Crafting as Self-Care

Crafting as Self-Care

I have come to see much of my crafting as self-care. When I am feeling overwhelmed by the world around me I can retreat into the therapy of making things. My hands are engaged, as well as my creative brain, which leaves my subconscious free to work through all the...
Mabon: The Second Harvest

Mabon: The Second Harvest

Mabon is the second of three harvest festivals on the wheel of the year. It lands between Lammas and Samhain and celebrates the Autumnal equinox on September 22. Mabon’s energy is all about preparedness. Winter is coming, and we need to ensure we have enough of...
Autumn is for Mending

Autumn is for Mending

Spring cleaning is about clearing out stagnant energy. Fall cleaning is about carefully picking through the contents of your life to find what to keep and what to pitch.  It is for opening your closet doors and laying all your clothes on the bed, for pulling out...
Witchy Wyoming Foraging

Witchy Wyoming Foraging

I’ve always foraged for my witchcraft. Even when I was a child, and I felt magic inside myself but didn’t know what to call it. My grandmother had a large garden bordered by currant bushes. It had a tiny orchard with elderberry, cherry and plum trees. In...
Tarot Self Care

Tarot Self Care

My go to tarot deck has been the Herbal Tarot. It was my first deck, bought from a Barnes & Noble more than twenty years ago. Since then, I have collected more tarot decks, buying or being gifted them. But I haven’t used them. I might flip through them on...

Trust the Process

I had a few more photos to reshoot for The Natural Home Wheel of the Year today. I will admit that I’m a bit photographed out. Not the least of which because I had to remake the twig wreath as I had thrown the last one out.  That meant today I was attaching...