Category: More Odds than Ends

HEY THERE!

Be sure to check out the Columbus Day Sale that Mambo Sam has posted on Spellmaker.com! It ends tonight October 13th at midnight. This is an awesome sale that allows you to take 30 % off your purchase at the  time of checkout. All you have to do is put in the special discount code of COLUMBUS when you check out. Please see details at www.spellmaker.com

If you have been saving up for something special, or waiting for a sale, now is the time to pounce! That includes tarot readings as well 😉

Light and Love
Sister Bridget

I found this recipe for easy coconut macaroons! Give them a try for our most beloved Papa Legba! If you are so inclined you can add a teaspoon or two of powdered cocoa or drizzle baked cookies with some melted chocolate 😉 Enjoy!

Coconut Macaroons

2 Egg whites
1/2 tsp Vanilla
1/2 tsp Salt
2/3 cup Sugar
1 1/3 cup Flaked coconut

Grease cookie sheet. Beat egg whites,
vanilla and salt until soft peaks form.
Slowly add sugar and beat until stiff peaks
form. Fold in coconut gently. Drop by
teaspoonful onto cookie sheet. Bake at 350F
(180C) for 20 minutes.

Light and Love
Sister Bridget

Hey Y’all!

I tried this recipe yesterday to make a special treat for Papa and they came out simply delightful! Give them a ripple. I’m pretty sure they got two thumbs up from Papa as well!

• 1/2 cup  butter or margarine
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 1/4 cups unsifted flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups flaked coconut

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

Cream butter until fluffy. Add sugars gradually, beating well after each addition. Add egg  and mix. Combine flour, soda and salt; then add to butter mixture, 1/4 at a time. Add vanilla and coconut. Drop by teaspoonful on ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for 9 minutes or until cookies begin to brown. Cool and store.

For those of you without an oven, here is a no-bake recipe 😉

• 1/2 cup butter
   
• 1/2 cup milk
   
• 2 cups sugar
   
• 3 cups quick-cooking oats
   
• 5 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
   
• 1/2 cup coconut
  

In a large saucepan, combine butter, milk and sugar; bring to a rolling
boil over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Continue boiling for 1
minute. Remove from heat; stir in oats, cocoa, and coconut. Drop by
tablespoonfuls onto waxed paper.
Makes about 36 yummy no-bake cookies.

Light and Love
Sister Bridget

This picture just made me smile 😉

Have a safe and enjoyable holiday weekend, Everyone!

Light and Love,

Sister Bridget

This weekend I got the news of the sudden passing of a long time friend. It was a peaceful passing, but still surprising and heartbreaking. I was looking for a  poem to bring to his service, and I came across one. It certainly suits him, and speaks to Spirit, and how its keeps on after all here is done….

Do not stand at my grave and weep,
I am not there, I do not sleep.

I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glint on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn rain.

When you wake in the morning hush,
I am the swift, uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circling flight.
I am the soft starlight at night.

Do not stand at my grave and weep.
I am not there, I do not sleep.
Do not stand at my grave and cry.
I am not there, I did not die!

                                                                                        ~~~Mary Frye (1932)

Light and Love

Sister Bridget

Sometimes you just have to read something that is good for your heart……

The Duck Story

Light and Love

Sister Bridget

Hey there!

I am so excited to "see" you all again in the teaching chat class with Mambo Sam tomorrow night. AND for the Ogoun Ritual. Its going to be a great time! I am stopping on my way home tonight to get some extra special offerings….. I am thinking a nice red mango and a small steak would be nice. I received my Ogoun Ritual Pack today, and its really splendid. The oil is soooooo hot! Everything in the pack is great, but the oil may just replace Abre Camino as my personal favorite 😉 If you are a spellmaker.com client and havent signed up for teaching chat sessions yet, you can do so by contacting Berkeley at the office. Its going to be a grand time.

See you then!
Light and Love,
Sister Bridget

See how you can help make your footprint lighter on our one and only Earth!

http://www.nature.org/earthday/

Have a great one 😉

Light and Love
Sister Bridget

Today would be the last day to place your order!

This ritual
pack will be used in conjunction with our online ritual on April 23,
2008. April 23 is the traditional feast day of St. George. St. George
is often syncretized with Ogoun. We will be doing the ritual online
together on April 23, however, you can actually use this ritual pack at
any time you desire.  Please note: It is not
necessary to have this pack in order to participate in the ritual we
will do together online. This package is an enhancement to that ritual.

We are
offering this package in two versions. The difference in the two
versions is that "Version B" also includes Ogouns Crimson Power™ bath
which may be used before or after the actual ritual itself is done.
Both Version A and Version B contain special consecrated items for the
ritual as well as ritual instructions.

To read more about this wonderful new and exciting package, click here.

Hope to see you all in ritual next week!
Light and Love
Sister Bridget