Autoimmune Disease & Hair Loss

For me, one of the more distressing side effects of having an autoimmune disease was my resulting hair loss. In fact, my hair loss was what really encouraged me to keep going to the doctor until I finally received a…

FREE organic fertilizer you can start using today!

There are so many people out there who think they can’t keep a plant alive because they just don’t have the time, attention, and yes even magic, to tend to it. The truth is, most of these people are over-watering…

Who are you really buying for? Thoughts on our purchases and motivations

I was in Richmond over the weekend and happened into quite a few vintage homegoods stores. Anyone who knows me knows I love to go antiquing and that vintage kitchen goods in particular are my weakness. These days I’m mostly…

Can childhood trauma cause autoimmune disease?

I believe that I first developed Crohn’s disease at age 14, although I wouldn’t officially be diagnosed until I was 36. Why it took 20 years to get diagnosed is a whole other blog post, and sadly a situation that’s…

My easy recipe for safe organic vegan pesticide

If you’re trying to do any kind of serious gardening, at some point you will run into the issue of bugs and pests. They can quickly take over and destroy a vegetable patch and “leaving nature to handle it” is…

Giftless Birthdays

A Birthday without gifts! How sad! Well, maybe not! When I embraced minimalism and downsized to a house half the size, I really got acquainted with just how much stuff I had. Once you empty every cabinet, once you open…

What it feels like to be a developing medium

I wanted to do this video on the process of developing as a medium because I believe that there are many people out there who know that they have the gift of mediumship inside themselves but just can’t access it…

Oil-Free Spicy Miso Salad Dressing

So I definitely am hoping to do a lot more recipe posts in the future. Right now our new home does not have a working oven and we are on a wait list for a kitchen remodel. However, I do…

You have to check out this Appalachian Magic Shop in Waynesboro, VA

When you think of small town Virginia, an occult community doesn’t exactly come to mind. In fact, New Age bookstores and the like are few and far between here. However, I did go on a bit of a road trip…

Stop waiting

The Three of Wands in reverse reminds us that there is a time for planning and there is a time for action. Procrastination is avoidance, and anytime we find ourselves avoiding it is quite simply a response to anxiety. There’s…