Jen Rue

While a hazy sun rises in the south-east, a flock of Canada Geese pauses in their journey to pick at a just-mowed cornfield.

Stopped to watch the Canada geese picking over a just-shorn cornfield this morning. The last of the leaves are lingering on the apple trees in the background, but with the wind storms we’ve been having they won’t last much longer. Autumn has been glorious this year.

Sharing this yet again. I appreciate the kindness and support. Mom is still dealing with her post surgery issues. I’m trying to keep us both afloat and hard when I’m disabled.

Happy Birthday! I hope this new year brings you every good thing

I have them too! I love them so much. I watch them close up the openings of their little ground-houses when it rains.

🚨 Support Los Angeles immigrant communities 🚨

Please consider donating to one or all of the following orgs:

Immigrant Defenders Law Center: give.immdef.org/donate

LA Jail Support / Bail Fund:
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Unión del Barrio:
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For those of us who are disabled or prohibited from protesting for any reason, here are ways we can help.

I can’t take a service dog to a protest, it’s unsafe for him but also for others around us.

I can do some of these.

#NoKings protest in Philadelphia

Dead Men A Captain Hook origin story about a man trapped out of time for the entertainment of a vengeful demigod.

Go support a trans creator, telling a beautiful story.

Joe Meeks: books, biography, latest update Follow Joe Meeks and explore their bibliography from Amazon's Joe Meeks Author Page.

I’m living in a hotel right now and literally out of money so if anyone would like to check out my horror books I’d appreciate it: www.amazon.com/stores/autho...

Need to keep witches out of your house? People used to bake witch cakes to hang behind their doors.

I made a number of them for my book A Feast of Folklore about Britain's weird food lore. But it here: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/a-fe...

#WyrdWednesday

Black and white artwork of a group with witches in brooms

April 30th, is Walpurgisnacht (Witches’ Night), also known as the ‘other Halloween’ — a night that belongs to WITCHES

I have adored those ridiculous things my whole life. I laugh every time I see them.

🌱 BREAKING:
The lightning bugs have arrived early in West Central Georgia! They're still high in the trees but as long as this weather keeps, they'll be on the ground soon & dancing their mating dance soon. Soon we'll be hearing chuck wills widows calling (similar to whipoorwills).
I'm so excited!

The cover of my new book! Household Lore by Liza Frank - the cover is a big purple house with each window lit displaying some sort of folklore with in it. The front garden has a rowan and an elder tree and there's a crooked path leading to the front door.

I am delighted to reveal the cover of my new book Household Lore! It's publishing on 11 November 2025 with @watkinswisdom.bsky.social and you can pre-order your copy here! watkinspublishinglinks.com/householdlore #FolkloreThursday #BookologyThursday #AdoorableThursday #Bookchatweekly #Bloomscrolling

That’s scary - I’m glad it went well! I hope she heals swiftly.

'Salmon relatives come back to their homeland’: Okanagan fish passage, blocked for decades, set to be re-opened Fishway is expected to be finished by late June — finally allowing salmon access to their historic migration route into kɬúsx̌nítkʷ after more than 70 years

‘Salmon relatives come back to their homeland’: Okanagan fish passage, blocked for decades, set to be re-opened

Fishway is expected to be finished by late June — finally allowing salmon access to their historic migration route into kɬúsx̌nítkʷ after more than 70 years

indiginews.com/news/okanaga...

A view of a field-garden from last year in mid-spring. Multiple crop mingle, including cutting flowers. There is an orchard on a rise behind the lowlands, and rolling, semi-desert hills above that.

We’re wading into a nice Taurus moon now, through all of Tuesday, and it’s a great time to plant cold-hardy crops if your ground is workable. Taurus moons are excellent for root crops and okay for above ground food & flowers. I’ve got onion and lettuce seeds going in! #GardenSky #GardenWitch

Come home to spring, soon!

A morning view of a bare orchard, rolling hills in the background, the grass greening in the early spring sunlight.

March arrives with an early warmth that almost instantly greens the land. I am feverishly hoping for stone fruit this summer after our valley lost all its crops last year due to late freezes. Nothing is foreseeable anymore, but there is sunshine and birdsong and a fresh month to wade into.

Here is your printable Convivio Book of Days calendar for March: www.conviviobookworks.com/blog/daffodi.... The month begins today with St. David’s Day (and our recipe for Welsh Cakes) and the start of Ramadan.

