Ceramic wall plaques (still available on Khari Wiccan Treasures)

Over at my wife's witchy Etsy shop, Khari's Wiccan Treasures, there are still three ceramic wall plaques still available. Buy now in order to receive by Xmas.

Turquoise green owl wall plaque.

Handmade owl on spiral pattern porcelain wall plaque, turquoise green, mounted on copper wire hanger, ten inches tall by three inches wide. $22.50 USD plus shipping and handling. Buy it now to get it by Xmas.

Ceramic owl wall plaque with bone beads.

Handmade owl on a branch porcelain wall plaque, painted with a snowflake white glaze with brown, black and blue underglazes, and fired to 2230 degrees F. Ten inches high by three inches wide. $22.50 USD plus shipping and handling. Buy now before it is gone.

White and purple "So mote it be" Wiccan saying wall plaque.

Pansy purple and snowflake white "So mote it be" Wiccan saying wall plaque. Hang on a copper wire, and decorated with gemstones and ceramic beads. Eight inches tall by five inches wide. $28.00 plus shipping and handling. Buy now for Xmas.

Pumpkin spice everything (including cat and dog food) Morgan goes shopping

Welcome to the first exciting installment of Morgan Goes Shopping!

No?!? Well, it is either this or I blog about politics again. What? I can't hear you. Say that again. A little louder. Again. I see. Very well...

Welcome to the first totally exciting installment of Morgan Goes Shopping!!!

Oh noes! It is a pumpkin spice flavored Jack O' Lantern.

The other day, I was shopping with my wife...because that is what married people do, they go shopping.

And I saw a Pumpkin Spiced flavored product...

Pop-Secret Pumpkin Spice popcorn because there is not enough pumpkin spice in your life.

...popcorn. Seriously, pumpkin spice flavored popcorn.

And that made me wonder what other pumpkin spice goodness was out there. 

Pumpkin Spice flavored Doritos does not actually exist.

But Pumpkin Pie Spice flavored Pringles do.

In the pumpkin spice junk food section also exists Pringles, but not Doritos. Because the idea of putting pumpkin spice on popcorn wasn't bad enough.

Oh so, much pumpkin spice flavored stuff.

Planters Pumpkin Spice Almonds got an average of four stars.

Some of the products I saw during my quick Google search seemed to be a little nuts, such as actual nuts sprinkled with pumpkin spice. Others like Cheerios, just made me think that people are a little nuts. Really Pumpkin Spice for breakfast--what type of serial killer are you?

Not pumpkin spice flavored, but still--Carmel Apple flavored Peeps Delights.

Pumpkin flavored ice cream--thanks 365.

A lot of Pumpkin Spice stuff looks like a good way to fall into a sugar induced coma.

Nature's Promise Organic Pumpkin Spice Chicken Sausage.

But never fear, it is not just snacks. You can plan a whole meal around pumpkin spice. First, you get some sausage...

The Fresh Market pumpkin pasta sauce.

...and then some pasta, and behold a tasty pumpkin spice Italian meal.

Or if you are into Mexican food...

Archer Farms Pumpkin Harvest salsa.

Or into Greek food...

Cedar's Pumpkin Spice hommus. (I thought it was spelled hummus.)

Or just like fast food...

Halloween themed Whopper from 2015.

Just kidding, there is no pumpkin spice at Burger King...I hope.

Listerine breath stripes--pumpkin spice edition.

Or you could just skip the eating, and just make your breath smell like pumpkin spice...because people find the smell of pumpkin spice sexy?

There is even pumpkin spice, or at least pumpkin pet products too.

Greenies Pumpkin Spice Dental Treats.

There are Pumpkin Spice Dental Treats for your dog...because your dog's breath does not already smell like all the pumpkin spice food and drink that they are sneaking behind your back.Or maybe you want pumpkin spice flavored doggy kisses which sounds a little kinky to me, but who am I to judge?

Tidy Cats Fall Frolic scented cat litter.

Fall Frolic--I assume it smells like Pumpkin Spice. How does that pair up with the smell of "Oh god, how about burying your poop kitty!"? Does the smell of pumpkin spice offset "I owe the entire house now--smell my poop!"? Or does it just emphasize it?

Pumpkin and Spice Pet Odor Exterminator Candle.

I guess that covering up the smell of pets with pumpkin spice is a thing because here is a candle that promises to cover up the poop smell with pumpkin spice.

Moving onto the reason that animals poop...

Weruva Cats in the Kitchen Pumpkin Jack Splash.

 So let me see if I get this straight, you put tuna into some pumpkin soup, and then fed it to a human who thought this must be what cats want their food to taste like. Or something like that. I am having a real hard time picturing a cat coming up with this particular flavor combination. But I could be wrong, maybe cats love this.

[As always, if you think your product can survive an actual encounter with Morgan and his cats, just send some to: Morgan Eckstein and his many cats, 2727 N. Cook St. Denver, CO 80205. Kindly remember that I have like, oh say "less than a dozen, but damn close" number of cats, so send the multi-pack sample.]

