Fashion Ecclectic

Fashion for me is ecclectic. There is no period that is more significant than the other-well, I do love the 70's, but for me fashion is about finding those treasures you love, no matter what century they came from. I love to mix and match- and would rock the blue suede boots with the ultra extreme wedding gown. It's fashion, and fashion means it's what you love, not what other's tell you to love.

LAUNDRY POWDER AND OUTHOUSE SPRAY

Laundering Powder is hand made, ground, blended, and pounded in stone right here at the Trading Post. The trading post smells fresh like a spring breeze, or a dirty circus, whichever mood you fancy. We enjoy the pounding on this one, so laundry day is fun day. It's unique, and we are proud of our blends. Use one heaping teaspoon per load. This is packaged in a MASON jar, and sealed with Clancy stamping it himself. He loves selling it to the gypsy travelers because they get their clothing the most dirty, and "warshin bloomers" can be fun!


We wash everything from our intimate pantaloons, to the sheets (from the beds upstairs where girls rent by the hour) to your favorite outlaw denim! It is non-toxic and biodegradable. This product is formulated to clean your items with out leaving residue, and it's just about GETTING THE DIRT OUT. This is good for baby bloomers too. Invest in the best quality.












On a trip to the ol' outhouse Clancy got caught with his britches down cause it started pouring rain outside. He didn't wanna get soaked, but the smell of the fresh rain was an lovely scent, it was like a quenched fire, like lightening rain, like the smell of tents or tipi's being put away wet after a pow-wow.

The wind danced, and lightening struck, and he stayed put until the sky settled on down. Once it stopped, he wanted to capture the scent forever, so he gathered the one-eyed cat, his keeper of secrets, and mixed concoctions throughout the night.

What resulted was the amazing spray dedicated to the outhouse. It can refresh air anywhere, but in honor of Clancy's moment in the rain we made it mor "specific like" for them days when you "just been in the outhouse too long, and it needs a new smell."

"Don't mind them fingerprints in them pictures" Clancy reminded us. Those bottles are the samples, the ones that "get handed round' n' printed all up but by folks, yer's is all your own."

gathering all medicine men and moonchildren..

Indian Full Moons & Meanings
Full Moon names date back to Native Americans, of what is now the northern and eastern United States. The tribes kept track of the seasons by giving distinctive names to each recurring full Moon. Their names were applied to the entire month in which each occurred. There was some variation in the Moon names, but in general, the same ones were current throughout the Algonquin tribes from New England to Lake Superior. European settlers followed that custom and created some of their own names. Since the lunar month is only 29 days long on the average, the full Moon dates shift from year to year. Here is the Farmers Almanac's list of the full Moon names.

• Full Wolf Moon - January Amid the cold and deep snows of midwinter, the wolf packs howled hungrily outside Indian villages. Thus, the name for January's full Moon. Sometimes it was also referred to as the Old Moon, or the Moon After Yule. Some called it the Full Snow Moon, but most tribes applied that name to the next Moon.

• Full Snow Moon - February Since the heaviest snow usually falls during this month, native tribes of the north and east most often called February's full Moon the Full Snow Moon. Some tribes also referred to this Moon as the Full Hunger Moon, since harsh weather conditions in their areas made hunting very difficult.

• Full Worm - March Moon As the temperature begins to warm and the ground begins to thaw, earthworm casts appear, heralding the return of the robins. The more northern tribes knew this Moon as the Full Crow Moon, when the cawing of crows signaled the end of winter; or the Full Crust Moon, because the snow cover becomes crusted from thawing by day and freezing at night. The Full Sap Moon, marking the time of tapping maple trees, is another variation. To the settlers, it was also known as the Lenten Moon, and was considered to be the last full Moon of winter.

• Full Pink Moon - April This name came from the herb moss pink, or wild ground phlox, which is one of the earliest widespread flowers of the spring. Other names for this month's celestial body include the Full Sprouting Grass Moon, the Egg Moon, and among coastal tribes the Full Fish Moon, because this was the time that the shad swam upstream to spawn.

• Full Flower Moon - May In most areas, flowers are abundant everywhere during this time. Thus, the name of this Moon. Other names include the Full Corn Planting Moon, or the Milk Moon.

• Full Strawberry Moon - June This name was universal to every Algonquin tribe. However, in Europe they called it the Rose Moon. Also because the relatively short season for harvesting strawberries comes each year during the month of June . . . so the full Moon that occurs during that month was christened for the strawberry!

• The Full Buck Moon - July July is normally the month when the new antlers of buck deer push out of their foreheads in coatings of velvety fur. It was also often called the Full Thunder Moon, for the reason that thunderstorms are most frequent during this time. Another name for this month's Moon was the Full Hay Moon.• Full Sturgeon Moon - July The fishing tribes are given credit for the naming of this Moon, since sturgeon, a large fish of the Great Lakes and other major bodies of water, were most readily caught during this month. A few tribes knew it as the Full Red Moon because, as the Moon rises, it appears reddish through any sultry haze. It was also called the Green Corn Moon or Grain Moon.

• Full Fruit or Barley Moon - August The names Fruit and Barley were reserved only for those years when the Harvest Moon is very late in September.

