Southern Fried Witch

E229: A Battle Between the Necrophages and the Messengers

Well, y'all, here we are at the Harvest Moon and I'm here for it. Usually, I resist the incoming chill with everything in my Aries heart, but this past summer was brutal.

E228: Coming Back For Your Favorite T-Shirt--Lessons From Charlotte's Web

Hey, y'all! I've noticed a bit of a contention on the interwebs that taking back your energy isn't copacetic workings. I'm here to disagree--but with science as my warran

E227: Real Practical Magic Questions

Hey, y'all! Tonight is question answering night. I've collated a handful over the years about witches from listeners, and while I can only answer them for myself, it was

E226: A Crafted Life: Resisting Capitalism in Small Places

Y'all, if you've listened to my moon walk over on Patreon, you already know that I'm quite busy right now fighting a predator in my community who is posing as a hero to D

E225: A Witch Integrity

Y'all, for a very long time I've struggled to explain this funny thing inside of me that demands authenticity, regardless of the cost. I've done my best at explaining tha

E224: Save the Vine or Let It Die--A Pumpkin Tale

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E223: Grandmother Spider, the Raconteur

To read along with my essay, go to: https://farmerish.net/the-raconteur/ I have a short story, y'all, and a reading to share with you tonight. As everyone knows quite we

E222: Things I've Learned--Lessons From A Witchy Grandma

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E221: Protecting That Light--Witches, Vampires, and Sacred Boundaries

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E220: Timing, Intuition, and Kairos: What's the Difference and Why Does It Matter?

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E219: Why Kitchen Witchery Matters

Y'all, I thought we'd sink into something a bit more Witchy, as I reckon we are all super tired these days. This one matters, much more than you might think. Also, I sto

E218: The Wild and Wooly Battle Part II

Part II: Y’all, It’s been a while (and now I can hear the song by Staind in my head) since I’ve had to actually deploy my sword.  As a Crone, as a grandma, I thought this

E217: The Wild and Wooly Battle Part One

Y’all, It’s been a while (and now I can hear the song by Staind in my head) since I’ve had to actually deploy my sword.  As a Crone, as a grandma, I thought this was over

216: Receipts, Swords, and Strategy

Hey, y'all, I hope you had a wonderful Summer Solstice/Litha! Thank you again for letting me take that weekend off-- I really needed to focus and be in that moment. We t

215: The Longest Ride (Litha and Weird, Wonderful Harvests)

Y'all, it's sweltering down here. I saw stars today, and not the fun kind, working out in the yard. Let's talk about Midsummer, aka Litha, and the harvests we forget to

214: Energy: What's Remembered Lives (and Vice Versa)

This one is a bit short, y'all, as I am still cleaning up the aftermath of a freak storm out here. I know y'all remember me saying that "something wicked this way comes,"

E213: The Case for Witchy Art (and why AI is a real threat to it)

Sorry, y'all: it was time. I've watched Witches let go of their magic click by click and needed to finally speak to this issue. So, what is the relationship between art

E212: Asshattery, Elders, and Everything In Between

There's a lot I'm not free to say here, y'all. But what I can push out into the world is this: Elders, specifically the Witch and Pagan kind, have more work to do. And I

E211: Tending the Dead

Snuggle up, Batchildren. We're chatting about our beloved (and sometimes not so beloved) dead tonight. When we ask the land to accept their bones, both hypothetical and v

E210: Tracking the Signs

Hey, y'all: I'm super tired tonight, so this is just a ramble about what's going on in this old witch's life. I've been noticing warning signs lately and am getting to wo