More Midwinter Goodness
The day before Christmas eve I let the shaman twist my rubber arm into going to his group’s Yule ritual. We stopped on the way at his friend’s in the steep mountains by the sea to craft crowns out of...
View ArticleDrums, Antlers, and Sacred Woods
My home is full of drums, sacred woods, and antlers. Can you smell the rawhides and the scent of cedar wood? The drums were made by my friend Grant (aka “the shaman”) for me to sell in the shop. Once...
View ArticleWood and Bone
While I was at the farm out East I harvested some woods I have trouble finding on the West coast. I harvested Green Ash from the grove in the beautiful fen behind the farmhouse. I harvested Apple wood...
View ArticleThe Three Sirens’ Island Adventure
Three witches went to Mayne Island; one red-haired, one blond and one raven. We drove across the ocean towards the dock with the night and the waxing moon to the left and the day with the setting sun...
View ArticleVeneficium Moon
Or, the Witch is visited by the Professor and the Poisoner. The Poisoner gives me a single blood-red rose and a bouquet of flowering monkshood he’d grown. We talk of midnight guerilla rituals, goblin...
View ArticleComes the Scythe
It is still summer, the days are hot, and the grasses and leaves crisp and turn brown under the burning sun. But… there is a slight chill on top of the heat like a breeze off the ocean or the cool...
View ArticleI Will Pluck the Yarrow Fair
I went for a walk in the autumn sun and at my feet I found blooming yarrow with its sweet fragrance and soft fern leaves. It is the best of luck to find yarrow when you are not seeking it so I plucked...
View ArticleFull Harvest Moon in the Mountains
Jarnsmior, his wife the Gypsy-Seer, the Poisoner and I all hopped in the car and headed two hours North into the mountains where hippies, hunters, and ornery old farmers dwell to visit Huntress and...
View ArticlePilgrimage to Uncivilization
Me and Little Red met Jan and Seb at The Gathering this spring and were lucky enough to hang out with them again at Freyfest in August. Much mischief and mead was involved (they seem to follow in my...
View ArticleWild Violets Taste Like Spring
Wild violets taste like green and purple; clean and fresh, they are like clover, budding leaves, and sunlight. The sun came out for a brief, warm flash and brought spring with it, suddenly, everything...
View ArticleHarvesting Hemlock and Douglas Fir
Off to the mountain I went on a cold frosty morning to accomplish some wild harvesting before the rains returned. I met a beautiful ring of Douglas Fir trees with new green tips which I harvested for...
View ArticleCome With Me, I’ll Make You Tea
I used to live in the forest on a small mountain but now I live in an old green city. It is the oldest city in my province full of beautiful Victorians, but it is also prime territory for urban...
View ArticleWild Harvest Moon
s I sit here sipping my fragrant fresh ginger-mint tea, sweet with honey, it is easy to reminisce about my recent urban foraging adventure with the Poisoner. He has a different magical background than...
View ArticleEating Flower Spirits
Summer has come and with it the warmth of the sun and the beauty of flowers humming with bees. I have found myself wandering outside more and more through the yard, through gardens and through alleys,...
View ArticleFirst Forest
We packed a lunch, we packed the baby’s things, and we packed the baby into his stroller on a hot summer’s day. Off we went to show our little man his first forest. Until now we had only been able to...
View ArticleGuide to Pacific Northwest Incense
Burning botanicals for pleasure, ceremony, and medicine is something we humans have performed for millennia. We just really like to light things on fire and the act never fails to bring us a child-like...
View ArticleHunting Mycelium in the Wildwood
There is a forager in town who lives a two minute walk from my house. We kept running into each other because small towns are small which led to conversations over local beer about medicinal mushrooms,...
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