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Y'all, if you've listened to my moon walk over on Patreon, you already know that I'm quite busy right now fighting a predator in my community who is posing as a hero to DV victims. In the meantime, here are some small, simple ways to take back the Craft and make it more meaningful. Toward the end, I speak to spellcrafting and how to approach it from scratch. Hope it helps!

Love y'all like chicken. XOXO, Seba

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To purchase my book, Farmcraft: An Ecology of Witchfolk, go to one of the following (although it’s available elsewhere):

https://farmerish.net/product/farmcraft-an-ecology-of-witchfolk/

https://www.amazon.com/Farmcraft-Ecology-Witchfolk-Katharyn-Privett/dp/B0H864Z1WZ

Y'all, for a very long time I've struggled to explain this funny thing inside of me that demands authenticity, regardless of the cost. I've done my best at explaining that here tonight.

The Latin word "integritas" comes about as close as I can figure, but it has a lot less to do with morality than it does with maintaining a "wholeness," and in my case, my magic.

Snuggle in, Batchildren. Love y'all like chicken!

Seba

To support this podcast and get access to exclusive content, go to: https://www.patreon.com/southernfriedwitch

To purchase my book, Farmcraft: An Ecology of Witchfolk, go to one of the following (although it’s available elsewhere):

https://farmerish.net/product/farmcraft-an-ecology-of-witchfolk/

https://www.amazon.com/Farmcraft-Ecology-Witchfolk-Katharyn-Privett/dp/B0H864Z1WZ

To support this podcast and get access to exclusive content, go to: https://www.patreon.com/southernfriedwitch

To purchase my book, Farmcraft: An Ecology of Witchfolk, go to one of the following (although it’s available elsewhere):

https://farmerish.net/product/farmcraft-an-ecology-of-witchfolk/

https://www.amazon.com/Farmcraft-Ecology-Witchfolk-Katharyn-Privett/dp/B0H864Z1WZ

To read along with my essay, go to: https://farmerish.net/the-raconteur/

I have a short story, y'all, and a reading to share with you tonight. As everyone knows quite well, orb weavers and I go way back. Tonight, one had a reminder for me.

Snuggle up on the porch. It's storytime.

Love y'all like chicken,
Seba

To read along with my essay, go to: https://farmerish.net/the-raconteur/

To support this podcast and get access to exclusive content, go to: https://www.patreon.com/southernfriedwitch

To purchase my book, Farmcraft: An Ecology of Witchfolk, go to one of the following (although it’s available elsewhere):

https://farmerish.net/product/farmcraft-an-ecology-of-witchfolk/

https://www.amazon.com/Farmcraft-Ecology-Witchfolk-Katharyn-Privett/dp/B0H864Z1WZ

To support this podcast and get access to exclusive content, go to: https://www.patreon.com/southernfriedwitch

To purchase my book, Farmcraft: An Ecology of Witchfolk, go to one of the following (although it’s available elsewhere):
https://farmerish.net/product/farmcraft-an-ecology-of-witchfolk/

https://store.bookbaby.com/book/farmcraft?srsltid=AfmBOor0QIGYS057hQSnyT_C5WBNGjNXM_A21jIEgY6gOssYvXtbQESn

https://www.amazon.com/Farmcraft-Ecology-Witchfolk-Katharyn-Privett/dp/B0H864Z1WZ

To support this podcast and get access to exclusive content, go to: https://www.patreon.com/southernfriedwitch

To purchase my book, Farmcraft: An Ecology of Witchfolk, go to one of the following (although it’s available elsewhere):

https://farmerish.net/product/farmcraft-an-ecology-of-witchfolk/

https://store.bookbaby.com/book/farmcraft?srsltid=AfmBOor0QIGYS057hQSnyT_C5WBNGjNXM_A21jIEgY6gOssYvXtbQESn

https://www.amazon.com/Farmcraft-Ecology-Witchfolk-Katharyn-Privett/dp/B0H864Z1WZ

To purchase my book, go to one of the following (although it’s available elsewhere):

https://farmerish.net/product/farmcraft-an-ecology-of-witchfolk/

https://store.bookbaby.com/book/farmcraft?srsltid=AfmBOor0QIGYS057hQSnyT_C5WBNGjNXM_A21jIEgY6gOssYvXtbQESn

https://www.amazon.com/Farmcraft-Ecology-Witchfolk-Katharyn-Privett/dp/B0H864Z1WZ

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Y'all, I thought we'd sink into something a bit more Witchy, as I reckon we are all super tired these days. This one matters, much more than you might think.

