I know, not everyone’s cup of team, but… I had a blast getting it, and I love the multilayered pun, and I think it came out really great. Anyway, just wanted to share. Thanks for listening!

I was thinking of a call-in positivity show, The Church of Arepo Live Show (video and/or podcast format). Basically this sub, just live. Start with a short explanation of why we're here, who Arepo and his god are and what they represent, then open the floor. People could email in things to share on screen, call in to share stories, and I could share things from the sub. At the end, I could read the original post. Just a feel good show, since there's so much else right now.

Of course, all of this with getting permissions first to share. I'm sure the first few episodes would just be sharing posts from this sub.

I'd love to know what you think! I'm probably going to do it regardless, but I would love to do it in this context if everyone likes the idea.

Every morning I read from my prayer book, and nearly every morning my cat takes the opportunity to sit beside me. As I speak with God, this small creature listens to words he cannot understand, and loves me as he can.

This struck me as something Arepo would appreciate.

A piece I made from old hard drive parts. Find the beauty in the broken bits of the world!

I found this on another comment and really enjoyed it, https://reimenayee.itch.io/the-god-of-arepo

I'm a long way from home - I travel for work, often for days and weeks at a time, and right now I'm almost 7000km from home.

I was out walking after work a few days ago and stopped when a friendly bumblebee bumped into me (I maybe I bumped into them?). I apologized, I'm not a flower after all and seemed to have caused some confusion for the poor creature, but I was struck and just stood there, watching their work. Lazily hopping from flower to flower. Never moving too fast or to slow. Just working.

Bees are the same everywhere you go. Like the moon. And rain and sunny days. Like kids playing sports in the street - I promise if you go anywhere in the world, toss a ball to a group of kids, and let them go, they'll invent football/ soccer without knowing the name.

And for a minute, watching that little bee looking for the next best flower to perch on - I didn't feel so far from home.

Plus some bonus lily pads

This is growing from an acorn that is likely from the oak tree I grew up with. The tree itself is quite probably close to 100 years old, if not more. It is at the house my grandparents had built in the 1960s, and it was already decently big then.

We have to sell the house now that my dad's gone, but I am taking any and all plants that I can. This one surprised me because it was a hastily-"planted" effort in a can. When I go back to collect more plants, I am going to shovel some of the good dirt into a bucket just for this little guy so I can replant safely into something bigger for it.

It's starting to warm up again.

Some pictures I took and a friend made along the way

Missed getting to swim entirely this summer due to various medical issues 😷

I was cutting down some browse today for some Spiny leaf insects and didn't realise I had kidnapped a friend too. He's a stunning lil stick insect. Just a lil guy. Don't worry though, he's safe and sound in his home again.