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Tree

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Merry Meet,

I originally posted this in ATW but have taken a liking to many of you
here as well lately so I thought I should post it here for those of you who
may enjoy it. It is a cut and paste of my original hope you all try, like
and enjoy!

I would like to share a warming recipe that I use to warm the home and
feelings for split pea soup. 'Tis an older recipe and a little off from
traditional but I find it wonderful and feel maybe some of you may as well.
Hope you enjoy.

Ingredients:
1 pound dried split peas
1 sweet onion minced
3 cloves garlic
1 pinch of fine ground ginger (PINCH)
1 dash of Worcestershire
1 large bay leaf
1 tbl spoon dill weed
1/2 pound of Italian sausage (baked or fried and drained well)
2 tbl spoon fresh cracked black pepper
1/2 - 1 tsp. sea salt as you prefer
6 cups spring water
1 cup chopped celery
1 cup chopped carrots

Directions:
Soak and rinse your peas as you see fit either over night the long way or a
quick soak, directions for these methods should be found on all bags of
split peas. Place soaked and rinsed peas in 6 cups water and bring to a low
boil, cover and simmer for 3-5 hours stirring hourly to prevent sticking.
Add sausage and spices all except celery and carrots. continue to simmer
covered an additional 3 hours stirring often. Once the soup has gotten
fairly thick with very little water separation from the peas add celery and
carrots then cover and simmer a bit higher until veggies are soft and soups
flavor is full with very little water separation from the thickened soup.
End result is a very thick and hearty pea soup and spicy, if you do not like
the *hot & Peppery* flavor that results (which may make you sweat a little)
lessen the black pepper. I personally double the black pepper being a lover
of the spicy food. If the soup is bland tasting it is not done yet continue
to simmer. I often start this first thing in the morning or the night
before. Hope you enjoy this, any feedback is welcome and appreciated.


--
Peace & Joy
Tree..
"If you plant it, he will grow"
Does a house have to fall on me before I can
take off my slippers and relax a bit in this world?
ICQ#51342366
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tr...@naturecraft.net


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Kate

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You'll get feedback soon. Yum! Kate

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Tree

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Guess I never stated in the post either place but I do a little ritual while
making it, I have found it very good to ease tension in the home.. Hope you
enjoy!


--
Peace & Joy
Tree..
"If you plant it, he will grow"
Does a house have to fall on me before I can
take off my slippers and relax a bit in this world?
ICQ#51342366
www.naturecraft.net
tr...@naturecraft.net

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Kate

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Well, sounds like if you were making this soup and had to stick around for
awhile, a house wouldn't have to fall on you to make you relax!!*haha*

Tree

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=)
Your fun...

I think we should just hook up via ICQ, we are only ones on posting at this
time and when everyone wakes up they are gonna have to read 30 messages in
our strings.

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t_naismith

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Now that is the magic of doing something seemingly common; can
you tell us of the ritual that goes along with this, Tree?

Trevor

In article <X8CG4.11627$9g4.4...@news5.giganews.com>, "Tree"
<tr...@naturecraft.net> wrote:

>Guess I never stated in the post either place but I do a little
ritual while
>making it, I have found it very good to ease tension in the
home.. Hope you
>enjoy!
>
>
>--
>Peace & Joy
>Tree..

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Kate

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Don't have ICQ, sorry. But I'm here almost every night. Come plant yourself
in my yard. *haha*

Kate ~Besides, everyone should wake up to a little humor, don't
you think?


Tree wrote in message ...
>=)
>Your fun...
>
>I think we should just hook up via ICQ, we are only ones on posting at this
>time and when everyone wakes up they are gonna have to read 30 messages in
>our strings.
>
>"Kate" <tyle...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>> Well, sounds like if you were making this soup and had to stick around
for
>> awhile, a house wouldn't have to fall on you to make you relax!!*haha*
>>
>> Kate
>>
>>
>>
>> Tree wrote in message ...

>> >Guess I never stated in the post either place but I do a little ritual
>> while
>> >making it, I have found it very good to ease tension in the home.. Hope
>you
>> >enjoy!
>> >
>> >
>> >--
>> >Peace & Joy
>> >Tree..

>> >> >--
>> >> >Peace & Joy
>> >> >Tree..

Tree

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Agreed,
I hope they enjoy reading as much as I am enjoying the chat. Be warned,
once I plant I tend to be deeply rooted (Thus the name, though my parents
couldn't have truly known how true it would be).

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Kate

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Your parents gave you the name Tree?

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Kate

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VVI, Trev....... *chuckle* Kate


t_naismith wrote in message <0160c970...@usw-ex0104-087.remarq.com>...


>Now that is the magic of doing something seemingly common; can
>you tell us of the ritual that goes along with this, Tree?
>
>Trevor
>
>In article <X8CG4.11627$9g4.4...@news5.giganews.com>, "Tree"
><tr...@naturecraft.net> wrote:
>

>>Guess I never stated in the post either place but I do a little
>ritual while
>>making it, I have found it very good to ease tension in the
>home.. Hope you
>>enjoy!
>>
>>
>>--
>>Peace & Joy
>>Tree..
>

hybiscus

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Tree
I love your name. I too have enjoyed using the name Tree on the net.
Now that I know it is your name, I will stop using it. The name does
suit you.

So nice to meet you. :)
hY (striking True, and Tree off of lists of names to use. Anyone going
to start using Terra?) :P

Tree

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Greetings,

I would be happy to share my personal ritual in this instance with
others Friend, first allow me to note that this comes from a spell book
passed to me from my mentor upon her passing and 'tis very old, (the nearest
date in the book before this spell is April of 1833 and a few pages later is
the date March of 1835) the recipe itself has been slightly altered for
modern convenience (i.e. leaving out the pea pod drying procedure and so on
since we now have bagged split peas available in every store and similar
instances) the spell itself I follow to its letter. It goes as such...

