It’s Weed Appreciation Day! Unless you use chemicals on your yard, you’ve probably got a few useful ones. My yard includes Plantain, Nettle, Chickweed and … Dandelion. I love Dandelions, and not just because I used to blow on...
If you’ve been reading this blog for any length of time, you’ll know that I’m a history buff – especially if it has anything to do with herbs. This last week I rediscovered an old friend: Brother Cadfael. My only...
If this two-volume set isn’t in your herbal library, it should be. Originally published in 1931, reprinted by Dover in 1971 and updated with cross-referencing and an index in 1982, Mrs. M(aud) Grieve gives a wealth of information on...
Stress … everyone feels it to one extent or another. Science knows that stress affects not only mental health but bodily health as well. Long term stress can weaken your immune system, making you vulnerable to infections, heart disease...
I stole the blog title from a thread title on a forum. I’m shameless that way. That particular thread tied in nicely with some research I’d recently read on baneful herbs. (I really am working on book number three in between tax...
A Facebook post by a friend got me to thinking … She was asking if we (her friends) think magic should continue to be kept secret or if all the sharing of spells, rituals, etc., on the Internet and in books is a good thing. To my way of...
I posted a little something on my Facebook page last night about honey made by bees from the flowers of Rhododendrons being potentially toxic. It created such a firestorm of “whoa”, I thought I’d share some more of my notes...
I bought our holiday tree yesterday. (Yes, damn it, in this house it’s a HOLIDAY tree. We celebrate the Winter Solstice with it; a few days later, Christmas with the Christians in the family; and several days after that, Yule.) As I was...
I’m still recovering from my whirlwind trip to New Orleans and the 2011 New Orleans Witches’ Ball. What a blast! My hat’s off to Cairelle, Sarah, Camille and the rest of the committee. Didn’t make it this year? Save up for...
If you haven’t seen my Facebook page or Twitter feed in the last week, you missed my post that the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in Glasgow have scanned an 18th century herbal, thought to be from lowland Scotland. It’s...
Witches use oils for a variety of things: anointing ourselves, candles or tools; or in an oil warmer for aroma and vibrations during a spell or meditation are just some of the applications. How does one decide which essential and base oils to...
Let me say straight out that I suck at weather magic. I know why, too. I’m always worried about the consequences elsewhere if I try to change what’s happening in my teensy corner of the world. We need rain but there might be someone...
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