I'm Not a Humorless Prig

When I have a little time, I look around to people who follow me and see what they write about. Ah, but one article jumped out! I had to stop and stare at the relatively lengthy piece on "mojo bags" and it wasn't long before the writer added, and you can "wear them in your bra" among other places to put it. Okay, that was cute and I laughed. The article was very well-written too.

Now, when I say do not do this or that with your Gris-Gris bag, I have good reason to say it. I don't simply write something so another person can say "oh yes you can!" and perhaps think I'm the ass-end of someone's Hoodoo joke.

I am not a practitioner of Hoodoo. I've been told by "authentic" Hoodooers that I don't do the Hoodoo thang or follow whatever rules and standards they have created. I don't practice magic to follow rules or standards, especially the kind set by Hoodoo. (These are the same people that say "take your first morning pee and add it to your uncrossing bath...") Uh, you have fun with that. I've done successful uncrosses without pee.

Getting back to my original thoughts: There is a long-time customer who insisted on wearing their Gris inside the bra. Didn't carry a purse or a briefcase and wore thongs. Dressed up frequently so pinning the Gris to the left pocket was out of the question. It was too late for me to get creative before this person LOST THAT BAG due to wearing it in the bra. It could have fallen out while on the train home or it dropped on the floor when she undressed and the mice running around through her building grabbed it (the mice infestation is not her fault but lesson learned not to leave it on the floor, one of my other suggestions) after she went to bed.

I had an opportunity to get specially made bags which had very wimpy things put in to wear around the neck. I bought them and put stronger material in. It was a one-time exception.

Still think what I have to say on the subject is funny?

It is NOT funny to the people who spend money when they can barely afford it which seems to be most of the country who are out of work. IF you encourage folks to wear the bag in places they may LOSE it, then you have to make another one. Do you charge them the same as you did before? Do you keep doing this over and over? Is this why you suggest they carry the bag in a precarious place so you can make more bags/money? How do you account for this, I'd like to know.

Me, I limit each person to two bags. If one gets lost or damaged by the stupidity of a customer, then they only get one more chance. I'm not simply dealing with a bag of herbs. According to my belief in Animism, those herbs and other items come alive with power and become One Force, true enough. But I do more than count out ingredients... I will leave it there.

I remember you from Brother Moloch's Evocation Group. I think you're a very skilled and nice person. I saw pictures of your store too: nicely done! Thank you for following this blog. Perhaps we can post blogs about each others blogs again sometime.

~lil

Ack! I'm So Behind!

I shouldn't fret too much. I have several customers on the wait list and the green stuff treats me "just in time for my microwave to blow up" sort of events. It's annoying but The Universe is taking care of me and mine.

I popped wide awake at 8 a.m. this morning; quite a change from the past several days of slime, snot and congestion swimming around this house. Me? I wasn't horrible sick, just medium on the toast scale while my partner was hacking up his left lung. (Flu shots given in the Spring come in handy in the Fall when everyone else is coughing, sneezing and gagging. I managed to finagle myself one this April. I'm told I can have another one.)

A good friend of mine has an online group which I'm 280 posts behind reading. I've been really happy with this group as there is NONE like it and it's a great place to learn. Unfortunately things are becoming heated and I fear if certain people don't kiss and make up soon, someone will pull the plug permanently. What's nice about this group is all the different points of view from learned individuals...BUT they tend to break out the measuring stick now and then.

One thing I see too often is credit is not given where it's due.

I think I finally fixed the Gris bag problem. I raised the prices (and they may go up again). I've learned how to do interesting things with them which makes them more powerful and worthy of the cost and I'm going to be adding some little extras to their appearance. If people lose them, mess them up, etc. then they will feel it in the wallet. This isn't Wally World.

Some asshat came along wanting to place an order, asked for my mailing address then starting sending SPAM. I asked nicely to not do that any more and got MORE SPAM. It appears this person went around to other businesses pulling the same crap. I'll have to put my thinking cap on for this one - could be fun to mess with!

As of the beginning of November, it's been one year that Twilightcrossroads has been up and running. I was in business prior to that for a couple of years or so. I want to thank everyone who has stopped by, purchased items, or hired me for magical work. Those of you who took that chance really helped get things rolling!

~Lil