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but still my heart is heavy
Probably going to revamp this blog yet again to try and make it more inclusive of my entire life.
The kind of cool aunt or neighborhood witch who your parents don't exactly want you hanging around with because she's a witch, but they don't stop you, because she also feeds you sometimes and they know you're safe from any asshole neighborhood boys when you're at her house or with her
LIFE GOALS.
No seriously, this is my life goal.
I want to be the neighborhood witch who bakes tasty food for potlucks and gives good advice, who the parents don’t always approve of because of that WITCHCRAFT business (even though some of them sneak over to ask for charms every now and again) but who they accept because the kids all instinctively love and trust her and come to her house if they need help…or a snack. I want those parents to know that their children would always be safe with me, because anyone who tried to harm them would lose a hand before I allowed them to raise it to a child in my neighborhood.
I want to be the mother bear who young people come to when they have trouble with their SOs, the house where battered women know they will be safe, and the place where runaway pets somehow turn up safe and sound even after all hope is lost. I want to be that tough, ageless Auntie who stands in the doorway with a baseball bat and orders a violent drunk to get the hell off my property while their partner is safe inside my house.
I want to be a person who makes the word “witch” synonymous with strength and kindness and resourcefulness; with knowledge and cunning and witty platitudes; with gardens and knowing grins and stony-eyed glares that stop troublemakers cold; with warm cookies and sweet tea and a gentle hand to squeeze your own across the table or patch up a scuffed knee.
I want to be a witch who inspires others to take up the craft and better their corner of the world with it, whatever that means to them.
I made this post over three years ago. And it’s every bit as true today as it was then. I like to think I’m coming along nicely. :)
I’ve gotten a couple questions about whether or not I’ll make copies of my grimoire for sale, so I decided to transfer it all digitally in order to print it out as a book and maybe sell copies :) here’s page 1!
100 ways to incorporate magick in your daily life.
1. When you wake up, before grabbing your phone or getting out of bed, take a few seconds to breathe, and stretch all your limbs.
2. Say ‘’thank you’’ to your god/goddess/deity, or simply to acknowledge how lucky you are to live another day.
3. Open the window regardless of the weather and take a big breath of fresh air. This will not only cleanse the room but also your body.
4. If it’s raining outside or snowing, take a minute to admire the beauty of it.
5. Pick wildflowers.
6. Dry said wildflowers and put them in your Book of Shadows or any book or journal you are using.
7. Go for a walk in nature during the day and during the night as well.
8. Sunbathe.
9. Moonbathe.
10. Light lots of candles.
11. If your room needs a cleaning, try to make your own household products naturally using your favorite scents and clean your room with them.
12. Change your bed sheets and pillowcases.
13. If you have a clothing line, hang your clothes, blankets, sheets, comforters, pillowcases, underwear outside. Visualize the wind cleansing them.
14. Grow your own favorite herbs.
15. Buy a succulent.
16. Dry your herbs and save them for bath magick, spells, teas or rituals.
17. Sweep the floor and visualize yourself sweeping off all negativity out of the room.
18. Sprinkle sea salt over areas that you feel have a negative energy to purify them.
19. Make your own purifying/cleansing spray.
20. Take a hot, soothing bath. I am a sea witch so I find this particularly helpful when I miss the ocean/the beach. (Don’t forget to add herbs, essential oils, sea salt, flowers, crystals, or anything that has magickal properties for a magickal bath)
21. Sip a cup of your favorite herbal tea.
22. For kitchen witches, try brewing your own tea, and cooking meals with intention and magickal ingredients.
23. Make charm bags.
24. Water your herb garden by hand.
25. Show the people you love that you love them.
26. Show some love to your pets and spend a few extra minutes with them.
27. Hang a dream catcher by your bed.
28. Keep a small bag of your favorite herb (for example: lavender) in a drawer, so when you feel stressed, just pop the bag open for a deep breath of calming aromatherapy.
29. When you take a shower, visualize the water neutralizing your energy and washing off all the bad stuff.
30. Bless your morning coffee or tea.
31. Keep a daily journal, whether it’s a Book of Shadows, a daily planner/organizer or a dream journal.
32. If you wanna be low-key and discrete about your craft, draw small sigils all over everything. Your school notebooks, pencil cases, journals, shoes, etc.
33. Read lots of books about magick and form your own opinion/path/views/beliefs.
34. If you read fictional stories, allow yourself to get lost in them and let your mind wander and escape.
35. Put on your favorite clothes, makeup, shoes, or whatever little thing that makes you feel fabulous, even if you’re staying in.
