Must Have Magazines!

Thanks to this post by Kallan at The Secret Life of the American Working Witch, I now have a subscription to Witches & Pagans  magazine.  Apparently, the magazine was not paid for the magazines ordered by Borders due to Borders' bankruptcy.  For a small publishing company, this type of thing can be hard to bounce back from.  Kallan's post inspired me to subscribe to the magazine (I've been wanting to for a while.)  I can't wait to get my first magazine!

If you are looking for a good magazine and have a few dollars to support a great company (they also publish "Sage Woman" and "Crone" magazines) do stop by the website and subscribe.  You can also opt to subscribe to a downloadable magazine - great for those of you who can't remember what paper feels like because you are attached to your laptops.  For those who are still in the closet, you should know that the publishing company delivers it's magazines in plain envelopes with the company name "BBI Media" on the return address - no strange looks from the postal clerks!

Also picked up today, was this Fall 2011 issue of Country Gardens.  Put out seasonally, this magazine has lovely pictures, articles about gardens, growing, recipes and seasonal decorating.  Two Autumn articles in this issue are "Fresh Lanterns," which showcases unique ways to carve & light pumpkins & gourds for Fall decorating and "Autumn Porch," which shows before and after photos of a gorgeous porch decorated for the season.  One of the neat items is a pumpkin chandelier made with a vintage pot hanger and jack-be-little pumpkins strung on wire.  Super cute!

I know there are many of you that are not ready for Fall yet.  For some of us, Summer has just gotten started, but the last few days in the Valley have cooled off into breezy nights where a light sweater is a welcome friend.  Yes, the days are still in the 90's.  But that Autumn weather is coming, and I for one am always happy to see it arrive.  Along with all the great Fall magazines!

(Both magazine photos are from their respective websites and are borrowed only for purposes of promoting said magazines - which I have not been asked or paid to do.  Photos are linked to their respective sites.)

Witches in Fiction - Witch Hazel

In honour of Pagan Culture's Witches in Fiction Blogoversary Party, I'd like to take a moment to re-introduce you to Witch Hazel.

Although this Disney short was first released in 1952, I met Witch Hazel as a child in the late 70's during Disney's yearly Halloween special. This holiday edition of "The Wonderful World of Disney" which played weekly on Sunday nights when I was young, was always the most anticipated epsiode of the year.

Hosted by The Magic Mirror of Snow White fame, the Halloween special boasted not only the short "Trick or Treat" featuring Witch Hazel and a trio of web-footed nephews, but also "The Wizard's Apprentice" from the movie "Fastasia" and my all-time favourite telling of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

Witch Hazel herself, is a peppy gal. Zooming along on her fine steed Beelzebub, she is on the lookout for a good time on Halloween night but finds more than she bargains for when she runs into Donald Duck.

Do yourself a favour and settle in with a handfull of leftover Easter chocolate and pretend it's Halloween while you watch this enchanting Disney short:





A very happy blogoversary to Magaly at Pagan Culture!