the witch’s cottage

queer. crafty. nocnym bytem.

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the great thing about being a fiber artist is that you can wake up one day and say “i want to look like a pigeon” and then you design a pigeon poncho

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i hope everyone, but esp brennan lee mulligan, is enjoying the parallels between darkness man (ccod) and captain kp hob (acofaf) absolutely bodying trees on hyper-successful rolls

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Other boys:

HJ Wingstreet:

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to “drink the blood of caine and fight to the death atop the golden gate bridge” is the single gayest thing you can proposition another person with

my boys are marriedddddd

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a supernatural middle age writer/lit professor shooting her shot with:

if you don’t mind robbing the cradle, you’re welcome to spend the night

ESTELLE LAURENT, THE WOMAN THAT YOU ARE

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finally finished the butterfly top by mae crochets

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Pictures of a recent project!! Trans quilt!!!

It’s a lap quilt, so not super big. I started and finished this in one night, working on it for 8 hours straight, and I’m really glad I did cause I’m so happy with the outcome.

Can’t wait to bring this with me to festival booths and pride :)

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2026 Whimsy Quests

what's more fun than stressful new year resolutions? whimsical side quests. here are some side quests i hope to embark on this year.

relearn how to use my sewing machine

start roller skating again

knit a pair of socks (they don't need to be wearable)

expand my native and herb gardens

pet a worm

try 5 new (to me) local restaurants

write a song

revamp my crafting space

take a trip to a kitschy tourist location

get in a creek, river, or lake as often as possible

have friends teach me to identify local mushroom species

commune with the moss

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three months in…

and many a quest has been had!

• roller skated for approximately two minutes before admitting to myself that the skates i thrifted are ancient and completely shot

• planted catnip, lemon balm, dill, oregano, thyme, chive, and cilantro (also bought some native seed packets that i’ll sow once the weather permits)

• pet a worm!!!!

• tried more than five new-to-me restaurants thanks to lovely friends who know all the good spots and make for wonderful company

• the weather hasn’t been conducive to fully submerging into local bodies of water, but i haven’t passed up the opportunity to walk along a nice creek or lake when i’ve encountered them

• the moss is attempting to teach me the perfect balance between softness and resilience

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walking around work with yaoi in one pocket and a freshly hatched baby chick in the other. both are relevant to my job. dreams do come true, kids.

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i was informed that the ides of march is one of tumblr’s most important holidays so…

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"The Atlantic Is An Eldritch God"

Watercolor, 16x20". 2025

For "Nautical Horizons," a group show by Poetic Tiger Gallery

Available

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i’m wrongdogging life

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It's been a while since I bombarded you all with a swarm of beetle photos. So here are some beetles I've stitched, including some little peeks under 'the hood'. :D

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finally ready to part with these originals. they are up on the site <3

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saw this right after my dentist appointment where they told me i need my wisdom teeth removed. 10/10 no notes.

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magnet poem magnet poem magnet poem

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i’m reading Grapes of Wrath (as one does in such a political and socioeconomic climate). the human experience of suffering under capitalism transcends time and space and makes me feel so connected to this man who lived and died long before i was ever born. humans struggle. humans persevere. we get hungry, we feed our neighbors, we struggle to pack up our lives and move on.

anyway, here are a couple lines that definitely haven’t made me cry in public:

"I don’t even know what I mean by holy ... I can’t say no grace like I use to say. I'm glad of the holiness of breakfast. I’m glad theres love here. That’s all." (81)

“And this is easy and efficient. So easy that the wonder goes out of the work, so efficient that the wonder goes out of the land and the working of it, and with the wonder the deep understanding and the relation. For nitrates are not the land, nor phosphates and the length of fiber in the cotton is not the land. Carbon is not a man, nor salt nor water nor calcium. He is all these, but he is much more, much more; and the land is so much more than its analysis.” (115)

if anyone needs me, i’m gonna go bury myself in some dirt for a bit and think about how people have always been people and we’ve all walked on the same ground and looked up at the same sky.

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Albert Dubout - A Cat