EdKarshner

Sending Bear all the good thoughts (and to you, too, David)

I'm so excited to share that I have an article in Witch Magazine! This is a real 'pinch me' moment for me, as it is such a beautiful magazine, filled with stunning artwork and so many talented writers! 🌙✨️

www.witchesmagazine.com

#witches #paganism #folklore #Shropshire #writing #witchcraft

Gavlebocken stands on soft green grass surrounded by jagged wooden fencing. It's cloudy in the background making her shine brighter.

"Snön lyser med sin frånvaro, tur jag är på plats och sprider julglädje ändå ✨

Dull weather? Good thing I’m here sharing a bit of Christmas joy ✨"

Best news! Thank you for the update! I'm pulling for Bear.

A screenshot of Gavlebocken standing in the middle of jagged fencing. The sun is setting creating a warm glow on her.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Builders stand in front of their newly built straw goat giving the thumbs up

Crowds and builders stand in front of the newly built straw goat

A newly built straw goat stands proudly. Ominous clouds in the background threaten more rain.

Sign showing information about the goat builders. Text from the Instagram post:"Bocken är färdigställd! Efter mycket slit och möda är bocken färdig. Han blev lite annorlunda i år men det skadar väl ingen." Stort tack till alla sponsorer och alla bockbyggare, vi älskar er alla!" Vi syns nästa år när han återuppstår stiligare än någonsin.

Lillbocken has been built by the Natural Science Association at Vasa School www.instagram.com/lillbocken/

It's not been an easy week. I'm hoping the best for you and Bear. I get it.

Thinking of you and Bear.

Gavlebocken stands in the center of jagged wooden fencing. She received some extra red ribbons on her legs and one around her stomach.

a close-up of Gavlebocken horns showing newly installed lights.

Tack till alla bockbyggare som år efter år ger mig min bästa bock-look 🐐 Nu är mina ståtliga bockhorn upplysta, det röda bandet på plats och jag känner mig redo att glänsa på mitt födelsedagskalas! På söndag kl 16 firar vi mig och jag längtar att få träffa er alla, ni kommer väl förbi? ✨ Länk till min livestream finns i min profiltext. Thanks to all the goat-builders who give me my best goat-look year after year 🐐 My horns are glowing and the red ribbon is in place, I’m feeling ready to shine on my birthday party! This Sunday at 16.00 Swedish time we’re celebrating me, and I’m more excited to meet you all, you’ll stop by, right? ✨ You can watch me live at the link in bio.

"Thanks to all the goat-builders who give me my best goat-look year after year 🐐 My horns are glowing and the red ribbon is in place, I’m feeling ready to shine on my birthday party!..."

Oh, David! I'm sorry. We lost Los on Tuesday. I'm so sorry to hear this. Good companions are hard to find.

Black Friday has a somewhat different meaning in Hookland and it certainly isn’t a festival of consumerism …

Happy Thanksgiving, America!

Next year I'll be publishing "Eye For An Eye," the first book in my historical crime trilogy featuring my heroine Sheriff Claire Williams! I've also written a series of short stories about her, if you're interested in checking them out! veronicaleighauthor.wordpress.com/lady-sheriff... #booksky

Remember: It ys okaye to be lonely. It ys okaye to feel lost. It ys okaye to be sad. It ys okaye to have no plannes or just small plannes. It ys okaye to have big plannes that seem exhausting. It ys okaye to be a mess. Take care of thyself. Thou art amazinge.

We keep getting requests, so had to bring them back. This campaign runs for 5 days only:
www.everpress.com/piper-at-the-gates-2025

A short video showing the process of making a reproduction of a Viking Age ceramic jug that was found in Birka Sweden.

It was wholly handmade through a time-consuming process here in Sweden without a potter’s wheel, just as the original was made over 1000 years ago.

Book cover for “Soot & Boots: An Anthology of Short Festive Fiction.” The illustration shows a pair of tall, black, soot-dusted boots standing on a scuffed wooden floor against a textured blue-grey wall. The title appears in bold white lettering above the boots, and The Broken Spine’s logo sits at the bottom of the cover.

Our festive & wintry short-fiction anthology Soot & Boots lands later this month. Hardback + paperback. Sharp stories for dark nights. More soon. #SootAndBoots

Hahaha!!!! Now I can't either. "Thanks," David. 😂

Los is shocked by this development!!!

Mood...

Title card for the episode, with a bonfire background and the word Gatherings

Episode 182 - GATHERINGS

Listen free on your podcast app or at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/episode-182....

Watch a video enhanced version with footage from the TV series at youtu.be/zqFZ58lSMKA

I chat with director Dave Brewis about his new 6-part TV series Gatherings, looking at seasonal events.

Oh no, David! Sending you good thoughts!

A dog who has had enough of this foolishness.

Los is totally expressing my mood today!

There was a time folks would have been ashamed to cry this hard about something this soft.

"Absolute Units, a podcast from The Museum of English Rural Life." Three giant sheep float over a cartoon scene of the English countryside.

In case you missed it: last week, we released two new episodes of our podcast, Absolute Units!

Learn about tracing queer rural history in our archives with @timjerrome.bsky.social. And/or explore the history of Halloween with @folklorepod.bsky.social.

merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...

Blood Alley in Chillicothe Ohio. A haunted space.

Appalachian Bigfoot. A fun book

My great grandma Maisey an herbal healer from Hocking County Ohio

A bonus Halloween Los

I had the awesome experience and life long dream of being interviewed for this NatGeo article on supernatural Appalachia:

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In the spirit of Halloween, here are some of my Haints, Boogers, and Witches

Thank you, David! Hoping to have something worth posting!

Last night, for the first time in a long time, I got to take off my department head hat, put on my whimsical folklore T-shirt & trade spreadsheets for folktales. Great Halloween fun with RMU's WLMP. (Once again, thanks to @bereaarchives.bsky.social for the Leonard Roberts material!)

I'm still in Pittsburgh but headed back today. My copy of your book is waiting for me!

We me way look at folklore as a thing separate, artefact of imaginative response to the world, or we may look through folklore to see the truths of an enchanted world. I’ve learnt late that it’s often better to look through to the universal rather than look at shadows cast. – #CLNolan #Folklore