• Full Harvest Moon - September This is the full Moon that occurs closest to the autumn equinox. In two years out of three, the Harvest Moon comes in September, but in some years it occurs in October. At the peak of harvest, farmers can work late into the night by the light of this Moon. Usually the full Moon rises an average of 50 minutes later each night, but for the few nights around the Harvest Moon, the Moon seems to rise at nearly the same time each night: just 25 to 30 minutes later across the U.S., and only 10 to 20 minutes later for much of Canada and Europe. Corn, pumpkins, squash, beans, and wild rice the chief Indian staples are now ready for gathering.

• Full Hunter's Moon - October With the leaves falling and the deer fattened, it is time to hunt. Since the fields have been reaped, hunters can easily see fox and the animals which have come out to glean.

• Full Beaver Moon - November This was the time to set beaver traps before the swamps froze, to ensure a supply of warm winter furs. Another interpretation suggests that the name Full Beaver Moon comes from the fact that the beavers are now actively preparing for winter. It is sometimes also referred to as the Frosty Moon.

• The Full Cold Moon; or the Full Long Nights Moon - December During this month the winter cold fastens its grip, and nights are at their longest and darkest. It is also sometimes called the Moon before Yule. The term Long Night Moon is a doubly appropriate name because the midwinter night is indeed long, and because the Moon is above the horizon for a long time. The midwinter full Moon has a high trajectory across the sky because it is opposite a low Sun.





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Posted a new item yesterday, posted another the day before. Clancy and the one-eyed cat are feeling the frustrations of beginning a new business. It's damn tough. All work, and no feedback and excitement yet. Clancy wants to do the jig, but wants a real reason to celebrate up here at the post.


Don't stop reading here, look at older posts, each has pictures and stories that we care about..

Thunder

How Thunder and Earthquake Made Ocean

(Yurok California)

Thunder lived at Sumig.
One day he said, “How shall the people live there is just prairie there?
Let us place the ocean there.” He said to Earthquake, “I want to have
water there, there so that the people may live. Otherwise they will have
nothing to live on.” He said to Earthquake, “What do you think?”

Earthquake thought. “That is true,” he said. “There should be water there.
Far off I see it. I see the water. It is at Opis.
There are salmon there and water.”

“Go,” said Thunder. “Go with Kingfisher, the one
who sits there by the water. Go and get water at Opis.
Get water that is to come here.”

Then the two of them went. Kingfisher and Earthquake went
to see the water. They went to get the water at Opis. They had
two abalone shells that Thunder had given to them.
“Take these shells,” Thunder had said.
“Collect the water in them.”

First Kingfisher and Earthquake went to the north end of the world.
There Earthquake looked around. “This will be easy,” he said.
“It will be easy for me to sink the land.” Then Earthquake ran around.
He ran around and the ground sank.
It sank there at the north end of the world.

Then Kingfisher and Earthquake started for Opis.
They went to the place at the end of the water. They made the ground
sink behind them as they went. At the Opis they saw all kinds of animals
and fish that could be eaten there in the water at Opis.
Then they took water in the abalone shells.

“No we will go to the south end of the world,” said Earthquake.
“We will go there and look for water. Thunder, who was at Sumig,
will help us breaking down the trees. The water will extend all the way
to the south end of the world. There will be salmon and fish of all kinds
and seals in the water.”

Now Kingfisher and Earthquake came back to Sumig.
They saw that Thunder had broken down the trees.
Together the three of them went north.
As they went together they kept sinking the ground.
The Earth quaked and quaked water flowed over it as Kingfisher
and Earthquake poured it from their abalone shells. Kingfisher emptied
his shell and it filled the ocean halfway to the north end of the world.
Earthquake emptied his shell and it filled the ocean the rest of the way.

As they filled in the ocean, the creatures which would be food swarmed
into the water. The seals came as if they were thrown in handfuls.
Into the water they came, swimming toward shore. Earthquake sank the
land deeper to make gullies and the whales came swimming through the
gullies where the water was deep enough for them to travel.
The salmon came running through the water.

Now all the land animals, the deer and elk, the foxes and minks,
the bear and others had gone inland. Now the water creatures were there.
Now Thunder and Kingfisher and Earthquake looked at the ocean.
“This is enough,” They said. “Now the people will have enough to live on.
Everything that is needed is in water.”

So it is that the prairie became ocean. It is so because Thunder wished it so.
It is so because Earthquake wished it so. All kinds of creatures are in the ocean
before us because Thunder and Earthquake wished the people to live.

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Dirty Vanille

This is not your sweet average Vanilla, but a dirty concoction like that of the old west, made of Vanilla and other dark and exotic spices and tricks. We are excited to introduce this to you, as it is quickly becoming a favorite item of Natives everywhere, especially at our Trading Post. It comes in a 1/4 oz mercantile puck type tin that fits anywhere, including your medicine bag.

* We do sell medicine bags here, inquire with the Trading Post here.

Dab a goop of this up and put on your pulse points. Be prepared to spark up the rebellious Vanilla beans that inspired this amazing Dirty Vanille scent.



As with any product or herb, consult with your physician before starting a habit.
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