Swamp Woman
@swamp-hodag.bsky.social
I am an avid simple living, outdoors, pagan woman who would rather be in a canoe on a river, ice fishing on a secluded lake, or hunkered down in front of my fireplace hearth cooking, than almost anywhere else in the world.
Mullien leaves are a good healer against the irritant gasses sprayed on protesters. To sooth eyes and mucus membranes, pour boiling water over the leaves, a put you face into the gentle steam to reduce redness and swelling. Ancient healing in modern troubled times.
August 6, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Mullien leaves are a good healer against the irritant gasses sprayed on protesters. To sooth eyes and mucus membranes, pour boiling water over the leaves, a put you face into the gentle steam to reduce redness and swelling. Ancient healing in modern troubled times.
Mullien flowers in oil is a cure for an ear ache. I also will put mullien flowers and garlic slices into apple cider vinegar to help with ear infection from viral, bacteria, and yeast. Ridgeline healing at its best.
August 6, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Mullien flowers in oil is a cure for an ear ache. I also will put mullien flowers and garlic slices into apple cider vinegar to help with ear infection from viral, bacteria, and yeast. Ridgeline healing at its best.
March 6, 2025 at 12:40 PM
View from a hospital room where someone recovered from needed surgery, paid for by their health insurance, terrified they would be caught and deported before they could recover. She has taken care of YOUR children. We stood as a barrier against her oppressors. #FDJT #FuckNazis #FuckICE #resistance
March 2, 2025 at 6:40 PM
View from a hospital room where someone recovered from needed surgery, paid for by their health insurance, terrified they would be caught and deported before they could recover. She has taken care of YOUR children. We stood as a barrier against her oppressors. #FDJT #FuckNazis #FuckICE #resistance
Fed up the beasts well and spent the weekend in town. I gave a class on cheese making, and took a class on wilderness first aid. Got home late last night to the trees calling. Spring is whispering from the roots. Sap is rising. Shivers... #witchsky #pagansky #cunningfolk #livingseasonally
February 24, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Fed up the beasts well and spent the weekend in town. I gave a class on cheese making, and took a class on wilderness first aid. Got home late last night to the trees calling. Spring is whispering from the roots. Sap is rising. Shivers... #witchsky #pagansky #cunningfolk #livingseasonally
I'll spend most of the weekend in town, so I took a walk down to white stone spring this morning to charge up on wild places before I deal with humans (good humans, but I am an introvert). Spring isn't here yet, but for the first time I can start smelling it in the air. #witchsky #northwitch
February 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I'll spend most of the weekend in town, so I took a walk down to white stone spring this morning to charge up on wild places before I deal with humans (good humans, but I am an introvert). Spring isn't here yet, but for the first time I can start smelling it in the air. #witchsky #northwitch
Art is transformative, taking raw material and creating something new. I don't have the artist eye, a magic many of you hold doesn't flow thru me, but I am a blacksmith with my grandfather's forge. My art today was turning a broken plow into 12 discadas for cooking around the fire. #witchsky #prep
February 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Hawthorn was one of my 1st teachers. The berries can be used in tea, jelly, wine, and vinegars for your salads. All of these are good anti-inflammatories, lowering blood pressure, and calming the body and mind. She has healed us since before humans recorded history. #witchsky #pagansky #cunningfolk
February 20, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Hawthorn was one of my 1st teachers. The berries can be used in tea, jelly, wine, and vinegars for your salads. All of these are good anti-inflammatories, lowering blood pressure, and calming the body and mind. She has healed us since before humans recorded history. #witchsky #pagansky #cunningfolk
I make sauerkraut by the 55 gallon drum for my chickens since I read this almost 20 years ago. It is part of their home grown feed.
February 19, 2025 at 1:19 AM
I make sauerkraut by the 55 gallon drum for my chickens since I read this almost 20 years ago. It is part of their home grown feed.