36. Be proud of your body.
37. Practice self-care.
38. Take time to unplug and spend time with yourself. (that includes smartphones, iPads, laptops, tablets, desktops, and all electronics/little gadgets we lug around on a daily basis.
39. Go to the beach
40. Go to the forest.
41. Go to the desert.
42. Go to the mountains.
43. If it’s warm outside, make a bonfire and admire the flames. If it’s winter and you have a fireplace, light it up.
44. Go somewhere you’ve never visited before.
45. Go camping if you can, by yourself or with friends.
46. Stargaze.
47. Breathe.
48. Dance.
49. Dance in the rain.
50. Sing.
51. Go outside on a snowstorm.
52. Plant a vegetable garden, even if it’s just a pot of tomatoes.
53. Walk barefoot and feel the earth under your feet.
54. Pull weeds.
55. Adopt an animal from the shelter.
56. Practice yoga.
57. Eat healthy, but if you wanna eat that last piece of cake, do it. Life is short.
58. Exercise.
59. Start a new hobby.
60. Mix your own perfume.
61.Make your own candle.
62. Make your own essential oil.
63. Make your own soap.
64. Lay down and listen to your favorite music. (Mine is video music, it’s just soothing for me.
65. Take a day just for you without answering the phone.
66. Pick dandelions and make a wish.
67. Carry crystals/stones with your in your pocket.
68. Learn how to do tarot readings.
69. Collect rain, sun, snow water.
70. Plant lavender or rosemary for protection and luck.
71. Bless your kitchen utensils, such as spatulas and wooden spoons, that all the food you make with them will promote healing and love.
72. Charge your crystals under the full moon.
73. Have tantric sex with a loving partner.
74. Carve sigils into the sand at the beach and let the tides release them into the universe.
75. Re-arrange your altar.
76. Keep track of your sleep and menstrual cycles and moods to see how the moon phases affect you.
77. Be open minded to the retrogrades.
78. Go outside on any phase of the moon and take in all its beauty.
79. Keep your pendulum with you as a necklace so you’re always ready to do a little scrying.
80. Burn sage or cedar first thing in the morning to start your day off fresh.
81. Look for constellations and learn them.
82. Paint sigils on your mailbox.
83. Hang wood chimes, or a silver bell on your front door knob for luck.
84. Tuck a sprig of lavender under your pillow before bed to promote peaceful sleep.
85. Watch a meteor shower with someone you care about.
86. Buy new candles.
87. Water your plants in your garden counterclockwise to banish negativity from the space.
88. Paint your nails a color associated with the intention of your spell or ritual before you begin so that your hands become your wand.
89. Plant red geraniums by your front door as this is a traditional sign of witches.
90. Bless more than water and crystals on the night of the full moon: set out your essential oils, nail polish, or a special bottle of champagne too.
91. Dry your vegetables or plants and incorporate them into a charm bag.
92. Wash your windows with moon water for extra clarity.
93. Use sun water when you brew tea for a magickal experience.
94. Stir sugar into your tea or coffee with intention, willing sweetness into your day and life.
95. Draw sigils or write a brief protection spell on the inside of your dog or cat’s collar.
96. Soak in a milk bath (or just soak your fingers in a bowl of warm milk) on the full moon to embrace the feminine energy. Plus you’ll come away with silky, soft skin.
97.Hang up palmistry and astrology charts in your home for easy reference and pretty, witchy decor.
98. Line your windowsills with protective crystals.
99. Make smudge sticks for the seasons, using chamomile buds for spring, lavender for summer, sage for fall and pine for winter.
100. Just be you and love yourself. Don’t forget you are made of stardust. You are magickal and amazing.
mountain asks
moon: what is your astrological sign?
gingerbread: your moral alignment
birdseed: family or friends?
sheets: your sexual orientation
warm milk: when do you usually fall asleep?
pot of honey: your gender identity
snow: what is your favorite time of year and why?
yarn: what are your most enjoyable hobbies?
bicycle: what are you talented at?
folktale: what stories remind you of your childhood?
woods: where do you feel at peace?
chicken feet: what is your emotional “flaw”?
red cheeks: what makes you nervous?
sunflower: what do you love and cherish?
bells: what sounds are your favorite or calm you the most?
turnip: what is a food you could eat everyday?
spit: do you get jealous easily?
mushroom: list unique things you like about yourself
cupboard: a good childhood memory
eyebags: what do you think makes a person attractive?
