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[apple_jaques]

I'm such a little kitchen witch sometimes.  Here I am, as I clean my tiny little nook meant for cooking and sharing, ending up with these accidental beautiful little shrines to that which I love.  I have a shrine like space for a love of coffe on top of my dishwasher, which is right next to the stove and the teakettle.  And my dining table is

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[msgraveyarddirt]

There's just something about a tidy space that allows the mind to think clearly and peacefully.

My in-laws don't understand why I'm so bizarrely anal about KEEPING THE FUCKING KITCHEN CLEAN, OKAY? but that's where I do most of my "work"; clean, uncluttered spaces and spotless windows just lend themselves to secret, unspoken altars. When I see a bare surface, free from debris and unnecessary knickknacks I see an endless expanse of possibilities.

I'd love, love, love to have a small, obvious altar in the kitchen, but that's a hella risky game to play in this house. (My father-in-law throws other people's things out without asking, and he has a bad habit - AS IF BINNING OTHER PEOPLE'S PERSONAL POSSESSIONS WITHOUT EVEN ASKING OR INFORMING THEM WASN'T ENOUGH OF A BAD HABIT - of breaking, killing, maiming and ruining things that aren't his. And the last time I left an altar out in a communal space? HE THREW FUCKING //GARBAGE// ON IT, BECAUSE, OH, HEY, THIS FUCKING LOOKS LIKE A TRASH CAN.)

[apple_jaques]

I am oh-so-grateful for my own apartment so that I can set up little kitchen alters....when I was living at home only a couple years ago, I kept the secret shrine spaces to my bedroom, which was no problem to me, but my dad saw them as dust collecters (really, only if you don't keep updating them), but he didn't get the meaning behind them and most of the time ignored them.

At least my boyfriend understands that I like them, and perhaps sees them as tabletop centerpieces....he even liked the "coffee shrine". *giggle*

[msgraveyarddirt]

He's rather open and encouraging of what you're doing, isn't it? For some reason I thought I read a comment - maybe about your divination with coffee froth? <- WHICH I LOVED, BTW, BUT DIDN'T WANT TO ATTACK YOU WITH "ZOMG, AWESOME! AWESOME! SOMEONE ELSE DOES SHIT LIKE THAT, TOO!" - where you mentioned he was comfortable and okay with some of your witchy practices.

[apple_jaques]

Eh, he honestly has mixed feelings about my path, but can't say much without condemning half his family too. His own mother has her own witchy side, which we get to explore when we go out on her property, although in words the whole thing is humms the word. But because his own mom is a bit of a christian witch herself, he can't deny me exploring that sde of myself