Words from a childhood favorite reminding us that generations have seen this battle and refused to back down. It echoes in our fables and myths. We are the heroes and heroines of the story now. #witchsky #pagansky #resistance #fdjt #wearetheheroes
February 18, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Words from a childhood favorite reminding us that generations have seen this battle and refused to back down. It echoes in our fables and myths. We are the heroes and heroines of the story now. #witchsky #pagansky #resistance #fdjt #wearetheheroes
Two more plant allies that hang out all winter long, uva-ursi and pipsissewas. Both are good for anything to do with the urinary tract, with uva-ursi being a powerhouse, and pipsissewas as a more gentle healer. Wort cunning in the dead of winter. #witchsky #pagansky #cunningfolk #herbalism
February 18, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Two more plant allies that hang out all winter long, uva-ursi and pipsissewas. Both are good for anything to do with the urinary tract, with uva-ursi being a powerhouse, and pipsissewas as a more gentle healer. Wort cunning in the dead of winter. #witchsky #pagansky #cunningfolk #herbalism
I needed to recharge, so I spent a few days being a wild woman talking with the wild neighbors. A small trip into the earth revealed Smudge the Bear is a mother again. Even in the darkest depths of winter, life happens. We endure. #witchsky #pagansky #naturelessons
February 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I needed to recharge, so I spent a few days being a wild woman talking with the wild neighbors. A small trip into the earth revealed Smudge the Bear is a mother again. Even in the darkest depths of winter, life happens. We endure. #witchsky #pagansky #naturelessons
Late night chores done with a winter storm rolling in. There's a pot of chaga/spicebush tea simmering on the back of the stove, acorn squash stuffed with wild rice and dried apple in the oven. Taking into my body nourishment from the land herself. #mysacred #witchsky #pagansky #firecooking
February 12, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Late night chores done with a winter storm rolling in. There's a pot of chaga/spicebush tea simmering on the back of the stove, acorn squash stuffed with wild rice and dried apple in the oven. Taking into my body nourishment from the land herself. #mysacred #witchsky #pagansky #firecooking
With the moon almost full, and the wolves howling up in the Black Jack, the forest is calling me. I saw a chaga in the birch stand, so I'll harvest some while I'm out and about. I become a creature of the night. #wildwitch #moonbathing #witchsky #pagansky #cunningfolk
February 11, 2025 at 6:07 AM
With the moon almost full, and the wolves howling up in the Black Jack, the forest is calling me. I saw a chaga in the birch stand, so I'll harvest some while I'm out and about. I become a creature of the night. #wildwitch #moonbathing #witchsky #pagansky #cunningfolk
It's a bit late, but I'm doing my last harvest of witch hazel for the year. I use her in so many of my skin tinctures throughout the seasons I need plenty. This year I asked her for a few more tips. She agreed being prepared is probably a good thing. #witchsky #pagansky #cunningfolk #wortcunning
February 11, 2025 at 12:43 AM
It's a bit late, but I'm doing my last harvest of witch hazel for the year. I use her in so many of my skin tinctures throughout the seasons I need plenty. This year I asked her for a few more tips. She agreed being prepared is probably a good thing. #witchsky #pagansky #cunningfolk #wortcunning
A sauna is a living being, the rising steam a life force of its own called a loyly. A birch vihta, or branches with leaves, can be scrubbed across the skin to prevent inflammation and relieves muscle/joint pain during the sauna (or even in a bath). #witchsky #pagansky #cunningfolk #herbalhealing
February 10, 2025 at 1:58 AM
A sauna is a living being, the rising steam a life force of its own called a loyly. A birch vihta, or branches with leaves, can be scrubbed across the skin to prevent inflammation and relieves muscle/joint pain during the sauna (or even in a bath). #witchsky #pagansky #cunningfolk #herbalhealing
There are those interested in learning to shoot, but can't use traditional means. Minorities and women often find themselves without firearm instructors. We offer our skills to those who want to learn. Don't mess with this witch, she has lots of teeth. #resistance #witchsky #pagansky #survival
February 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
There are those interested in learning to shoot, but can't use traditional means. Minorities and women often find themselves without firearm instructors. We offer our skills to those who want to learn. Don't mess with this witch, she has lots of teeth. #resistance #witchsky #pagansky #survival
