🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🌱Researcher 💀Author Mill Dust & Dreaming Bread out 2025 🧌Scottish Folk Belief 👻Activist 🌿Herbalist 🐈‍⬛Dad 🧟‍♂️Folk Magic Practitioner 💯Scottish folk magichttps://bsky.app/profile/scottishfolkmagic.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/scottishfolkmagic.bsky.social/post/3lsed33ecns2wThis Friday evening @eileenbudd and I are having a wee celebration. There’s still time to come along if you fancy a bit of Scottish folklore craic and shenanigans :)24 Jun 2025 14:36 +0000at://did:plc:dlnfb4ppdtfnfycbrf53uczb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsed33ecns2whttps://bsky.app/profile/scottishfolkmagic.bsky.social/post/3lqxcz6tpjk2bSo so true [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Jun 2025 17:05 +0000at://did:plc:dlnfb4ppdtfnfycbrf53uczb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqxcz6tpjk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/scottishfolkmagic.bsky.social/post/3lqjwyupfbk2kLove this review thank you so much Thea 🥹 [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Jun 2025 09:26 +0000at://did:plc:dlnfb4ppdtfnfycbrf53uczb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqjwyupfbk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/scottishfolkmagic.bsky.social/post/3lpuh55rmks2tFinally ! https://media.tenor.com/FDq3-jxP-vcAAAAC/nature-good-morning-nature.gif?hh=332&ww=49823 May 2025 20:16 +0000at://did:plc:dlnfb4ppdtfnfycbrf53uczb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpuh55rmks2thttps://bsky.app/profile/scottishfolkmagic.bsky.social/post/3lptluhxcl22hJust my cat and my book - melting together23 May 2025 12:08 +0000at://did:plc:dlnfb4ppdtfnfycbrf53uczb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lptluhxcl22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/scottishfolkmagic.bsky.social/post/3lprjwqs5uc2sFiling under things I wish people remember on the daily “Debates are not adversarial opportunities to make your ouponent look like an idiot. They are opportunities in which we can all become better, and grow.”22 May 2025 16:28 +0000at://did:plc:dlnfb4ppdtfnfycbrf53uczb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lprjwqs5uc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/scottishfolkmagic.bsky.social/post/3lpqin6g3lc24We had rain - the first in 6 weeks I’m so happy about this !22 May 2025 06:32 +0000at://did:plc:dlnfb4ppdtfnfycbrf53uczb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpqin6g3lc24https://bsky.app/profile/scottishfolkmagic.bsky.social/post/3lplure6ys22gReturning to writing after authoring a book is the weirdest feeling - I am happy to be back in the idea soup but I think I’ve forgotten a bit how to slurp it up like before. https://media.tenor.com/ri8OEacEgSUAAAAC/kamsandwich-kam.gif?hh=498&ww=42320 May 2025 10:26 +0000at://did:plc:dlnfb4ppdtfnfycbrf53uczb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lplure6ys22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/scottishfolkmagic.bsky.social/post/3lpa35uw6322fHad a great chat with Dareagh on his spirit box podcast - was an absolute pleasure to chat to as a long time listener first time caller - check it out ! (Try not to laugh too hard at the autogenerated chapter titles haha https://open.spotify.com/episode/5GA4U6GzjLrhxb9BCrxnRr?si=sByj_e5bSpiQ4HFN8xv-Tg15 May 2025 17:48 +0000at://did:plc:dlnfb4ppdtfnfycbrf53uczb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpa35uw6322fhttps://bsky.app/profile/scottishfolkmagic.bsky.social/post/3lob3sl74cc2mThanks to Brooke and Laura and the amazing team at Black Moon Botanica the book launch has sold out. If you wanted to come along and have a blether there will be other opportunities, @eileenbudd and I are planning one on the evening of the 27th June in Edinburgh - all welcome!03 May 2025 10:08 +0000at://did:plc:dlnfb4ppdtfnfycbrf53uczb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lob3sl74cc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/scottishfolkmagic.bsky.social/post/3lnzt6jijzc24Happy