It has long been decided that cats figured out the secret to existence.
- All meals are provided
- Frequent naps
- Proprietary knowledge of the comfiest spots in the house
- Playtime whenever desired
- Frequent naps
- Cuddles and pets
- Lack of responsibilities
- Frequent naps
If I could be any animal for a week, it would be a cat—but an indoor cat that owns loving humans.
Good morning and happy Monday, friends!
Some new stuff for your enjoyment:
I made incense earlier in the week in an attempt to restock our Etsy shop. Unfortunately, my press kept getting stuck. It was taking me on average 5-10 minutes to press a single tablet, so I gave up and will hopefully resume later today after the mix dries out a bit more.
Most of my free time this week was spent writing up all my thoughts on Summer Magick Fest 2026. If you enjoy reading about festivals and experiences, I think this one is pretty fun. Plus, there’s a lot of pictures! On Wednesday, I hung out with the Occult Rejects and Dr. Angela Puca—we had a very interesting conversation, so be sure to catch that as well.
Before I go too much further, I’m just going to say that this update is filled with food and sports. You’re probably used to seeing one of those things here, but definitely not the other. If sports offend you, then I must apologize. I’m giving it a try for science.
Our household has been paying a lot of attention to the World Cup. It’s honestly more soccer than I’ve ever watched in my life. I decided to pick three teams to support and then see how it all goes—USA, Norway, and England. USA lost, so they’re out of the running. England and Norway ended up in a game together… England won. Only one of my teams remains.
Okay, just the fact that I know this information off the top of my head is amazing. This is coming from a guy who can’t even tell you who who plays in the Super Bowl each year.
Now… here’s the problem: in two days, England plays against Argentina… and that’s Selene’s team. If England loses, I won’t really feel bad about it. But if Argentina loses? That’ll be a bad night for my wife.
Does this mean I have to shift allegiance? I mean, I can actually name three players on the Argentina team. Watch this: Messi, De Paul, Martinez. And that’s three more than I can name on any other sports team ever. It might not be impressive to you, but it’s a first for me.
Only time will tell.
Side note: I once knew a guy who could remember almost any sequence of random numbers. His secret? He would picture his favorite football players standing in a line and order them by their jersey numbers.
On Friday, we went out for Peruvian food.
Then we tried a new ice cream place.
Well… I thought it was ice cream. It’s actually not. It’s snow.
I was pretty surprised when I took the first bite. Very interesting texture.
On Saturday, we tried a new Thai place. They had blue rice.
The rice was blue from an infusion of butterfly pea flower. It was pretty, but tasted exactly like regular rice.
Later in the evening, we participated in an elevation… and then kind of ran away right after the ritual was over because… well… because we had to catch the end of the Argentina game.
They beat Switzerland 3-1. Again, the fact that I know this… is just astounding. And I even put on a jersey to test whether or not team colors have an effect on enjoyment.
And then the sports bar brought us these giant plates of meat. In addition to having more sports than ever, it was also more red meat than I’ve had in a long time.
I can’t even tell you the last time I ate a steak. Oh well… when in Rome.
Let me know who you’re rooting for in the World Cup. That’s all for now, but stay tuned for more soon!
Aerik Arkadian 
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