Loopy Lunar

Noticed the moon phase? It's going to be a dark moon soon. In fact, according to my calculation, it will be on the 8; two more days, bunchkins. Great time for some to 'go within' and seek and destroy their inner demons. Some, like the Balinese will produce an offering appropriate for the phase. It is a bulan tilem to them. 15 Kadasa 1927 according to their calendar on Babad Bali, which I find so complex that it managed to revive all my Additional Maths anxieties whenever I try to figure out its cryptic meaning. Of course, A. has managed not only to understand the bloody things [there are two calendars, you know] but also memorised the important festivals. Wonder what he'll say about this tilem... Anyhow, it is Mendangkundang, and guarded over by Sanghyang Basuki. Could I offer an explanation of that? No, of course not! I just said it too resembled Additional Maths!

It is now the morning of my favourite day, Freyja's Day. A woman's day, as some God will say, and the skies are all but grey. I am feeling somewhat peckish, last night's supper of my home-made Aglia Olio [sic.] seemed to have burnt itself out. So Murni calleth, with its half-heartedly cooked noodles and vermicelli...

Anyway, back to the Old Ways — after food of course...