Back in stock at The Spiral House at Portland Button Works!

• Alive With Spirits: The Path and Practice of Animistic Witchcraft by Althaea Sabastiani
• Pagan Britain by Ronald Hutton
• Witchcraft Cocktails: 70 Cocktails infused with Magic and Ritual by Julie Halina Hadas
• Sew Witchy: Tools, Techniques, for Sewing Magick by Raechel Henderson
• Goblin Mode: How to Get Cozy, Embrace Imperfection, and Thrive in the Muck by McKayla Coyle
• Tarot Card Sticker Book: Perfect for Tarot Journaling from Weiser Books
• Buffy The Vampire Slayer Tarot Deck
• Tarot for Creativity: A Guide for Igniting Your Creative Practice by Chelsey Pippin Mizzi

how to be a traditional witch

just put 'of arte' at the end of anything.

This is my altar of arte.

This is my consecrated candle holder of arte.

This is the jar of change of arte I use for my prosperity spells.

This is my coffee can full of dead bugs of arte.

This is my glitter gel pen of arte I use for my arteful sigils.

These are my prescription amphetamines of arte.

These are my replacement neurotransmitters of arte.

This is my emotional support familiar of arte.

In preparation for the Ides of March, please take one (1) knife.

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thanks!

Hey I found this picture of you

the Ides of March grows near

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I love you PBS I love you NPR I love you public libraries I love you wikipedia I love you project gutenberg I love you librivox I love you libby I love you hoopla I love you openlibrary I love you internet archive I love you resources that make information free and accessible to the public

Today's advice from your Goth Auntie

• Unclench your jaw, have a snack, take your meds.
• You don’t deserve to be harassed or people being awful to you. Hiss at them.
• No really, who taught the Lurking Horror “the floor is lava” game? They’re taking it a little too seriously and refuse to come down from the ceiling.

❤️ Auntie Jilli

Hey Look! I'm giving a keynote talk for the Reed College Zine Fest this year! Join me on Thursday March 20 from 6-8!

Hey! Wanna come see me talk about DIY culture in zines, music, and witchcraft?

Maybe the real DIY is the friends we made along the way?

YES! I don’t work that day! I’ll be there. 😊

Tumblr loves putting a guy/animal/etc. in a situation.

The situation is the John Everett Millais painting, Ophelia.

If I could find a pattern I believed in, that’s probably the painting I would be willing to spend years cross-stitching a copy of. Sigh…

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Portland is having its yearly tiny bit of snow, which as usual, semi-shuts down the city.

New Inclement Weather Things: I had to wake up early both today and yesterday to talk to my boss about whether we were going to be closed or not (which is largely based on whether the library system decides to close, which is announced at 6 am). After that, I got to spend the next 40 minutes emailing & texting all scheduled volunteers to NOT come in for their shifts.

At least after that, I got to go back to bed. Which was especially needed today, since I slept like shit last night. 🤷‍♀️

(Snow out my bedroom window & a photo from a friend across the river in Vancouver, WA.)

Currently: I'm riding the bus (going 25 mph in chains) to visit Cute Girlfriend, who I had to bail on over the weekend, to help her with some stuff around the house that she can't physically do yet. I'm DEFINITELY glad that she got notice early on both days that her work was closed, since she would have been traveling in the dark & in below-freezing weather otherwise.

The main roads are pretty clear at this point, and it's supposed to get up to 42°F, so my mom's going to pick me up from Cute Girlfriend's after she gets off work. And I tend to really trust my mom to drive in snowy conditions - she grew up in Iowa, but also spent half her life here, so she knows how to be careful in the snow & ice bullshit we get, without using chains or studded tires (and also knows when to just stay home).

(From the bus stop by my house: since the thaw didn't start until today, it's all snow or slush and *not* snowy bullshit refrozen into ice, which is very common for Portland. 🙃)

I should be able to go to work tomorrow & already have communication plans set up with my coworker, in case I end up running late on the bus because of weather remnants.

Although I didn't get to spend my snow days completely relaxed, it was still nice to have some extra time off in the middle of the week. 💜

Update: This morning, I got to spend 40 minutes emailing & texting all of the Saturday volunteers to make sure they knew we ARE open today. I can’t win.* 🙃

*I’m largely joking, especially since it’s more time for my sad-looking timesheet.