Also, I stopped fighting the cicadas at the end of this episode. They were so damn loud right outside the window. If you listen close in the last five minutes or so, you'll hear them.

Love y'all like chicken,
Seba

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Part II: Y’all, It’s been a while (and now I can hear the song by Staind in my head) since I’ve had to actually deploy my sword.  As a Crone, as a grandma, I thought this was over.  Ah, the folly of a Gen-X Witch.

And I’m ready.  But it does occur to me that I’ve talked with y’all about dropping grief and lifting steel, but I haven’t gone in deep on how to prepare.  This extra long episode digs into that—sorry about how long I went—but it was time to share it.

Don’t ever say die, Batchildren.  Snuggle in close on the porch and let’s strategize, shall we? 

I'm leaving this release open for all levels. Y'all all need this one. xoxo

Love y’all like chicken,
Seba

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Y’all, It’s been a while (and now I can hear the song by Staind in my head) since I’ve had to actually deploy my sword.  As a Crone, as a grandma, I thought this was over.  Ah, the folly of a Gen-X Witch.

And I’m ready.  But it does occur to me that I’ve talked with y’all about dropping grief and lifting steel, but I haven’t gone in deep on how to prepare.  This extra long episode digs into that—sorry about how long I went—but it was time to share it.

Don’t ever say die, Batchildren.  Snuggle in close on the porch and let’s strategize, shall we? 

I'm leaving this release open for all levels. Y'all all need this one. xoxo

Love y’all like chicken,
Seba

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Hey, y'all, I hope you had a wonderful Summer Solstice/Litha! Thank you again for letting me take that weekend off-- I really needed to focus and be in that moment.

We talked from the porch about this jumping off place for the second half of the year and I have thoughts about what that means, especially for this old witch. In considering the time to stop just holding the door against asshattery, it has occurred to me that I had misplaced my sword.

It was packed away, a bit dusty, but I found it.

Love y'all like chicken! Seba

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Y'all, it's sweltering down here. I saw stars today, and not the fun kind, working out in the yard.

Let's talk about Midsummer, aka Litha, and the harvests we forget to revel in as the longest night approaches.

There's only one way to go from there, Batchildren. I plan to wallow in every sweaty moment of it.

Love y'all like chicken,
Seba

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This one is a bit short, y'all, as I am still cleaning up the aftermath of a freak storm out here. I know y'all remember me saying that "something wicked this way comes," and turns out it to be right on the money.

But I've got a plan. Hope y'all are hanging in there--hope you enjoyed my weird ramble in the clover last night over on Patreon--and I'm standing right back up with a walking stick.

Love y'all like chicken, as always,
Seba

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Sorry, y'all: it was time. I've watched Witches let go of their magic click by click and needed to finally speak to this issue.

So, what is the relationship between art and magic? And, more importantly: what are the threats to that sacred connection?

Send me your thoughts on this one.

Also, and this is important: thank you so much for supporting this podcast. It's one of the ways that I attempt "art," and you are the reason I keep going. Love y'all like chicken!

xoxo Seba

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There's a lot I'm not free to say here, y'all. But what I can push out into the world is this: Elders, specifically the Witch and Pagan kind, have more work to do.

And I'm not done talking about this.

Back to my farm I go, and I love y'all like chicken. xoxo, Seba

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Snuggle up, Batchildren. We're chatting about our beloved (and sometimes not so beloved) dead tonight. When we ask the land to accept their bones, both hypothetical and very, very real, there is a responsibility that we take on in that covenant.

Let's take a walk to our cemeteries, shall we?

Love y'all like chicken,
Seba

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Hey, y'all: I'm super tired tonight, so this is just a ramble about what's going on in this old witch's life. I've been noticing warning signs lately and am getting to work, tracking and locating the "boogieman" on this one. It may be more of a wander than usual.