bealtainn all x30 Apr 2025 12:44 +0000at://did:plc:dlnfb4ppdtfnfycbrf53uczb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnzt6jijzc24https://bsky.app/profile/scottishfolkmagic.bsky.social/post/3lnpt4xfzgk27A huge thank you to all the brilliant indie bookshops and indie shops who have chosen to stock Mill Dust and Dreaming Bread on #indiebookstoreday. @wedale-bookshop.bsky.social @brambleandbone.bsky.social @blackmoonbotanica.bsky.social26 Apr 2025 13:17 +0000at://did:plc:dlnfb4ppdtfnfycbrf53uczb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnpt4xfzgk27https://bsky.app/profile/scottishfolkmagic.bsky.social/post/3lnojvbsajk26Doing a thing - wanna come along ? https://blackmoonbotanica.co.uk/products/book-launch?srsltid=AfmBOopgfnF5B2OZjwI2cz6BNBDrGK3KVaA_0FdBnSjeu9vq7cg82Z3r26 Apr 2025 00:59 +0000at://did:plc:dlnfb4ppdtfnfycbrf53uczb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnojvbsajk26https://bsky.app/profile/scottishfolkmagic.bsky.social/post/3lma5s5qgdk24I didn’t have using up the water in both my rain barrels watering my garden in April was on the cards but here we are … I’m not sure what this means for summer crops and the ecosystem.07 Apr 2025 14:20 +0000at://did:plc:dlnfb4ppdtfnfycbrf53uczb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lma5s5qgdk24https://bsky.app/profile/scottishfolkmagic.bsky.social/post/3lkvbowtjsk2oWith all this equinox chatter sharing some writing which went on to inform my book https://cailleachs-herbarium.com/2016/03/fools-cuckoos-the-lady-and-the-devil-spring-equinox/?currency=GBP21 Mar 2025 13:05 +0000at://did:plc:dlnfb4ppdtfnfycbrf53uczb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkvbowtjsk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/scottishfolkmagic.bsky.social/post/3lks6z2ixuk2hThis is the first quote I’ve seen pulled from my new book. When I wrote this over the course of the last ten years I didn’t realise it would be published with everything going on in the world today. Seems a bit uncanny. Thanks for loving the writing @tehlorkay.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Mar 2025 07:39 +0000at://did:plc:dlnfb4ppdtfnfycbrf53uczb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lks6z2ixuk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/scottishfolkmagic.bsky.social/post/3lkdoymifpc2hSo nice to see these books out in the wild ! Thanks to everyone who supported the Kickstarter or has preordered ! [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Mar 2025 13:15 +0000at://did:plc:dlnfb4ppdtfnfycbrf53uczb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkdoymifpc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/scottishfolkmagic.bsky.social/post/3lkdoxcrwlc2hBy the time I have gotten to the end of the book signings and hand written thank you notes I will have scrawled abooout 13000 -17000 words. Thank you all for the support, I have loved reading your comments and thoughts but my wrist will be requiring a break soon!14 Mar 2025 13:15 +0000at://did:plc:dlnfb4ppdtfnfycbrf53uczb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkdoxcrwlc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/scottishfolkmagic.bsky.social/post/3lk4ytw7s3o2lAs part of the Kickstarter for Mill Dust and Dreaming Bread, I had the pleasure of commissioning a stunning piece of art from garth.laidlaw. Here it is on my writing desk in the rare March sun. Garth brought something truly special to life. An image of Scotland’s oldest known animist shrine. 11 Mar 2025 21:23 +0000at://did:plc:dlnfb4ppdtfnfycbrf53uczb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk4ytw7s3o2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/scottishfolkmagic.bsky.social/post/3ljpgwzdck62yToday is #worldbookday and I’m over the moon to be spending the day parceling up and posting the first edition copies of my new book Mill Dust and Dreaming Bread - Exploring Scottish Folk Belief and Folk Magic to early Kickstarter backers. 