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Welcoming Beltane with sparkling wine and garden picnics
Hello dear readers, I write to you from my office today, where the floor is strewn with fabric that was once a bedsheet and will now become both a dress and a wrap skirt. I have with me a mason jar of iced peach tea, and a bowl of raspberries bought just this morning. Outdoors,…
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Drawing inward to be a better human
Hello dear readers, I write to you from a different place this week: my ancient orange armchair, passed down to me through my mom’s side of the family. It’s actually near midnight on Saturday, with a too-late coffee keeping me up. This was partially on purpose, because I’m one of those people who stays up…
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Welcoming Ostara with spring cleaning, decluttering, and tarot spreads
Hello dear readers, I write to you once again from my kitchen desk, sun streaming in through the window. The upcoming week is meant to be one long, torrential downpour, but for now, signs of spring creep in. On our walk last night¹, I saw my first daffodils of the season, along with an abundance…
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Celebrating Imbolc in 2026: A note on traditions & expectations
Hello dear readers, Something I’ve been thinking about as Imbolc looms is that I’m never quite sure how to celebrate it. That’s not to say that there aren’t specific, long-standing traditions—more that those traditions haven’t always felt right for me. A little background: I’ve never been all that good at rules, or guidelines for that…
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Softening into the season: gifts from the kitchen & Yule celebrations
Hello dear readers, I write this to you from my favourite coffee shop with a gingerbread latte. B and I made a trip to the craft store—silver paint for me, chainmail materials for her—and are now settling in to write for a couple hours. Except we’re distracted, looking up unlined journals for our 2026 project:…
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How to live a quiet life
We see it everywhere now, the idealized quiet life: slow mornings drinking coffee on the deck; lazy afternoons lying in the grass, or swimming languidly in a lake; whole weekends dedicated to reading, or writing, or painting until we fall asleep. What these versions of the quiet life are missing is just how we’re supposed…
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Breaking up with Instagram: a long-overdue social media break
Before we begin: I film videos on herbalism, gardening, crafting, and general life things! You can watch my most recent video here: Breaking up with Instagram Today’s post is a case of planning on writing one thing and ending up with another. This is largely due to the fact that, last Sunday night, I got…
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How to celebrate Lughnasadh / Lammas in 2024: Welcoming the Harvest
How to celebrate Lughnasadh or Lammas in 2024: Welcoming the Harvest Early August is by far my favorite time of year: the garden is overflowing with vegetables, goldenrod and sunflowers are blooming, and the sun is setting a little earlier each day—autumn is on its way. Along with this time of year comes Lughnasadh, or…
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Why Time is Never Wasted
Why time is never wasted Recently, I’ve been going through a lot of changes. Things I spent lots of time learning, thinking I’d be using them for the foreseeable future, have been thrown to the wayside. To say it more clearly, I’ve decided that the university training I took—that I spent years of energy on—wasn’t…
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How to celebrate Litha in 2024: Celebrating the Beginning of Summer
How to celebrate Litha in 2024: celebrating the beginning of summer If you’re lucky—and are in the northern hemisphere—summer has been showing its bright face in your corner of the world. Poppies are blooming, birds are singing in the trees in early morning, and the light is staying just a bit longer each day. Along…
