Oh the joys of living nearer to the countryside. You don’t have to go far (less than 10 minutes, really) to get to the beautiful countryside of north central Florida. And even better than that is having relatives who live in said countryside. We were invited to head out and visit some family about half …
Last week Sara and I decided to visit the first of many local graveyards in our surrounding area. After living in cemetery-free San Francisco for so long, we are thrilled to be virtually swamped with new areas to explore. We decided to visit Mount Pleasant Cemetery. This cemetery was established in 1883 by the Mount Pleasant Methodist Episcopal Church. It …
After careful consideration we have both decided to add Readings to our Etsy shop. We had decided that this would be something we did for friends and acquaintances only, unless we were provided with further urging or guidance to make them more widely available. In the past few months we have been doing many more readings than …
“We call on the Spirit of the Crossroads, and ask that you help successfully open our way and protect our travels…” Before leaving on our recent cross-country move, we knew that we wanted to do some work to help us on our way and to keep us safe. We were going to be driving from California to …
After many months of diligent reading, I am happy to be able to announce that I have made it through both Exu, as well as Palo Mayombe: The Garden of Blood & Bones. I have been asked lots of questions regarding these two books and thought I’d share some thoughts with you. First of all, … Continue reading »
*YAWN* That was some winter hibernation. Sara and I spent months getting things in order and starting to settle into our new life. We are happy to report that things have evened out and we are merrily on our way once again. We passed the last few months by with good brews, lots of meet-ups … Continue reading »
Happy New Year from the Candlesmoke Caretakers! We wanted to take this opportunity to say how grateful and excited we are. We’re grateful that we’ve been able to spend this last year building a foundation and beginning the work that our minds and hearts really want to do. And we’re especially grateful that we’ve actually … Continue reading »
Merry middle-of-December everyone! Our back porch is full of newly cut Holly branches. We have been meticulously trimming off the usable leaves to add to incense and for other seasonal and Druidic based works and mixtures. The berries are a lovely shade of deep red. The small, thorny spikes of the leaves serve as a … Continue reading »
“Here we find magic, an exquisite corpse that awaits our attention.” - Stephen Grasso I am proud to bring you my long-time-coming review of Scarlet Imprint’s At the Crossroads book. I have been interested in this particular book since the very first time I was aware of its existence. I’ve been intrigued with crossroads and … Continue reading »
The High John the Conqueror Root has always been near and dear to my heart, as well as a solid, go-to, addition for much of my work. Not only the root itself, but the Spirit contained within has helped me many times over with difficult problems, obstacles, and needs. Therefore, I was happy to hear, earlier … Continue reading »
Of course, after the last post promising much more to come, my laptop had a very serious collapse. It will be up and running after the weekend and I double-down on my promise of much more content soon. All photos and drafts were on that laptop and we will have access to them very soon. Our … Continue reading »
Well, the move is complete and Fall is officially in the air! We have been comfortably moved to the Gainesville area for a solid month now. The move went well, with only a day added to our travel time. The cats did famously; only a handful of meows or cries for the entire 5 day … Continue reading »
Phew. After this last month I am tired. The move from San Francisco to Gainesville, FL (on August 15th) has got me tuckered out already! We are shipping all of our belongings beforehand and then driving out, which means everything in the house is 90% packed up in boxes, as well as 80% shipped out. … Continue reading »
For the last month our backyard Passion Fruit/Flower vine (Passiflora ‘Coral Glow’) has been bursting with color. The vine is at least 30 feet long and churns out tons of beautiful pink flowers. We use these flower petals for passion, romance, and love work. The vines are climbers and growers, making sure they find success … Continue reading »
