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Ben Chroma
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Happy Lunar New Year - I hope we will be Dragons (full text in alt text)
In mine and many other east Asian cultures, the dragon traditionally symbolises things like power, wealth and strength (imperial symbol and all) I think we often forget that in the story of the Great Race, the dragon came in fifth because it'd stopped to give people rain. Then it'd stopped again to push a rabbit adrift on a log across the wide river so it reached the shore safely (that's why the Rabbit year comes before the Dragon). Dragons aren't meant to just be powerful - they are meant to do good with such power, and to help those in need. So in this lunar new year, I hope you gain more power, so that you might be able to help others. I pray you have abundant resources so you may give to yourself and those around you. I wish you courage, endurance, kindness and generosity, for yourself and your people. I hope you, and I, will be rain givers, life preservers, joy bringers. I hope we will be dragons.
February 11, 2024 at 1:24 AM
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Surviving February (2/100 things to look forward to.)
A skeleton holding an hour glass with text saying “survive February”
February 10, 2024 at 12:13 PM
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It’s too early for the bee hotel to be blooming yet, but I am looking forward to sleepy bees in a few months. (1/100 things to look forward to.)
A bee covered in pollen sleeping inside a pink hollyhock
February 8, 2024 at 10:15 PM
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It’s pretty much just going to be pictures of the sky while I lurk and gain an appreciation for the social norms.
A rainbow goes in front of a mesa
February 7, 2024 at 12:24 AM