First, our winners for this week are Pamela Devereux and Peggy Casey.  Congratulations, both of you.

As always, the new contest begins on Monday.

Last night, Wendy and I attended a gem class at Wonders of the World–I had taken the class before, but I’m glad I took a review.  I learned more, just as I had hoped I would.  Wendy (my daughter), fell madly in love with a stone called lepidolite–she bought several samples, lovely lavender specimens.  Lepidolite is calming, among its other stellar qualities.  Sure is fun to share this enthusiasm with Wendy as well as my mom,

As promised, here is the information some of you asked for after reading about my multiple-bracelet crash.

The chakra balancing bracelet can be purchased for about $10 on eBay–the seller is ‘themagicisinyou’.  (Yes, the words are run together.)  Going to www.themagicisinyou.com will probably take you there.  The chakra stones in mine are: jasper, carnelian, calcite, aventurine, and sodalite.  As for the aura clearing bracelet–I purchased mine from the same seller–contains clear quartz, labradorite, and fluorite.  If you invest in like bracelets, please remember my story and wear only one at a time (!), unless, of course, you want to sleep