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I just think that they are a little bitter but should be fine

I would recommend using a basket for drying in a cool, location with some air flow. I used it last year for my Calendula flower heads. I might remove the bitter bottom of the flower before drying.

Dealing with the afterlife and the planes is really up to you. I think making this a little unclear, vague and inconsistent leads to a little mystery to the game. In my game I would follow something similar to what you had laid out above. Here is how I would run this for my campaign.

• The players would have to find out where their soul went. This would be some adventure to find this out by petitioning Kelemvor or another method to ensure they find the correct location
• The players find a method to travel to the plane (I would do olympus because it would have some fun fights). I would either have some quest to get a planar aligned tuning fork (if they have plane shift) or some kind of planar tunnel to get there.
• Once there they will have to find the soul (who I would treat as a different creature for spells like scrying / divinations). I would have them continuously fighting and dying from the same fight.
• After they defeat this boss again, I would have some RP / skill check to convince the soul to come with them because their memories would be wiped / reduced. I would have time move very differently for the part vs this player.
• On the way back if the soul dies outside their fight arena I would have it dissolve into the essence of the plan (a.k.a. DEAD except for wish) or return back to their fight arena.

This sounds like a fun series of adventures.

Everyone has a different criteria to "win" in this game called life. People just assume that everyone is playing the same game with the same rules so start judging people on these criteria. People usually set it up so they are "winning" and others are "losing". So play your own game and judge yourself by your own criteria. If you feel you are doing good (which I think you are) stay the path. Don't listen to what others think of you.

The witch’s calendar being tied to seasonal change was a big part of it for me.

This is my houses second year "celebrating" the Wheel of the Year which I have really enjoyed. I never really realized how useful it was until we started tracking it. Having a uniform and consistent definition of seasons (a lot more) is really enjoyable as well as showing how seasonal a lot of my habits and hobbies are.

I know it would be conspicuous but I would love a capuchin monkey so it could help me fetch things.

I was going to go with a helper monkey but I think faerie dragon is the best choice. Maybe a pseudodragon would be a good choice. An imp would be nice to freak people out as well as well as they can turn invisible.

Seems like they haven't met Teenjus yet.

Very sad story but totally worth reading.

Anyone use the community solar? I like solar but haven't signed up. Is it worthwhile?

Here are some resources that I have been using:

U of MN Bee Lawn Resource:
https://extension.umn.edu/landscape-design/planting-and-maintaining-bee-lawn https://beelab.umn.edu/

Native Plant Seed / Plant seller (Useful to understand what is native in your area)
https://www.prairiemoon.com/

Flowering Lawn Seed Seller:
https://floweringlawn.com/

Want to see something sad look at the divorce rate for women who are diagnosed with cancer. Its so common that most doctors and support groups talk about it after the diagnosis. So I am not surprised but still disgusted.