The only time I would ever kill an animal is if I was planning to eat it or to defend myself if it was trying to eat me.
There is no shedding of blood, literal or symbolic, in my religion.

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When life hands you lemons, ask for tequila and salt and call me over!
Any time God closes one door, She always opens another, even though sometimes it's Hell in the hallway.
Handle every stressful situation like a dog. If you can't eat it or play with it, pee on it and walk away.
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, prepare to die. (Klingon proverb)
Don't point. You'll poke holes in the air and all the faeries will escape.
Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things.

I was only kidding.........by the way, does Skyclad=nude? I thought i read that somewhere once?

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Sorry if I over-reacted - too many people think that Pagan automatically means that you practice animal or human sacrifice.

Yes, skyclad means nude.
While I have no personal distaste for public nudity and am not overly modest, I do follow the local ordinances reagarding visible genitalia and refrain from doing things which could lead to my being charged with indecent exposure.
My neighbors are very nice folks, but I don't think that they would appreciate going out to get the morning paper and seeing a naked woman next door waving a smouldering bundle of sage in the air.

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When life hands you lemons, ask for tequila and salt and call me over!
Any time God closes one door, She always opens another, even though sometimes it's Hell in the hallway.
Handle every stressful situation like a dog. If you can't eat it or play with it, pee on it and walk away.
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, prepare to die. (Klingon proverb)
Don't point. You'll poke holes in the air and all the faeries will escape.
Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things.

What a great idea! We have some leftover bricks in our backyard that dh could make a simple firepit out of. Our kids would love it! And it would make for an easy dinner; hot dogs & smores

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We have a fire....area. I guess. It's a bit out of control at the moment, the fire pit is a 10'x10' area. I'd like it to get down about half or so now, but we just have too much stuff to burn right now.

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just check with your town office or fire department to find our what the rules are... sometimes you need a permit.

ours is a hole dug maybe a foot down, bowl shaped, and ringed with a circle of palm-sized stones (or larger) about 3 layers high, scavenged from our yard.

HHAHAHHA yup- we have a fire Bowl- that is what we call it... We love it- Daddy and the boys tell scary stories LOL "not really" and we have hot chocolate and eat marshmallows. we live in town... a slight suburb~ so no diggin holes for a fire-plus my Fireman Hubby wouldnt allow an actual uncontained fire~ plus we have a visually impared son LOL bad idea to pair him with a fire pit LOL

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We love ours. We use it usually on Sunday nights in the summer. We roast marshmallows, and hotdogs. The boys help my husband collect firewood. It really is good, cheap family bonding.

It would be a waste of money for us, we spend a lot of time under a burn ban - no outdoor fires, no grilling.

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A burn ban? No grilling? I think my DH and I would go crazy! I guess Texas is out of the running for our "perfect places to live list."