Starting barefoot & remaining so through the day until the soup is done,
I wash the cauldron & a wooden spoon with a basil wash then anoint the
cauldron with blessing oil (My preference is an Old New Orleans recipe but
choose what ye like) I hang a sprig of Basil and Bay over the stove,
Lighting a white candle also anointed with the blessing oil and placed upon
the stove, I begin the soup. I myself use beeswax thin candles for this
ritual and when the candle is burned away my soup is done, good timing maybe
but it always works for me. I say a home blessing prayer as I add the final
ingredients and give a thanks for having a home to bring peace & blessings
into.

That is it straight from the book nearly word for word. Fairly simple,
as some of the best magic is really, and I always have success with this, in
time where no tension need be relieved I find it still adds a wonderful
atmosphere of joy to the home.
I might add that I am glad you asked as no one commented in my other NG
where I posted it and I hope it brings you some joy.


--
Peace & Joy
Tree..

"If you plant it, he will grow"
Does a house have to fall on me before I can
take off my slippers and relax a bit in this world?
ICQ#51342366
www.naturecraft.net
tr...@naturecraft.net

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Tree

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Yes they did, Flower children is what I usually tell people but no. My
Father was a mathematician with a poetic wisdom thus he chose it.

"Kate" <tyle...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> >> >> >Guess I never stated in the post either place but I do a little
> ritual
> >> >> while
> >> >> >making it, I have found it very good to ease tension in the home..
> >Hope
> >> >you
> >> >> >enjoy!
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >--
> >> >> >Peace & Joy
> >> >> >Tree..
> >> >> >"If you plant it, he will grow"
> >> >> >Does a house have to fall on me before I can
> >> >> >take off my slippers and relax a bit in this world?
> >> >> >ICQ#51342366
> >> >> >www.naturecraft.net
> >> >> >tr...@naturecraft.net
> >> >> >

Kate

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Hello baby! What's wrong with hy? ~Mama Baba~


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Tree

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I am flattered, and 'tis nice to meet you as well, I don't mind sharing
though, after all one Tree makes a stand but several make a forest. =)
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Kate

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Where did he choose it from? (If that's not being too snoopy.) Kate

t_naismith

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And that ingredient is indispensible - not just for magic, eh?
::grin::

Trev

In article <vLCG4.115445$Pa1.3...@news6.giganews.com>, "Kate"
<tyle...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>VVI, Trev....... *chuckle* Kate
>
>t_naismith wrote in message <0160c970.650b74f4@usw-ex0104-
087.remarq.com>...


>>Now that is the magic of doing something seemingly common; can
>>you tell us of the ritual that goes along with this, Tree?
>>

>>In article <X8CG4.11627$9g4.4...@news5.giganews.com>, "Tree"
>><tr...@naturecraft.net> wrote:
>>

>>>Guess I never stated in the post either place but I do a
little
>>ritual while
>>>making it, I have found it very good to ease tension in the
>>home.. Hope you
>>>enjoy!
>>>
>>>
>>>--
>>>Peace & Joy
>>>Tree..
>>

Hybiscus

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We could use a nice forest grove here for all the pixies, sprites, and
fae to play in. ;)

Tree

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Not at all.
...it goes like this as told to me, he looked out the window and saw a
woodpecker, he looked at it carefully and chuckled as "Woody came to mind,
then he saw its beautiful beak which made him think "Bill" from that he
thought "William" then it occurred to him how that poor "Tree" took so much
abuse from the bird yet still provided it with a home. Thus he decided
"Tree". Now I might add I left a little of the story out having to do with
My mother but you get the basics.

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Hybiscus

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Hugs Mom!!
Well, can't act naughty with my real name, now can I? lol, actually, I
just like to experience how different names make me feel and act. If I
need to feel earthy, then Tree, or Terra, help out a lot. Even playing
around with energy - I find helps to get rid of baggage that a name
might have? lol - perhaps I am just a bit mental. :P


Kate wrote:
>
> Hello baby! What's wrong with hy? ~Mama Baba~
>
> hybiscus wrote in message <38EB0662...@home.com>...
> >
> >

t_naismith

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Thank you, Tree - a beautifully simple ritual which is simply
beautiful. I love old grimores and such, comes of having
apprenticed as a bookbinder.

Trevor

In article <CNCG4.11666$9g4.4...@news5.giganews.com>, "Tree"
<tr...@naturecraft.net> wrote:

>--
>Peace & Joy
>Tree..
>"If you plant it, he will grow"
>Does a house have to fall on me before I can
>take off my slippers and relax a bit in this world?
>ICQ#51342366
>www.naturecraft.net
>tr...@naturecraft.net

>"t_naismith" <t_naismit...@hotmail.com.invalid> wrote in
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>news:0160c970...@usw-ex0104-087.remarq.com...

>> Now that is the magic of doing something seemingly common; can
>> you tell us of the ritual that goes along with this, Tree?
>>

>> Trevor


>>
>> In article <X8CG4.11627$9g4.4...@news5.giganews.com>, "Tree"
>> <tr...@naturecraft.net> wrote:
>>

>> >Guess I never stated in the post either place but I do a
little
>> ritual while
>> >making it, I have found it very good to ease tension in the
>> home.. Hope you
>> >enjoy!
>> >
>> >
>> >--
>> >Peace & Joy
>> >Tree..
>>

Kate

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A "bit" mental.........? Haven't we both proven that already? *haha* How
about Fir, Sycamore, Redwood, Ponderosa, Dogwood, Magnolia, Redbud, Crystal,
Turquoise, Claymouse, Redleaf..............better stop, huh? *laugh*

Kate

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Kate

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I guess the above was another "whoopsie" brought to you exclusively by
Twilight..........

t_naismith wrote in message <124a9e70...@usw-ex0104-087.remarq.com>...


>And that ingredient is indispensible - not just for magic, eh?
>::grin::
>
>Trev
>
>In article <vLCG4.115445$Pa1.3...@news6.giganews.com>, "Kate"
><tyle...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>VVI, Trev....... *chuckle* Kate
>>
>>t_naismith wrote in message <0160c970.650b74f4@usw-ex0104-
>087.remarq.com>...