The final word on pumpkin spice goes to a random internet cat...

This kitty does not know what they are missing.

Buy yourself something for Xmas (newly listed stuff Khari Wiccan Treasures)

Here are the items that my wife just listed on Khari's Wiccan Treasures (Etsy shop) this weekend.

Sapphire blue ritual offering plate and mint green mortar and pestle.

Mint green and sapphire blue ritual offering plate with teal underglaze, six and an half inches wide (16 centimetres), stamped with handcraved pentacle and scroll pattern---$28 USD (plus shipping and handling).

Buy it here.

Mint green and sapphire blue ritual offering plate.

Hand-thrown pansy purple and lavender coffee mug, holds a cup and a half (twelve ounces), made with lead-free glazes, microwave and dishwasher safe--$26 USD (plus shipping and handling)--buy it now to get it in time for Xmas.

Buy it here. 

Charming moon and stars pansy purple and lavender coffee mug.

Pansy purple and black triple moon ritual offering plate, hand-thrown, food safe glazes, six inches wide (13 cm), $25 USD (plus shipping and handling).

Buy it now to get it in time for Xmas.

Pansy purple and black triple moon ritual offering plate.

Wheel-thrown small mortar and pestle, sapphire blue and black, grooved bottom for easier grinding, food safe glazes, five inches (12.5 cm) wide, one and a half inches (4 cm) deep. Ready to ship. $24 USD (plus shipping and handling).

Buy now to get it before Xmas.

Sapphire blue with black rim small grooved bottomed mortar and pestle.

Mottled blue and black small mortar and pestle, food safe glazes, grooved bottom for easier grinding, $24 USD (plus shipping and handling), delightful colored rim.

Buy now to get in time for Xmas.

Grooved bottom for easier grinding.

Delightful color effect on the mortar's rim.

Delightful aqua blue small corked herb jar with natural cork, wheel-thrown, food safe glaze, three inches (7 cm) tall, can hold one ounce of liquid, $15 USD (plus shipping and handling).

We ship worldwide, so buy it now to get it in time for Xmas.

Small aqua blue corked herb jar.

Cute and tiny.

Charming ice blue votive candle holder cup, two and a quarter inch (5.5 cm) high, two and a half inch (6.5 cm) wide, thrown and trimmed on a potter's wheel, $15 USD (plus shipping and handling).

Buy it here.

Ice blue votive candle holder bowl (candle not included).

Small green candle holder/trinket/offering plate, three and a half inches (9 cm) wide, handmade, lime green and gun metal green on inside, chrome green on outside, decorated with spiral. $16.50 USD (plus shipping and handling).

Buy it now to receive before Xmas.

Spiral decorated green trinket plate, could also be used as a votive candle holder.

Lime green (inside) and chrome green (outside) altar plate/soap dish/trinket plate, hand-made, decorated with sea wave spiral pattern, four and one quarter inch (11 cm) by three inches (7 cm) wide, $18.50 USD (plus shipping and handling).

Ships worldwide from the United States.

Lime green sea wave decorated inside, chrome green outside soap dish.

Pansy purple and black triple moon ritual offering plate (just listed on Etsy)

Just listed:

Pansy purple and black triple moon ritual offering plate, hand-thrown, food safe glazes, six inches wide (13 cm), $25 USD (plus shipping and handling).

Buy it now to get it in time for Xmas.

Pansy purple and black triple moon ritual offering plate.

If we believed...

Yesterday, there was a lot of ruckus over a YouTube video of Lon Milo DuQuette singing an anti-Xmas song. Honestly, I understand where he is coming from, just like I can see where a lot of the outrage is coming from.

I personally have mixed feelings towards Christians.

Earlier this year, I was told by my sister (more or less) that my religion, spiritual beliefs, and Order involvement was wrong and misguided (I believed the term delusional was used). I have also had Christian friends tell me that they believe that it should still be legal to burn witches (aka wiccans); note that they quickly ceased to be friends when they learned of my actual religion.

And I rolled my eyes at the Take Back Christmas crowd. Especially the Gap ad haters: first you complain because Gap does not say Merry Christmas, then you complain when they include Stolistice.

Now, I know some wonderful Christians. For most, Christianity is a life-affirming religion. If I wasn't such a tree huggers, spell casting, goddess worshipper, I might consider the religion---provided of course, that it could agree to be open-minded and tolerant. But too often, Christianity is used to...well, Lon said it better than I can. All it takes is a few bad apples to ruin an entire religion for everyone.

So if you are one of the open-minded Christians, I want to wish you a Merry Christmas. If you are a pagan or Wiccan, a happy solistice. (I am not familiar enourgh with the other religions to spell the names of their December holidays properly, but you know where I am headed already.) On the other hand, if you are a close-minded---get off my lawn!