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| Merry Meet! Come on in, slip off your shoes, take off your hat,, park your broom and have a cup of brew. This is a place for us Mama Witches, Kitchen Witches or anyone who needs to sit a spell and relax with a friend or two. We can look over some recipes together, share a bit of laughter and just be ourselves. Enjoy! Bright Blessings, ~Luna-Star Xylia |
| Luna- Star Xylia’s Yule Fudge 18 ounces- Semi-sweet Chocolate chip morsels * 14 ounce can -Sweetened Condensed Milk 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract ˝ Cup of Walnuts or Pecans, chopped (or per personal preference) In a 2 Quart Saucepan combine chocolate chip morsels and sweetened condensed milk. Melt over medium heat until creamy, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Stir in Vanilla extract. Add nut pieces and stir. Pour onto a waxed paper lined 13 x 8 pan. Spread evenly. Chill for 2 hours. Cut into desired sizes. * Note: For a rich delicious taste I prefer to use Ghiradelli’s Semisweet morsels. Luna-Star Xylia’s Goddess Cookies (Mexican Wedding Cookies) 2 cups flour 2 sticks cold butter, cut into pieces 1 3/4 cups powdered sugar 1 Tablespoon vanilla extract 1/2 cups almonds 1/2 cups pecans Preheat oven to 325 F Grind almonds and pecans in food processor, (or grind with mortar and pestle), then add butter and continue to grind until smooth. Add 1/4 cup powdered sugar and vanilla, mix again. Add flour and grind mix until blended. After flouring hands, roll the dough into crescent moon shapes. Place them about an inch apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 15 to 20 minutes, or until brown on the bottom. Cool for 15 minutes, then roll the still warm cookies in the rest of the powdered sugar. Let cool again, then add more powdered sugar. |
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| I like to keep fresh flowers around and have plants in the house. My only problem is my eldest daughters cat Daisy takes offense at the flowers and will eat them! LOL Having a cinnamon broom hanging up or simmering orange peels, cloves and cinnamon sticks on the stove freshens the air and has such a lovely scent. I use cinnamon also on my carpets to promote a nice smell and good Magick. Cinnamon is also one of my favorites in my Magick. I always seem to have candles burning, I try to get them in colors that are right for what is needed in the household and in appropiate scents as well.Color and Candle Magick is what I use the most in my Spiritual Path. Blessed Be, ~Luna-Star Xylia |
| Abundant Blessings Don't overlook the small things. The Goddess' blessings are abundant. Be thankful for the purring of a soft kitten, the snoring of a contented dog, the home you have, the friends who help fill it, the enjoyable jobs, the days of good health, enough food to eat, and more, safety in travel and in rest, clothes to wear and clothes to wash, furnishings for home and hearth, reliable transportation, for rain that makes things grow, the sun that warms the earth, and the Goddess' love that makes it all possible. ~ Author Unknown |
| "Meal Blessing" Thank you Lord and Lady for this food, your gift to us, Let it nourish both our body and spirit, We are truly thankful for the sun and moon, rain and wind, The harvest and the ones who grow the foods. Bless us Lord and Lady and bless them too. So Mote it be. (Or Amen) By Luna-Star Xylia (2003) |
| "It is not enough for us to say: I love God, but I do not love my neighbor... How can you love God whom you do not see, if you do not love your neighbor whom you see, whom you touch, with whom you live?" ~Mother Teresa, in her speech of acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. |
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| In Our Home... |
| Autumn...... The days are growing cooler and my favorite time of year is upon us. Autumn. I love this Season most of all. The beauty of the leaves changing color. More subtle here in the Southern states, than other places. But still so lovely. My three daughters do so enjoy the days that can be spent out of doors. Summers are so hot, humid and buggy! We all love to come back nside for a cup of tea and each night we have a nice hot cup of peppermint or chamomile tea. Enjoying our Hearth and Home. And one anothers company. |
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