The Everyday Magic of Nature
My introduction to nature was at my childhood home a top a mountain in West Virginia with thirty-five acres of woods to call my...
A Quarantine Halloween
Imagine a candlelit table. A jack-o’-lantern sits at the center, his glowing grin flashing onto plates full of autumnal fare: treacle tarts, pumpkin rolls,...
Magic is Real and You Can Make It
For years I used to think magic was all just made-up fairy tales and stories our parents tell us when we’re young. I would...
Enchanted Waters
Photography by Mark Callander
Somewhere long ago, in a shady forest pool or a high mountain lake, a woman hovered her palm flat above the...
Branches and Wings – Making a Nature Altar
Feature Image: CoralAntlerCreative:shutterstock.com
BY SARA CLETO AND BRITTANY WARMAN
We were both in our twenties before we realized we’d been making altars all our lives. Instinctively,...
The Magical Cats of Fairy Tales
BY SARA CLETO AND BRITTANY WARMAN
Cover Art: Here in the Grove ART BY CHARLES VESS
If you’ve ever spent any time with a cat—black, brown,...
The Messengers Banquet
Photography by Craig Crist and the Wondersmith
When I think of a “call to adventure,” I picture a mysterious invitation hidden in the woods inviting...
Looking For Unicorns
Late summer in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, in northern New Mexico. Aspens, standing tall and graceful on the steep mountainside, their white trunks...
Queen Wolf of the Witches
She is known as Queen Wolf of the Witches.
She is a four legged wonder of an animal, a great wolf spirit present in the...
The Original Mermaid
You could say that professional mermaiding began in 1904, when young Australian swimmer Annette Kellerman dove into a glass tank at the Melbourne Exhibition...