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
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
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
Forsythia Experiments
For the past couple of weeks, my town and the surrounding area have been glowing with the bold yellow of the forsythia bush. As a lifelong New Englander, I grew up with forsythia as one of the first real signs … Continued
My Witchy Journey: A Snapshot of my Week – February 2022
All best-laid plans come tumbling down sometimes and I need to learn to be okay with that. I had a lot of ideas for my weekly blog update but none of them are quite gelling together at the moment. This … Continued
Bayberry Candles – American Folk Magic
If you’ve been around for a while, you may have picked up that I have been looking to localize my craft. I have found that a lot of modern magic is very Eurocentric which doesn’t make a whole lot of … Continued
On Sea Magic: An Autumnal Day by the Beach
Gray and I ran away to Cape Cod on Saturday to try and harvest some of the wild forageables that we had scoped out throughout the year and I thought that I could take you all along for the ride. … Continued
When Life Gives You Jewelweed, 1
As an intuitive witch, I strongly believe in working with the plants that are growing in your natural environment. It is a part of the covenant that I have made both with my spirits and the spirits of this land … Continued
Wildcrafting: Japanese Knotweed Cocktails
First off and up front: I am NOT advocating for growing Japanese Knotweed. It is an EXTREMELY invasive species in the American Northeast where I live. Also, this post is made with the permission of my coven-mate Dora who has … Continued
Wild Crafting: DIY Violet Syrup for Cocktails (and so much more!)
I suspect that I’m not the only Green Witch that had an aha moment at some point in my life that I could have been eating flowers THIS WHOLE TIME. I’ve experimented a lot with edible flowers in many forms … Continued