May you Always Feel Loved
  • Good Again
  • Legacy
  • The Thinning
  • The Owl
  • Take Care
  • Gray Intent
  • Haiku 1
  • Haiku 2
  • Gone

Inspiration – Short Stories

  • Opposites
  • Not your Time
  • The Time of the Year for Giving
  • Wanna’ Hold a Grudge?
  • It Felt Like Flying
  • For Granted
  • Amazing World
  • Suffer Defeat or Overcome?
  • The Grandmothers
  • Rafferty – Dream Master

Make It, Fix It, Clean It, Do It at Home – DIY

  • It’s pool noodle mania! Tips and tricks using pool noodles outside the pool
  • Handyman tips and tricks
  • Things that are cheaper in Autumn
  • Food storage tips — to refrigerate or not to refrigerate
  • Fun features your car might have
  • Ideas for Halloween decorations
  • Help dealing with leaves in your Fall clean-up
  • Information on biomass energy that can impact our futures
  • How Windex can be used for things other than glass
  • How about some Halloween landscaping
  • More kitchen tricks including how to easily make garlic spread
  • Home maintenance for Autumn
  • How to safely clean your TV screen
  • Tips on kitchen organization
  • Problems with your toilet that shouldn’t be ignored
  • Carpentry hacks
  • Great ways to organize and clear clutter
  • Simply wonderful garden hacks
  • Kitchen hacks – woohoo
  • What’s the difference between gardening soil and potting soil?
  • Hints on Autumn yard work
  • Handy painting hacks
  • Easy-to-do kitchen storage hacks
  • Sustainable construction materials
  • Removing water stains from wood
  • The 8 grades of steel wool and their uses
  • Got a wobbly chair? Here’s what to do
  • Multiple uses for used tea bags
  • 14 ways to reuse used coffee grounds:
  • Upcycling for beginners – 10 things every new DIY-er should know”
  • What to know and how to paint rusted metal
  • Your grill brush is MIA; you’re in a hurry; and you’re getting ready for a BBQ. Here’s a tip
  • It may be a bit early for Thanksgiving decor ideas, but some of us need extra time to prepare
  • Fraud prevention tips
  • What is the purpose of putting a penny in your freezer when you leave the house for more than a few hours?
  • Make a fairy house
  • Use hairpin legs to make some fabulous furniture
  • Add magic to your yard
  • Bookcase ideas you can build
  • An amazing collection of household hacks from food storage to flower arranging
  • Things to know for future wood projects – types of rot-resistant wood
  • What else can you do with your drill
  • Helpful uses for plastic wrap
  • Ways to personalize your patio
  • Create shade with fast growing trees
  • Soaking and sprouting made easy
  • Ecobricks — A great use for plastic bottles
  • Something you should be doing and here’s how — clean your toilet tank
  • Hints for DIY electrical work
  • 18 ideas for home decor that can be completed in a weekend
  • Mosaic tile designs and tips
  • Repurpose 65 household items normally thrown away
  • Home repairs DIY
  • We have become a “deliver it to me” society. One of the drawbacks is what to do with the packing materials. A few days ago storage ideas to reuse boxes was posted. Now we have a non-recyclable issue. What to do with styrofoam? Make GLUE.
  • Plumbing hacks
  • Excellent gardening hacks
  • Creative storage ideas reusing cardboard boxes
  • Projects you can accomplish in a weekend
  • Loads of ways to repurpose old clothing
  • Repurposing plastic bottles
  • Things to do with old pots and pans
  • How to make hard cheddar cheese at home without a lot of specialized equipment
  • Preventing weeds in flower beds
  • Homemade Teriyaki sauce
  • Chase away pests like mosquitos and flies and make your house smell great
  • How to make a mist fan to cool your patio or picnic area outside
  • DIY Fourth of July table decorations
  • Dealing with smells in the bathroom
  • Decor designed to hide the necessary but unattractive spots in your home
  • Don’t throw away those cans! Repurpose is the buzzword.
  • Turn tea boxes into curio shelves
  • 33 Genious Everyday Hacks to Make your Life Easier
  • Antique Side Table in Warm White Shackteau Milk Paint
  • Change bottles into unique decor
  • Homemade, natural furniture polish
  • Turn antique chairs into shelving
  • So many uses for aloe vera
  • Update an old chest of drawers
  • Magical transformation of a plastic laundry basket into a fabulous decorative basket
  • 3D art projects
  • Various useful household tricks
  • 15 Genius ways to organize your bedroom