>>>Now that is the magic of doing something seemingly common; can
>>>you tell us of the ritual that goes along with this, Tree?
>>>

Tree

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Yes I agree,
I almost feel dirty copying them to my own books and packing them away
for preservation, I do so love reading her Great Great Great Grandmothers
notations in the oldest one, she was a very wise and funny woman I feel as
if she is looking over my shoulder when I read them as if I knew her and she
has been passed on for nearly 200 years now.
I am very glad you appreciate it and hope it works as well for you as it
does for me.


"t_naismith" <t_naismit...@hotmail.com.invalid> wrote in message

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> >--
> >Peace & Joy
> >Tree..

> >"If you plant it, he will grow"
> >Does a house have to fall on me before I can
> >take off my slippers and relax a bit in this world?
> >ICQ#51342366
> >www.naturecraft.net
> >tr...@naturecraft.net
> >"t_naismith" <t_naismit...@hotmail.com.invalid> wrote in
> message
> >news:0160c970...@usw-ex0104-087.remarq.com...

> >> Now that is the magic of doing something seemingly common; can
> >> you tell us of the ritual that goes along with this, Tree?
> >>

> >> Trevor

t_naismith

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Not at all, Twilight. I thought your comment was insightfully
humorous. ::big grin::

Trev

In article <d5DG4.115450$Pa1.3...@news6.giganews.com>, "Kate"
<tyle...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>I guess the above was another "whoopsie" brought to you
exclusively by
>Twilight..........
>

>t_naismith wrote in message <124a9e70.6c60c7ff@usw-ex0104-


087.remarq.com>...
>>And that ingredient is indispensible - not just for magic, eh?
>>::grin::
>>
>>Trev
>>
>>In article <vLCG4.115445
$Pa1.3...@news6.giganews.com>, "Kate"
>><tyle...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>>VVI, Trev....... *chuckle* Kate
>>>
>>>t_naismith wrote in message <0160c970.650b74f4@usw-ex0104-
>>087.remarq.com>...

>>>>Now that is the magic of doing something seemingly common;
can
>>>>you tell us of the ritual that goes along with this, Tree?
>>>>

>>>>In article <X8CG4.11627

Hybiscus

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You know, some people actually make me use only one name with them.. I
find this so frustratingly out of character most of the time. Like I can
not be who I want or need to be, when restricted to one name. I never
use a name in a way that would deceive or put someone in a position
where they would think I was someone else. I try to make it very clear
who this entity is that they are talking to. I can not be the only
person who does this.. can I?

It is like wearing a pink bow in your hair when you are happy, or
wearing a yellow T-shirt when you want to be bright, or clunky shoes
when you have a bit of vigor in your attitude. It gives me the extra
power, or emotion that I am trying to capture at that time. It can make
me serious or playful.

I have to say, being in a room where everyone changes their name can be
such a ball of laughter and very liberating.

I have the one name in real life...Well, except some people actually do
call me Hybiscus or Hy now... and it actually feels better to me
(depending on the person using it). If I know I do not like some peoples
pronunciation of my name, I will offer them a certain aspect of my name
to call me. Some people have such sensuous voices, might as well give
them the name you associate with your sensitive side.

Is that the smurf song I hear playing in my head? *grins*

Hybiscus

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I teased my bf's family saying I was going to call our first born son -
Killarny Argyle. (Named after 2 streets where I live).. lol.. I like the
name now.. hehe.. But you should see their faces, it is just to precious
to give up.

Marina Waters, Autumn Falls. ;p Savannah.. I like that.. Savannah.. or
how about names of winds..there are some very pretty names that escape
me right now.

Kate

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Hy, you're like a breath of fresh air to me no matter what your name is. I
have so many names (not deceitful ones) even in real life that sometimes _ I
_ even get confused. You're right, it's more fun that way! I will continue
to call you Baby, tho.

~mama~

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t_naismith

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Hello Hy, are you thinking perhaps of shiroco (sp?) or djinn?
The whisperings of the winds...?

Trevor

In article <38EB0D47...@home.com>, Hybiscus


<hybi...@home.com> wrote:
>
>how about names of winds..there are some very pretty names that
escape
>me right now.

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Kate

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People are getting way too many "insights" on Twilight here
lately...........*laugh*

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Kate

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Moriah is pretty......

Hybiscus wrote in message <38EB0D47...@home.com>...


>
>
>I teased my bf's family saying I was going to call our first born son -
>Killarny Argyle. (Named after 2 streets where I live).. lol.. I like the
>name now.. hehe.. But you should see their faces, it is just to precious
>to give up.
>
>Marina Waters, Autumn Falls. ;p Savannah.. I like that.. Savannah.. or

>how about names of winds..there are some very pretty names that escape
>me right now.
>

Hybiscus

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hey mama :)
ohh, your so sweet.. I can forget who I am too - but only with one
person. It is so embarrassing forgetting who you are that day. LoL, but
a mental work out. *craving peanut butter and honey toast, but it is way
to late to eat*

Hybiscus

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ahh, noo,... does djinn come from the whispering of the winds? that is
so beautiful. No, I was thinking of the dry warm winds that are off the
easter coast of some european place.. will look that up later... but
shiroco.. not familiar with that term either.

t_naismith wrote:
>
> Hello Hy, are you thinking perhaps of shiroco (sp?) or djinn?
> The whisperings of the winds...?
>
> Trevor
>
> In article <38EB0D47...@home.com>, Hybiscus
> <hybi...@home.com> wrote:
> >

> >how about names of winds..there are some very pretty names that
> escape
> >me right now.
>

t_naismith

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::grin:: Don't underestimate yourself, Twi - it's not just "on"
but, from you as well. 'Sides, is not to know you, to love you?
::smile::

Trevor

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<tyle...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>People are getting way too many "insights" on Twilight here
>lately...........*laugh*

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Hybiscus

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yes, I agree...

