Goblin’s Quest

Hoarding & Hunting, Hoary & Haunting! Grizzled & Grumpy, Grubby & Grimy! Mossy & Moldy, Musty & Murky! Frizzy & Frazzled, Frantic & Free!

[goblinwixard]

“They call me R’oak Bristlebess.

I was named in the shadow of a toppled oak,

where a beetle worked the wood into soil and the leaves wore a hundred shapes.

Some say the name was given.

Others say I stole it.

The forest hasn’t corrected them.”

Welcome to Goblin’s Quest
Some folk are born goblin. Others dig their way into it.
I was both.

Once, long ago, I roamed the woods with a sharp eye and a silly grin, pockets heavy with stones, bottle caps and beetle shells. Then the black cloud came, and for a long while I forgot where I’d hidden myself. Epilepsy took the map. BPD scattered the compass.

But here I am, following the scent of damp earth back to my own burrow.
This is a record of the finding—my finding.
Of turtle shells and toadlings, bristled leaves and beetle wings.
Of crafting a life that feels like home to the goblin I’ve always been.

May what you find here put a smile in your heart and a chuckle in your belly. Wander the woods with me. Let’s scavenge the dark places and find a brighter light together.

[goblinwixard]

My carrion flower started blooming! YAY! 🎉

This flower brings me such joy, year after year! And draws lots of flies 🪰🪰🪰

Stapelia Grandiflora - 08/31/2025

[goblinwixard]

Raaaawg-a-bligle-blarrgh!! 😝

Are you kidding me?!? An actual, real life Goblincore coloring book? Waaah! The treasure-spirits have smiled upon me!! 🤩

[goblinwixard]

If you have to ask yourself, “Am I wearing enough jewelry and trinkets,” it’s not enough!

One aspect of goblin/gremlincore is about living your “strange” and putting it all out there where you can enjoy it despite what society says is acceptable. There no such thing as too much!

I’m currently building my jewelry hoard. I’ve got plans to make some more neck-treasure and trinkets from scavenged shinies. Look out for updates.

[goblinwixard]

Here’s my bottle haul from my camping trip to Lake Ouachita. A tall 7UP and a short green one which is probably 7UP as well. I remember those short soda bottles as a kid, back in the 80s. They had Styrofoam labels on them. I used the enjoy peeling them off of the bottles… so satisfying! There are a few alcohol, hip bottles shaped to fit in your back pocket. There are a few Listerine bottles, a square cologne bottle and an interesting shaped jar, which kind of looks to me like a Gray Poupon jar. The Listerine bottles have cracks in them. I’m not sure I’ll keep them. They may just end up shattering.

I’m really digging the whole bottle hoarding thing! I found a tutorial on how to turn clear bottles into colored ones by painting the insides. I might do that with some of the plain ones. 

[goblinwixard]

Here is my walking stick after the stripping and sanding are finished. After stripping the bark off and bringing it inside, a huge split formed along the entire handle. The perfectionist in me is really broken up about this. However, I am on the goblin path now and such things are a gift. It is helping me to see the uniqueness, chaos, and imperfection in it and to know that such things are beautiful. I’m realizing there is a lot of “allowing“ that happens along this goblin journey. I’m also having to do a lot of allowing with my appearance, but that is the subject for another post.

 I have decided on a name for my woody familiar —Plumshod! At first I thought using “plum“ was a bit obvious, being as it came from a plum tree. However, now I see that it is reverence to its essence. Acknowledging its true nature. I’m not sure why I chose Shod. It came to me instantly and felt natural. It has a more goblin ring to it then something like “plum blossom”. Although its meaning would be “dressed in plum.” anyway, when I speak its name, it feels alive to me and that is what’s important. The more I see the aliveness in the little things, the closer I come to revealing my goblin nature.

I plan to apply several coats of tung oil, then polish it with beeswax. This will create a flexible yet water tight seal. For now, I plan to decorate it minimally. I like moving silently through the woods, so I don’t want a bunch of bells and trinkets clanging against it. There is a small hole in a knot on its handle. I’m thinking of gluing a little glass eye there. I’m also going to decorate it with a few rawhide braided-knots. I especially plan to put a rawhide braid on the handle to try and keep it from splitting further. I’ve been debating on what to do with the split in the handle. I feel I have three choices: let it be and simply allow the oil to flow into the gap, fill it with commercial wood filler, or using an old process taken from ship building which fills the gap with natural rope fiber. At the moment, I’m leaning towards filling it with rope fiber to keep out dirt which might cause problems down the line. Already, I can feel a bond growing between me and Plumshod. 

[goblinwixard]

DUM-DUNT-DA-DAAAAH!! 🎺

Introducing! My new walking stick, staff and woody familiar! 💚

I’ve just whittled off the bark and have some cleaning-up to do before I start shaping. I’m not yet sure how I want to shape it though. I saved this branch when I pruned my plum tree a few years ago. It will need a name. Hmmmmm…

Stay tuned.

August 5, 2025.

[goblinwixard]

Slippery and slimy, sluggy-snail. Lemme kiss your eyestalk, lemme pinch your tail!

💋🐌

August 13, 2025. Lake Ouachita Vista Trail.

[goblinwixard]

Aaaarrgh-a-phlagm!! I can’t believe it! What a gobby treasure find this was! And guess what… bones!

Boney-bone-bones!!

Not the whole skeleton, unfortunately. But, I did get the intact skull, lower jaw, one limb, and a few tiny vertebrae. The shell was completely intact and the pelvis was stuck inside.

🧌

[goblinwixard]

Waaaahh! So cute TOADY!! 🐸

This time of year there are so many baby toadlings scampering across the trail. Mostly Fowler’s Toads. I’m guessing this one is too.

August 4, 2025. Lake Ouachita Vista Trail.