Goddess in the Groove

26/10/2024

If you have been following me for a while, you may know that this family loves old cars. LOVES.

not everyone appreciates fine old things, and they send the law 😂. Several times. Nothing illegal here, ma’am. Imagine telling me you don’t like my cars, and telling me there is a car per house limit in the county. I just checked the county law, there is no limit to the amount of cars you can own, as long as they are registered and run. Who knew?

So my question is: Does anybody have a car for sale that’s pre-1975 and under $500? Beauty is negotiable, but must run.

16/10/2024

Thank you!!!!!! Reaching 1K followers may not seem a big deal. But it is for me. To me, it means that there are people out there who enjoy my Witches, treasure hunts, ramblings, my wine postings from the front yard, my full moon musings, the wild garden, and my sporadic “vintage” car posting (funny how all my cars just used to be old, now they are vintage 😂. As am I😎), etc.

I am nosy, and I love perusing your Instagram posts. Plus, I really do still get excited when you leave me comments. Sometimes it takes me longer to respond, but that’s in my genes🧙‍♀️.

I look forward to riding into this fabulous fall witchy season with all of you! Prost 🍷!

Much love,
Heike

P.S. I purposely didn’t do one of those get to know me posts.😂 I feel like I share so much here you already know me. If there’s anything else you’d like to know, just send me a message.👻

14/10/2024

Share a song?😂 Am I the only one who thinks it’s strange to share a song when I’m literally sharing almost every other aspect of my life with you?

what is a lot more exciting to me is that I am at 999 followers. I feel like after 1000 followers monumental things could happen. 👻 who is going to be follower number 1000? Will they like my song?😎
I am in the middle of giant blurbs of dust, building my new creative workspace. I’m taking a break. Maybe I’ll wait for 1000 followers to continue.👍.

I am torn.

OK, I will share a song. I hope you love it.

14/10/2024

So here’s one for all my cosmic witches. Not only have I had some pretty gnarly nerve pain in the last week or so, I’ve also had several knife incidents 🎃. Stabbed myself in the hand, then I dropped my chef’s knife and it cut my leg. You can see it’s healing, but it did give me a little slice. And this morning I cut myself in the thumb. is there some weird spirit in the air I am not aware of? Do I need to protect myself from a clumsy spell?👻

12/10/2024

The Witches and I have been waiting!
After unsuccessfully looking for a local source for rabbit pelts, I went online. Today they came and I am so excited because the pelts are gorgeous, and is a Native American company so I know they were handled respectfully.

Stay tuned for these Warrior Witches! ❤️

10/10/2024

Here is my attempt at my Oma’s Dampfnudel. 😳. Once again, I was wishing my younger self wasn’t such an a$$ and would have listened when someone was trying to teach me something. You know how you always read those posts where they say: “What would you tell your younger self?”.

Well, young Heike: PAY ATTENTION!!! Because old Heike is going to spend hours and hours trying to figure out recipes. My mother will have mercy on me and show me how to do these the right way. But I will never be able to re-create my dad’s sauce. That haunts me in my dreams. My father had a food truck back in the day when it wasn’t trendy and sold Mexican food. My father was not Mexican, but made the best damn taco sauce, and people came from far away for his food. And because he used to make me help make everything from scratch, I hated it so much. I never paid attention when he made the sauce. I have tried numerous times to re-create it with no luck.

I’m writing this for all of you (including my children) who still have the humans to go with the recipe👍

Do you have a recipe from a parent or grandparent that you’re trying to re-create? Tell me I’m not the only one. 😎

03/10/2024

Letting the sun do its magic this morning.🧙‍♀️

I just read an article that said natural medicine is regaining popularity. So many people put their trust in Pharma, to be disappointed with inefficiency & high cost. Not to mention the side effects. Pharmaceuticals come with their own place and story. I am not against them, but they have not helped me at all and so I’m going back. After about three years of western medicine and trying all kinds of medication‘s for my nerve pain, I have realized that I am one of those people that needs the balancing and rooting medicine of Mama Earth.

Natural medicine takes time and patience, not some thing our society lives in right now. But honestly, if you have walked the path of chronic pain with all its tentacles, patience is something you can deal with. I will call it Anticipation.

with that said, I went to share the remedy I’m working on. I have never worked with comfrey root in its natural state, even though I have this beautiful family of it over my backyard. Thanks to a little flower I picked up at my friend. house many years ago❤️. After trying to dig out a piece of the root yesterday, I realized why people call this an invasive plant. The roots are strong, like cement. When you clean and cut them, you can already feel the medicine. No wonder this was such an important plant to our ancestors!

The comfrey root & leaves, with St. John’s Wort are basking in the sun ❤️.

28/09/2024

These three are my favorites❤️. Happy !

24/09/2024

I know it’s officially fall, but the witchy garden is having a second wind. The herbs are happy that we have a few days to breathe and it’s not 100°. I just came out here to see what shenanigans Max was up to, I had to start picking some of this lemon balm for the winter.

