Cross Stitch: SF Swear Words
I'm a word nerd and a science fiction geek. I also love to swear. Like, really fucking love to curse. My swearing is sometimes a problem (like when my children started dropping f-bombs as toddlers). But mostly swearing offers me a release for...
Plarn: Its Crafting and Magical Uses
In my book, Sew Witchy, I've written on magical correspondences of various fabrics. My focus there was on natural fibers (cotton, linen, wool and silk). Not all crafters and sewists limit themselves to natural materials, though. In fact I'd hazard a guess that very...
Flower Crown
It feels, sometimes, like no book is done until it is actually at the printers. February saw me having to go through not only copyedits for The Natural Home Wheel of the Year but having to take extra photos to help the editors understand how some of the crafts come...
Body of a Goddess
I've been quieter than usual on this blog because I've been participating in NaNoWriMo this month. Of course because I am me and I can't do anything the way it is supposed to be done, I'm working on a non-fiction book rather than a novel. It's a sewing...
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 twigs...
Spell for Overcoming Obstacles
Domestic witchery is a fascination of mine, I think because it seems like it would be the oldest and most common form of witchcraft. Or maybe it's just the lazy part of me that appreciates being able to accomplish two tasks in one. This spell is one I've been working...