Kate wrote:
>
> Moriah is pretty......

Kate

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I always thought a djinn was a genie?


Hybiscus wrote in message <38EB100A...@home.com>...


>ahh, noo,... does djinn come from the whispering of the winds? that is
>so beautiful. No, I was thinking of the dry warm winds that are off the
>easter coast of some european place.. will look that up later... but
>shiroco.. not familiar with that term either.
>
>t_naismith wrote:
>>
>> Hello Hy, are you thinking perhaps of shiroco (sp?) or djinn?
>> The whisperings of the winds...?
>>
>> Trevor
>>
>> In article <38EB0D47...@home.com>, Hybiscus
>> <hybi...@home.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >how about names of winds..there are some very pretty names that
>> escape
>> >me right now.
>>

Hybiscus

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ya me too, or a female genie with wings (confused by a picture I once
saw)

Kate

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It's not embarrassing to forget who you are with one person.......I do it
all the time. And it's never too late for Twinkies!!!!!!

Hybiscus wrote in message <38EB0F89...@home.com>...

Tree

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Actually,
and I am not claiming fact but as I understood it, the Djinn is the
famed Jeanie in the Lamp, Male who resents being summoned and will trick you
with your wishes trying to gain freedom from its releaser and destroying
them so as to not be forced back to the lamp.
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Kate

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Trevor~ Apparently this is one thing we agree on " to know me is to love me"
*haha*

t_naismith wrote in message <0f58e680...@usw-ex0104-087.remarq.com>...


>::grin:: Don't underestimate yourself, Twi - it's not just "on"
>but, from you as well. 'Sides, is not to know you, to love you?
>::smile::
>
>Trevor
>
>In article <7iDG4.63541$17.13...@news4.giganews.com>, "Kate"
><tyle...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>People are getting way too many "insights" on Twilight here
>>lately...........*laugh*
>

Hybiscus

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hmm you know.. I am not sure if I have even ever eaten a twinkie.. now,
I know I have had a ding dong.. they are not as cracked up to be like
the picture makes them look.. but I have had another hostess treat that
is like a ding dong that is pretty neat tasting.. I really do not like
fatty foods, hate even more pretend fat (biology class really can turn
you off a lot of foods), I very much like sugar though.

t_naismith

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In ancient Arabia, the nomads thought of the whispering winds of
the deserts as djinn, (westernized to genii/genie). An
interesting thought?

Trevor

In article <epDG4.63549$17.13...@news4.giganews.com>, "Kate"
<tyle...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>I always thought a djinn was a genie?
>
>
>Hybiscus wrote in message <38EB100A...@home.com>...
>>ahh, noo,... does djinn come from the whispering of the winds?
that is
>>so beautiful. No, I was thinking of the dry warm winds that
are off the
>>easter coast of some european place.. will look that up
later... but
>>shiroco.. not familiar with that term either.
>>
>>t_naismith wrote:
>>>

>>> Hello Hy, are you thinking perhaps of djinn?


>>> The whisperings of the winds...?

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ohh.. ok thanks.. so is there genies of the wind? or are those fairy?

Kate

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That's what I thought. They call them that in the Middle East. Would have
made a decent trivia question.

Kate


Tree wrote in message ...

>Actually,
> and I am not claiming fact but as I understood it, the Djinn is the
>famed Jeanie in the Lamp, Male who resents being summoned and will trick
you
>with your wishes trying to gain freedom from its releaser and destroying
>them so as to not be forced back to the lamp.
>"Hybiscus" <hybi...@home.com> wrote in message
>news:38EB10F7...@home.com...
>> ya me too, or a female genie with wings (confused by a picture I once
>> saw)
>>
>> Kate wrote:
>> >

>> > I always thought a djinn was a genie?
>> >
>> > Hybiscus wrote in message <38EB100A...@home.com>...
>> > >ahh, noo,... does djinn come from the whispering of the winds? that is
>> > >so beautiful. No, I was thinking of the dry warm winds that are off
the
>> > >easter coast of some european place.. will look that up later... but
>> > >shiroco.. not familiar with that term either.
>> > >
>> > >t_naismith wrote:
>> > >>

>> > >> Hello Hy, are you thinking perhaps of shiroco (sp?) or djinn?


>> > >> The whisperings of the winds...?
>> > >>

>> > >> Trevor
>> > >>
>> > >> In article <38EB0D47...@home.com>, Hybiscus
>> > >> <hybi...@home.com> wrote:
>> > >> >
>> > >> >how about names of winds..there are some very pretty names that
>> > >> escape
>> > >> >me right now.
>> > >>

Hybiscus

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I think I missed the twilight post..

Hybiscus

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ohh, very pretty sounding.. wonder if you called your child this.. would
it have any certain phenomena associated with it - :)

t_naismith wrote:
>
> In ancient Arabia, the nomads thought of the whispering winds of
> the deserts as djinn, (westernized to genii/genie). An
> interesting thought?
>
> Trevor
>
> In article <epDG4.63549$17.13...@news4.giganews.com>, "Kate"

> <tyle...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >I always thought a djinn was a genie?
> >
> >
> >Hybiscus wrote in message <38EB100A...@home.com>...
> >>ahh, noo,... does djinn come from the whispering of the winds?
> that is
> >>so beautiful. No, I was thinking of the dry warm winds that
> are off the
> >>easter coast of some european place.. will look that up
> later... but
> >>shiroco.. not familiar with that term either.
> >>
> >>t_naismith wrote:
> >>>

> >>> Hello Hy, are you thinking perhaps of djinn?


> >>> The whisperings of the winds...?
>

Kate

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*psst* hy you are a Twinkie, remember? Talesin's Cup and all that?


Hybiscus wrote in message <38EB1212...@home.com>...

t_naismith

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This is a particular aspect of the legend of the djinn, but you
got the essential idea, Tree. Where Europe had it's daemons, the
people of the deserts had their djinn.

