I always called them tchotchkes (pron tCHOTCH-kees), a Yiddish word basically meaning knicknacks. When I tried to be a Christian I went Catholic, because, I said at the time, they had the best tchotchkes (not the only reason). Which is totally true, they do--rosaries, holy cards--I LOVE HOLY CARDS--novena candles, saint statues. It's the most Pagan of the Christian demoninations, and Pagans are all about the tchotchkes.

Which reminds me, I need to make an altarcloth today for a household spirit. I promised her one a while ago and haven't come through, and she's giving me financial grief.

Lynn Siprelle, Editor