  • Renew kitchen countertop on a tight budget
  • Glass terrarium how to
  • Easy hanging kitchen towel hack
  • Hide the stems in a flower arrangement
  • Geometric accent wall
  • Organizing tips for the house
  • 17 projects using thrift store dishes
  • Cleaner house tricks
  • Adorable repurposed jars
  • Raised garden ideas
  • Inexpensively clean grout with items you probably have in your kitchen
  • Make some cat hats (having a hard time trying to stop laughing, these are great!)
  • Using fruit to cultivate
  • Appetizers and snacks – Foodbites’ mozzarella roses
  • Kitchen Fun with my 3 Sons’ Cheesy Taco Sticks
  • Kitchen hacks for food storage
  • Gift wrapping hacks
  • 45 great kitchen hacks
  • 45 more kitchen hacks
  • Snazzy Snowman candleholder
  • Make old furniture look new on a budget
  • Easter fun hacks
  • Spring is here, and it’s time to work on the garden
  • Bookshelf ideas
  • Easter/Spring centerpieces
  • How to reupholster a chair
  • Spring cleaning hacks
  • Simple way to refinish old hardwood floors
  • Natural homemade cleaners
  • You build it backyard barbeque grills
  • How to get your vegetable garden started
  • Fancy up your fence
  • Decorating with houseplants
  • Arts and crafts projects for kids
  • Spring gift wrap ideas
  • Etiquette, etiquette, etiquette
  • Hacks for packing your suitcase
  • Excellent computer hacks
  • Helpful home handyman hacks
  • “22 Sustainable Swaps to Make at Home”
  • Tie the scarf cute
  • Really going green – Spring garden hacks
  • Non-laundry uses for dryer sheets
  • Surprise uses for WD-40
  • More home handyman hacks
  • How to get rid of pesky pet fur, clean light fixtures, and more in today’s house cleaning hacks
  • Tips on keeping your workbench tidy
  • Handy computer hacks
  • 60 good and quick desserts
  • Repurposing plastic bottles
  • How to repair broken/chipped ceramics
  • Refinishing a drab, worn bathtub
  • Repurposing for your garden décor
  • Make your own zen area fountain in your backyard
  • Some easy steps to declutter your desk
  • Ways to declutter your kitchen countertop, get more workspace, and make it easier to clean
  • Creative upcycling to transform old junk into objets d’art
  • Quick, easy, essential self-defense methods
  • How to make paper flowers
  • Ideas for unique picture frames
  • What you can do with an old lamp (I think you’ll be surprised)
  • Ideas for DIY herb gardens inside and out
  • “Which Household Appliances Are Draining Electricity?”
  • DIY toys for kids
  • Turn old plastic containers into attractive planters
  • Indoor window garden ideas
  • Closet hacks and using Alka Seltzer to clean and deodorize
  • How to get your evaporative air cooler ready for the summer heat
  • Keeping snakes out of your house and yard
  • Helpful life hacks and gadgets
  • Quick and easy outdoor decor
  • Gardening hacks, gardening hacks, gardening hacks
  • Lots and lots of sewing hacks
  • More organization hacks
  • How to properly wash microfiber cloths to keep them in good condition
  • How to properly mix concrete
  • Best sponge hacks
  • More great organizing tips
  • Inexpensive candle hacks that are great for decorating and gifting
  • How to run wire through walls
  • Cleaning your barbeque grill
  • How to repair a circuit breaker
  • High importance in many locations with draught issues – the best time to water grass for highest efficiency
  • Crafts using recycled items
  • Miscellaneous useful hacks
  • How to make a solar cooker using common household items
  • Crochet basket patterns
  • “Brilliant Uses of Bananas
  • Glass painting
  • Iron scrubber painting techniques
  • Oven Cleaner and Water Scale Remover
  • Crafting hanging planters
  • It’s picnic season! Time to create a tasty Snackle Box
  • How to make your own beads
  • Crafts for kids – 30 puppet-making instructions
  • Making housekeeping easier
  • Cleaning the bathroom fan
  • How to make a lovebird and blossom wreath
  • Get ready! Here are some favorite recipes for Independence Day

Novelettes and Novellas

  • Folding within Myself
  • The Package
  • My Child Naked

Reiki Retreat Circle of Healers

Sorradin’a Sanctum – Wicca Ways & Pagan Paths

  • New at the Astarte Home
  • Chakra Correspondences
  • Angel Correspondences
  • Element Correspondences
  • Directions Correspondences
  • Day of the Week Correspondences
  • Color Correspondences
  • Moon Phase Correspondences
  • Sabbat Correspondences
  • Seasons Correspondences