Trevor

In article <XtDG4.115454$Pa1.3...@news6.giganews.com>, "Tree"
<tr...@naturecraft.net> wrote:

>Actually,
> and I am not claiming fact but as I understood it, the
Djinn is the
>famed Jeanie in the Lamp, Male who resents being summoned and
will trick you
>with your wishes trying to gain freedom from its releaser and
destroying
>them so as to not be forced back to the lamp.
>"Hybiscus" <hybi...@home.com> wrote in message
>news:38EB10F7...@home.com...
>> ya me too, or a female genie with wings (confused by a
picture I once
>> saw)
>>

>> Kate wrote:
>> >
>> > I always thought a djinn was a genie?
>> >
>> > Hybiscus wrote in message <38EB100A...@home.com>...
>> > >ahh, noo,... does djinn come from the whispering of the
winds? that is
>> > >so beautiful. No, I was thinking of the dry warm winds
that are off the
>> > >easter coast of some european place.. will look that up
later... but
>> > >shiroco.. not familiar with that term either.
>> > >
>> > >t_naismith wrote:
>> > >>

>> > >> Hello Hy, are you thinking perhaps of shiroco (sp?) or


djinn?
>> > >> The whisperings of the winds...?
>> > >>

>> > >> Trevor
>> > >>
>> > >> In article <38EB0D47...@home.com>, Hybiscus
>> > >> <hybi...@home.com> wrote:
>> > >> >
>> > >> >how about names of winds..there are some very pretty
names that
>> > >> escape
>> > >> >me right now.
>> > >>

Kate

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Well hy, that is My new name. Pretty, huh?

Hybiscus wrote in message <38EB1306...@home.com>...

Tree

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Ya know,
This brings me to state first off that a "Ding Dong" is nothing more
than a "HO HO" shaped like a disc instead of a log. Furthermore I think
Hostess really screwed up on this cosmetically speaking as looking at it
physically, wouldn't the name ding dong be more fitting to the Ho ho and
visa versa? =P

"Hybiscus" <hybi...@home.com> wrote in message
news:38EB1212...@home.com...

Hybiscus

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ya - but I have never eaten a twinkie - well perhaps a few nibbles here
and there. lol


Kate wrote:
>
> *psst* hy you are a Twinkie, remember? Talesin's Cup and all that?
>
> Hybiscus wrote in message <38EB1212...@home.com>...
> >
> >

Hybiscus

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Yes, very very pretty.. So what will this do to the baba yaga part of
you? or will this be a new part of you.. to complement the triple
goddess of russia?

t_naismith

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::grin:: Then here's to knowing you better, Katie.

Trevor

In article <quDG4.115455$Pa1.3...@news6.giganews.com>, "Kate"


<tyle...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>Trevor~ Apparently this is one thing we agree on " to know me
is to love me"
>*haha*
>

>t_naismith wrote in message <0f58e680.73b2fb11@usw-ex0104-


087.remarq.com>...
>>::grin:: Don't underestimate yourself, Twi - it's not
just "on"
>>but, from you as well. 'Sides, is not to know you, to love
you?
>>::smile::
>>
>>Trevor
>>
>>In article <7iDG4.63541$17.13...@news4.giganews.com>, "Kate"
>><tyle...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>>People are getting way too many "insights" on Twilight here
>>>lately...........*laugh*

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Kate

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*heeheeheeeee*


Tree wrote in message ...

>Ya know,
> This brings me to state first off that a "Ding Dong" is nothing more
>than a "HO HO" shaped like a disc instead of a log. Furthermore I think
>Hostess really screwed up on this cosmetically speaking as looking at it
>physically, wouldn't the name ding dong be more fitting to the Ho ho and
>visa versa? =P
>"Hybiscus" <hybi...@home.com> wrote in message
>news:38EB1212...@home.com...
>>
>>

Hybiscus

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lol
I am not sure we have ho ho's here.. And I just saw that icky brown crap
that people drink in the states. - yahoo??? how does that appeal to
anybody? ewww. I do not even want to try the chocolate bar flavoured
milks. Oh, and how can I tell its late, I want to start talking about
free trade and the type of chocolate we get over here, compared to
Europe - lol - ohh .. time for bed. Did you know that we can get away
with having only 10- percent chocolate in our chocolate here, most of
our chocolate is made out of lard and icing sugar.. eww.. and free trade
is trying to force the european countries to follow suit...

Kate

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Believe me, this is a brand new part of me. But Baba Yaga is here to stay.
How else would I defend myself? *laugh* And if Tales does come back where
else can we put him but in Baba's kitchen? *evil grin*

Hybiscus wrote in message <38EB143D...@home.com>...


>Yes, very very pretty.. So what will this do to the baba yaga part of
>you? or will this be a new part of you.. to complement the triple
>goddess of russia?
>
>
>Kate wrote:
>>
>> Well hy, that is My new name. Pretty, huh?
>>
>> Hybiscus wrote in message <38EB1306...@home.com>...
>> >I think I missed the twilight post..
>> >

Hybiscus

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lol - ok good for you. I would like to get to know Twilight a little
better myself. Will you tell me a little about her, or is she secret?
Email me if you prefer.

Kate

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You're right, I was thinking "old hippie" but your story is much better.
*chuckle* Kate

Tree wrote in message ...

>Not at all.
> ...it goes like this as told to me, he looked out the window and saw a
>woodpecker, he looked at it carefully and chuckled as "Woody came to mind,
>then he saw its beautiful beak which made him think "Bill" from that he
>thought "William" then it occurred to him how that poor "Tree" took so much
>abuse from the bird yet still provided it with a home. Thus he decided
>"Tree". Now I might add I left a little of the story out having to do with
>My mother but you get the basics.
>
>"Kate" <tyle...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:ETCG4.11671$9g4.4...@news5.giganews.com...
>> Where did he choose it from? (If that's not being too snoopy.) Kate


>>
>>
>>
>> Tree wrote in message ...

