Magickal Writing 101

I’m starting to work through the exercises for the book Crafting Magick with Pen and Ink: Learn to Write Stories, Spells and Other Magickal Works by Susan Pesznecker The first exercise is this: Imagine you’re sitting in a Magickal Writing 101 class, and it’s your turn to introduce yourself. Write an imagined introduction telling about … Read more

Spinning the Festival in

At the Goddess Festival last year, I took a little over 4 ounces of blended fiber and spun all event on a spindle.   It was an amazing experience!  All the different experiences from the festival were spun into that yarn .. the fantastic rituals, the fire dancing, the amazing workshops and the wonderfully welcoming event … Read more

Negativity Removal

Lately there’s been a bit of .. well .. challenging emotions .. around my house. Both hubby and I are hitting crunch times at work, with the long hours and high stress that goes with that.  So things are a bit tense around our house. I found this spell somewhere on the web, but I … Read more

Getting Ready for Spring

With still a lot of winter to go, I’m ready for spring!  So I took the time to re-decorate my altar for late winter/spring. I’ve got some little goddesses, one of them was given to me by a dear friend, and the other has the word “imagine” on the back of it. The altar is … Read more

Welcome to The Lion & the Dragonfly

This is another step out of the broom closet for me … a public place on the interwebs where I can express my witchy and crafty thoughts and more. I have a couple of other blogs with different focuses, but they have generally slowed down or stopped. So .. we come to this one. My … Read more