Category Archives: Fern’s Fronds

The Waters of Avalon

Blessings Darlings!

There is a pagan chant, a filk of the hymn “Waters of Babylon” that is based on Psalm 137:1, that has been running thru’ my mind this week….

GATES, AND GATE KEEPERS, IN OCCULT STUDIES

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How many of you are familiar with Odysseus’ trip to the underworld? It was a necessary stop on his way home (he needed the advice of a shade there). But first he had to be old that he had to, uh, go to Hades. He had to buy a goat, to sacrifice once he got to the part of Hades he was traveling to. He had to drag …

Clean Your Damn House, Witchiepoo!

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Troubled by bad finances? Drama? Chaos? “Negative Energy”? All spells for changing one’s life/luck start with the same thing: you need to totally clean your house. Totally. Did you just ask ‘why’?

Fruit costs, Part 2

Blessings, Darlings!

It occurred to me – while shopping – that I left out some fruits yesterday. They are fruits I rarely buy, and then only at local fruit stands or directly from farmers when in season. They are…

Fruit Costs

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As I once again start trying to eat better (notice that I don’t announce when I’m NOT eating well?), I’ve been looking at the costs per serving of what I eat. So I’m going to start posting about it, starting with the fruits.

Oh – at this point I’m just going to talk about price type costs. Not environmental. That’s a different conversation.
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Parental Dreams Vs Reality

Blessings Darlings!

When I was a kid, my father wanted me to become a teacher. He felt that teachers would always have good jobs.

This was odd from the get-go, since not only …

Restaurant scrounging, addenum

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The place I work at has added a new product – bone in broasted chicken. But Corporate keeps auto-shipping us WAY more than we sell. Okay, we cook the extra chicken (it’s fresh, and has a short use-by date) unseasoned/breaded, then take the meat off the bones to use in …