Archive for the ‘making (art, music, food)’ Category

Thinking about magical jewelry

Apologies for lack of posting – I was seriously wiped out by a nasty cold for the last week (and not feeling great for other reasons for a few days before that.) And, of course, I’m about to be out and about for Thanksgiving, and likely not near a computer much if at all.
This did, [...]

On websites and covens

(I do intend to get back to the rest of the Banned Books week postings sometime this week. My brain got eaten last week by other needful things.)
One of those things has been putting together the website for the shiny new coven. You can see the website here, and our Witchvox listing here. So, [...]

Tam Lin, and other momentary diversions

So I could reference it in a post elsewhere, I just posted a version of the Tam Lin story I wrote for a ritual over here (Complete with further explanation!)
I do have more posts with content in progress – the start of the school year always scrambles my brain and my free time a [...]

Bread addendum

Conversation with a friend about my bread recipe reminded me of something.
When I say cinnamon, I actually do mean cinnamon. However, most stuff sold as cinnamon in the US is actually cassia, a closely related tree that’s less expensive to harvest. I tend to prefer actual cinnamon.
I buy almost all of my culinary herbs from [...]

On bread

This is going to get long: I warn you now.
A couple of years ago, I began baking bread. I do it for ritual, I do it to eat at home. I bring it to potlucks (as I mentioned, it’s a money-cheap way to bring something people will love for potluck).
Here’s how I do it, with [...]