>> >Yes they did, Flower children is what I usually tell people but no. My
>> >Father was a mathematician with a poetic wisdom thus he chose it.
>> >"Kate" <tyle...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> >news:tyCG4.11653$9g4.4...@news5.giganews.com...
>> >> Your parents gave you the name Tree?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Tree wrote in message <6wCG4.63491$17.13...@news4.giganews.com>...
>> >> >Agreed,
>> >> > I hope they enjoy reading as much as I am enjoying the chat. Be
>> >warned,
>> >> >once I plant I tend to be deeply rooted (Thus the name, though my
>> parents
>> >> >couldn't have truly known how true it would be).
>> >> >"Kate" <tyle...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> >> >news:6rCG4.11643$9g4.4...@news5.giganews.com...
>> >> >> Don't have ICQ, sorry. But I'm here almost every night. Come plant
>> >> >yourself
>> >> >> in my yard. *haha*
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Kate ~Besides, everyone should wake up to a little
humor,
>> >> don't
>> >> >> you think?


>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Tree wrote in message ...

>> >> >> >=)
>> >> >> >Your fun...
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >I think we should just hook up via ICQ, we are only ones on
posting
>> at
>> >> >this
>> >> >> >time and when everyone wakes up they are gonna have to read 30
>> >messages
>> >> >in
>> >> >> >our strings.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >"Kate" <tyle...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> >> >> >news:GhCG4.63482$17.13...@news4.giganews.com...
>> >> >> >> Well, sounds like if you were making this soup and had to stick
>> >around
>> >> >> for
>> >> >> >> awhile, a house wouldn't have to fall on you to make you
>> >relax!!*haha*
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Kate


>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Tree wrote in message ...

>> >> >> >> >Guess I never stated in the post either place but I do a little
>> >> ritual
>> >> >> >> while
>> >> >> >> >making it, I have found it very good to ease tension in the
>home..
>> >> >Hope
>> >> >> >you
>> >> >> >> >enjoy!
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >--
>> >> >> >> >Peace & Joy
>> >> >> >> >Tree..
>> >> >> >> >"If you plant it, he will grow"
>> >> >> >> >Does a house have to fall on me before I can
>> >> >> >> >take off my slippers and relax a bit in this world?
>> >> >> >> >ICQ#51342366
>> >> >> >> >www.naturecraft.net
>> >> >> >> >tr...@naturecraft.net
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >"Kate" <tyle...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> >> >> >> >news:p6CG4.63473$17.13...@news4.giganews.com...
>> >> >> >> >> You'll get feedback soon. Yum! Kate


>> >> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> >> Tree wrote in message ...

>> >> >> >> >> >Merry Meet,
>> >> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >> > I originally posted this in ATW but have taken a liking
>to
>> >> many
>> >> >> of
>> >> >> >> >you
>> >> >> >> >> >here as well lately so I thought I should post it here for
>> those
>> >> of
>> >> >> >you
>> >> >> >> >who
>> >> >> >> >> >may enjoy it. It is a cut and paste of my original hope you
>all
>> >> >try,
>> >> >> >> like
>> >> >> >> >> >and enjoy!
>> >> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >> > I would like to share a warming recipe that I use to
warm
>> >the
>> >> >> home
>> >> >> >> >and
>> >> >> >> >> >feelings for split pea soup. 'Tis an older recipe and a
>little
>> >off
>> >> >> >from
>> >> >> >> >> >traditional but I find it wonderful and feel maybe some of
>you
>> >may
>> >> >as
>> >> >> >> >well.
>> >> >> >> >> >Hope you enjoy.
>> >> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >> >Ingredients:
>> >> >> >> >> >1 pound dried split peas
>> >> >> >> >> >1 sweet onion minced
>> >> >> >> >> >3 cloves garlic
>> >> >> >> >> >1 pinch of fine ground ginger (PINCH)
>> >> >> >> >> >1 dash of Worcestershire
>> >> >> >> >> >1 large bay leaf
>> >> >> >> >> >1 tbl spoon dill weed
>> >> >> >> >> >1/2 pound of Italian sausage (baked or fried and drained
>well)
>> >> >> >> >> >2 tbl spoon fresh cracked black pepper
>> >> >> >> >> >1/2 - 1 tsp. sea salt as you prefer
>> >> >> >> >> >6 cups spring water
>> >> >> >> >> >1 cup chopped celery
>> >> >> >> >> >1 cup chopped carrots
>> >> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >> >Directions:
>> >> >> >> >> >Soak and rinse your peas as you see fit either over night
the
>> >long
>> >> >> way
>> >> >> >> or
>> >> >> >> >a
>> >> >> >> >> >quick soak, directions for these methods should be found on
>all
>> >> >bags
>> >> >> >of
>> >> >> >> >> >split peas. Place soaked and rinsed peas in 6 cups water and
>> >bring
>> >> >to
>> >> >> >a
>> >> >> >> >low
>> >> >> >> >> >boil, cover and simmer for 3-5 hours stirring hourly to
>prevent
>> >> >> >> sticking.
>> >> >> >> >> >Add sausage and spices all except celery and carrots.
>continue
>> >to
>> >> >> >simmer
>> >> >> >> >> >covered an additional 3 hours stirring often. Once the soup
>has
>> >> >> gotten
>> >> >> >> >> >fairly thick with very little water separation from the peas
>> add
>> >> >> >celery
>> >> >> >> >and
>> >> >> >> >> >carrots then cover and simmer a bit higher until veggies are
>> >soft
>> >> >and
>> >> >> >> >soups
>> >> >> >> >> >flavor is full with very little water separation from the
>> >> thickened
>> >> >> >> soup.
>> >> >> >> >> >End result is a very thick and hearty pea soup and spicy, if
>> you
>> >> do
>> >> >> >not
>> >> >> >> >> like
>> >> >> >> >> >the *hot & Peppery* flavor that results (which may make you
>> >sweat
>> >> a
>> >> >> >> >little)
>> >> >> >> >> >lessen the black pepper. I personally double the black
pepper
>> >> being
>> >> >a
>> >> >> >> >lover
>> >> >> >> >> >of the spicy food. If the soup is bland tasting it is not
>done
>> >yet
>> >> >> >> >continue
>> >> >> >> >> >to simmer. I often start this first thing in the morning or
>the
>> >> >night
>> >> >> >> >> >before. Hope you enjoy this, any feedback is welcome and
>> >> >appreciated.
>> >> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >> >--
>> >> >> >> >> >Peace & Joy
>> >> >> >> >> >Tree..
>> >> >> >> >> >"If you plant it, he will grow"
>> >> >> >> >> >Does a house have to fall on me before I can
>> >> >> >> >> >take off my slippers and relax a bit in this world?
>> >> >> >> >> >ICQ#51342366
>> >> >> >> >> >www.naturecraft.net
>> >> >> >> >> >tr...@naturecraft.net
>> >> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
>

