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November 2017

November 13, 2017

Book of Blackbirds: Pumpkins, Squashes, and Witchettys

Some gourds are good for decorating up and making rattles and drums out of, too....

December 2016

December 26, 2016

Star Made Witch: Magic on the Mountain

My relationship to my locale is literally physical. I live here. I work here. I...

December 12, 2016

Star Made Witch: Goddesses, Mountains, and Potions

I’m an opportunist and my days have magical themes. Today it was: local landscape, wormwood...

December 10, 2016

The Path of She: Four Transformational Lessons for the Winter Season

Winter is the season of the Dark Goddess and Her rebirth magic. Here are four...

August 2016

August 22, 2016

Five ways to Establish a Local Traditional Witchcraft practice

When I meet other witches I love hearing about their stomping grounds and see what...

August 13, 2016

The Path of She: A Wisdom Dream — We Are the Storytellers and Stewards of Her Beauty

Our primal place in the great weaving of life of Mother Earth is not dominion,...

July 2016

July 11, 2016

Star Made Witch: A Day in the Life of a Witch

A fellow traditional witch coming to stay the weekend is extra special and we always...

June 2016

June 18, 2016

The Path of She: Three Lessons from the Summer Solstice – Visioning a New World

At the Summer Solstice with the powers of life and light at a peak, Nature...

May 2016

May 19, 2016

Wyrd Words: It’s The Simple Things

Sometimes we need to set aside the heavier burdens of deep philosophical questioning and social...

April 2016

April 26, 2016

Witch on Fire: Beltane Lovers – Once you Go Witch You’ll Never Switch

This is MODERN witchcraft, where we strip off the mask of the obvious, and glory...

February 2016

February 27, 2016

The Path of She: A Wild-World Love Story

I’d like to share a love story, between a young arbutus tree and me.

November 2015

November 05, 2015

The Lady’s Quill: Paganism, Theism, and Belief

How do we determine if someone is Pagan? Do they join our events and participate...

November 04, 2015

Dandelion Seeds: How to Talk to Squirrel Spirits

Facebook quizzes that tell you if you're a Bear or a Beaver person are hokey...

October 2015

October 24, 2015

The Path of She: A Samhain Teaching – Born Into Life, Born Into Death

Samhain is a time to contemplate the mysteries of death, not from a place of...

August 2015

August 21, 2015

Adventures in Wortcunning: Embracing the White Sage

The first time I met White Sage was in the demonstration garden of my alma...

July 2015

July 17, 2015

Adventures in Wortcunning: A Starwood Experience

Drums beating through the days and all along the nights become a tapestry for our...

June 2015

June 19, 2015

Adventures in Wortcunning: BS & Compost

Compost happens! Anne shares with us some thoughts about how to minimize its effects and...

June 13, 2015

The Path of She: A Summer Solstice Meditation – Thou Art Goddess

The wheel of the year turns and the longest day, the Summer Solstice, is upon...

June 05, 2015

Adventures in Wortcunning: Of Plantain and Spider Bites

"Mom, what is this - a spider bite?" Two little punctures punctuated by tiny spots...

May 2015

May 15, 2015

Adventures in Wortcunning: The Mind-Manifesting Morning Glory

I had heard about Morning Glory for years. Whispers and rumors ran throughout the circles...

April 2015

April 17, 2015

Adventures in Wortcunning: Smelling Roses

The oldest roses are still available today. Rosa gallica, called the 'Apothecary Rose' was the...

April 07, 2015

The Witches Next Door: A Witch in Australia

Phoenix is in the Land Down Under (cue Men at Work ear worm). She is...

April 03, 2015

Adventures in Wortcunning: Ceanothus, an American Fairy Bush

It began with me, barefoot on a lawn in the suburbs of California's Central Valley....

September 2014

September 24, 2014

Alone In Her Presence: The Goddess Is In The Dirt

For years, I heard the Christian expression to ‘lean on God’ in times of struggle,...

July 2014

July 25, 2014

Alone In Her Presence: Earth’s Saving Message

As I lean into the invitation of Earth's promise to renew, there is a certainty...

March 2014

March 27, 2014

Making Light: Demeter

With Demeter, my practice is about as simple and ordinary as it gets. I don't...

March 21, 2014

Heathen Woman: A Season for Living

Without the reality of hard lessons, we would not be able to appreciate the wisdom...

March 20, 2014

Wyrd Words: Pagans: IN SPAAACE!!!

Given the environment that the Pagans of 2064 will be working with, I predict that...

January 2014

January 15, 2014

Druid Thoughts: Paganism – Indoors or Outside?

Paganism, to our ancestors, did not mean exclusively nature. It meant a blending of human...

November 2013

November 26, 2013

The Busy Witch: Gratitude, the Ocean, and Me

I am thankful not only for the ocean, but for the lessons she offers: change...