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Homemade Absynthe
Those who regularly follow my blog know I virtually have a brewery in my home – I blame it on my Black Irish grandfather who was always brewing beer and wines in his cellar. I mainly brew mead, but I...
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Magically Cleaning House
Before the last dark moon I cleaned my house. This doesn’t sound that unusual except that I was cleaning it magically before a ritual which needed the house to be purified. Normally I just add some of...
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Magical Ink Making
“Astros” – Icelandic runestave which protects from all staves I came up with some recipes for magical inks and then got together with my apprentice to make a test batch to see if the method would work....
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Autumn Harvest Soup
The dark half of the year is upon us, spirits come closer to us, and the nights grow cold replacing the friendly warm summer nights with cold darkness that chills the bone. My garden soldiers on...
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Weeds for Witches Part III: Dandelion
Where it Grows: Where is Dandelion not found? With it’s fluffy seeds easily carried by the winds, Dandelion has spread across the world with its deep roots helping it to evade weeding attempts. You...
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New Witches’ Salves
There’s more magic cooking in the witch’s kitchen. I’m making more of my Toadman’s Salve for shapeshifting, hedgecrossing, and communing with a toad familiar. I’ve started another batch of my Genius...
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On Flying Ointments
“Medea” by Anthony Frederick Augustus Sandys, 1868 The majority of questions I receive in emails from fellow witches are about flying ointments so I thought I would write out the information here in...
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The Witch’s Magical Winter Adventure
A very magical couple and dear friends (who I’ll call Thicket and Huntress) picked me up on Thursday and off we went to Granville Island to visit the market and the artisans. We saw dozens upon dozens...
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Whiskey for An Cailleach
I woke up early this morning and the Poisoner had made me tea. “Don’t look outside,” he said. So of course I did. The first snow of the season in this old town. Thick, heavy, fluffy snow, driven hard...
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Wild Violets Taste Like Spring
Wild violets taste like green and purple; clean and fresh, they are like clover, budding leaves, and sunlight. The sun came out for a brief, warm flash and brought spring with it, suddenly, everything...
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Wild Berry Shampoo
Yes, you read the title right –you can make shampoo using berries harvested from the wild! The resulting shampoo doesn’t have the soapy lather or shelf life of commercial shampoos, but it gets the job...
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Pacific Northwest Kyphi
For my challenge of crafting traditional incense using only botanicals native to the Pacific Northwest I decided to try my hand at not just one, but two kyphi recipes: Hawthorn Rose and Rocky...
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Honey Lemon Rose Cake
It was my birthday last week and I was suitably spoiled with a dinner on the patio of Horizons restaurant overlooking a gorgeous view from the top of my mountain with more mountains as far as the eye...
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Midwinter Mulled Mead
To me, nothing is more festive for the winter holidays than mulled anything; mulled cider, mulled wine, and, since I am a mead-maker, I had to make mulled mead. I used a bottle of my sugar pumpkin...
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Herbal Tea Experiments
I managed to avoid all the plagues of my friends all winter so far, but I am apparently not so immune to the plagues of small children and finally succumbed to a cold. There’s nothing I hate more than...
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Weeds for Witches Part III: Dandelion
Where it Grows: Where is Dandelion not found? With it’s fluffy seeds easily carried by the winds, Dandelion has spread across the world with its deep roots helping it to evade weeding attempts. You...
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Guide to Pacific Northwest Incense
Burning botanicals for pleasure, ceremony, and medicine is something we humans have performed for millennia. We just really like to light things on fire and the act never fails to bring us a child-like...
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Forest Chai
Chai tea is a delicious way to start working with local plants. Tailor your own chai recipe with aromatic herbs native to the forests of your region and then learn how to identify, seek out, and...
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