Hope you all have a wonderful Mother's Day! (Also, I know I need to get y'all a porch talk--will do by Wednesday.)

Oh, and this one has a new "outro." With all the AI manipulated content out there, I thought I'd make my own stance clear as a podcaster and a Witch.

Love y'all like chicken,
Seba

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Melissa, a Batchild and long-time listener, sent in a letter a while back that asked me how I "deal with living around the horrible selfish, cheeto-chompers in the deep south?" I have endeavored to answer that question the best way I know how.

Hope y'all's Beltane was beautiful! Mine was small and potent, but incredibly magical.

Love y'all like chicken! Seba

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As promised, Batchildren, I dug in a little deeper. What is the difference between sacrifices and offerings, but more than anything: why are they not payment for services rendered?

Snuggle up on the porch and let's thing about that. Love y'all like chicken! Seba

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TW: I discuss the moment my grandma died.

I've thought about this for a while, as my tendency to brace myself and grit my teeth in the face of hard places in my life is real. And somewhere along the way, I often miss something beautiful by doing so.

Love y'all like chicken,
Seba

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*Let's talk, Batchildren. It's time to put it all on the table.

When folks go through something earthshattering, they can't just go back to who they were--although, that would be awesome, I have to say. If I could, I would.

Maybe.

But these scars, this path, this Witch cannot bend time that way. I am someone changed. I may have the same roots, the same foundation even, but I'm growing in strange and delicious new directions. It was grow, or die.

Guess which one I chose.

It's a new chapter for me. Hope to meet you on the porch for it and, as always, I love y'all like chicken.

xoxo,
Seba

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Well, I've never done this before outside of coven, but it felt fun and relevant. It's more of the "lesson" genre, something I don't normally do on a public forum. Y'all snuggle up on the porch and let's chat about it? (And if you're like my students, you might wanna grab a notebook and a pen.)

Intent, while important, just is not everything in the Craft. And here's why.

Love y'all like Chicken,
Seba

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Y'all already know how I feel. Now let me tell you why.

One thing I forgot to say in this episode is that rat snakes (when unhindered) can live up to twenty (and in some cases longer) years. That means: that gal that some asshat is trying to kill may be older than his children.

Let that sink in.

I know. I'm a country Witch and we work with these critters in our Craft. Maybe it's a bit too much for some folks. But hear me out?

Winifred and I would very much appreciate it.

Love y'all like chickens--and snakes,
Seba

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Alright, y'all. Let's talk about the differences between entanglements and covenants and how those lines get blurred--but also how they can wind around our Witchy lives without us noticing. This one means a lot to me.

What are the entanglements around your own Crafting life? Damn, I really need to think out that whole "Witch's Forensic Accountant" thing that's been gnawing at my idea bank for way too long.

Snuggle up, Batchildren, and let me tell you about how an entanglement became one of the most important, sacred ones of my life--and how it saved me when I finally made a commitment.

Love y'all like chicken, as always,
Seba

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Y'all know I've always seen science as integral to the Craft. As far as I've ever understood it: science is magic, magic is science, and everything in between just hasn't been proven yet.

So I hope this one makes sense. It's a little "teachy," which y'all know I usually avoid--but this one felt important. We're going to talk about hardwood ash until your eyes roll back, and a bit about black cats as familiars. Y'all know how this goes. It's a wander.

Gather round the porch, Batchildren. Let's talk about science? xoxo, Seba

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Hey, y'all--sorry I'm a day late. I did go forth with the DV awareness event, it was incredible, I was triggered by my own event (ironic, that) but am still so happy that I did the work. Maybe someone out there will be more aware now . . .

Either way, late yesterday was a rain shower, and it was the only time that I had to record. So, we begin with rain hammering around my voice and it comes back, briefly. My apologies if it makes it hard to hear.

But snuggle up. This is a longer one and something I've been working with for a while. If we understand that land needs reparations, healing, and recovery after injury: how are we doing that magical work for ourselves?

Love y'all like chicken, and thanks for understanding about my belated post. xoxo, Seba

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So, y'all: this one's long, almost double what I usually record and edit. But it was important. Last week, we talked about Cailleach handing over the reins to Brigid--and it's pertinent to this episode.

