#workshops

If any witchcraft-oriented businesses or community groups in the Richmond / Norfolk VA (USA) area happen to be interested in holding nondenominational skill-building workshops this summer, I’d love to hear from you!

My name is Bree and I’m a podcaster, published author, and cottage witch with two decades of experience in practical witchcraft. My workshops focus on a grounded approach to magic, with an emphasis on ongoing education, creative and critical thinking, and making good use of one’s available resources.

Here are some examples of the topics I cover:

Exploring personal beliefs about magic and progress with the craft through journaling exercises and periodic review

Connecting with your local biome through identification and creation of correspondences for wild plants

How to write your own spells, including tips for casting and documentation of your work

Creating personalized methodology within one’s craft for warding, cleansing, divination, etc.

Rediscovering your motivational spark for the craft after a creative slump or a break in your practice

Workshops are largely presentation-based with time built in for discussion and Q&A. Sessions generally run 45-60min and include take-home worksheets and informational packets (where applicable). Attendees are encouraged to bring note-taking materials. Rates are negotiable, weekend timeslots preferred. Additional accommodations can be made for online sessions if need be.

For more information or to schedule a workshop, please contact me at [email protected]. I look forward to hearing from you!

Stay safe and Happy Witching!

Following up on my research into Kim Diaz Holm, I played around with creating my own ink monsters!

I found the process to be really fun and liberating, because I had no idea what the final product was going to look like.

I tried two different ways of making the ink stain: one involved pouring out the ink and dabbing it, and the other was pouring out the ink and tilting the page to create unique shapes.

I included a video of the process above, as well as my first few ink monsters!

Giving Tuesday – 2025 Open Hardware Summit #GivingTuesday 📅🛠️🌍

In 2025, the Open Hardware summit will be in Edinburgh, Scotland, May 30-31. The Open Source Hardware Association (OSHWA) hosts the summit. OSHWA is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt public charity that certifies open-source hardware designs and shares data about the growing community.

Here is their pitch for the 2025 Open Hardware Summit, where Adafruit is a sponsor again!

"The Open Hardware Summit is the only conference dedicated to discussing Open Source Hardware. Open Source Hardware is a community-focused method of creating where we share knowledge openly, welcome collaboration, and frequently create together. The Open Hardware summit is a place to compare notes, see the state of the art, and spend some time talking about where the open source movement is headed. The summit often contains workshops, talks, connections, mentorship.

If you haven't yet, please consider sponsoring the 2025 Open Hardware Summit again this year: https://2025.oshwa.org/sponsor/. We are headed to Scotland this year and hope you'll join us. Your funding always allows us to put on a stellar event that people rave about. There are new levels and added headline sponsor levels this year.

northeast coast... I'm gonna be at Boston Uni on the 12 & 13 of November for a bunch of comic programming with fellow cartoonist Shaina Lu, talking all about food, comics, and collective care.

all programming is free and open to the public, and food is being SERVED. we got Palestinian pastries, Hong Kong deliciousness, Naija bites, and I'm teaching folks how to make (cheap, nutritious, filling, veg based!) Kenyan kunde. there's also an exhibition of some of me and Shaina's art up at the HT Center for Common Ground!

at a time where food aid is set to be halted for millions of USAians, these workshops feel so pointed... ethnobotany, indigenous foodways, and cultural archiving as resistance WILL be discussed.

I'd love to create a space to hold that sort of exchange and collective learning, and specially about sound and music as it's one of the parts of magic dearest to my heart. I was thinking of offering up the possibility to the @pathandpractice and @hagstoneandtoadsbone communities but I'd like to see how many people would be interested in participating first!