First Look: Pine Syrup
I don’t get influenced to buy things but I DO get influenced to make yummy wild harvested creations. Enter Eastern White Pine syrup. I have had this project saved for a year or two now because you’ve got to get … Continued
Green Witchcraft Living Ward Spell
Note: I called this a green witch spell because it calls for caring for a living plant. That means providing it with the correct levels of light and water for its care. You do not have to call yourself a … Continued
Kitchen Witchcraft: Orange Bitters for Health, Happiness, and Abundance
Here we are in dreary January (again). The days are short and there is nothing left but monochrome colors. All life seems to have been skimmed off of the world – or at least all of the serotonin. I’m SAD … Continued
Walk with me 1/1/23
Part of my personal superstition about the new year is that what I do on the first of January will have an impact on the entirety of the year ahead. With that in mind, my partner and I knew that … Continued
Spell Energetics: How to Apply the concept of Herbal Energetics to your spell work
The four elements and the concepts of Energetics run consistently through the framework of much of the Western magic systems but it’s something that is often overlooked. Suppose rather than relegating the elements to something that we call upon ritualistically … Continued
The Seasons Are Changing, And so Am I
The last of the leaves fell from the trees late last week. They raced across the ground for a couple of days on the cold November winds and sounded like old bones coming back to life. Then, yesterday morning, the … Continued
Kitchen Magic: Chive Infused Vinegar
Chives are a wonderful but underused ally to the witch who works in the garden and in the kitchen. They are an easy herb to grow – far easier to manage than its other allium cousins, onion or garlic, and … Continued
How I (didn’t) Midsummer This Year and a fun banishing cocktail with black pepper syrup
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Midsummer came a week early this year because my bestie is going to be on an airplane for most of the day today. We did “our” thing – meeting up at ten in the morning to wander over to a … Continued
Calendula Experiments: Calendula Tea
It’s Calendula season here in Southern New England and I’ve been eager to get to know this beautiful flower better. I first met Calendula in the fields of my CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) farm share. I was immediately enchanted by … Continued
Violet Experiments, 2022
May has been a long and winding month. As always happens when everything blooms at once, I ran out of time to do all of the things and, moreover, to write about all of the things. I’m feeling very behind … Continued