do you know amazing savings? if you do not, you should. steals like snack packs of nori for 50 cents and truffle oil for $3! julie and i visited last week on the rainiest and dreariest of days with our littles and scavenged many savings. among them was a box of organic gingerbread man mix for $1 complete with cookie cutter… thus, the activity for the evening.
treasures: 
creepy cuteish fetus cookie
the men looked like car accident victims, as the enclosed cutter left a little something to be desired. note the Blackberry; a victim of texting while driving?
and the piece de resistance? a sheela-na-gig (you exhibitionist– come on, click that one!); some people believe the sheelas are ancient birth empowerment symbols.
A Sheela Na Gig is a carving of a woman exposing herself, usually found on religious buildings. Was she a survival of celtic religion or goddess inspired? a romanesque warning against lust? a fertility or birth empowerment symbol? a protection against evil? she is known as the witches stone, the nun on the potty, the hag of the castle, sheela of the paps, the dancer, and others. i heard of her from pj harvey… “gonna wash that man right outta my hair.”
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December 8, 2009 at 1:52 am
Jenny
You are just blogging up a storm! I like it! I got this strange sense of deja vu looking at the Sheela Na Gig. Then I remembered my brother used to make them out of clay about 10 years ago. He told me what it was called but I never saw it spelled out, so I’ve gone all these years thinking it was a “shield in a gig” or something like that.
December 8, 2009 at 4:35 pm
withwomanwithchild
that is too funny! your brother sounds like such an interesting character.
December 8, 2009 at 5:06 pm
withwomanwithchild
i blog under duress.