To my friends who were close enough to come by: come get some lemon balm and wild bergamot for your winter tees. To those of you who can’t come by I see some relaxing & restoring , lemon balm & bergamot tea mix in your future. 😘

17/09/2024

Hello friends! I’ve spent the last two days washing and sorting all these fabulous linens. It just amazes me how much work people put into these. I’m sure they’re happily watching me relish and take care of their pieces. But I can only keep so many. I have decided to start, bundling them and putting them up for sale. If you’re interested in vintage linens, these will make a great Holiday gift, especially with a KitchenWitch 😀. That is not just a shameless plug, it is also an announcement because the witches that are being blessed by the full moon tonight will be going up on the Etsy store soon.

The best way to get notices of new items in the store is to put my Etsy store in your favorites. I announce them here too, but the algorithm is not our friend. You may, or may not, see it.

And if you’re feeling the wind and all the crazy story energy in the air like I am, it’s probably a good idea to have some kind of digital reminder. You can find my store by clicking on the profile.

Happy Full Moon Witches!

22/08/2024

When you’ve only made homemade pasta three times, but you discover a recipe and way to make it that is so simple that you instantly become a pasta snob, and swear off packaged pasta😎 forever.

I’m either all in, or all out 😂.

Gemini.

19/08/2024

My old books, share stories of cordials, wines & spirits, soaked with healing herbs. These concoctions would be savored from morning to night.

On my mission to regain my health and strength, this is one of my first concoctions that is finished just in time for the full moon❤️. Vodka steeped in healing herbs, including st. John’s Wort, Slullcap, Milky Oats, Rosehips. In the fridge, I have white wine with Conquefoil flowers for a night cap. He should have seen my doctors face when I told him I think it’s healthier to drink a shot of vodka with Herbs in the morning then taking pills.😂

08/08/2024

Everything you see here for this homemade pasta sauce was grown within 20 feet of this cutting board. It will be paired with homemade pasta, the eggs coming from a local backyard chicken keeper. I do have to order my flour from , but that’s a family owned mill with ancient grains, so it passes.

ideally, there will be a day where at least 80% of what is eaten in this house will be from the garden or at least from local garden/farmers. I don’t do this because I’m a radical homesteader, I do this because I’m trying to figure out where my chronic pain is coming from. One of my targets is the food I eat. By buying or sourcing local, not only do I know exactly what I’m putting in my body, but I’m also supporting others who grow things with love. The food is not altered so it can be stored or transported. Everyone needs to take a real good look at what they’re putting in their mouth, and when you do, you may be shocked.

P.S. if you live in my area and are looking for local meats, I have a great butcher. DM me.

07/08/2024

If you use natural brushes if you use natural brushes for dry brushing, hair brushing, etc. take a moment today to rinse out your brushes and let them dry in the sun, this ensures that they dry all the way and don’t get moldy. I use .bronnersoriginal Sals Suds for this (this is one of my favorite cleaners for everything including laundry spots).

On that note: if I tag a company or product here, it is because I like them and I want to support them. I am not famous enough to get paid for tagging people 🤠.

do you dry brush?

Happy Wednesday!

01/08/2024

When none of the pills work.

When the fast fix is normal, and restoration is not in the schedule, Pharma has a whole array of Band-Aids for us. Over the past YEARS I have tried just about every pill for chronic nerve pain. I also tried all the ones that are for other ailments, but are used for nerve pain. None of them work.

A little out of desperation and a little because I’m stubborn, I’m digging into the roots. I am studying. I am experimenting and brewing. I am stepping away from “normal”. I am forcing myself to stay consistent. Consistency is something that I lost a long time ago, because I didn’t need it.

no animals or meddling neighbors are being hurt during these experiments🧙🏻‍♀️

23/07/2024

I vote that we normalize Moon people. Those of us that are up and running and capturing Luna at 2:22 AM on a regular basis. Those of us who feel energized and invigorated by the cool night and the moon rays. I was just outside sorting and laying out some items for the Kitchen witches to soak in the moon rays when I saw this beautiful moon. Thank goodness for cell phones right? Looking at this just makes me happy. (do you see that little orb? ) I am grateful for my circumstances and my husband. I don’t have to get up in a few hours and go to a regular job so that nighttime romps are possible.

I wish I could garden by the moon instead of on the hot days, but we have skunks, so I tread carefully in the night 😳

So here I am with a glass of wine, ordering herbs for some new vodka concoctions, and a snack of garden bounty from mine and my neighbors fruit trees ❤️

If you are up too, salute! Say hello, and tell me what you were up to😎

20/07/2024

Full moon is coming in the Witches are getting ready!❤️

Even though the days here are well over 100°, at night you can feel the cooler Spirit in the breeze. The witches are like me and don’t really like the heat and so there has been quite the sabbatical. But the other day I went to an estate sale one hour before they closed and the witch in one of the photos was there waiting for me😁. She said.: “My forever home will be the witchy one!”

that same day, I went to another sale, and these piles of linens called me. As you know, I only use vintage fabric for all my Witches. It is to honor Mother Earth, satisfying my need to hunt and gather treasures😎, but also to honor the history and past of people and items. These linens came from a house where three women lived. Can you imagine the stories all of them unmarried and childless, but we’re definitely enjoying life (that is my unscientific synopsis of walking through the house and seeing/touching their items.)

