16 pages
reflections on moving to a new state, looking for spiritual community, my favorite soup recipe, a spell for home protection, notes from what i've been reading, and intentions around the beginning of the new year
24 pages
maps & notes on two hikes I took recently, thoughts about being "out" at work as a nonbinary person, observations about the mountain landscape, a recipe for Imbolc bannocks, reflections on challenging self-doubt and fear as an artist, a playlist, and more
16 pages
a visit to an eco-art show in Burlington, a wander through the woods in Monkton, instructions for seed cycling & making fire cider, talking to pre-teens about being queer person, paper ephemera from the month of March, writing about gardening, spring’s slow arrival, & dealing with the threat of coronavirus
24 pages
coping with the pandemic, thinking about food-system resiliency and intentionally learning practical land-based skills, found-text poetry about spring emergence, foraging for wild spring greens, a recipe for dandelion honey, a Beltane ritual to honor our queer ancestors, and some thoughts about the queer people’s finding home & meaning in witchcraft and paganism
16 pages
investigating the Bristol Rock, visiting the river, farming, dreaming about plants, bread-related paper scraps, an excerpt from a good book I'm reading and my response to another good zine I read, pressed flowers & a four-leaf clover, and more. the paper copy has a small handwritten insert with phrases in irish gaelic
24 pages
harvesting asparagus and wild roses, making a simple herb-drying rack for your kitchen, swimming in a river, reflecting on whiteness & dismantling internalized white supremacy & supporting black-led land/food/ecology projects, mourning someone i’ve never met, missing people who are still around, witchcraft, pressed flowers, doodles, and strawberry juice
16 pages
found-text poetry, snippets from a recent natural dye workshop i taught, reflections on learning how to can food, instant photos from my garden, a playlist, a list of summer herbs to forage, collages, thoughts about finding friendship & peace amidst chaos, and more
24 pages
several walks & ventures with my family members and alone, a recipe for an herbal after-sun lotion, writing about sunflowers and the beginning of harvest season, musings on nonbinary gender identity and using they/them pronouns, images from my travels in august, and a ritual for the first full moon in september
16 pages
the transition into autumn, dreams and deja vu, a Bread & Puppet Theater show, the holiness of compost, apple magic, anxiety around moving house and the bittersweet process of putting the garden to bed, as well as a few sketches, a butternut soup recipe, and a playlist of witchy autumnal tunes
16 pages
sketches and collages, writing about the meaning of sacredness and about reconnecting with old friends and with the self, instructions for drying fruit, and observations of autumn’s descent into winter in Vermont
32 pages
settling into a new home, exploring a meadow and the woods, desire paths, rambling about with friends and family, recovering a sense of creativity after a long period of emotional distress, herbs for dry winter weather, a playlist, and instructions for stab-stitch bookbinding
24 pages
the traces left behind by past people, exploring the woods, connecting with water in its multitude of forms, herbs for mental health, reading Emma Goldman, resisting complacency in the face of an oppressive society, a found-text poem, a variety of found images and bits of writing, sketches, and a list of other zines I recommend reading