Junk Oracle
While not a bone set, the Junk Oracle is a great example of the types of things that can be added to a bone set for little or no money. Each set comes with 21 small items and a set [...]
I wrote a book!
I have been writing all of my life - whether papers for school, reports for work, reviews for my web site, or writing in a journal. I have always written. I wrote my first book in the fourth grade. I [...]
Hoodoo Heritage Festival – May 3rd and 4th, 2014
The Hoodoo Heritage Festival 2014 is happening the first weekend in May (May 3rd and 4th). This year is really going to be special because you will be able to attend all of the workshops on a given day for [...]
Gathering Goodies
Items I have gathered on walks. If I have said it once, I have said it a thousand times - gathering pieces for your bone set is one of the biggest pleasures of owning it. I have done [...]
Family and friends
Bear family with father, mother and child pieces. We all have family and hopefully we all have friends. Most of us interact with family and friends frequently, if not daily and these are the folks who most likely [...]
Elation…
... is a trip to The Bone Room. The Bone Room has always been one of my favorite shops, long before I started reading bones. Once I started reading bones, this shop took on the allure of a candy store [...]
Diamonds
Dollar Store Diamonds I have a gem in my travel set. It is a small, glass gem meant to look like a large diamond. In my main set it is a Herkimer diamond. This piece sparkles and catches [...]
Cowrie Shells
Cowrie shells come in a wide variety of sizes and colors I have several cowries shells of various sizes and species in my bone sets. As shells go they are ideal for bone sets. Their fragile edges are [...]
Bone Readers, We Have Lost A Shining Light…
Dr. E teaching bone reading.* A gifted priest, rootworker, artist and bone reader has passed away. Eduardo Martinez Guitterez, better known in the Hoodoo Rootworker community as Dr. E, has passed on. I first encountered Dr. E in [...]
Abalone
I love abalone shell. It makes an appearance in my bone sets several times. In my main set I use two pieces like this to represent the people in a relationship. I carry extra pieces of this type for [...]