I know you're tired. I know it's too much. But Brigid, spring, and the trees have our backs. Even if it's only a scream into the dark, or a big F-YOU to the ice that has frozen everything we loved about humanity, it counts. It's hard to believe, I get it.

But the flowers are almost here. And we have to push up with them, somehow. Some way.

It's what Witches do, hon.

Love y'all like chicken,
Seba

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Well, Batchildren. It's been a long ride, but here we are: episode 199. Holy crap. How did that happen? I remember when we started, all those years ago, when I had no idea why it would matter yet.

We were all young and naive together. And it totally mattered.

But here we are now, in the dead of winter, on a pivotal, magical evening: the night that Cailleach gives way to Brigid. Blessed Imbolc to all of you. Don't forget the oats for Brigid's cow, or your shawls and blessed beds, but while you are out there: don't forget her momma. Cailleach has cared for us all in this dark time, but more: she has shed blood for us.

Love y'all like chicken, stay warm, Seba

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Y’all, this one was recorded as ice and freezing storms threatened my homestead. At the same time, other “icy” forces were raiding (and still do) in monstrous ways. As a Gen-X Witch, I was taught long ago what to do in cases such as these.

Snuggle up on the porch and let me tell you a story (or three) about the magical effect of laughter upon a monster.

Love y’all like chicken, Seba

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It's been a while, my loves, since I've done this level of work. I needed time, healing, and a space to breathe. You know, it's hard to determine the exact moment that will be safe enough to put weight on a previously broken bone, but I've done just that.

And it held me. Welcome to the Year of the Horse. Let's ride, Batchildren.

Love y'all like chicken,
Seba

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I've thought on this one a while, Batchildren. When, how, and how loud do we stand for what is right? What does it mean for our Craft when we choose Sweden?

Please snuggle with me on the porch for this one--I want your feedback.

Love y'all like chicken, Seba

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I don't fully have my voice back, but I had something to say. Sometimes, we are very slow on the draw to cull our gardens--for reasons of love, familiarity, or even fear. But it's part of a very Witchy life, Batchildren. So, brave up, grab your spade, and do the work.

Love y'all like chicken, Seba

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Hey y'all, I've been thinking about bones, the ones we work with, the ones we keep, and how that relates to Craft.

The caretakers of these matter more than we think.

Love y'all like chicken,
Seba

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Winter is hard on this old country Witch, but it's a perfect time to put up a baneful box. When in an emergency, I don't always have time to source everything I need. That's where my emergency "kit" comes in fine and dandy. And in the dark nights? Why, that's the perfect time to prepare.

Hang in there, Batchildren. We've got this. Winter has no choice but to be here, and eventually, will have no recourse but to leave.

Love y'all like chicken, Seba

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Ah, how I would like to rest on my porch and not do this work anymore, but here it is: the process of reclaiming a name. I ran smack into myself (hypothetically speaking) on my way home from the courthouse the other day. It's my least favorite place to be, that construction of brick and mortar and legal moorings. But it was a good thing, that ride back to my little farm just before dark. Because, on the way, the past shook loose a little.

Reclaiming, renaming yourself, that's some powerful Witch work. Snuggle in on the porch and let me tell you about the man that showed me how.

Love y'all like chicken,
Seba

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Well y'all, if you listened to the porch chat from last night, you know where we are going. Do y'all have a journal like this? Sometimes, we need the notes, the thoughts, and the evidence of a spell.

Oh and: promise to put up the recipe about Cowboy Candy tomorrow on Patreon. Love y'all like chicken!

xoxo, Seba

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I lost a true companion the night before Samhain. Here's to those dragons and beasties that walk with us on this journey.

May they always be remembered for the magic they forged. And may we be awake enough to realize their purpose.

XOXO,
Seba

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Well, y'all: my dad came to visit. It's been a very long time, but I was struggling with an essay for a magazine that asked me to write about winter. And then, there he was.

I love y'all so much! Hope your Samhain goes brilliantly and that you never forget to get incredibly still and just . . . listen.

xoxo, Seba

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Hey, y'all. Snuggle on the porch for a chat about apply Swedish Death Cleaning (what an appropriate time of the year!) to our own broom closets. I was blindsided by my own lesson to a student--and had to apply it to myself.

