I don’t follow the Wheel of the Year, but Spring is the season for growth, renewal and new beginnings, so today I did some magic: First, I poured out all my fears onto a sheet of paper – writing furiously until the paper was full. I took the sheet out to our compost bin, and [...]
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Seasonal magic – Green Witch style
Posted in Green witch, pagan, wheel of the year, witch on Tuesday, April 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Plant dyeing experiments #2 and #3: Black beans and Rooibos
Posted in crafting, Green witch, natural dyeing on Monday, March 8, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Blue is one of the more difficult colours to achieve with plant-based dyes. The ancient Celts used woad, and the ancient Asians used indigo, and that was pretty much it until synthetic dyes were invented. I’ve ordered some indigo seeds from my favourite local seed company, just for fun, and I will be looking up [...]
Photo post: Morning walk
Posted in Carter, Green witch, pagan, wildlife on Wednesday, August 12, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Carter and I go out for a walk every morning around 8am. Sometimes I take one of my field guides, to identify wildflowers or trees. Sometimes I take a bag to gather herbs. Sometimes I take my camera:
Herb harvest
Posted in Green witch, homesteading, pagan, witch, tagged herbs, wild herbs, wildcrafting on Wednesday, July 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Despite the atrocious weather that is blighting our poor garden, the local wildflowers are doing wonderfully well. I’ve started taking either a notebook, or a collecting bag, or my camera out with my when I walk the dog, to start recording and identifying and harvesting herbs and wildflower seeds. I’ve been amazed at how many [...]
Flowers on my altar
Posted in Green witch, pagan, tagged altar, yellow flowers on Thursday, June 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I don’t generally post (or even take, for that matter) pictures of my altar. It’s a personal thing, not generally for sharing, and it’s a working altar, not a honouring / worshiping / show altar that would make it more photogenic. Nonetheless, there is something that I’m excited about and want to share: There are [...]
My Pagan Path, Part 4: Questions and Answers
Posted in Green witch, green witchcraft, pagan, witch on Friday, April 3, 2009 | 4 Comments »
My Pagan Path, Part 1: Becoming a Green Witch My Pagan Path, Part 2: My Green Witch Practice (What I do and Why I do it) My Pagan Path, Part 3: Challenges and What Lies Ahead Here are the questions I was asked about Parts 1, 2, and 3: I was asked if my [...]
My Pagan Path, Part 3: Challenges and What Lies Ahead
Posted in Green witch, pagan, tagged Green witch, green witchcraft, spirituality, witch on Thursday, April 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
My Pagan Path, Part 1: Becoming a Green Witch My Pagan Path, Part 2: My Green Witch Practice (What I do and Why I do it) My biggest challenges Flying solo The green witch path is a solitary one by nature (no pun intended), but one of my biggest challenges is not having anyone [...]
My Pagan Path, Part 2: My Green Witch Practice (What I do and Why I do it)
Posted in Green witch, pagan, tagged Green witch, green witchcraft, pagan, spirituality, tarot, witch on Wednesday, April 1, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Note: Part 1 is here. Also, I wanted to say that I’m very happy to answer questions about any of this. “Talking to the trees” – living my connection to the land My practice is rooted in the deep connection I feel to the land. Every since I was a kid, I loved to spend [...]
My Pagan Path, Part 1: Becoming a Green Witch
Posted in Green witch, pagan, tagged Green witch, green witchcraft, pagan, spirituality, tarot, witch on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Why I’m writing this The ideas for this essay started bouncing around in my head when I proofread t!’s contribution to Arin‘s upcoming book, Out of the Broom Closet. Then Brendan Myers started asking some very interesting and thought-provoking questions on his blog, and so I’ve been thinking a lot about my pagan path lately. [...]
