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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. 

Welcome to the Blog!

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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Heart-Opening Maple Marshmallows with Shatavari, Damiana, and Wild Rose

Encourage your heart to open and soften with these herbal marshmallows, sweetened with maple syrup and honey and filled with the goodness of damiana, shatavari, and wild rose

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Easy Recipe: Colorful Plant-Based Crudite!

This lovely platter is a celebration of the bright colors and crunchy textures of spring veggies! It is paired with three easy plant-based dips and adorned with edible flowers for a celebration-ready presentation.

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Craft Club: Kokedama and Loving Where You Are At

In this week’s Wondercrew Wednesday feature, we’re making Kokedama, beautiful hanging moss balls with plants! Dive in to read about cultivating landscape intimacy and get a preview of this gorgeous nature craft

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Secret Recipe: Dianthus Huckleberry Blintzes

This week’s Wondercrew Wednesday features a Secret Recipe for lovely pink crepes filled with sweet ricotta and topped with huckleberry sauce and dianthus whipped cream for a delightfully indulgent breakfast treat!

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Craft Club: Seed Bomb Bon Bons and The Preciousness of Nature

In this week’s Wondercrew Wednesday feature, we’re making Seed Bomb Bon Buns, a gorgeous way to celebrate Earth Week and turn our attention to intentionally creating something special in honor of the Earth.

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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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Blueberry Indigo Cake Baked in Eggshells

Gold-flecked eggshells can be peeled back to reveal beautiful indigo-colored cakes full of the flavors of blueberries and wild violets!

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Secret Recipe: Soothing Dandelion Bath Bombs for 'Eggshell Days'

These soothing botanical bath bombs are as beautiful as they are effective! Packed full of plant-based goodness and natural colors, they make a wonderful gift or moment of self-care.

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Edible Heirlooms and Wild Greens Cabbage Rolls 

These hearty rolls from my culinary genealogy are filled with the treasures of the landscape I call home: nourishing winter greens, flavorful dried berries, and more!

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Hibiscus and Spicebush Friendship Cupcakes

These tangy and spiced cupcakes are a gorgeous bright purple, with a rum-spiked buttercream. Candied hibiscus flowers and a filling of pie cherries are the perfect surprise elements to make them extra special!

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