17 March 2009

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Though I imagine the only green we're going to see today comes not from the tender shoots of Spring buried deep under our recent snows but from whatever colourful garb people choose to wear today...

So it will be Fireside Chat again on March 27 and Dorothy has graciously volunteered to facilitate the topic "Neo-Paganism as pertains to 19th Century Romantic Literature" (translation: she's found some awesome fairy tales that she's going to re-tell).

Other news...we've got books, books, and more books. Rasa and Sandra are doing an amazing job getting new and exotic titles in!

We are also expecting an order from those strange folks down south and it is to include more figure candles, altar cloths, and other things not available elsewhere.

And fairies. Yes, there should be a fresh batch hatching this week (or whenever Doug the CanPar guy delivers them).

Also, for the last five weeks, we have been bagging and tagging all of our store brand incense (hanging on the slat wall with the white cardboard hangtag). We've done away with the 50 stick packages and also with the 20 stick packages that include the holder. The reasoning is that having three different formats for the same incense sticks is visually confusing, at best. Also, with those packages that include the holder, since each holder is different (I found a "Scorpio"), we figured it would make more sense to sell the holders separately so people could choose the exact one they wanted.

We have discontinued a few of the fragrances (Meditation, Relaxation, Yoga, Yin Yang, Tranquility, Ylang Ylang, and Vetivert) but at the same time we have introduced new ones including:
Sweetgrass,
Astral Travel (smells a lot like "Tranquility" and available in both cone and stick form),
Truth,
Love,
Courage,
Healing,
Blessings,
Psychic Power (which is Lemongrass based),
Anti-Theft (Vetivert based),
Protection (Juniper based),
Purification (Rosemary based)
and Sensuality (which smells great but I haven't yet had a chance to burn one).

We've kept other popular fragrances including:
Dragonsblood,
Frankincense,
Frankincense and Myrrh,
Rain,
Egyptian Musk,
Sage,
Patchouli,
Jasmine,
Nag Champa,
and Sandalwood.

Other news...

Ashterah will be hosting a meditation tomorrow evening (Wednesday March 18) in the Back Room starting, I believe, at 7:30 pm. Everyone is welcome. Please call the Store for more details.