Thursday, October 22, 2009

Halloween!



Image of Jack Skellington from layoutsparks.com


Greetings and Happy New Year, witches!


It's that time of year again, my personal favorite--Halloween. Unfortunately, the Haunted Hallway will not be open this year due to redecorating, as we are still in the process of redoing our foyer. It is going slower than usual and is in various stages of disarray. In the past we decked out the front yard, porch, vestibule and entire foyer in wonderful creepiness complete with smoke machines, scary music and sound effects, colored lights, strobe lights, cobwebs--the whole shebang. It was the closest thing to a halloween haunted house in the area we live in, here in a neighborhood that isn't into halloween compared to others. The trick-or-treaters that did come to our house were allowed to come in and walk to the end of the hallway were we had the Magic Candy Cauldron set up at the bottom of the staircase. Last year we decided that those without proper costumes or masks (more often the case than not) would get an extra treat--the "wolfman" would jump out of the foyer closet and scare them silly!

We'll still dress up and pass out candy this year, and then afterward, go over to the huge Halloween block parties in Hyde Park, the president's former Chicago neighborhood. Each year a stretch of 4 streets are closed off, and every mansion on the block is lavishly decorated. One year, an entire facade of one house was a very elaborate pirate ship. One of my favorites of all time was one porch that was set up to look like the interior of an alien spaceship. There was a rubber human mannequin on a steel table, with four life-size and realistic-looking aliens doing very, um, colorful "experiments" on their human subject. I cannot wait to see what they do next!

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Comments--You don't say!

Literally. It was recently brought to my attention that the comments setting was disabled here at the WitchMix blog. I am pleased to announce that comments are now enabled. Much thanks to Ki'a Dragon of the Pagan Chaos Magic podcast for mentioning that, and I give thanks to him again for all the podcast tips and suggestions.

And now....Comment away, I would love to hear from you.

Sunday, October 4, 2009

Podcast Episode #4 - Reincarnation


Jung's Mandala, courtesy of www.jungneworleans.org.



Finally got episode #4 of the WitchMix podcast up and running. In this episode, I talk about the concept of reincarnation and what it personally means to me. I have had experiences in which I feel were actual glimpses into previous lifetimes, but I can't say that they were 100%. I would just like to believe that they were until there is proof otherwise. Also included in this podcast are iPhone app reviews for both HerbMagic and CrystalMagic, a review of the television show Eastwick, and my (finally!) review of the book Jambalaya.

**EXTRA**
Tune in to this episode for details on how to win a free card reading from me :)


Resources for this episode:



Internet Woes & the Flu

Greetings!

I recorded my podcast of WitchMix Episode #4 - Reincarnation, but am having internet issues that are making the upload next to impossible. I hope to have these issues remedied soon.

The flu got ahold of me this weekend bringing all plans to a grinding halt, which included getting out this weekend to check out Wendy Rule and SJ Tucker :( I am sooooo upset about missing those two performances! Both were performing here in Chicago at the Life Force Arts Center.

I would like to announce that I have a giveaway for the month of October--a free Cartouche card reading! Details are available in the Episode 4 podcast, so do check back for it.