In keeping with the simplifying theme, I went through my HUGE collection of Pagan books yesterday and decided that there were many I'd read that I will never read again and many, many books that could be in homes where they'll be read and loved. So here are TONS of pagan books--some rare and hard to find, others more advanced, and some 101 books. I'm linking this entry everywhere, which is why it's public~ Jenn also went through her books and decided on a bunch she'd not read or had read and decided she no longer needed. Help us simplify! All of the books are priced SUPER low because we want them to go to good homes~ Enjoy! :)

Shipping: one item, $3, two or more items $4. Shipping does not go up past $4~! :)

Please reply in a comment with the ones you want and I'll give you a total to PayPal to baywolfstudio @ yahoo . com, or we do take check. The ones that have a strike-through are the ones that have already been sold~

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(A participation in the Fourth Annual Brigid Poetry Slam.) In honor, celebration and reverence of Brigid, my matron Goddess, I present this poem on the holy day of Imbolc~


I have known winters
Like others knew daughters
And painted provincials
In ragged time breath.

See me, here, breathing,
Blue smoke in the twilight
Exaltant near morning
And hushed in the night;

I have known winters
And I have known summers
And I have known You
Far longer than this,

And knee deep in snow drift
I learn and unlearn You
Hands cold and longing
And flame not burned out.

You come at the dawn and the night
And the morning
You rise as I rise and You
Never.
Go.
Out.

You, I have always
Loved, and in loving,
Knew majesty, sanctity,
Pulse speaking a hymn,

I sing that hymn, Winter,
I sing it, a reverence,
I sing it, a laughter,
I sing it, a prayer,

For all still sweet lovers
And water born daughters
And morning, and star time,
And brand new, bright years.

(I sing it,
Devotion,
In dreaming
With
You.)


-- SD 2/2/09 --

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Here I came to the very edge
where nothing at all needs saying,
everything is absorbed through weather and the sea,
and the moon swam back,
its rays all silvered,
and time and again the darkness would be broken
by the crash of a wave,
and every day on the balcony of the sea,
wings open, fire is born,
and everything is blue again like morning.

-Pablo Neruda




Artwork by the ever talented and awesome LD, created for me - no stealage. XD

One of my favorite blogs, Something Good (o_my_goodness), recently celebrated its one year anniversary. To celebrate, I am participating in the Group Writing Project for... well - putting the word out there for something good in the world. :)

There are lots of things I could talk about that are very near and dear to my heart - but this one is one of the foremost, so - hey. And you might not have heard about it. :)

What do you feed your dog or cat? Is it Iams? Eukanuba? Science Diet? How about any of the major dog or cat food brands that are on the market today?

Honestly - I'm not trying to be sensationalistic - simply heartfelt... but if I could give you one of the best pieces of advice in my life - it would be to not feed those foods.

My family has been breeding, showing and training Newfoundlands and Collies for over thirty years. We've researched and gone through every dog food you could possibly imagine, trying to find the food that is best for our animals - whether that be organic ingredients, whole ingredients or supplements included. I won't tell you which brand we currently feed to the family's breeding girls and boys (or the brand Jenn and I feed our cats and puppy), because I don't want this to sound like a commercial... but suffice it to say that we finally found one that contains those aspects of a good food we were looking for.

Do you want to know what is in the high end foods that vets and pet stores push (all the ones I mentioned above)? Even the "Beneful" type foods that they swear are the healthiest thing a dog or cat could possibly have?

( Don't click here if you are easily sickened. Their claim of healthy is a complete and utter lie. )

Obviously, with these kind of hazardous ingredients, animals that eat these foods - if they don't already have a strong immune system - will be more prone to illness and will NOT live long lives. For example - the Collies we fed Eukanuba to lived to be about ten. Collies we fed our holistic pet foods to (once we'd discovered this) ended up living to fifteen or sixteen years. And they were all healthy - unlike the previous ones (much to my utter sadness). :/

Research, research, research. There are SO many healthy pet food alternatives - and you love your babies (I know I love mine~). :) DON'T feed the food you find in pet stores and vet offices (vets are given a high commission from Science Diet, which is why they push it and sell it - it has nothing to do with how healthy it is. Trust me - I asked that question, too. ;) Also, vets are usually taught about ten hours of nutrition in their entire eduation - they honestly don't know what's involved in the food). Go off the beaten path and feed them something that will make them thrive with all the joy and health they deserve~

Do something good!

~*~

As a total aside, I went and picked up some more food for Poesy last night... My family feeds a BARF based diet (it stands for Biologically Appropriate Raw Food), with some kibble mixed in - Poesy, since she's so young, is still mostly on kibble... But I also picked up this organic frozen yogurt for puppies and dogs. :p It was the cutest thing I'd ever seen - it came in this TINY little package.

I put it in front of her when I got home (after all the wet kisses and general bounding happiness that greeted me at the door~), and she licked it and licked it and licked it and loved it~ Again, cutest thing ever. XD