Tree

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You really are in dire need of a "Godiva" Chocolate bar though one ounce can
cost $12.00 it is ecstasy like you have never tasted....

"Hybiscus" <hybi...@home.com> wrote in message
news:38EB154F...@home.com...

Kate

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My sister-in-law told me last year that all she wanted was to taste a Godiva
chocolate just once in her life, so I sent her some for X-mas. Did I think
to get myself some??? NOOOOOO!!

Tree wrote in message <2UDG4.63579$17.13...@news4.giganews.com>...

Kate

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*cheers*

t_naismith wrote in message <2afd9db2...@usw-ex0104-087.remarq.com>...


>::grin:: Then here's to knowing you better, Katie.
>
>Trevor
>
>In article <quDG4.115455$Pa1.3...@news6.giganews.com>, "Kate"

><tyle...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>Trevor~ Apparently this is one thing we agree on " to know me
>is to love me"
>>*haha*
>>

t_naismith

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*bumps flagons with Katie* Ah, that alone should be worth a box
of Godivas for you, shall I bring it by? ::grin::

Trevor

In article <X4EG4.115460$Pa1.3...@news6.giganews.com>, "Kate"
<tyle...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>*cheers*
>
>t_naismith wrote in message <2afd9db2.776b43a5@usw-ex0104-


087.remarq.com>...
>>::grin:: Then here's to knowing you better, Katie.
>>

>>In article <quDG4.115455


$Pa1.3...@news6.giganews.com>, "Kate"
>><tyle...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>Trevor~ Apparently this is one thing we agree on " to know me
>>is to love me"
>>>*haha*

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*chuckle* G'night Trevor. Katie

t_naismith wrote in message <2244742a...@usw-ex0101-007.remarq.com>...

t_naismith

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::laughs:: Goodnight, "sweet" Twi.

Trevor

In article <FbEG4.115461$Pa1.3...@news6.giganews.com>, "Kate"
<tyle...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>*chuckle* G'night Trevor. Katie
>

>t_naismith wrote in message <2244742a.9333581a@usw-ex0101-


007.remarq.com>...
>>*bumps flagons with Katie* Ah, that alone should be worth a
box
>>of Godivas for you, shall I bring it by? ::grin::
>>

>>In article <X4EG4.115460

Susan Profit

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In article <38EB08C1...@home.com>, Hybiscus <hybi...@home.com> wrote:
>We could use a nice forest grove here for all the pixies, sprites, and
>fae to play in. ;)

Mind the pea soup on the bark, please. The rain just washed the dust off
me.

>Tree wrote:
>> after all one Tree makes a stand but several make a forest. =)

"Although animal names/personae are more common, there are a few trees
here" quoth the Holly.

@}->- :) Tinne ;) Laughter Heals :D -<-{@


Susan Profit

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In article <38EB097C...@home.com>, Hybiscus <hybi...@home.com> wrote:
>actually, I
>just like to experience how different names make me feel and act. If I
>need to feel earthy, then Tree, or Terra, help out a lot. Even playing
>around with energy - I find helps to get rid of baggage that a name
>might have? lol - perhaps I am just a bit mental. :P

Ever read the Kalevala? The magic of naming is central to several of the
spells in there. If you know the secret name of a thing that describes the
very heart of it's essence and working, according to the magic of naming,
you can use it as your own. That extended to people as well. In the spell
about forging, beyond the poetic language there is a very good technical
description of the older forms of smithing metals.

Feeling and understanding the ways the energy of names affects you
is not mental, it is the first step in exploring an older form of
folkloric magic that is often overlooked or looked down upon by some.

Susan Profit

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In article <e3DG4.115448$Pa1.3...@news6.giganews.com>,
Kate <tyle...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>A "bit" mental.........? Haven't we both proven that already? *haha* How
>about Fir, Sycamore, Redwood, Ponderosa, Dogwood, Magnolia, Redbud, Crystal,
>Turquoise, Claymouse, Redleaf..............better stop, huh? *laugh*
>Kate

How about a month taking on each of the Ogham Trees and working to
understand how their attributes are a part of your life? It will take you
just over two years....... There are several versions, including one that
Robert Graves discusses in his "White Goddess" and Pattalee Glass-Koentopf
mentions in her book "Year of Moons, Season of Trees." This is the one
from the late Colin Murray in his Celtic Tree Oracle that matches most
closely (but not exactly) that which is in active use in a Scots Canadian
family I have ties to.

Beith = birch/November Luis = rowan/December
Fearn = alder/January Saille = willow/February
Nuin = ash/March Huathe = hawthorne/April
Duir = oak/May Tinne = holly/June
Coll = hazel/July Quert = apple

Muin = vine/August Gort = ivy/September
NgEtal = reed/October Straif = blackthorn
Ruis = elder/last days of October, the thirteenth moon
Ailim = silver fir Ohn = furze
Ur = heather Eadha = white poplar
Ioho = yew Koad = grove
Oir = spindle Uilleand = honeysuckle
Phagos = beech Mo'r = Sea

Roxanne Korpal

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Wow that sounds really interesting. Do you know of any other good
sources or papers regarding "name magick" and th folklore you mentioned?
I've got a few theories and should do a quick write up some time..