Love y'all like chicken,
Seba

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Hey, y'all. I'm being interviewed in a few hours by the Science Witch Podcast and one of their questions got my brain moving. Down the rabbit hole I went!

Hope so much that you are harvesting what will nourish you and your Witchy soul.

Love you like chicken,
Seba

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Just got off the interstate, y'all! My trip was . . . interesting. Sometimes healing means further surgery, but I'm on it.

Also, I briefly embedded a statement on what's happening right now in our country. I did this on purpose, suddenly and in the middle of the episode. I'm sure y'all understand why.

Love y'all like chicken,
Seba

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Hey, y'all. Come sit on the porch with me and let's chat about how we consider the place where our feet stand while engaging with our Craft.

You know, the home-field advantage is real. Just sayin.

Love y'all like chicken, Seba

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I've been studying on this, y'all: making sacred places in my life to harbor my Craft through the darker days to come. In the past, I have put myself last as I built my store for winter. Let’s be honest: there were very few special places carved out just for me. Here in the last year of my fifties, something has shifted within me. Now, I know how critical those spaces, those harvests, truly are as a Witch. It’s almost time to ride, Witches. What have you put up for that journey?

Thought I'd share, and as always: love y'all like chicken. Seba

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'm whooped, y'all. It took me a week to release this, just struggling over how personal it all was and then I remembered: this is what we do.

We all know that life moves on, sometimes brutally so, stealing away both youth and time. But there are things that folks should not to be able to take from you. I'm leaving in a few weeks on a mission to recovery a few of those buried treasures.

And I've got a shovel.

Love y'all like chicken,
Seba

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Witches, So Mote That Con 2025 is only a month away and you don’t want to miss this one because it is the LAST YEAR and it’s going to be AMAZING! On October 18th and 19th gather together to learn, to be in community together, and to spend time with this INCREDIBLE lineup of presenters. Michael A. Bryan, Rossa Crean, J. Allen Cross, Morgan Daimler, Monica Divane, and Dawn Aurora Hunt join That Witch Life Podcast's Courtney, Hilary, and Kanani and this year's Keynote MARA WILSON… yes Matilda, herself. There will be rituals, workshops, raffles, a live Q and A with MARA, and more magick than you can possibly squeeze into your cauldron! There’s still time to get tickets so head on over to www.thatwitchlife.com to get those tickets and avoid being haunted by FOMO! Hope to see you all there!

Hey, y’all. I’m fairly fed up with the onslaught of well-meaning folk who barrage me (and others) with the urgency of the act of forgiveness. In my experience, trauma requires quite a bit of heavy lifting, bloody labor, and the strength of the gods. In light of that load, I cannot imagine asking someone to also include the work of forgiveness, and all that such an act could entail.

My question today is simply: is it a part of Witch culture to forgive? Or, and just stay with me for a moment: is it more Christian culture?

These are the thoughts I’m ruminating upon today. Join me on the porch and let’s hammer this out, shall we?
Love y’all like chicken, Seba

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Y'all know that I really admire John Beckett, aka the author of Under the Ancient Oaks on Patheos. Often, something he muses upon fires up something in my own brain and I have to speak to it. His latest article "Sigil Magic: Did The Spell Work?" really hit for me. Of course, I took this a different direction (sorry, John, you know my wandering), but the question kept creeping up in my mind: how do we know if it could have?

Join me on the porch, Batchildren, to think through the other side of this coin.

Love y'all like chicken,
Seba

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Well, y'all, I meant to write about moon magic. But then, I turned on the mic and this just fell out of my soul.

But, it’s relevant to where we are in this country right now, where I’ve been in my journey and battle against the patriarchy, and how its tendrils can slip around your life without much pomp or circumstance. It’s just insidious like that.

Save a chicken, fry the patriarchy, Witches!!

Love y'all like chicken! xoxo Seba

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Sometimes, the price of "love" is too dear, Batchildren. What have we given up, as Witches?

Hope y'all are okay tonight. I know how the cognitive dissonance between what we believed was real and what is showing up can make you feel crazy. Fight like hell, Batchildren, to find your ground.

P.S.: Maybe, I hope, America will get her voice back one day.

Love y'all like chicken, Seba

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