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A friend came to take some of my 'donate' books last night. She went home w/ 3 big Aldis bags full. I still have 8 big bags to donate. Going through more shelves later today. Full Disclosure- even w/ this huge book clear-out we don't have enough bookcases, shelf space for books-in-waiting.

dreary day... will be continuing my household 'spring declutter/clear out' in our home library. Yesterday I completed 2 1/2 book cases; filled 6 Aldis shopping bags (the reusable ones) w/ donation books. Close to 50 books heading out (to make room for about 100 'new' books) 😐 #bookaddiction

Beltane baking: Banana Dandelion bread w/ chopped freeze dried strawberries. Dandelion fritters after I finish baking the bread. I gathered them from our meadow & left loads more for the bees. Yesterday I made a jar of spring bitters: dandelions, plantain, dead nettle, cleavers, honey, AC vinegar.

For we know this about May Day , it is the day when all the cut back horns of the old gods grow back. - #CLNolan #MayDay #Beltane

🦝🐷🐰🦊🔥🍎 Blessed Beltane Magickal Full MOON🌕 Summer Is Icumen In☀️

"It puts the cheese slices on the floor." "It. Puts. The. Cheese. On. The. Floor." They were in the living room. Two rooms away. They heard the fridge door close.🙄 #lifewithcats #hermes #isabella

Back before the new year had arrived I set a reading goal for 2026. I'm fitting in small slices of time to just sit and read for a bit. I have 3 books going rn; all different genres: folk horror, spicy dragon related fantasy, mystery. I'm 8 books toward my goal. My reading muscles are coming back.

Doing a spring clear-out. Found something from my 90s era that still fits...lol. I loved these earrings- wore them constantly. I assumed they were lost forever until I found a big bag of old jewellry from the 80s/90s. I went thru it and found these beauties. And yes. I've worn them every day since.

Took this pic 2 years ago... our side yard isn't quite as lush rn. But forsythia is full bloom, daffodills everywhere. Cherry tree will bloom in a week or so. As many of our neighbors take down trees in their yards 😑. I'm grateful for our old timers; witnesses to so much change around here.

I treated myself to this altar cloth last week. It arrived yesterday. Oh my God & Goddess! What a beautiful fabric! Can't wait to set my Beltane altar! 💚✨ I use @spellfire.bsky.social altar cloths all the time throughout my house. So many beautiful patterns. www.spellfiregifts.com/product-page...

Earth is an alien planet.

love this so much. this has always been my cellular feeling/belief in 'how' i am a witch. I never let go of or lost the relationship w/ nature I had as a child. I still live in same land, near the same river. The language and how I listen has evolved...

I need to clean & reorg my studio. I needed to paint more. Kitchen table painting set up.... Taking this formerly just pen & ink piece and giving her some brightness & colour. Queen of The Sun- pen and ink, acrylic on coffin shaped cradled panel 2019 & 2026. #artisresistance #createsomething

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I can't do the 90s thing. I was there. I have pictures. I was a mom, an artist, kinda goth boho But.... when I see this popping up all the time...this is where my head goes: "What were you like in high school in the 80s mom?"

Took my lil'guy to the local park to visit swans, talk to trees and savor this mini visit of spring.

I learnt a new word of Hookland dialect today – wodwak. It's used to describe the sensation that a wood or even a specific tree is watching you. That moment when your psychic skin won't let you deny that bark-browed eyes are upon you. – #MattAdams

Post a photograph you took, no context, to bring some zen to the 'feed'.

Went to Lowes for sanding blocks... came home w/ 🦞tacos for hub and 🦞bisque for me.

Not watching SOTU tonight. I'll be spending the evening with this pile instead. Household decision to not watch that pile of fecal matter lie and whine and posture and prattle. He consumes too much energy, time, space, air, attention, among other things. (I hope someone yells out "Quiet Piggy!")

