{"id":321,"date":"2011-05-09T17:40:37","date_gmt":"2011-05-10T00:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abysmalwitch.wordpress.com\/?p=321"},"modified":"2011-05-09T17:40:37","modified_gmt":"2011-05-10T00:40:37","slug":"stoner-report-dragonfly-over-marsh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/index.php\/2011\/05\/09\/stoner-report-dragonfly-over-marsh\/","title":{"rendered":"Stoner Report:  Dragonfly Over Marsh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello! \u00a0Yes, I feel very excited about sending out a greeting. \u00a0Perhaps I spent too much time on my own these past several days. \u00a0Perhaps? \u00a0Okay, fine, I obviously did. \u00a0Further evidenced by this arguing of my multiple personalities.<\/p>\n<p>Right, back to the blog post.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m adding a new semi-regular blog topic: \u00a0The Stoner Report<\/p>\n<p>It will highlight certain stones that I&#8217;ve picked up over the years, some that are simply pretty, some that I use in more magical ways. \u00a0To kick this off I&#8217;m starting with a pretty one. \u00a0Oh, so pretty&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/110509-marsh-e1304987348681.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-322\" title=\"110509 marsh\" src=\"http:\/\/abysmalwitch.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/05\/110509-marsh-e1304987348681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/110509-marsh-e1304987348681.jpg 1704w, https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/110509-marsh-e1304987348681-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/110509-marsh-e1304987348681-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is a rutilated smoky quartz, I believe. \u00a0The inclusions at the bottom strongly resemble reeds in a marsh and the flaw (or whatever the proper term is for the plane of visible crystal) about a third down from the top can resemble a dragonfly hovering over the reeds. \u00a0The piece has been cut and polished from its natural state and is about 4 inches high.<\/p>\n<p>Magically it would be easy to work with this piece for connecting with or working with some aspect of marshes, the quiet, the life-filled land, liminal boundaries, fecundity. \u00a0I haven&#8217;t worked with it magically as of this time but I have it in my living room window and look at it on a very regular, enjoyable basis.<\/p>\n<p>This Stoner Report has been brought to you in part by the wonderful selecting abilities of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stonehavengems.com\/\">Stone Haven Gems<\/a>, which is where I purchased it.<\/p>\n<p>~Abysmal Witch<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello! \u00a0Yes, I feel very excited about sending out a greeting. \u00a0Perhaps I spent too much time on my own these past several days. \u00a0Perhaps? \u00a0Okay, fine, I obviously did. \u00a0Further evidenced by this arguing of my multiple personalities. Right, back to the blog post. I&#8217;m adding a new semi-regular blog topic: \u00a0The Stoner Report &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/index.php\/2011\/05\/09\/stoner-report-dragonfly-over-marsh\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Stoner Report:  Dragonfly Over Marsh<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}