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Mushroom Broth Recipe
There’s a pretty simple backstory here: I wanted to make soup, but when I went to buy groceries the store was out of both vegetable broth and bouillon, but had mushrooms on sale. I did some Internet searching and learned that making your own broth is pretty simple and easy, so I decided to try […]
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Pagan Wedding Planning (Part 1)
If you’re like the vast majority of pagans, you probably have friends, family, or other people you care about who are not pagan. It’s highly likely that you will have guests at your wedding who do not share your beliefs. We can only hope that our non-pagan loved ones are open-minded, understanding, and supportive of […]
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The Great Handfasting Project: Secular Wedding Planning Books
While historical sources about pre-Christian weddings and books written by modern pagans can give you a lot of good ideas for your ceremony, many of them don’t cover the most stressful part of getting married: planning, budgeting, scheduling, and managing a modern wedding. My fiance and I decided in December to move our wedding date […]
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The Great Handfasting Project: Pagan Wedding Planning Books
In February, my partner and I will be celebrating our third anniversary. Like many people who have been dating for a while, we’ve decided to get married. Because we’re both pagan, we’ve always known that we wanted a pagan wedding. But because neither of us is Wiccan (I’m a Heathen and he’s a Roman pagan), […]
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The Bizarre World of “Cozy” Murder Mysteries
Note: This is a repost from a literature/film analysis blog I ran for a college class in 2020. The original post was published on January 1, 2021. When I think of murder, I don’t typically think of warm, fuzzy feelings. If you’ve been following my blog, you know I’m a fan of all things gritty […]
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Let’s talk about urban fantasy.
Note: This is a repost from a literature/film analysis blog I ran for a college class in 2020. The original post was published on October 25, 2020. Last week, I was hit with the dreaded condition that plagues all readers at some point. That’s right — I hit a reading slump. I was in the middle […]
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The Viking Spirit by Daniel McCoy: A Mini-Review
Note: This was originally posted in a reblog of an anonymous ask to @skaldish on Tumblr. The anon had recently purchased this book and asked for help in making sure it wasn’t based on white supremacist misinterpretations. This was actually one of my first books on Heathenry! Like Zan mentioned, it’s an okay resource and […]
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In the Dark by Loreth Ann White Review and Analysis
Note: This is a repost from a literature/film analysis blog I ran for a college class in 2020. The original post was published on September 13, 2020. Spoiler-Free Review I bought this book on a whim because the Amazon blurb reminded me of Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None. The similarities are no mistake — In […]
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Herbalism in Times of Turmoil
I’ve recently returned to my roots (pun intended) in folk herbalism to supplement the work I’m doing with my therapist. It wasn’t an intentional thing — in our current round of EMDR, we’ve uncovered some deeply buried trauma, and bringing that trauma to the surface has shaken the foundations of how I see myself and […]
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Something Borrowed, Something Blood-Soaked by Christa Carmen (Review + Analysis)
Note: This is a repost from a literature/film analysis blog I ran for a college class in 2020. The original post was published on August 27, 2020. Something Borrowed, Something Blood-Soaked is a short story collection that feels like it was made for women who love horror — probably because it was written by one. Christa […]
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