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In ancient times, karasu, the crows and ravens of Japan, were not maligned as garbage-strewing pests, but revered as messengers of the gods and bringers of good fortune. In Japanese mythology, the three-legged Yatagarasu guided legendary first emperor Jinmu, and many Shintō shrines still hold obisha matsuri around the lunar New Year in which parishioners pray to an archery target  bearing the image of karasu.

The Japanese language lumps five distinct species of corvids together under the term karasu, the most common of these being the hashiboso garasu (”narrow-beaked crow”) and hashibuto garasu (”broad-beaked crow”). The migratory miyama garasu (rook), kokumaru garasu (jackdaw), and watari garasu (northern raven) are less dispersed, but can be spotted in some areas during certain times of the year.

The Clever “Karasu”: Wise Old Birds Living Side by Side with Humans

A timely reminder that we are truly all in this together. I am not safe until everyone is safe. My healthcare is incomplete until everyone has healthcare.

Healthcare is a human right.

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🐣Granny-core’s Guide to the Norwegian Easter🐣

I loooove easter!! 🐣

I know easter is very much a religious holiday, but the Norwegian way of celebrating has become pretty far removed from it’s roots, at least for those of us (like me) who aren’t religious. We still have some very established traditions, which I greatly enjoy, like:

🏔️ Going to your cabin (or staying at someone else’s if you don’t have one. We also have some public ones that people can use for free).

🏔️ Skiing! Especially if you bring an orange and some chocolate wafer (there’s one that’s almost like a slightly less sweet Kit Kat).

🏔️ Paper easter eggs filled with candy.

🏔️ Easter marzipan! Commonly yellow, always delicious.

🏔️ Sunbathing in the snow, with most of your clothes still on.

🏔️ “Påskekrim”, which literally translates to “Easter crime”. Perhaps the oddest Norwegian easter tradition is watching crime shows, reading crime fiction, or listening to crime radio shows. Often older crime stories, like the ones about Poirot.

🏔️ Easter quizzes, commonly on the radio, tv, or at your cabin with your familiy or friends.

🏔️ “Påskeris”; twigs you bring in and decorate, often with wooden chickens and eggs (see the photo). Will often start to get tiny little leaves, which gives me that lovely spring feeling.

“‎You have to be the kind of person who can make the best out of a Tuesday. You know those people who live for the weekends? They’re wishing their life away. You have to find something worth living for or else you’ll look back and realize you’ve wasted your life away.”

— Drew Marvin, English Teacher (via thatkindofwoman)