I have magical herbs drying all over the house, and it seems the Witches are claiming them. Saging, washing, and gathering everything for the upcoming full moon. Get ready for some bad ass witches.😎

Follow me here, or go to my bio to sign up for the newsletter to be notified when the Witches fly in 😘!

Happy Full Moon, y’all!


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13/07/2024

After almost 2 weeks of this heat wave, we still have not acclimated. But I’m not going to complain because I do have an AC.👍🏻. But this is part of chicken keeping you don’t see often on social media. I only have two chickens right now, so I can bring my old girls into the house if need be. And I did for a couple of days last week, but they were not too happy and I think they’re happier outside. But leaving them in the heat takes some serious heat maintenance.

I don’t have a fancy chicken coop. Every few days the coop has to be cleaned out completely. But this is what I do every day when the temperatures hit over 100°. My coop is covered in this old grapevine, so I shower it with cold water two or three times a day, it really keeps the temp in the chicken coop down. I have a digital temperature meter in the coop that I can monitor from inside the house. On one end of the coop, I have a mister going all day where the girls can cool off. I often find them huddled down in front of it, just enjoying the cool air. I put a plastic tub in their coop with some water, and once or twice a day I go put ice in that. They can either drink it or walk in it whichever they prefer. I also put ice cubes in their water holder, and give them some sort of frozen fruit. So far, all of this has kept them pretty comfortable. I do monitor them still to see if they are overheating, if they do, I have a kennel set up in the house so I can bring them in.

you have to really monitor your chickens in the heat. I personally think the heat is worse than the cold since our winters don’t get that freezing. There is nothing glamorous or TikToky about keeping chickens in the backyard. They are fantastic animals, but they’re just as much work and responsibility as any other pet.

06/07/2024

My was all out of Velcro. Seriously, there was not one piece of Velcro left in the store. But you know what they did have? HALLOWEEN!!🎃

found some fabulous new props for the Witches, and we had to test them just a little😎.! New Witches will fly in when the temperature is in the 70s🍁

29/06/2024

Here we go. Let me set aside $500 for the electricity bill.

This is my least favorite time of the year. Once the temperatures get like this, there’s nothing else to do but live at night and early in the morning outside and then go hide under the AC for the rest of the day.
I will be spending tomorrow, trying to prepare my already hot garden, and figure out what I’m going to do with the chickens. They may have to live in the house for the week. The coop is pretty cool since the grape grows over it and I can cool it off with water , but I’ll have to see how they do

Humans can get under the AC, except my husband, who works for UPS. 😬 Be nice to your delivery people during this heat!!.

14/06/2024

12/05/2024

So, I know I said in my reel this morning that I was going to cut down all those nasturtium that took over the box. When I was in the midst of them collecting the seeds, I realized how strong this flower is. It literally grew itself into a monster plant without care while I was gone. So instead of cutting it down, I am going to harness this flower Power magic. I collected the seeds and I will be pickling them, they will become very close to capers when they are done.

Anyone else here thought capers were a little fish? I literally did not know they were a plant until I was a young adult. 😂

Both the leaves and the flowers of the Nasturtium are edible and very yummy. You can mix them in your salad for beauty, and a little peppery zing. It’s also very yummy chopped into butter and then frozen. You just melt little chunks of it over meat, or a fresh warm bread❤️.

06/05/2024

We need protein!
Send me your favorite protein drink or bar, and if I pick yours, I will send you a pack of it. 😘

i’ve been on the hunt for a good protein drink & bar for a while. I would like a brand that is less synthetic and more natural. No aspartame or Stevia. Vanilla or banana taste. And if it’s a company thatoffers samples, that is a bonus. I have already wasted so much money on buying protein drinks that I cannot swallow , I prefer a sample or smaller portion that I can try first.

All you have to do is post your favorite protein drink below with a hashtag if they’re on Instagram. I will go through and check/taste the recommendations. If I end up picking yours, I will contact you and buy you a pack of your favorite protein drink as a thank you . It’s that easy 😎

04/05/2024

Heidelinde is flying out to her new home today❤️. But first, I wanted to share this fabulous cookbook I purchased after readiing Clementine’s story. There are so many fabulous women in this world that I have not even heard about. So when I do, I dig deep.😁

Women are power houses. They are adventures, CEOs of anything they take on, and rebels. I am often humbled when I read their stories.

Heidelinde is one of the last hanging witches I made before they decided to take a break. If you have been with me for a while, you know that the Witches only come out when they want to.😂 I have stopped trying to explain that phenomenon to people. She was purchased as soon as I opened my shop back up from vacation, so of course I was curious. This purchase comes with a story that I will share once I get permission. But every time I hear the stories, it fills my heart because I know my little witches have a special and empowering place in this universe.

enjoy your weekend, Ladies, and gas up for big things to come 💪

21/04/2024

I don’t remember ever living this minimalist.

New old house. Stories will follow.