Returning to Thoughts in Blog Form…Maybe
I spend entirely too much time spewing my thoughts all over social media and I may have lost the knack of blogging. I used to do it every day when I first started. But there’s something about my...
View ArticleDays of Weird Dread
I’ve talked to so many people in the last few days who are kind of getting on with their lives while also looking over their shoulder with a kind of existential dread. So strange to hold all these...
View ArticleAnother Wednesday
Before Covid and a decimated travel schedule, I rarely watched TV. I’ve watched enough in the last 10 months to probably last me the rest of my life. Today was no exception. We went to the grocery...
View ArticleBooking It
I have a book to read tomorrow. It’s called “Seasons of a Magical Life: a Pagan Way of Living.” It’s coming out in August, from Weiser Books. Yeah, it’s my book. My new, new book. Let me explain. Back...
View ArticleI Like Words
While I’m learning this new editor program and trying to retrain myself to blog regularly, these blogposts will consist of words. No fancy-ass staged photos, softly focused and featuring items that...
View ArticleDawn Like Thunder
I would have written yesterday but I drank too much champagne and spent far too much time on Facebook where I and a million other people were holding our collective breath until the transition from the...
View ArticleMy Legs Got Shaky
Today I worked in the garden for a while. The weather was bright and not windy and I had an important mission. Years ago we planted a wee liriope border at the spring perennials bed. And then I planted...
View ArticleAlmost Imbolc
It’s time to settle back into our celebratory year and get ready for Imbolc, for Brigid’s day. I’m going to post some ideas for how-tos, some Facebook Live videos, and some personal and group rituals....
View ArticleDo Your Work
Honestly, I feel like an old fuddy-duddy sometimes–the nagging mom of the Pagan community–but my patience is running out on the constant bickering. “I and the other Cool Kids do it (whatever it is)...
View ArticleChangeable as the Weather
We are having a perfectly beautiful day today–bright and warm. I’m doing laundry and hanging it out and hope to get some gardening in after we record our Wyrd Mountain Gals podcast. A red-tailed hawk...
View ArticleBrigid, River Woman
This is an essay written a few years back. Brigid is Written in the Water It’s almost Imbolc and I am sitting here, thawing my feet after an outdoor ceremony. We invoked Her Name, as Protector of the...
View ArticleRoots, Branches and Spirits Book Launch Tonight
I’ll be live tonight talking about my new book Roots, Branches and Spirits. 6PM Eastern from our wonderful independent bookstore Malaprop’s webpage. You need to rsvp for the link so please do that...
View ArticleWhat A Long Strange Week It Was
A week ago tonight, Malaprop’s Bookstore hosted a launch party for my new book, “Roots, Branches, and Spirits.” We had a fun time (including a trivia contest) and celebrated a new book in the world. On...
View ArticleLet the Sunshine In, Covid Edition
I acknowledge them in my heart and in my altar time. Prayers of blessing, prayers of remembrance. The post Let the Sunshine In, Covid Edition appeared first on My Village Witch.
View ArticleSo I wrote this book…
I was well chuffed, as my English friends say. The post So I wrote this book… appeared first on My Village Witch.
View ArticleFind the Work You Love
I always advise people to find the pieces of the world that fire their passion, that grab them in their hearts and seize their souls. Even if the circumstance require you to work a job because of the...
View ArticleThree Sharp Pencils
I started by sketching some things on the table--a glass, a spoon and a crumpled up piece of paper. The post Three Sharp Pencils appeared first on My Village Witch.
View ArticleTo The Moon
Since the Plague Years changed how we do things, I’ve been doing online rituals a couple of times a month. I do a Full Moon guided meditation for Mother Grove Goddess Temple and a Dark Moon working...
View ArticleWinter. Summer. Winter. repeat
We had our usual cold snap this past weekend–the one we call dogwood winter. Experienced gardeners in the area know which plants can reasonably be expected to survive temperatures in the 20s for a...
View ArticleSummer in the Country
Alex Bledsoe and I are both pondering whether the era of bloggery is drawing to a close. Certainly I have not been engaged with this process in several years. I began blogging at my local newspaper’s...
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