How I spent my President's Day afternoon... local #iceoutrally in New Windsor NY... not far from the site of The Last Encampment of Washington's Army (1782-1783). That history was in my ❤️ today. #resist

drop an album that was important to you when you were 19

Sunday morning book pile. Finished The Butcher's Daughter; so good! Just started Carmilla.; 1/2 way into The Limehouse Golem. Read a few pages into Necrology (spine w/ a spine); indie publisher. Found Night Fears @ Transom Bookshop in Tarrytown last October. #booksky #indiebookstores #shopindie

Valentine Bark. Dark chocolate, milk chocolate, white chocolate, freeze-dried strawberries & cherries (crushed) and red decorating sugar. Broke my spider ring cutting this into pieces... but spider can be a necklace now🕷️

A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

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Finished my 1st book of 2026: THE HAAR by David Sodergren. Started it a week ago. What a great read! I'm about 1/3 thru The Butcher's Daughter. Taking my time & savouring. Dan Leno & The Limehouse Golem will be book #3. This is self-care; disappearing into books for a bit. #books #horror #mystery

This camera distorted image of my Charlie boy is exactly how I'm feeling about this orange regime & their weak-ass fascist bullsh!t. Also thinking my book choice for 'first read of the new year' is incredibly appropriate. I make excellent pies but this regime is all fat and gristle.

Military helicopter hovering over my neighborhood. ❗❗❗ I live not so very far from this airport.

Hail The Sun! Welcome Winter! The Wheel in motion. Coffee and sunrise w/ my hub. Magickal. Also, favourite. slippers.🔪 no contest.

Hand stitched stockings for a few of our furkids. Winged boot for Hermes. Butter for Buttercup; Egg for Egglantine. Did these while watching Frankenstein & rewatching Bram Stoker's Dracula. Three more stockings in the works. Might rewatch Gothic & Crimson Peak. Any other movie recs?

The holiday display at the entrance to one of my favorite local shopping spots. I'm kind of in love with the Christmas Yeti.

tree 2025; work in progress. Still have to hang ornaments... but for the moment, sitting next to her w/ 1st coffee of the morning is bliss.

Good Morning. We had a sunrise porch visitor this morning. Eating bird seed and nibbling a bit on our Yule/Christmas tree (which overnighted on the porch; going up in the living room today). Charlie-who's usually "Mr. Barkadocious" was so very quiet and trembling watching the deer. 🐶🦌

#caturday Hermes caught me trying to take a pic of him while he was spying on birds and squirrels at the front porch feeders. He's a well-read little fellow; library windows are his favourite bird watching spots.

The holidays are sneaking in. The snow/ice/arctic temps have put the outdoor lights on hold. We'll get our tree this weekend. She'll hold court in the center of that glowing front window. Took that photo of our old farmhouse in the frozen moonlight... classic.

And may she be an even more potent blend of these witchy characters.

This was our little dog pack for quite a few years. Bailey, Carson and Zoey. I hope they're reunited now in whatever beautiful space exists for dog souls. Dogs are a gift and I'll fight anyone who says different.

In the wee hours this morning our Zoey crossed the 🌈. Our hearts hurt. Our home is a little emptier. But when we feel ready, we will keep these words in mind (and heart)... Zoey came to us after our Shelby girl passed... She would want us to pass that love forward again.❤️

I'm sitting here w/ my beautiful, messy,scruffy wonderful old girl as she journeys from this world to the next. She's 19. For the last 3 days we've been taking turns holding her, petting her, telling her how much we love her, thanking the universe for our Zoey girl. #sayinggoodbye #mysweetgirl #zoey

This morning Charlie and I stood in the mist & overcast, watching leaves drifting down on wind gusts; enjoying a quietly beautiful fall moment. Then I ruined it by scooping him up for a picture. Not his favourite thing. But kisses helped a little.

Went to No Kings yesterday in my home-burgh. Hudson Valley area turned out!!! Big time!!! Did two of the local marches; met some other witches... directed admirers of my wonderful hat to the magical maker of said hat: @spellfire.bsky.social #hexthepatriarchy #hexice #nokings #notyrants

I had to get a new phone. My ancient Samsung finally died. The new📱 takes amazing photos-among other things that my old one couldn't. I love the perspective in this pic. We have a library in our home. It's bookishly cozy. Today I'm doing a low level book clear-out. The rainy weather is perfect.

Some day I hope @spellfire.bsky.social will come and have a cuppa (coffee or tea) in my witchy kitchen and we can sit & chat and cackle.☕☕🧡🎃 Good Morning witches... ready for the moon?

New family member. This is Hermes. My son adopted him about 2 weeks ago. He's around 1 year old. Slowly introducing him to the all the human family and some of the other furkids. ❤️

Drop some pumpkins🎃🎃

Hookland is a county of window altars, sill shrines. Transparent declarations for the folkloric forces. This house for the King-Under-the-Sea, this house for the Empress Eel. Those panes roosted by crows proclaim for the cunning and a belief in folk faith magics. – Dr. M. Benn, 1982

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