Goddess wants Peace, and Peace it shall be.

Waking up to an e-mail that my Sisterhood of the Rose application has been approved immediately made that loving, warm energy flow through my body. Who knew that an online community's acceptance could have such energetic effects!

Dear reader, you are dearly loved. What a glorious, sacred place have you created. It already feels safe here.

There is so much to say and so much to be felt. Thank you all for welcoming me. The love wash was unexpected, but of course, it was to be expected!

Goddess wants Peace, and Peace it shall be.

Graphite is a naturally occurring crystalline form of carbon, characterized by a layered, planar structure where carbon atoms are arranged in hexagonal sheets. Within these sheets, strong covalent bonds provide excellent in-plane strength and conductivity, while the weak van der Waals forces between the layers allow them to slide easily over one another. This unique atomic structure grants graphite its defining properties: it is an excellent conductor of electricity and heat, a superb solid lubricant, and is highly refractory (resistant to heat and chemical attack). It is also one of the softest known minerals. Natural graphite is mined, while synthetic graphite is produced by heating carbonaceous materials like petroleum coke to extremely high temperatures (up to 3000°C) in an inert atmosphere, a process called graphitization.

The applications for graphite are diverse and critical to both traditional and advanced technologies. Its most significant use is in refractories for steelmaking ladles and…