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I know it's been a rough weekend, but I hope everyone's having a happier Tuesday.

On that note, I'll be working with Enki Coven to hold a Holi celebration on MageNet grounds. Holi is the celebration of the eternal and divine love of Radha Krishna as well as the triumph of good over evil. It has been known as the "Festival of Love," the "Festival of Colours," and the "Festival of Spring." More practically, it is ushering in the arrival of spring, the blossoming of love, as well as a time to meet others to forgive and forget in order to repair broken relationships.

The celebrations start on the 17th at sunset, with Holika Dahan. We will burn a bonfire signifying the defeat of the demoness Holika. As it will be full of religious ceremonies and prayers, it will be a closed ceremony. However, if you are interested in observing respectfully, I can talk to the Enki Elders about allowing you access!

On March 18th, we will hold Rangwali Holi, which is open to all! This is a free-for-all festival of colours, where everyone can throw coloured powered at each other. There will also be water guns and water balloons full of colour on offer and anyone and everyone is fair game. Friend or stranger, rich or poor, man or woman, children, and elders. While we're constricting our celebrations to MageNet grounds (please avoid bombarding the interior MageNet buildings with colour), it wouldn't be surprising to see people on the streets attacking each other with powder.

It will go on from morning to afternoon, with a catered buffet for breakfast and lunch. Then a more formal sit down dinner will occur on the grounds, where you dress up in your finest.

I hope to see many of you Outlanders there!

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I grew up in a household where pets weren't really a thing unless they were on loan to look better in family pictures. I didn't really live at home for long anyway, but I never considered myself much of an animal person from lack of association.

And then Ronan Lynch came into my life with a tiny dreamed raven cupped in his hands. Now I live on a giant farm filled with animals of wonder and magic and there's more happiness in a tiny corner of this place than I think there was ever was in the estate I grew up in.

But anyway all of that was a lot of sappiness (I'm not sorry, Ronan) to mention that at the adoption event I - we - ended up with Chorizo. He's about five, a little shy, loves Blue's knitting, and likes being carried around by Opal.

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Five practice GED tests done and passed and I think I'm ready for the real thing. Maybe. Tests are weird though? I mean I get the point, sort of, but it seems kind of mean too. Like what if you're just a super nervous person? The whole thing is rigged against you. Or if you suck under pressure. It also seems pretty arbitrary that I don't think working through this GED thing I learned that much more than I didn't already know but somehow having this is going to make me a more desirable person to do a job?

While signing Willa up for little league I ended up volunteering to coach one of the teams. If you have a kid that wants to play, let me know.

If you have a business that would like to sponsor the team, get your name on the t-shirts, still looking for that as well.

TEXT MESSAGES TO JAMES BARLOW

» Hi James. Sorry if this is weird, but Dan gave me a referral about a month ago to see a psychiatrist. He thinks I need one, and I didn't want to admit it, but I think he might be right. I don't know if you can take on patients you know kind of personally or not, though, so is that okay?

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» This is Adora, by the way!!

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I would have appreciated a reminder that sometimes, Vallo likes to download new memories into your head when you're otherwise doing okay mentally. Such a flawed design plan of this universe.

Dear friends of Clint Barton: I apologize for trying to kill him.

Kate Bishop, where the hell are you? And also, did you really have to cut down that beautiful Rockefeller tree?