Told DH I was practicing voodoo.

[Mojo Chick'n]

http://cgi.ebay.com/160-The-Ex-5pc-SS-Knife-Set-w-Knives-and-RED-Holder_W0QQitemZ280270332134QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item280270332134&_trkparms=72%3A1205%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

Here's one

They are too pricey for me, though, but MAN are they cool !!

Peace -
Meriah

 

[susancoyotesfan]

We have all kinds of herbs too, we brew beer with them using ancient recipes. Very interesting and different!

I also am a (informal at this point, I'm afraid) student of herbalism and am learning from a Native the traditional uses of our local plants. I keep telling DH those aren't weeds in our yard, they're food and medicine!

BTW, if you don't like the smell of burning sage, you can also use sweetgrass or juniper. I am partial to the juniper myself, but have a friend who is so allergic she would go into anaphylaxis if I burned it even days before she came over, so sadly I use sweetgrass or incense instead.

Both sage and juniper are known to have antibacterial effects as is eucalyptus when inhaled. And you can make a tea of them and inhale the fumes as well, if the idea of the smoke bothers you.

 

[Mojo Chick'n]

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My neighbors put up a fence after last Samhaim (Halloween to ya'll) Friends of mine came over for a "visit" blah blah blah blah............. They kind of wave and drive by real fast

LOL One year (back when the oldest was still like 7 years old or so- he is 21 now) we had a Maypole in the backyard - the kids took the day off school - the mailman stopped by and asked us what we were doing.... He ended up joining us for a few minutes, before moving on to his route, LOL.

Ya just never know, eh?

Peace -
Meriah

 

[Linda in San Diego]

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LOL I've been wanting one of those - seen em on ebay. Those are cute -Did you know that they also have knife holders like that?

ETA - a year ago I moved to an area of the country that is not - shall we say - religiously diverse. My house looks like Haiti blew up in here (along with a ton of rooster statues added in - it's sort of a mix between Voodoo and Country style, LOL) I definately had to tone down the decor for the benefit of the neighbors - got to keep the peace, ya know. I love my neighbors, and I would never want to offend them, even in my own home - hospitality is a pretty big thing with me, usually.

Peace -
Meri

Privacy fencing goes a long way to quell the neighbors! They think my kool stuff is junk!

 

[Mojo Chick'n]

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Luckily I live on 25 acres and there is about 1/4 mile between me and the nearest neighbor - plus, that one knows, they are cool with it - no one else down here does know, though. I also moved much of my more - umm, obvious - stuff to the sewing room. I can close the door that way.

The rest of the house is just Haitian artwork, mostly. Although, I did put birdhouses on this fence out front, and one of them I painted up to be "Mama Keziah's House of Voodoo"

No one ever looks that closely at it, thankfully.

Hmm... I have recently met two BYC-ers who don't know, guess they do now (if they see this thread), LOL hope they are ok with it.

Peace -
Meriah

 

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[tazcat70]

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My neighbors put up a fence after last Samhaim (Halloween to ya'll) Friends of mine came over for a "visit" blah blah blah blah............. They kind of wave and drive by real fast

OMG!!! I am trying not to wake the kids with my laughter!!!!

I REALLY don't think my neighbor is smudging

.... but maybe I should...Sometimes his is so strong our back yard is filled with the essence, we can get a contact in our back yard!

ETA: I used to say I was the sane one out of the bunch...it is still true, but now they think I am the nut....but I KNOW THE TRUTH!!!