Holidays are coming up soon, ready or not! For those of you with a wonderful weirdo in your life, you may be flummoxed over what kind of exquisite curiosity to give as a gift this season - and we are here to help! Oracle has put together a handy-dandy gift guide to help you find the perfect treasure for your loved ones!
{ THREE YEARS! }
Holy smokes Y'all.
This week marks our third year of being open for business - it's super hard for me to believe, three years sounds like a long time to me, but it has flown by. And I'm learning more and more each day - which maybe seems like DURR, OF COURSE - but truly, each day brings a new lesson and educational opportunity. You think you know what's up, and then Alessandra and Christina are in the back with a pile of python bones, or a wallaby, or a freaking cavy (a member of the rodent family and animal which previously I had never heard of before in my life) skeleton like it's no big deal.
A word on Alessandra, AKA The Bone Wizard, since I mentioned her. We thought she was incredible when we first laid eyes on her in 2013 and boy oh boy are we lucky she liked us back! Alessandra Dzuba, you may know, is not only the brains and dexterous hands behind many of our beautiful natural science specimens, but she is also a phenomenal fine artist (who somehow manages to exhibit her work regularly, probably because she is a wizard and can manipulate the Space Time Continuum). Check out her works here, and prepare to have your mind blown!
This is also a fine time to mention Carrie, who continues to grow and evolve at a suspiciously inhuman rate (my money is on Aliens). When we began this adventure, Carrie was juggling a full-time gig as a therapist and raising two young children while also keeping natural science specimens in stock and the lights on at Oracle. Somehow during all this she has also managed to learn and integrate numerology and astrology into her counseling practice - a shining example of developing and following her intuition in a holistic way. If you know Carrie, you already know that she is a badass, but you may not know that she does THIS.
We have been so fortunate to have so many incredible people intern and apprentice with us at Oracle. We appreciate your intellect, your creativity, your talent and your unflinching ability to get your hands dirty with animal remains. We are so grateful and happy that you found us!
A bunch of weirdos like us could only have thrived in this kind of environment, so we are pretty dang lucky. Cheers for three years!!
Thank you to our interns/apprentice - We have been so fortunate to have so many incredible people
{ Scheduled Programming Resumes January 5th }
We can't wait to see you... Back open from the holidays on Tues, 5th. Happy New Year from all of us!
Don't worry folks, this one is a live and kickin'!
{ HOLIDAY HOURS THIS WEEK }
TUESDAY: 11-6
WEDNESDAY: 11-6
THURSDAY: 11-3
THANK YOU FOR SHOPPING SMALL AND LOCAL - HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
{ Holiday Sale Weekend! }
This Saturday and Sunday we are offering 10% off of purchases $50 or more!! It's a great time to get something special that you've had your eye on!
*Sale excludes consignment items
{ Online Store Updated! }
Just in time for the gift-giving season, we have updated our online shop with all of the (shippable) treasures we have in our store!
This is super good news for our excellent out-of-towner customers. If you have visited our shop or follow us on Instagram and have wondered, "How to I acquire these magnificent natural science specimens?" Or, '"How do I convince my loved ones to buy gifts for me from Oracle when they are not able to visit the shop in person or are not into walking into a natural science/curiosity/taxidermy/skull/animal remains store to buy gifts for me?" Well, we have got you covered!
So, if you are unable to visit our store on West 18th Street in the Crossroads District of KCMO, then please avail yourself of our updated online shop! <<<<<---- (LOOK! LOOK AT IT WITH YOUR EYEBALLS, WITNESS THE SPLENDOR!)
All photos by Christina Maki