Whenever you make a donation to someone in need—and with as many mutual aid requests that float around here or elsewhere nowadays, it's not hard to find opportunities to do so—consider to also light a candle with prayer for the recipient, too. Combine work with Work, aid with Aid.

I am weird but not a rando, however I will like all your cat content forever. Andy Warhol is perfection.

Are those vultures? We have have turkey vultures here but I’ve never seen the black variety. Such an incredible shot, with them on that tree!

Going through your parents things after they pass is never easy. Parting with treasures is slightly easier if they have good homes to go to. If you love a good antique, please check out my friend’s auction:

If you are serious about resisting American fascism, imperialism, colonialism, all the isms... think about also resisting the Canadian versions of the very same thing, at home and abroad. Lots of yous already do this, and that's great! Just don't fall into the nationalist trap that's taking hold.

It's not too late to start caring about disabled people.

Everyone will become disabled, if they're lucky (old age is disabling).

You personally know *many* disabled people. 1 in 4 adults in the US is disabled (source: adata.org )

It's not too late to start caring & acting from that place of care.

Holy shit that was a story. (I feel like I could pick out the people in my village who would try this too.)

Front cover of mill dust and dreaming bread

DISCOVER THE HIDDEN WISDOM OF SCOTLAND'S FOLK TRADITIONS MILL DUST & DREAMING BREAD TAKES READERS ON A CAPTIVATING JOURNEY IHPOUGH SCOTLAND'S LANDSCAPES, LEGENDS, AND LORE. THIS BOOK EXPLORES THE RICH TAPESTRY OF FOLK BELIEF AND FOLK MAGIC AND UNCOVERS THE ENDURING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN LAND, COMMUNITY, AND SPIRIT ROOTED IN SCOTLAND'S ANCESTRAL TRADITIONS. FROM ANIMISTIC PRACTICES AND SEASONAL CELEBRATIONS TO THE STRUGGLES OF RESILIENCE AGAINST SUPPRESSION, IT RECLAIMS A MARGINALISED CULTURAL HERITAGE AND INVITES READERS TO REDISCOVER ITS RELEVANCE IN THE MODERN WORLD. BLENDING DEEP ARCHIVAL RESEARCH, PERSONAL STORYTELLING, AND VIBRANT EXPLORATIONS OF ECOLOGY, HISTORY, AND SPIRITUALITY, THIS WORK IS AN EVOCATIVE HOMAGE TO SCOTLAND'S PAST AND A POWERFUL CALL TO EMBRACE ITS ENDURING WISDOM. WHETHER DELVING INTO THE FAIRY FAITH, UNCOVERING THE RITUALS OF ANCIENT FESTIVALS, OR EXAMINING THE IMPACT OF SOCIETAL UPHEAVAL, MILL DUST & DREAMING BREAD OFFERS A TRANSFORMATIVE PERSPECTIVE ON OUR SHARED HERITAGE AND A VISION OF HOW IT CAN INSPIRE US TODAY. THIS BOOK IS FOR SEEKERS, STORYTELLERS, AND ALL WHO YEARN TO CONNECT WITH THE ECHOES OF AN ANCIENT LAND. PRE ORDER AT CAILLEACHS-HERBARIUM.COM

A silver ogham circle on a charred wood background

ADVANCED PRAISE FOR THE BOOK MEANINGFUL, MAGICAL AND MARVELLOUS. WEAVING OVER A DECADE OF RESEARCH AND CENTURIES OF HISTORY TOGETHER, THIS BOOK IS A FASCINATING INSIGHT INTO SCOTLAND'S FOLK BELIEFS, PRACTICES AND FORGOTTEN HISTORY. ESSENTIAL AND LONG OVERDUE READING FOR ANYONE WITH AN INTEREST IN DISCOVERING SCOTLAND'S NATIVE TRADITIONS, CUSTOMS AND MAGIC. EILEEN B., STORYTELLER

The stories we carry are as vital as the bread we bake and the songs we sing. Mill Dust and Dreaming Bread is a book about memory, land, and the quiet resilience of everyday folk. A love letter to Scotland’s past, woven from lived experience and deep research. Pre-order now.

Oh this is so great!

I hope you feel better soon! Snuggling in with an audio book is good medicine!