Altar

I don't think of myself as New Age-y. A dabbler. Not a believer. Anyway, I've been a bit shaky lately, stretched a little too thin, and I was talking to Dana about her New Age-y online course and I became convinced that I needed an altar. So with almost no research, on almost entirely aesthetic impulses I made this one:

Components (listed more or less from the top down and left to right):

1. Wine box from France, formerly full of spices (gift from Mom)

2. Hand-made crow box from chocolate shop in Boston (gift from

Barbara M)

3. Matchbook (left by previous tenants)

4. Tiny chest from Tibetan shop on Bedford Ave (gift from Dana)

a. Balls of white, yellow and light blue yarn left over from

Wonder Woman sweater. (bought in Fort Greene, NY)

b. Ball of green tweed yarn left over from various projects. (bought in

Albany, NY)

c. Ball of dark blue yarn left over from aviator hat (bought in Lee,

MA)

d. Vintage white knit glove (origin unknown/not remembered)

5. Piece of modular menorah from Chicago museum of Contemporary Art (gift from Mom)

6. Flawed Hanukkah candles from Lennox, MA (gift from Mom)

7. Slinky (bought in Mamaroneck, NY)

8. Tea lights (gift from Dana to help me with my altar)

9. Lava rocks from Iceland (gift from Dana)

10. Awesome clock (bought from vender with folding table at SUNY Purchase, NY)

11. Spare change, including Bahamas quarter and Canadian penny

(grabbed at random from bowl on top of toaster oven Greenpoint, NY)

12. Silk brocade square with fish (bought on ebay in high school and

mailed from Antioch, CA 5/6/2005)

13. Printed cotton scrap left over from unfinished quilt (bought at

Fabrics Garden 39th st between 7th and 8th New York, NY)

The formatting of this post makes me weep. I've edited it maybe a dozen times trying to get the indents right on the list.