Houston Visit, September 23-30

We are very pleased to let you know that we will be in Houston doing readings and jewelry from September 23 through September 30, and possibly a bit longer. As usual, Terri will be scheduling the appointments, and you may call her at any time, 713 871 9959, or email her at terribarnes2008@att.net. There are already quite a few people on the list, so please schedule as soon as possible to get the most convenient time for you. While we are having fun on our bicycle trip, we very much look forward to seeing you in Houston. Please refer anyone who you think may benefit from a reading. We sincerely appreciate your support.

Cougina & Aggie

 

 

Hermetics on a Bicycle

What does that mean? Basically, it means that we are going to continue doing our readings on HD video internet connection. We are going to continue to make and sell Ayurvedic jewelry to help you control your emotions and your health. Most importantly, we are going to walk the talk. The first precept of Hermetics is "Do no harm." Recently, in one of my classes, while I was trying to show people how to use basic principles of reality to control it, one of my most promising fellows was concerned that he may harm someone by doing the exercise.

NOW LET'S TALK TURKEY. DO YOU DRIVE A CAR? YOU'RE GOING TO HURT MORE PEOPLE THAT WAY THAN YOU WOULD ON A BICYCLE. SEE, DO NO HARM. DON'T BITCH ABOUT THE RAINFOREST AND DRIVE A JAGUAR OR A LAND ROVER. UNLESS YOU ACCEPT THE FACT THAT YOU'RE A LOT WORSE THAN A BUNCH OF FARTING COWS.

Now, as we proceed toward takeoff, and today it seems to be creeping very close, we remind everyone that The Old Man's Journey is basically the travelog of a couple of Hermetic adepts who just happen to be traveling by bicycle. We'll have a computer and a hot spot and solar panels and video cameras. We just won't have running water or a toilet. BUT LORDY LORDY! ARE WE HAPPY?

... We'll let you know in a few weeks. In the meantime, any follower who would like to host us, either for redneck bullshit, or for the possibility of a couple of metaphysical aura and tarot readings, would be greatly appreciated. We're not sure we want to do the couch surfing movie yet. We'd rather meet people who already know a bit about us, so that we don't totally freak you out. :)

THINK GREEN
BLESSED BE
COUGINA and AGGIE

Custom Healing Jewelry

We now have over 250 precious and semi precious stones in stock waiting for you//custom set in sterling silver or 14/20 GF call 602-386-8199 or email couginamachek@aol.com to set up a free video consultation and look at this wonderful selection and save lots at our lower than wholesale cost on these beautiful gems.

GIFT CERTIFICATE!

An opportunity to give a special gift to a special friend: Custom created jewelry by Cougina. $50 is the least expensive piece that I can make, and many fine pieces are priced from $150 to $300. (The stones alone are generally valued at more than the price of the finished piece.) We would prefer do a Skype consultation to ensure that we are optimally promoting physical/emotional/spiritual well being, but that is optional. If one of our existing creations is selected, you can be assured that it will promote the positive...

For more information, contact couginamachek@aol.com or 602 386 8199.

BLESSED BE
COUGINA & AGGIE

Back at work with a new workspace

The $10 desk.

At left, you see the humble beginning of the jewelry maker's workspace.  Desk drawers contain the jeweler's tools. Any craftsman can see that this is inadequate. It is already serving as the computer desk and entertainment center (for watching Hulu movies on the laptop with the $5 flea market speakers).

Incidentally, we highly recommend two free Hulu movies,  THE RULING CLASS (1976, Peter O'Toole, strange spoof of religion, the British ruling class, and paranoid schizophrenia) and WHITE PALACE (1990, James Spader & Susan Sarandon, a look at love between an economically privileged younger man and a lower class older woman.  Tremendous acting in both, we think.

The Old Man is back.

We are excited that we have gotten a space at the upcoming St. David's Monastery arts & crafts festival.  Last weekend, Cougina began to get ramped up for jewelry making.  As we drove around the block, headed for Home Depot, we discovered a discarded waterbed frame.  Solid aged hardwood from the waterbed, a 1x2 from Home Depot, and Abraham's saw were all Cougina needed to build the worktop you see above left.

Cougina, never known for moderation, has been busy, building eight pieces of jewelry in the last two days.

Nice and tidy.

He added the finishing (at least for now) touch to this work area today, when he drilled the hardwood 2x4 to make a tool rack.  Evidence of his anal-retentive streak (his words, not mine).

