New Website! & other news you may have missed

It's been a long time coming.

A couple of years ago, I started working on a new website. Nothing too fancy, just using a free website builder. I worked on it for hours... and then stared at it for hours... weeks... months. Literal years went by and I didn't publish it. Until now.

It's finally here and publicly visible!

⛤ Cara Mia Witchery ⛤

I'm really glad I waited, actually, because in the past month I've had a lot more support and resources to stare at this thing for many more hours, only this time, I made a TON of awesome improvements that I'm REALLY happy with! So I'm actually incredibly excited to finally be sharing it!

I wanted a place to share all of my things -- a nicer, neater place than my blog, though no offense at all to this ol' gal, I still love her and will continue to write here. So the website is a landing page to send people from which they (you!) can find ALL of my various projects, links, and whatnots. And of course, it links to this blog.

This blog's "Links" page, now called "My Links," is now also redirected to the Links page over on the new site. But I did have some links here that I didn't add over there, so I will continue to update the new site as I go. It's definitely still a work in progress, only now it's up and can be seen while I continue to add other things over time.

New Classes!

Mainly, though, I wanted a site from which I could direct people to classes I'm offering, workshops, presentations, and more. I've been working on a new online course, similar in format to the Saturn Returns one I offered twice before but on a different topic... and I plan to officially begin promoting that course next month! So keep an eye out on the new page for that. I'll also be posting on the socials and support platforms I currently use (YouTube, IG, Patreon and Ko-Fi as of this writing).

Gamers, Lock In

While we're here, did you know I have a second channel now, where I post gaming content? Hang on, before you get too excited, it's still me. I mostly play Witch and Pagan themed things, cuz literally y'all, that's just my thing! Not everything is Witches, but a lot of it will be, or at least involve magic! But as with my channel, other interests of mine will make an appearance when relevant.

For example, I play The Sims 4 and have so far shared things related to sexuality and relationship updates in the game, as well as a Let's Play series with two spellcaster sisters playing through the Reaper's Rewards event from last Halloween. I also got the Life & Death expansion and made a video showing off all the Sims-themed Tarot card artwork they added!

So, yeah, there is a lot of Sims 4 content on the channel right now. But I also have a playlist of a full playthrough of Barrow Hill, one of my favorite Pagan themed games so far that I played as a teen! And... I have the sequel, which I've NEVER played before, to play and post this year! It takes place at the autumn equinox, so I'd like to post it around then, if possible. I have a couple other farming simulator genre games that I want to play and share soon, too. The least "witchy" of the bunch still has magic and offerings to Earth spirits, so like... come on, it's all in my wheelhouse lol.

What else?!

There are definitely other things I've been up to that you might not know about yet, partly if you're not in the discord with my monthly supporters, and partly because I forget to update other places... like this blog. I also forget that YouTube has a Post option now that works like any other socials feed, so. I have some goals to try to post things in more places, more often! And this is also on the new website, but I'll let you know here, too...

I'm considering starting an email list, if folks would LIKE to get updates from me that way. You can follow on Patreon, Ko-Fi, and YouTube and choose to get updates sent to your email, so if that's enough for folks, then great! But if you would be interested in hearing from me in your inbox, giving you wrap-ups of things I've been up to like I'm doing in this post, let me know by filling out this form. It's not a sign-up yet, JUST an interest form to see if people even would want something like that. And here is the place on my new webpage that asks about this.

⛤ Happy Birthday to me (on Saturday)! ⛤

Yeah, my birthday is coming up! If you want to send me a lil gift, Ko-Fi is a great place to do that. (You can also get readings there!)

But yeah, I think that wraps up this post! I finally finished a major task on my to-do list that has been there for years, waiting to be shared with the world. It feels good. Thanks for being here, supporting my journey, whatever pace it takes.

Sending you so much love and many blessings in this Leo season,

Keep on Witchin',

-C-

Witchiversary!

⛤ It's my 22nd Witchiversary! ⛤

I don't remember exactly when I started reading about, studying, and then practicing Witchcraft as a kid. I did journal, but not RIGHT at the start, or at least not about Witchcraft. I didn't start writing about my practice until I was setting up full altars and doing my self-dedication ritual, but that's another story.

In the very beginning, especially since I was so young, there is a lot of time spent in studying and reading, so it's hard to say when my practice actually began. I was trying out the things I was reading about, the things that I didn't already do before, anyway. But I was very concerned about making sure that I REALLY knew my shit (at least my first few years basics type of shit lol) before I even started calling myself a Pagan or Witch. Because I wanted to be able to represent it well and not perpetuate misinformation.

So I count how many years I've been practicing starting from the sabbat that I first celebrated with a group of other people -- Vernal Equinox 2003 (which I called Ostara then, as the Wiccan name of it), when I was 12. I know for sure that by then I felt comfortable enough sharing what I knew with other people, because I gave a little mini presentation about the history of the festival to a bunch of family friends... so it makes sense to me as an easy time to count from!

★ When I started out, I feel like the author bio in basically every book I was reading on Witchcraft said so-and-so "has been practicing the Craft for over twenty years." Well, I'm there! ★