06 Mar 2025 11:58 +0000at://did:plc:dlnfb4ppdtfnfycbrf53uczb/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljpgwzdck62yhttps://bsky.app/profile/scottishfolkmagic.bsky.social/post/3ljozwhcrgs25My house smells like books and hyacinths and I’m not mad about it at all.06 Mar 2025 08:05 +0000at://did:plc:dlnfb4ppdtfnfycbrf53uczb/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljozwhcrgs25https://bsky.app/profile/scottishfolkmagic.bsky.social/post/3lji4j5zpfj2eI was reminded of this quote by Katherine Briggs in Fairies in Tradition and Literature. Some folk try to shape the fairy faith into a single dogmatic narrative but that is not the way it has ever worked. Scotland is a melting pot and that pot has been stirred by countless hands over the years. 03 Mar 2025 14:03 +0000at://did:plc:dlnfb4ppdtfnfycbrf53uczb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lji4j5zpfj2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/scottishfolkmagic.bsky.social/post/3ljaoaystv22bSpecial edition Mill Dust and Dreaming Bread - Out May - (other editions out late summer) 28 Feb 2025 14:59 +0000at://did:plc:dlnfb4ppdtfnfycbrf53uczb/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljaoaystv22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/scottishfolkmagic.bsky.social/post/3lj5x6iqqfs2jExploring the themes of circular buildings, home, displacement, death and birth in this article exploring the ritual use of house spaces, birthing straw, spring festivals, squares and circles. #scottishfolkmagic (And town planning 😜) https://cailleachs-herbarium.com/2025/02/the-sacred-circle-of-home-and-hearth/27 Feb 2025 13:01 +0000at://did:plc:dlnfb4ppdtfnfycbrf53uczb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj5x6iqqfs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/scottishfolkmagic.bsky.social/post/3liyt6t2zus2qJust signed up to Bluesky flashes - I’m loving these alternative spaces and SO happy there’s a image app to connect via as I’m not a very effective tweeter short form writer haha25 Feb 2025 12:06 +0000at://did:plc:dlnfb4ppdtfnfycbrf53uczb/app.bsky.feed.post/3liyt6t2zus2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/scottishfolkmagic.bsky.social/post/3liyt2aknm32sInvesting in old things this year 25 Feb 2025 12:03 +0000at://did:plc:dlnfb4ppdtfnfycbrf53uczb/app.bsky.feed.post/3liyt2aknm32shttps://bsky.app/profile/scottishfolkmagic.bsky.social/post/3liml7tueyc2xcailleachs-herbarium.com I write, a lot, and it’s all available on my website for free. I’ve been tinkering at the ages of it for a few days … the website that is not my writing … https://cailleachs-herbarium.com20 Feb 2025 15:11 +0000at://did:plc:dlnfb4ppdtfnfycbrf53uczb/app.bsky.feed.post/3liml7tueyc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/scottishfolkmagic.bsky.social/post/3libxm6ulhs2kLuminescent moss green sound recording day. I ponder how moss might sound … If silence sang, it would be this; the tender press of rain’s cool kiss, the sigh of roots, the hush of shade, a song of time the wind unmade. #scottishfolklore #soundrecording16 Feb 2025 09:54 +0000at://did:plc:dlnfb4ppdtfnfycbrf53uczb/app.bsky.feed.post/3libxm6ulhs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/scottishfolkmagic.bsky.social/post/3lhvax3d3b22gThe 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.11 Feb 2025 08:36 +0000at://did:plc:dlnfb4ppdtfnfycbrf53uczb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhvax3d3b22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/scottishfolkmagic.bsky.social/post/3lhr7zugkmk2eGathered a few good folks to start a folklore and folk magic starter list for folks! Hope it’s useful to find folks to follow go.bsky.app/8WusE1u [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Feb 2025 18:09 +0000at://did:plc:dlnfb4ppdtfnfycbrf53uczb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhr7zugkmk2e