by Raechel Henderson | Jul 21, 2021 | Musings
Originally posted to Patreon on March 22, 2021 My Hermit year comes at an opportune time. In eighteen months my parenting agreement with my ex-husband ends with our daughter’s eighteenth birthday. With that resolution comes the freedom to move away from Illinois. This...
by Raechel Henderson | Jul 14, 2021 | Musings
Originally posted on my Patreon March 8, 2021 According to The Tarot Handbook by Angeles Arren this past year is supposed to be my Hermit year. It is a year of “things definitely ending or being resolved”, a “year that one cannot compromise values” and a time when I...
by Raechel Henderson | Jun 23, 2021 | Musings
It started with this video. on medieval hair styles and care. While the main point is about medieval hygiene, I was struck by the mention of head covers and how they helped keep hair clean. It brought to mind memories of my grandma, who would wear bandanas as head...
by Raechel Henderson | Jun 9, 2021 | Musings
I am sitting in a hotel room that reeks of decades of cigarette smoke despite being labelled as non-smoking, on a bed that I had checked for bedbugs. I am drinking blackberry whiskey from a flask as I watch The Lost World. I am in Racine, WI for my first vending event...
by Raechel Henderson | Jan 1, 2021 | Musings
Today I am making an inventory of our freezer. There’s the container of watermelon chunks that needs to be used up. I also have a container filled with cubes of lime juice and I think both will get blended with some orange juice and rum for the weekend. There is...
by Raechel Henderson | Nov 11, 2020 | Musings
I’ve written about taking a magickal approach to my mental health before. My rituals and spells aren’t meant to be replacements for but rather compliments to my medication and therapy. I keep all three seprated in my mind. The divide between them all might...