Rox
http://www.its.ilstu.edu/rmkorpa

Hybiscus

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Eating the rest of her pea soup that the stranger had provided her in
exchange for travel advice, she sighs and smiles.

"Ah", how long had it been since she had seen a stranger standing under
her favorite tree? She feels the grove waking up from its slumber. A
whole winters worth at least. She had been sleeping and not noticed the
frost melt into the rivulets that collected into the stream and washed
into her little pool.

"hmm..soon", she hums to herself. Soon it would be time for the
gathering of all the little forest folk consisting of pixies, sprites,
her sister dryads, gnomes, the turtles, fish, frogs, and butterflies,
birds, and bees.

Reaching into her vast pocket of seeds, she swirls her hand around,
looking for the perfect one. "Ah, there it is." Happy at the
discovery, she starts to sing a melody her mother had taught her when
she was much younger. As she heads to the creek, her voice fills the
air, and awakens the rest of the sleeping forest.

She bundles up the seed inside of a kerchief that belonged to a lover of
past times. She dips her little treasure into the stream and sings as
the wetness transforms her little bundle into a soggy little package.
She squeezes a little of the water out, and smiles, as she bends to
smell the scent of new life upon it.

Opening the bundle, she is pleased that her magickal little seed has
performed in the way she was hopping. Little seeds of already
germinating spring varieties glistened like little jewels upon the
oatmeal substance of the bigger seed.

She stands up and begins to sing the sowing of seeds as she waltzes
among the ponds edges, sowing them into the lake, and around the edges,
up the little creek, and then singing the remainder of the seeds along
the hillocks and clearings.

As she finishes her task, the sun shines on her little cheek, and she
sighs.. "Just a little while longer now.. I will rest.." and she dances
off to her favorite spot, on her big oak tree.

Hybiscus

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grins at Susan brightly


Susan Profit wrote:

> How about a month taking on each of the Ogham Trees and working to
> understand how their attributes are a part of your life? It will take you
> just over two years....... There are several versions, including one that
> Robert Graves discusses in his "White Goddess" and Pattalee Glass-Koentopf
> mentions in her book "Year of Moons, Season of Trees." This is the one
> from the late Colin Murray in his Celtic Tree Oracle that matches most
> closely (but not exactly) that which is in active use in a Scots Canadian
> family I have ties to.
>
> Beith = birch/November Luis = rowan/December
> Fearn = alder/January Saille = willow/February
> Nuin = ash/March Huathe = hawthorne/April
> Duir = oak/May Tinne = holly/June
> Coll = hazel/July Quert = apple
>
> Muin = vine/August Gort = ivy/September
> NgEtal = reed/October Straif = blackthorn
> Ruis = elder/last days of October, the thirteenth moon
> Ailim = silver fir Ohn = furze
> Ur = heather Eadha = white poplar
> Ioho = yew Koad = grove
> Oir = spindle Uilleand = honeysuckle
> Phagos = beech Mo'r = Sea
>

Hybiscus

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Roxanne Korpal wrote:
>

Greetings all. I am on an adventure making a web page for a non profit
group dedicated to improving communities, and making them self
sustainable. They include low and high income mixes, as well as
community gardens, living walls of art, edible shrubbery, reclaiming old
industrial land, and much much more.

This web page will also contain about 20 pages that capture exerts from
graduate students thesis's pertaining to a chosen site.

I would like to ask any artists if they would like to submit a picture
of their art work. If it is bright enough, then I will make it the
wallpaper of each page, if not, then I will insert it as a picture. I
will include your name of choice as well as contact info - ex a link to
a web page, or email address. What ever you like. This is a volunteer
effort, so no one will be paid, but it is a good way to show your work,
show off your web pages, or allow you the excuse you needed to create
something you always wanted to.

I only just started, but I have 3 pages almost finished. These are just
sample pages so far, as I need more art, and I have only worked on it
for a day, so have not explored all the features of this web page
program.

Thanks all :)
Hy

olph...@freedom.net

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You can't act naughty under the name Hybiscus? When did this new policy take
place. If you do use Terra, I suggest you make it *Holy Terra*. That opens
up a whole new range of possible interpretations!

Joe


"Hybiscus" <hybi...@home.com> wrote in message

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>
> Hugs Mom!!
> Well, can't act naughty with my real name, now can I? lol, actually, I


> just like to experience how different names make me feel and act. If I
> need to feel earthy, then Tree, or Terra, help out a lot. Even playing
> around with energy - I find helps to get rid of baggage that a name
> might have? lol - perhaps I am just a bit mental. :P
>
>

> Kate wrote:
> >
> > Hello baby! What's wrong with hy? ~Mama Baba~
> >
> > hybiscus wrote in message <38EB0662...@home.com>...
> > >
> > >
> > >Tree
> > >I love your name. I too have enjoyed using the name Tree on the net.
> > >Now that I know it is your name, I will stop using it. The name does
> > >suit you.
> > >
> > >So nice to meet you. :)
> > >hY (striking True, and Tree off of lists of names to use. Anyone
going
> > >to start using Terra?) :P

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Snakes

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Dearest hY:
I have some album graphics... Would you be interested?
Blessed Be, Lady Dionne

Hybiscus

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coo, that is awesome- thanks Lady Dionne.. Where can I view them? - or
will you send them to my addy?

Snakes

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Dearest hY:
I will send them to your addy and thank you, dear
one.
Blessed be, lady Dionne

Hybiscus

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thank you - I love stone statues, and the brightly coloured one is
pretty cool.. thanks a whole bunch Lady Dionne. :) :) :)

Snakes

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Dearest hY:
Thank you. You are too groovy and stuff... I am glad that you
liked them.
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