People, places, and things we personally love and can wholeheartedly support.

Antika Nueva - my friend and colleague Kate Holly-Clark's beautiful jewelry, soap, and goo.

Lioness - amazing wire jewelry from Elise Matthesen.

Dragon's Paradox - shop of the former office wench where she sells her jewelry, cool handmade trunks, daggers and all sorts of nifty stuff.

Gayle Bird Design - web, graphic, and jewelry design.

Phantomwise - fantastic mixed-media art by my friend Erin McCauley.

Black Phoenix Alchemy Laboratory - hundreds of beautiful hand-crafted perfumes.

Villainess - soap with attitude.

Healing Maven's Healthy Luxuries - my friend Karoline's relaxing bath beads, which are wonderful for fibromyalgia.

Pink Lotus Tattoo - my fantastic tattoo artist.

Sock Dreams - cute socks, great prices, free shipping, and friendly people. What more can you want?

Hagrag - reusable menstrual pads and other hand-crafted items.

Haunted Woods - beautiful hand-crafted wands, runes, staffs, and much more. Chateau Bizarre - reviews of independent retailers and artists.

Concord Arts Market - coming this fall to Concord NH. Wind Tunnel Dreams - my friend Shira's flash fiction project.

NH Massage Therapy - excellent and affordable massage therapy in downtown Concord.

Fairies Like Me - Amy's mom's fairy art and poetry.

Heather Corinna - photographer, activist, writer, sex educator, and totally awesome person. If you have a teenager in your life, buy her book.

Jennifer Williamson - a fantasy artist who also does excellent commercial art. She designed our logo, and you may recognize her work from a certain line of perfume bottles.

Powell's Bookstore - the largest independent bookstore in the world. Go here instead of Amazon.

Bluestockings - independent bookstore and event space in New York City.

Firefly - Sci-fi meets Western meets awesome.

La Femme Nikita - for when I need to watch things blow up.

Vienna Teng - one of my favorite musicians. I've seen her live several times now, and she never fails to blow me away.

Richard Shindell - my all-time favorite songwriter, and also a great performer.

Laura Joy - my friend and former assistant. She's a good songwriter, too.

Dar Williams - another fabulous songwriter.

Janis Ian - genre-defying songwriter and musician.

Krista Detor - the best songwriter you've never heard.

Over the Rhine - possibly the best thing to come out of Ohio.

Ben Silver - a dear friend and wonderful musician from New York City.

Girlyman - my new favorite band.

Pandora - tell it what kind of music you like, and it plays things it thinks you'll like. Or sometimes Britney Spears.

I Can Has Cheezburger - for when I need mindless entertainment.

Geocaching - my geekiest hobby.

Forest Hills Healing Arts - my friend and former acupuncturist Karoline Gostl, also known as the only person who's ever been able to win an argument with the RSI in my shoulders.

Kiva - a very nifty organization that coordinates micro-loans to small businesses around the world.

Twilight Alchemy Lab - the only ritual oils I trust enough to use in my own workings.

Congregation Beth Simcha Torah - New York City's GLBT synagogue, which I still miss.