As my final post of 2024, I’ll be sharing a newsletter here. You can also sign up for my newsletter by clicking the “Newsletter” button on my website in the top bar. I send this out 2-3 times a year …
Wrapping up 2024 – Newsletter
Thriving in the Anthropocene: A Druid’s Garden Guide to Visioning, Caring, and Living in this Age
The question that many of us have on our minds is: How do we thrive in this age? There’s a lot to be concerned about. We are seeing the descent of many countries globally into fascism with extremist leaders being …
Kindness as a Radical Act
One of the things I’ve been thinking and writing about a lot on this blog is a holistic approach to living in the age of the Anthropocene. Wendell Berry has argued in multiple books, including the Unsettling of America: Culture and …
Harvesting by the Wheel of the Seasons
The wheel of the year is a principle that many in the druid traditions think about in terms of seasonal celebrations. The wheel is different for people living in different ecosystems, and one of the things you can do is …
Paper Wasps, Care and Gratitude
Here on our homestead tucked in the mountains of Western Pennsylvania, we have a wonderful greenhouse made from recycled materials. The base is a carport my friend had her farm and offered the greenhouse to me when she moved. This …
Observation, Nature Connection, and the Bardic Arts
Learning and connecting with nature is a big part of practicing any kind of nature-based spirituality. As we know in the druid tradition, a multitude of ways exists to connect to nature. In order to connect with nature on a …
Developing Your Intuition
What is intuition? How do we develop it, and why does it matter? In this post, I want to share some techniques for developing your intuition, particularly surrounding nature and natural settings, and some techniques and practices that you can …
Using Elemental & Magical Frameworks for Daily Herbal Formulation – Herbalism Series
In today’s post, I share an approach to herbal formulation that basically combines western magical systems (like the seven-element system) with herbal formulation and crafting herbal blends. This is essentially a synthesis of magical frameworks and herbal practices. A version …
Making Mullein Torches (Hag Candles): A Magical Samhain Tradition
I’ve always wanted to make mullein torches–which go by several colorful names: mullein wands, mullein torch, mullein candle, the hag taper, the hag candle, witch’s candle, Jupiter rods, candlewick, king’s candle, or even the holy mullein hag wand! These mullein …
Embracing the Wonder of Nature
It is a cold evening, quite cold for early October here in Western Pennsylvania, with the temperature dropping quickly as the sun sets. I knew that tonight would be the night I might get to see the Aurora Borealis for …
Ditch the Screen, Embrace the Green, Part II: Taking Action!
When you grow up in a modern civilization, you become “conditioned” to believe that the way you live is the way everyone lives, or that’s just how things are done. You are made to assume that’s just how it is. …
Ditch the Screen, Embrace the Green Part I: Five Arguments for the Elimination of Screens
Today I want to talk about the idea of “Ditch the screen, embrace the green!” which is a mantra I created for myself some months ago. This little mantra helps me regulate my use of technology, makes me regularly get …
Exploring Magical Wheels, Seasons, and Cycles: Free Moon and Sun Wheels for Your Use
Here we are again, at the Equinox. In my ecosystem in the Northern Hemisphere, we are standing at the point between the light half of the year and the dark half of the year, as the pumpkins and squash ripen, …
Journeying into Deep Medicine, Magic, and Connection: A Comfrey Initiation
As I’ve shared before, I have personally gotten so much depth and connection from working directly with the earth for healing food, and medicine, and meeting my needs. More than just knowing or being out in nature, using nature to …
Metaphysical Land Healing: A Druid’s Garden Guide
My last Druid Garden guide covered physical land healing, tied to regeneration, rewilding, permaculture, wildtending, and refugia gardening. These are the practices that allow us to connect with the land deeply with our hands in the soil and love in …
The Awen from Nature: Catching Stories, Paintings, Songs, and other Creations from the Land
Throughout the ages, poets, writers, musicians, painters and many others sought inspiration from the land for their creative works. For the ancient poet Taliesin, the Awen was found in nature–in the voice in the wind and the babble of the …
Cultivating a Whimsical Life
As a part-time member of the Goose flock, I walk in the back of the line of geese we make our way to swim in the creek. I say hello to the berry bushes and hazelnuts that are ripening, playing …
Herbal Supports for Living in the Anthropocene and Dealing with Climate Anxiety
Last week was a powerful week for storytelling and sharing our anxiety, stress, and fear over climate change and living in the age of the Anthropocene. I really want to thank everyone for holding space for each other last week. …
Reflecting on Climate Change and Processing the Grief of Experience
Come gather ’round peopleWherever you roamAnd admit that the watersAround you have grownAnd accept it that soonYou’ll be drenched to the boneIf your time to you is worth savin’And you better start swimmin’Or you’ll sink like a stoneFor the times …
Medicinal Mushrooms: Reishi or Hemlock Varnish Shelf (Ganoderma Tsugae)
Mushrooms are some of the most magical and medicinal beings on the planet–they are in their own kingdom, and are related more closely to us than to plants or trees! I’ve been doing a deep dive into the study of …
Artificial Intellingence (AI) Tarot and Astrology Readings: A Bad Idea!
Artificial Intelligence has been in common use for a little under two years, and while it is certainly useful in certain industries and domains, it is also currently being used in ways that are problematic. The problem with this technology …