We will all fight for that one last breath that will never come and then transcend into the role of ancestor. How will your descendants see you when they call for your guidance? Will you be a warrior, a sage, a light in the darkness? We are the power. #witchsky #pagansky #resistance #cunningfolk
February 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
We will all fight for that one last breath that will never come and then transcend into the role of ancestor. How will your descendants see you when they call for your guidance? Will you be a warrior, a sage, a light in the darkness? We are the power. #witchsky #pagansky #resistance #cunningfolk
With some gifted deer tallow I have enough for 6 batches of soap. I posted an impromptu soap making class for 12 people and it was filled in less than an hour. People really want to learn basic skills. I'm packing up the class and goin' to town. #oldways #witchsky #pagansky #homesteading #prepping
February 7, 2025 at 9:47 PM
With some gifted deer tallow I have enough for 6 batches of soap. I posted an impromptu soap making class for 12 people and it was filled in less than an hour. People really want to learn basic skills. I'm packing up the class and goin' to town. #oldways #witchsky #pagansky #homesteading #prepping
Some wild medicinals need more care than others. Skunk cabbage, a unique plant of the swamps, gives us a medicine that is VERY powerful for deep pain and to calm whooping cough. EXTREME care must be taken to remove 100% of the moisture from the plant. #witchsky #cunningfolk #healingplants #wildwitch
February 6, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Some wild medicinals need more care than others. Skunk cabbage, a unique plant of the swamps, gives us a medicine that is VERY powerful for deep pain and to calm whooping cough. EXTREME care must be taken to remove 100% of the moisture from the plant. #witchsky #cunningfolk #healingplants #wildwitch
I gathered some eastern red cedar needles and "berries". I'll soak them in grapeseed oil to use as a chest rub for chest colds. In their green state they can be used sparing as a spice or put in grain alcohol for homemade gin. #herbalhealing #witchsky #naturemedicine #cunningfolk #greenwitch
February 6, 2025 at 1:50 AM
I gathered some eastern red cedar needles and "berries". I'll soak them in grapeseed oil to use as a chest rub for chest colds. In their green state they can be used sparing as a spice or put in grain alcohol for homemade gin. #herbalhealing #witchsky #naturemedicine #cunningfolk #greenwitch
An altar is anywhere you raise and direct energy. It doesn't have to be bought, it isn't something extra you have to carry around. A kitchen counter, the garden harvest, your favorite chair, your car dash...are all altars to the powerful being that is you. #witchsky #nocapitalism #resistance
February 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
An altar is anywhere you raise and direct energy. It doesn't have to be bought, it isn't something extra you have to carry around. A kitchen counter, the garden harvest, your favorite chair, your car dash...are all altars to the powerful being that is you. #witchsky #nocapitalism #resistance
There is magic in tracking. All the universe is contained in the trail. The position of the stars, the moon, the sun, the other wolves, the prey, each snowflake...are all contained in a single track. The wolf uses the universe to move through the world and teaches me the same. #witchsky #wildwitch
February 5, 2025 at 2:01 AM
There is magic in tracking. All the universe is contained in the trail. The position of the stars, the moon, the sun, the other wolves, the prey, each snowflake...are all contained in a single track. The wolf uses the universe to move through the world and teaches me the same. #witchsky #wildwitch
Dreaming of the magic of syruping. Staring deep into the bubbling sap, seeing images in the foam, being enveloped in the sweet steam, sipping on sap tea. The liminal time of winter ending and spring beginning opens us up to the energies of the trees. #witchsky #homestead #greenwitch #cunningfolk
February 4, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Dreaming of the magic of syruping. Staring deep into the bubbling sap, seeing images in the foam, being enveloped in the sweet steam, sipping on sap tea. The liminal time of winter ending and spring beginning opens us up to the energies of the trees. #witchsky #homestead #greenwitch #cunningfolk
We had our annual wassail yesterday. 24 hours of singing, dancing, reciting poetry, screaming like banshees...to call in the good spirits and send the bad ones packing. The orchard is a sacred keeper, giving us nourishment in the coming hard times. #witchsky #greenwitch #cunningfolk #homestead
February 3, 2025 at 11:01 AM
We had our annual wassail yesterday. 24 hours of singing, dancing, reciting poetry, screaming like banshees...to call in the good spirits and send the bad ones packing. The orchard is a sacred keeper, giving us nourishment in the coming hard times. #witchsky #greenwitch #cunningfolk #homestead