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Hey y’all. I’ve had an unexpected trauma, and the podcast host of Obscure Appalachia has been so kind as to record a mini episode to explain it for me. I’m struggling to get back on my feet, in every way that that means. Candis, the podcaster and Batchild listener, did indeed strong-arm me into letting everyone know what is happening. I’m so sorry, and I hope to make everyone quite proud of me as I try to stand back up.

Until then: thank you for the years of support and love and magic. Thank you for anyone who has sent love, chicken feed, and hope. I hope to be back soon. You will also find that, because of the depth and degree of this trauma, I am coming out of the broom closet. Please know that right now, I cannot friend anyone on FB and am still trying to protect my children in Alabama.

But it’s finally time and I have nothing left to lose. Love you like chicken, Seba

Episode Notes

The campaign to repair my home and farm: https://www.freefunder.com/campaign/back-on-her-feet

The podcaster who created this message: https://www.obscureappalachia.com/

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There aren’t words to express, y’all, what the little gathering in the woods of Alabama meant to all of us. We came from California, Washington, Virginia, Florida, Tennessee, and all the places in between. There wasn’t enough time. There will never be enough time, when Witches come together to heal under the moon.

Today, the porch is the woods. If you listen, you are bearing witness to what we found there.

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I've been haunted lately, y'all, by those ghosts of years gone by.  Here's what I do about it: I try to work on me.  I don't want my children, nor my friends, to feel encumbered by sorrow or blackened memories when I'm gone.  And so, I work toward becoming (as we all are doing every day) their beloved dead.

Happy Samhain.  I'll see y'all on the other side--of this week.  xoxo

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Hey, y’all: I’ve talked a lot about the path of least resistance before as it pertains to Nature and the Craft. But, sometimes, we need to “jump a track,” so to speak, rather than just going with the flow. Let’s talk about the momentum needed to do just such a thing, but also how I have utilized “backward design” in my own path to aid in that endeavor.

For more on the path of least resistance in nature:

For more on backward design: https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/backward-design-basics/

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Hey, y’all! I’ve been thinking about what we do with ashes, whether they be from spells, rituals, home fires, or garden burns. It’s just incredibly important to consider what created our ash and how to dispose of it in ways that are both magical and responsible to the environment. Today, I’m running through some of these moments with y’all: and it gets a bit scientific and teachy. Along the way, we also will cover closed loop systems and how they can utilize ash—as well as why they are critical to Witch Folk. Hope you find it helpful! Love y’all like chicken.

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Hey, y’all: I’m on my way back to health and wanted to share with y’all a Witch’s Duh moment wherein I simply forgot to call my energy back home for some time. As sick as I’ve been for nearly a month, it was a no-brainer to do so—but life got away from me, and I became a drained battery. Also, I’m answering the listener letters that are focused on the fear of casting, lest we might hurt someone/something. Let’s dig into that a little?

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Well, y’all: I’m still recovering, but better every day. Snuggle up on the porch and let me tell y’all about the land, the trees, and how it feels to fall and go tumbling into the dark—cradle and all.

Sometimes, being a Witch means to accept that we are also just energy, ebbing and flowing, but never quite destroyed. Hope your Autumn Equinox was wonderful!

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Hey, y’all: thank you to everyone who reached out and sent good vibes during my illness. I recorded this several days ago—but today, I feel a bit more like myself again. It was pretty scary and knocked the literal wind out of me, my Craft, and my family. What mattered, in the end, was the manner in which my ancestors showed up and supported my spirit. Here’s how I was able to Witchify the most serious illness I’ve ever experienced—although, even here, I cannot find the words to express how crucial it is to “stay in contact” with our ancestors, rather than venerating them only at particular times of the year.

Even my familiar, Tituba, had a part in keeping breath in my body. I apologize for my absence and hope some of y’all are still around to join me on the porch! Blessed Be, Seba

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Well, y’all, I barely kept my rear out of the hospital. I’ve gotten Covid after escaping it for so long and it’s taken me out pretty hard. I thought I’d be able to podcast by today (eight days into the plague), but alas. This virus has me in its clutches still.

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Hey, y’all! I’m back on the porch after a long week of micro-farming and ready to share the secret to growing the best damn veggies you’ve ever tasted. Along the way, we have a story or two—as usual. As great mysteries go, the one I fell headlong into a few years back should not have taken me by surprise. It turns out, there’s something to working with the land, rather than working the land. Somewhere in that journey, my little disinherited rear got adopted by the trees, the soil, the land spirits and all that reside here. I’ll talk more about that next week, but for today, let’s talk about how I came into my real inheritance and how Metallica (among other bands) changed my tomato/pepper game.

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