Went to the hippie store with oldest daughter today and brought home a bag of fun.
Frankincense, Myrrh, St. John's Wort, Motherwort, Lady's Mantle, Elderberries, Yellow Dock, Herbal Orange Spice tea, Black Currant tea.
As I said, a bag of fun. And oddly enough, I had no idea what the Frankincense and Myrrh would look like. They're both resins, so look like little stones. Actually they look like the incense used at church, which, I guess they could be. They smell delicious. Gary lit one of the little pieces (about the size of a kernel of corn or a bit larger) and it smelled just like church on feast days. I intend to make an essential oil, and some tincture. Who knew? I sure didn't. When I go to buy herbs, I usually expect them to be either dried leaves or maybe barks. But resins? Never entered my mind.
Anyway, besides lunch out with daughter, picking up a bottle of brandy for tincture-making, buying the altar flowers, taking the girls to church at the Presbyterian megachurch (for a taste of praise music)----well, I'm ready to quit.
May the Sabbath begin now.
