Tag: witchery
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Marshmallow
It’s one of my favorite times of year. First – you cannot beat fall weather. Where I am, it isn’t going to feel much like fall this weekend, but you can’t fault a warm snap too much. I’m going to take the warmth to harvest my first ever marshmallow root. I say marshmallow and I’ll…
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Folklore: Old Wives’ Tales
Nearly every family has a few of them. Which old wives’ tales run in your family has to do with where your family is from or where your family lives now. Appalachia seems to have more old wives’ tales than any of the other places I’ve lived (though in fairness I was quite young living…
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Aromatherapy
Smell is a big part of my life. I think maybe it’s the kitchen witch in me. I learned to really cook by smell – a little of this, a little of that, until it smells right. Cook it till it smells right. I use my nose when I craft soaps and perfumes in the…
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Learning is a Life Long Process
I love to learn. Love it. Research is one of my happiest places. Whether I’m researching for a book I’m working on, for a spell I’m working on, for a meal I’m working on, doesn’t matter. If you pay attention, if you watch for them, there’s nearly always a free version for virtual conferences (yes,…
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Doing the Work
The other day, I posted a spell I did. It occurred to me later that someone with less exposure to witchery based things might not really understand that a spell without work is just a wish. You can wish for things and they might come true, they might not but there’s not a lot within…
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The Not Recommended List
I love books, I love reading, I love authors, and, in my day to day life, I am one. I write reviews because I know how much it can matter to the authors and to the readers. I do not tend to post negative reviews for books I don’t like. But there are exceptions. It…
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Prosperity and Money workings
I am doing this on the day after the new moon, at the beginning of the growth cycle on purpose. Needed: Money oil – (see bottom of post), bay leaf, coins, small dish, pen or marker, green or white candle, I am also using a patchouli leaf because I have a patchouli plant that…
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Must Be Done
This time of year is, for me, full of too many things. I’m pretty used to having too many things going on regularly but near the equinoxes, both spring and fall, it feels like such a big shift in energy that everything needs something of a reset. I dislike cleaning. I do like having cleaned,…
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Book Review: Witchcraft for Beginners by Mari Silva
I know I complain a lot about everything being for beginners for someone who keeps getting books with Beginner in the title. Ditto Wicca… So what happened was this – I got myself a cheap used kindle as I hate reading things on the computer, my phone doesn’t have enough free memory, my nook isn’t…
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Summer’s End
Finally. I know, I know. Many people love summer. I am so not one of them! I may be very bad at marking time in terms of hours and days but seasons – three of them anyway – are my jam. The equinox is coming. For some, that’s Mabon. The closer it gets, the better…
Witch of Crow Hollow 