New Moon Risings

Finally the revamp of Chapter XI :: Lady Luna has been completed and uploaded. All the former content has been edited and restyled to conform to the new layout and a new New Moon meditation has been added. The chapter totals 43 pages of information.

A new featured article about an archaeological find on the island of Cyprus, Oldest Perfumes Found on “Aphrodite’s Island” has been added to Chapter V :: Deities, Myths & Heroes

Of course the Book of Light’s Site Index has been updated to reflect these latest additions.

I stumbled on a song about Marie Laveau and had to add it to the Influential Pagans :: Past section of Chapter IX :: History. You’ll find it conveniently located right next to the bio of the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

They aren’t the most flattering lyrics, but interesting none-the-less. Take the ditty with a grain of salt, and remember Marie comes out on top in the end!

The Great Gas Challenge is well underway. Today marks exactly 4 weeks since we last purchased gas for our little Escort and we are still going strong with over 1/4 tank left (we started with almost 3/4 of a tank).

In that 4 weeks, we estimate that we have substituted over 125 miles of walking or biking for driving to accomplish our normal household chores.

I love walking or biking past people filling up at the gas station for over $3/per gallon and laughing, sometimes out loud, sometimes quietly to myself, depending on whether they are driving an SUV or not.

We’ve also substituted biking for enjoyment purposes for more traditional leisure activities like movies since the theater is just a bit out of non-driving range, so we’re saving money too!

I’ve also noticed a funny thing popping out of my lower leg…my husband says its a muscle?!

Our original goal was to make it to Earth Day, which would have been almost 3 weeks without buying gasoline, but since we’ve made it this far and things are looking so good, we are now shooting for Memorial Day weekend!

Arachne takes pride in a clean and tidy web and once again it is time to clean out the defunct and discontinued sites. The cleaning has already begun and will continue until each one of the over 1700 sites listed has been re-reviewed and confirmed as valid.

Sites that will be removed include:

• Redirected links
• Invalid urls
• 404 errors
• 403 errors
• Under Construction sites (may be resubmitted when site has returned)

If your site is listed at WebWeaver, please be sure that your account information is up to date.

It is for both our visitors and the webmasters who list with WebWeaver that Arachne maintains the integrity of the links in her web.