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This is my brilliant and fun daughter Penelope – or my attempt at capturing her essence which truly comes into its own when playing board games. The P’s (Pat and Pen) love playing board games and card games and become really invested in them. Meanwhile …
Listen to the latest episode of the Woolgathering Podcast featuring my novel, Beatriz! (or start from the beginning because it’s a very good place to start!) In this episode, Beatriz meets the witches but doesn’t get to enjoy their company for very long because a …
Look what has been freshly foraged from Spring Bird’s Woodland! It is well known that woodland mushrooms are lucky. These ornaments are no different. They are guaranteed to bring good luck to their new homes! Besides being lucky, these mushrooms are: Handmade soft textile ornament …
If you are someone who grew up in a place with four seasons and then lived/live somewhere absent of four seasons, what aspects/traditions/seasonal happenings did you miss? Author Maria Carvalho wrote a story for the Fall Issue of Woolgathering in which she speaks to that …
Tasha Tudor was on my mind as I planted a mere fifty jonquil bulbs in the “island” between the house and the cottage. I used my little trowel and hacked away at the hard earth trying not to disturb the oak roots. I thought about …
Yesterday, Pat and I mapped our final trees on our property as we prepare our agroforestry and conservation plans. This process of meeting and greeting each tree has been enlightening. (I will share more about that later.) One fairly basic way that it expanded our …
Fall and Winter are my two favorite seasons. While I love these falling temperatures, I am a person who runs cold like a lizard. So without my heat lamp to keep me unfrozen, I turn to wearing many layers of wool to keep warm. Soon …
Have you ever seen a glowworm? I have – one time on my parents’ driveway. Here is a beautiful poem by for this Monday. It was included in the Fall Issue of Woolgathering Magazine. Enjoy! The Stars Like Glowworms By Candice Marley Conner Cover me …
Happy First Day of Fall! Fall is the season of letting go, shedding, and preparing for hibernation. What are you letting go of? What are you storing up? I’m letting go of general feelings of inadequacy and storing up on giant sweatshirts, homemade bread, and …
Listen to the latest episode of the Woolgathering Podcast! This week: Beatriz Chapters 24 In this episode, Grandma spills the beans and tells Gloria and Arthur about their witchy family history.
I love Denim – shirts and jackets in particular. They are almost a uniform for me. This shirt was my Mom’s, and I had been using it as a shirt-smock to do my dyeing in. After wearing it recently, it began to call to me …
This weekend I made some pamphlet books to be used as sketchbooks, journals, or secret code books. Who knows? It’s up to the user to fill the pages with whatever secrets they choose to commit to the blank page. I’m a huge fan of blank …
This has been a year of nourishment for me — in particular bodily nourishment. Today’s oracle card from Alana Fairchild’s “Earth Warriors” read: “Give yourself permission to be nourished. This includes your body and also providing your heart, your mind, your soul with what they …
In this recent Fall Issue of the Woolgathering Magazine, I announced in my letter to the readers, that this year is my final year of making this magazine. However, Woolgathering will continue in another (to be determined) incarnation. It has been a joy to make …
This morning, I saw my breathfor the first time — I want to be altar I want to be altered — Will this exhale be the exchange of breath for air that invitesthe change I breathe