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This blog is an exploration of daily magic, featuring wild plants, creative recipes, meaningful ceremonies, and writings about our shared humanity. 

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Welcome to the Wondersmith's Writings! Here you can find magical recipes featuring foraged ingredients, musings on food and ceremony, and meaningful rituals to explore your own everyday magic. Though I have been focused on other writing pursuits, I am keeping all of my blog content up as a resource for you. You can use the search bar below to find what you are looking for. (Please note that sometimes you need to refresh the page to see the search results.) Happy reading! If you'd like to support my goal to spread magic far and wide, consider contributing to my patreon program!

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Posts tagged ritual
Secret Recipe: First Night at the Ocean Pasta

Happy Wondercrew Wednesday! Today I am sharing a recipe that is very dear to my soul: it's what I used to make for myself every time I went to visit my beloved Pacific Ocean.

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Wild Seed and Maple Cream Fertility Cakes

These hearty, seed-filled cakes drizzled with maple cream are a beautiful reminder of potential. What do you want to give birth to? An idea? A project? A child? Accompanied by a fertility ritual, these cakes are a symbol of spring’s abundance to come, metaphorically or literally!

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Hawthorn Magic and Heart Voices Ritual (Sugar Scrub Recipe)

A simple ritual will help you get in touch with your “heart voice,” aided by the magic of Hawthorn. Accompanying it is a recipe for a delightful sugar scrub full of antioxidants from rose hips, hawthorn berries, and orange peels.

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WW Secret Recipe: Black Walnut Cinnamon Challah

Happy Wondercrew Wednesday AND Rosh Hashanah! It’s my pleasure to share this unique take on Challah with you today - full of the warm flavors of cinnamon and black walnuts, coated in poppyseeds, and purple inside (just because) This Secret Recipe is a special gift to my Patrons. You can learn more at patreon.com/thewondersmith

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Pacific Northwest Clam Chowder and Polar Bear Ritual

This flavorful recipe for clam chowder makes the most of spring in the Pacific Northwest: cold water temps mean a great shellfish season, while warming soil means morel mushrooms and wild herbs. This is comfort food with a twist, paired with an invigorating ritual for a polar bear plunge in some cold water!

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Acorn Bread and Golden Eggs: A Ritual For Community

Soft, fluffy bread baked with the heartiness of acorn flour and studded with white chocolate chips is the perfect nest for cheerful yellow eggs. This bread is full of symbolism, and comes with a non-secular ritual for celebrating closeness.

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Earth Day Connection Ritual And Wild Bounty Deviled Eggs

This simple three-part ritual will allow you to give thanks for the wonderful wild spaces that support you, no matter where you live. Make these beautifully colored and decorated deviled eggs to celebrate the day as well!

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The Apple In Your Eye: Exploring Further With Ritual

Get to know this common fruit’s extraordinary history and see apples like you’ve never seen them before…then serve them filled with a delicious red wine and spice-braised cabbage with plenty of fennel.

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Fire, Water, And Passionflower: Connecting With Your Body

These beautiful and soothing bath salts take only moments to whip up, and are perfect when paired with a fire and water ritual meant to help experience and release stuck emotions.

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Sagebrush Mint Scrubs for Feet and A Ritual For The First Barefoot Day of Spring

Make these easy foot scrub cubes to clean off bare feet after an afternoon of running around! Or use them in a ritual with a friend designed to promote respect and celebration of a yearly landmark: barefoot day

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Taking Thyme To Shake Out The Grunge (And Celebrate Imbolc!)

A very simple but powerful self-care ritual to rejuvenate your body and spirit and move forwards into the transition to spring. You'll find recipes for an oatcake, herbal syrup, facial steam, face mask, and tea all using the delicious and healing combination of thyme, rosemary, wild rose, and oats. 

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