Pickles and Pitch

You've probably heard at least part of this quote from Shakespeare's Macbeth:

“Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog, Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's leg, and owlet's wing,— For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble. Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and caldron bubble.”

There's been a lot of corvid content floating around lately, and like so many others I share the dream of befriending my local crows and enjoying a special relationship where my arrival is foretold by ominous cawing, my familiars gift me with treasures, and little feather-demons dive-bomb any neighbors that cross me (only hypothetically--my neighbors are currently all lovely and generous).

But the reality... may not be so nice. I took a lot of inspiration from this article.

And this tweet from Mara Wilson:

And of course, the original inspiration found on Tumblr all those years ago:

“…And ABOVE ALL be sure to cover your crystal ball with a cloth when you’re done using it!”

“So the spirits can’t peer through the veil into my life?”