Ironically National Ghost Hunting Day is the same day as National Hunting and Fishing Day this year. I guess they are trying to kill two birds with one stone.
Drum roll with rim shot.
For the most part, I don't think anyone has a ghost of a chance of bagging a ghost in a ghost hunt. Not sure what you would do with one if you found it. What do you mount on the wall? Or is it more of a catch and release type of hunting?
It is also National Corned Beef Hash day which has nothing to do with anything.
But speaking of random things. I found this at Goodwill yesterday.
I didn't have a clue what it was. I assumed it was a planter.
Turns out it is a two-faced Eleguá. It's a sacred representation of Eleguá, one of the Orishas (deities/forces of nature) in the Yoruba religion and Santería (Regla de Ocha), Candomblé, and Ifá practice. I didn't know what that meant either when ChatGPT patiently explained it to me. I vaguely knew that Santeria was a religious blend of West African spirituality and Catholicism. It developed in Cuba during the colonial period. I assumed it was like voodoo, but ChatGPT explained they are different religions with different origins and practices. Voodoo is more of a Haitian thing (and a Bourbon Street thing in New Orleans).
Regardless, I don't have a clue as to how or why my Elegua ended up in a Goodwill and why I bought it other than it was pretty cheap and was on the shelf with planters, vases and pots.
It does confirm my theory that Goodwill is very much like Forrest Gumps box of chocolates. You never know what you're going to get.
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