fallen log: something you’ve gotten over that you never thought you would
dagger: your worst fear
whisper: do you have any secrets?
wild boar: which person do you feel closest to?
sweet: what candies or cakes are you fond of?
footprints: do you remember your past lives?
fur: name an animal you feel connected to
vodka: do you drink?
sour cherry: an obscure tradition from your family?
pine needles: what is your favorite scent?
heart-shaped: do you believe in love? are you in love?
home: where do you dream of living?
spice: list your favorite herbs
mud: something you’re insecure about but trying to love
tobacco: do you have any addictions?
sock: how would you describe your clothing taste?
cuckoo clock: are you a morning, a noon, or an evening person?
wooden fence: a favorite memory
concept: in fifty years i’m an old witch and i tend to my garden all morning and cook fresh vegetables for lunch and watch the sea all afternoon with an old cat named bertha
So apparently in Skyrim, if you just eat all your stolen items in between the “wait I know you” and actually getting arrested, the guard will just… walk away???
I LEGITIMATELY DOWNLOADED AND INSTALLED SKYRIM JUST TO TEST THIS.
I COULDNT STOP LAUGHING AFTERWARDS.
You do know you can just… keep walking, right? Also why are you only stealing food items???
1) it’s not about the fact that you can keep walking
2) it’s not about playing properly only stealing food
It’s about CAN YOU, if your only stolen items are food, eat them all and get out of being arrested. The answer is yes.
If you’re trying to make this into some sort of logic or reason thing you are not playing Skyrim correctly my dude.
It’s about the mental image of a guard starting to apprehend you, watching you devour three cheese wheels in like half a second (presumably looking him dead in the eyes as you do), and deciding that he is not getting paid enough to deal with this bullshit.
Some beautiful mushrooms from my last trip to Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park in Northern California. (November 2017)
🔮Shoutout to my underaged witches who can’t afford to let other people know about them. 🔮Shoutout to the people who picked up a book one day and decided to call themselves a witch. 🔮Shoutout to the witches who started learning from a young age and didn’t give up even when people told you to. 🔮Shoutout to the witches who were told they were invalid and yet are still witches. 🔮Shoutout to the people supporting witches of any age, gender, race, sexuality, size, or shape. 🔮Shoutout to the witches that do stuff on their own terms. 🔮Shoutout to the witches who don’t want to be defined for just what they practice and believe in.
You. Are. Valid. No matter what ANYONE may say against it.
I just hope this gives people having a hard time accepting themselves as a witch a little more hope. It doesn’t matter what you do or what you did to get you here, you are an important witch and I love you. -Max
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I just want to yell so many good things about Britney Spears. Look at this parenting right here; rather than just twist their arms and tell the ‘smile or no McFlurry on the drive home’ she’s checking if her little boys are comfortable with the cameras and attention and if not, no problem baby boy, you go chill. And I have no problem with her staying to get more pictures, especially not when her other adorable kid wants to. I mean, it’s her job up to a point. And we all know for a fact she probably watched the film with both the little bugs in her lap anyway.
Considering what she dealt with and went through in front of paps….god, I love her.
people can say what they want about her supposed meltdown, but frankly, that entire ‘episode’ always made perfect sense to me. she and i are of an age, and no matter how young or old i was, i always understood perfectly why she did it, and thought it was utter bullshit that a court could order what they did, instead of reprimanding the many, many people that felt so entitled to her that they drove her to extremes just to get 5 seconds of peace.
and now seeing this kind of thing? she has just gotten more awesome.
i remember reading how she got herself a tutor so she could help her kids with their homework. not got THEM a tutor, but she got herself one because she wanted to be the one helping them. that’s a+++ parenting right there ok?
This makes me so happy :’)
She got a court order because she was, by her own admission, raising her kids like her mother raised her. The judge sent her to therapy and parenting classes to work out all of the horrible stage-mother bullshit she had to live through. I mean, she thought it was normal to give her kids cough syrup and whiskey so they’d sleep, because it’s what her mother gave her to knock her out when she got rowdy.
I think Britney is a great role model for adult abused children and is living proof that you are not trapped in the cycle of abuse.
The purest 90s kid experience is being so happy for Britney Spears in her new life
given how little Britney was ever asked what she wanted, I find this to be evidence of an astounding woman.
She’s proof that no matter how low you go, you can always get back up.
Today’s International Self-Injury Awareness Day, so I wanted to make something. All alternatives are taken from this post, go there for more!
Remember that I love you, and I’m here for you. Please be safe.