Jen Rue
@rueandhyssop.bsky.social
Part feral forest creature, part Strega Nona. Fascinated by plants, folklore, seasonal/agrarian celebrations. (she/her)
PS - Trans rights are human rights.
PS - Trans rights are human rights.
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.
November 9, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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.
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
March 4, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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
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.
March 1, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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.
Moon of the Crusted Snow, by Waubgeshig Rice
An Anishinaabe community bands together as worldwide catastrophe unfolds. (This is a short novel and in 2023 a sequel was published, called “Moon of the Turning Leaves.”)
An Anishinaabe community bands together as worldwide catastrophe unfolds. (This is a short novel and in 2023 a sequel was published, called “Moon of the Turning Leaves.”)
January 27, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Moon of the Crusted Snow, by Waubgeshig Rice
An Anishinaabe community bands together as worldwide catastrophe unfolds. (This is a short novel and in 2023 a sequel was published, called “Moon of the Turning Leaves.”)
An Anishinaabe community bands together as worldwide catastrophe unfolds. (This is a short novel and in 2023 a sequel was published, called “Moon of the Turning Leaves.”)
Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
Edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.
Edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.
January 27, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
Edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.
Edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.
Taaqtumi: An Anthology of Arctic Horror Stories
-chilling tales from award-winning authors Richard Van Camp, Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley, Aviaq Johnston, and others
-chilling tales from award-winning authors Richard Van Camp, Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley, Aviaq Johnston, and others
January 27, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Taaqtumi: An Anthology of Arctic Horror Stories
-chilling tales from award-winning authors Richard Van Camp, Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley, Aviaq Johnston, and others
-chilling tales from award-winning authors Richard Van Camp, Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley, Aviaq Johnston, and others
January 20th is the Eve of St. Agnes’ feast day, and was considered to be one of the prime nights for love divination. There were a number of rituals one could undertake before dreaming of their future lover/spouse such as fasting, walking backwards to bed, or sowing seeds in the dark.
January 20, 2025 at 11:25 PM
January 20th is the Eve of St. Agnes’ feast day, and was considered to be one of the prime nights for love divination. There were a number of rituals one could undertake before dreaming of their future lover/spouse such as fasting, walking backwards to bed, or sowing seeds in the dark.
Last night’s owl friend visited at dusk under a bright Venus in the west.
January 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Last night’s owl friend visited at dusk under a bright Venus in the west.
Look to fruits and vegetables for winter weather forecasts - sure, why not?
“Onion skin's very thin,
mild winter comin' in.
Onion skin's thick and tough,
comin' winter, cold and rough.”
Apple skin and corn husks also are thought to 'thicken' if a hard winter is in store.
#folklorethursday
“Onion skin's very thin,
mild winter comin' in.
Onion skin's thick and tough,
comin' winter, cold and rough.”
Apple skin and corn husks also are thought to 'thicken' if a hard winter is in store.
#folklorethursday
December 19, 2024 at 1:15 PM
Look to fruits and vegetables for winter weather forecasts - sure, why not?
“Onion skin's very thin,
mild winter comin' in.
Onion skin's thick and tough,
comin' winter, cold and rough.”
Apple skin and corn husks also are thought to 'thicken' if a hard winter is in store.
#folklorethursday
“Onion skin's very thin,
mild winter comin' in.
Onion skin's thick and tough,
comin' winter, cold and rough.”
Apple skin and corn husks also are thought to 'thicken' if a hard winter is in store.
#folklorethursday
"To see the dingy cloud come drooping down, obscuring everything, one might have thought that Nature lived hard by, and was brewing on a large scale." - Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
It’s the time of deep gloom in the valley. Strong coffee, good books, and hearty meals are how we keep going.
It’s the time of deep gloom in the valley. Strong coffee, good books, and hearty meals are how we keep going.
November 27, 2024 at 3:28 AM
"To see the dingy cloud come drooping down, obscuring everything, one might have thought that Nature lived hard by, and was brewing on a large scale." - Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
It’s the time of deep gloom in the valley. Strong coffee, good books, and hearty meals are how we keep going.
It’s the time of deep gloom in the valley. Strong coffee, good books, and hearty meals are how we keep going.
Just a small taste, for our first snow in the southern interior of British Columbia.
November 16, 2024 at 11:48 PM
Just a small taste, for our first snow in the southern interior of British Columbia.