I’M

THE HIGHWAYMAN

I’M

THE HIGHWAYMAN

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harvest mice weave little round nests for themselves out of grass. they are also small & light enough to perch on flowers. it’s much safer up there!

🖤.

stop posting this kinda shit my vestigial fish brain wanna go home

PSA as we go into spooky season and people start using activated charcoal to make foods look spooky.

btw… important PSA: cutting off the mold on the surface of food does nothing. you can only see the spores on the surface, but mold itself has spread and grown roots into the food. by the time you can actually *see* the spores, that piece of food is completely full of it. youre still eating mold. 

many of which are poisonous and have been shown to cause cancer. youre not even supposed to sniff it, because that can get spores into your lungs. like if you look up the health and safety guidelines for mold they barely stop short of telling you to put on a hazmat suit. 

like produce is okay as long as you cut around it at least an inch, but cooked foods? you gonna die. stop eating mold people 

does that include bread

yes

Here’s the USDA mold chart

VERY IMPORTANT INFO FRIENDOS!!!!!!!!!!!!

“What’s anyone going to need Home Ec for anyway?”

Give yourself a big hug for making it through this year.

To everyone who needs it.

I’m glad you’re here reading this.

Art by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite (1921) - “The Water Fairy.”

I think one of the major draws of witchcraft is, in fact, THE research. The construction of your own path (in a fancy book or on google docs), the maintenance of daily ritual that's responsive to changes in understandings of magic on an immediate, personal level. The utilitarianism of spells go reflect things that affect our everyday lives, the diversity of different methods, and the way if something doesn't work or makes us uncomfortable we can just opt out.

This makes witchcraft not only ongoing consent based but also something that can function as a well of constant control over immediate environments even during incredible life upheaval. How it speaks to people's intimate private thoughts and experiences so small and varied that there's no way to come from it not finding something that interests you (if what you're interested is in witchcraft). There's not even an end, you can just keep trying stuff forever, practicing things until you're super good, read truly endless primary sources for just one person to go through by themselves.

Witchcraft's methods resemble its functions and that's beautiful.

Artwork by Tin Can Forest

The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!

by Laure S

Samhain Witch Tips - 🎃 Pumpkins 🎃

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It’s that time again!

Additional note!!

Many sites suggest dipping your finished carved pumpkins in bleach solution to help preserve them, but if you do that, you’ll be unable to compost them or donate them to animal sanctuaries that will use them for food and enrichment. Dipping an un-carved pumpkin in v dilute bleach is fine if you’re going to store it to eat yourself, but if you’re going to donate your pumpkins, please don’t use bleach!

happy halloween! here is a ghost duet

Halloween Costumes in Dennison’s Bogie Book, 1922

So anyway, 'witch' is a gender neutral term.

No it's not. Warlock is for men

Nah, warlock is gender neutral, too. If you want to use that title, but not many do. So the feminine of 'warlock' is 'warlock.' Just like the masculine of 'witch' is 'witch.'

Take your time, I know it's probably very confusing.

It's amazing how folks who don't know shit about the etymology of words will come on and declare things with such confidence. Warlock was a Scots word meaning betrayer of the covenant (with god) that didn't enter English usage until Sir Walter Scott used it in Redgauntlet.

Witch is gender neutral and always has been, and it takes willful ignorance to not know that at this point.

Intuition and the Tarot

“'Intuitive Tarot Reader’ seems like such a popular phase these days. We’re everywhere! But what does that even mean? I didn’t have the words to describe my tarot reading style until I discovered that phrase. This post isn’t going to be about how to become a professional intuitive reader, but is instead about honing your intuition through tarot, and honing your tarot skills through intuition at the same time, weather you’re reading for yourself or others.

“Intuition and tarot are mutually beneficial to each other. You can practice reading tarot to improve your intuition, and you can practice listening to your intuition to improve your tarot readings.

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I just have a few steps in this process, but getting to know the cards can be a lifelong journey if you want it to be.”

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I haven’t re-read this since I posted it, it’s been a while! I actually still like it 😂