A really pleasant bit was when he announced that he was going outside to drill the wood.  (When he built the work surface last week, he did not look happy at all when I asked him to go outside to saw the wood in order to keep my new rug clean.) But don't you dare suggest that I am implying that he is trainable.

Cougina thinks that you are entertained by these little peaks into our existence.  I think it's awfully mundane, but hope you enjoy...

Jewelry photos here http://theoldmansjewels.blogspot.com/
Serious hermetic blog here http://covinahermiticia.ning.com/

THINK GREEN
BLESSED BE
AGGIE & COUGINA

UH OH...

WE SPENT all Aggie's money and the rent is almost due//NOW SHE WILL LEARN WHAT A MINIMALIST IS (no more than 30 beers per day - Aggie)//YESTERDAY we set up at the courthouse in between City Hall, County Courthouse, etc., and Aggie got to see some real homeless folks (a man who was grateful to accept a half-drunk Coke from a woman passing by - Aggie), and also realize that even a major metropolitan city like Tucson is furloughing their people on 1 or 2 days per week, and there are few but homeless people and police people walking between the buildings.  Our expensive newspaper ad hasn't generated a single call, and the Craigslist ad just generated 100 copies of the same spam, and we are now resourcing my old try-and-find-a-piece-of-butt site, Tagged.  So I changed my profile.  Now, I'm in a relationship//sedentary and I ought to be able to think of something else to say here.  Oh, I got it:  I'm happy.  And pretty damned healthy for an old man.

Here's the message we've been sending to anyone who has accepted my friendship:  "I spent a couple of years on here trying to meet folks and had no luck with finding real people as far as relationship goes/however I know folks who did well// Am now using the site with my updated profile to try and establish myself here in Tucson, have been reading aura's and teaching hermetics for 70 years and decided to settle for a bit//appreciate your support in finding clients. I can be reached at couginamachek@aol.com or 602-386-8199/my lady Aggie and myself appreciate your friendship and would help you in your endeavors any way possible. Google "cougina" to find out more about me. Blessed be, Cougina"  What do you think?  How would you change this?  Would you respond to this old man? 

Here's another look at our new jewelry display setup.  Our selection was getting low after selling quite a few stones in Cottonwood.  But we just got a new shipment, and the view of all them together is pretty fabulous: red ruby and topaz; yellow and orange citrine, padparascha, and sapphire; green amethyst, phrenite, and tsavarite; blue aquamarine, tanzanite, topaz, and sapphire; and one small spinel; purple amethyst and tourmaline.

We have a good variety of large and smaller sized stones in every color, for every chakra situation.  For example, we find ourselves overstocked with large, 20-40 carat madeira citrine (orange 2nd-3rd chakra), and would be willing to set any of these stones in 925 sterling for $50 plus $4 per carat. We also have some beautiful pink tourmaline in the 15-25 carat range (a rarity in sizes over 10 carats) that we would be more than willing to set for an individual that needs a secondary support function between their body and soul.  You understand that a healthy pregnant woman develops that beautiful pink in her health aura during gestation.  And at your request, we would be more than willing to gestate a thought (any desire) in the setting, for only $6 per carat and $50 for the setting.

Also, we have picked up 100 pairs of silver plated feather earrings that would make an absolutely wonderful Christmas present for a younger person, for $2 per pair.  (Minimum 5 pairs - we have to pay postage.)  They may even be good for tickling your partner erotically - now that is an inexpensive adult toy.

THINK PURPLE
BLESSED BE
COUGINA

The Old Man at Work

Cougina immersed in his art...

The finished creation...

The fire got under control late Thursday afternoon. Thank you for your prayers. Heber lost power early in the day, but it was restored by the time we woke up this morning (Friday).

The jewelry piece is a beautiful and extremely rare 34 ct blood red topaz set in 925 sterling silver. Excellent for all lower chakra issues, primarily first chakra. Excellent grounding stone. Perfectly capable of assisting you in all material endeavors. If worn by a man for a prostrate situation, the curlicues would be removed. Beautiful color comparable to a high end blood red ruby. This is a $300 piece. The stone itself would appraise for much more than that.

JUST A JEWELRY PIECE TO CRY FOR

THIS IS TERRI'S GRADUATION PRESENT FROM THE COMMUNITY
THINK GREEN
BLESSED BE
COUGINA