••• handmade crafts • herbal remedies • enchanted living •••
Las Sierras
Five years ago we found ourselves in an opportunity to be caretakers of a 10 acre land. In exchange for taking care of the landscaping we get free rent and the electricity bill is covered by the owner who lives in another part of the country. The exchange is mutually beneficial not just for us and the owner but also for the other animals that live on this land too.
Making DIY hair gel is easier, and cheaper than I could have ever imagined! And rather than store bought versions that are full of chemicals, this herbal hair gel contains only two ingredients that actually condition the hair as well as securing waves and curls.
As an eclectic practitioner of natural magick I am often inspired to do a spell right when inspiration strikes or need arises. Some of the most successful spells I have ever performed were cast with only the items I had on hand. Very often I was without any of my magical tools and used the simple power of prayer or connected with the natural magic of herbs and flowers nearby.
For years and years I have tried to force the fenced in garden that we inherited to little or no success. That garden was the family garden of the owners of this farm when they lived here. And despite hundreds of hours of careful planting and wheelbarrows full of horse manure and mulch, it just never prospered as I had hoped.
Natural building is going through a major revolution. Techniques from past and present are collaborating in some spectacular designs. And in this video I have humbly presented a look at what we have been up to this winter and the building that we have created with our own hands.
A few days ago I wrote about the process behind a recent spell that combined the organic process of natural magick with digital tools we often use via social media. This isn't the sort of enchantments I do often but, I was inspired to do something to help the extreme drought being experienced both in my homelands of California as well as where I currently reside.