Practical MagicK - RSH

21/05/2026

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21/05/2026

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18/05/2026

I love skunks!

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You took the trash out in the dark and I was near the edge of the driveway. I stomped my front feet against the asphalt. I hissed. I raised my tail like a flag and took two quick steps toward you.

You dropped the bag and ran inside.

I'm a striped skunk. I've been living under the brush pile behind your shed for a year. I have terrible eyesight, I move slowly, and the performance you just watched wasn't an attack — it was me asking you to back off so I wouldn't have to use the one defense I'd rather not spend.

🦨 The stomping and the tail are designed to give you every chance to leave.

I do this because spraying costs me. My body holds enough for a handful of uses, and once I run out, it takes over a week to produce more. During that time I have no defense against coyotes or great horned owls. Every spray I fire at something that wasn't a real threat is one I don't have when something is. I don't want to waste it on you.

Here's what most people don't know. While you sleep, I dig up ground-nesting yellowjacket colonies you didn't know were in your lawn. My thick fur protects me from the stings. I eat the adults, the larvae, and the comb. I dig up the grubs that kill your turf. I hunt the mice working their way toward your foundation.

By midsummer, you might see a mother leading a single-file line of miniature skunks through the grass at dusk. They're learning to hunt grubs. They already know how to stomp their tiny feet.

🌿 If you see me:

- Stop moving and speak softly — my vision is poor, but I hear well. Let my ears tell me you're a person and I'll waddle the other way
- Back away slowly — the stomping ends the moment I feel you retreating
- Don't trap and relocate me — you'd lose the only thing in the yard actively digging up yellowjacket nests before someone steps on one

I've been working your property line for a year, eating the things that sting and the things that chew. You only noticed me the night I asked for space.

That's because I'm good at my job 🌱

14/05/2026

Rest in peace, Tulip (Tutu). 😭😭😭 First Charlie died in February, just before his 10th birthday, then Chuckie two weeks ago, and now at 3 a.m., I received a text from my brother that Tutu passed away as well. I believe in grieving over Charlie because when he was 2 years old, Tulip was born, and they've been inseparable ever since. My heart is crushed, and my soul feels empty. They two kept me alive on my darkest days, more than once. I'm literally still here because of Charlie and Tutu. They lived down in Georgia with my brother since December 2020 because of various reasons in my life. Then I was reunited with them briefly from August 2021 until April 2022. Then I met Todd and moved up to Pennsylvania, and the only reason I didn't bring them is that I didn't know if my car would make it, and I didn't want to be stranded on the highway with two kitty cats. I was promised that we would go back and get them, but we never did, and I regret that, and I feel so guilty for even leaving them in the first place. Thankfully, they were well loved and well taken care of by my brother, so that makes me feel a little bit better. I'm just really hurting right now. I've lost three cats in the last few months, and I'm already completely depressed because my life hasn't turned out the way I thought it would, and I don't know. I just don't feel like going on anymore. I've been trying to cheer myself up by looking forward to The Vampire Lestat show, but it's not working. I think depression is winning. I hate life.

13/05/2026

13/05/2026

Hey y'all. I'm sorry I haven't been on a lot or posted things for you. I’ve been a little quiet lately.

Life has been heavy, and honestly, I’ve been struggling more than I’ve let on. Sometimes even the smallest things take all the energy I have, and creating, posting, painting, and showing up here hasn’t been easy.

But I haven’t stopped believing in magicK completely… even if right now it looks more like surviving hard days, finding tiny moments of peace, and trying to reconnect with myself a little at a time.

So if I seem distant, please know it isn’t because I don’t care about this space or the people in it. I’m just human, healing quietly, and trying to find my light again ✨

Thank you to those of you who are still here.

~Roni S. Healan

01/05/2026

FULL FLOWER MOON 🌸🌕

The Full Flower Moon rises as the Earth bursts fully awake—
petals open, colors deepen, and life no longer asks for permission to grow.

This moon carries the energy of expansion, fertility, and becoming.
What was once a quiet seed is now ready to be seen.

It’s not just about blooming—
it’s about blooming without shrinking yourself.

This is a time to:
• Step into your growth unapologetically
• Nourish what is thriving in your life
• Release the fear of being “too much”
• Honor how far you’ve already come

Nature doesn’t question its timing—
and neither should you.

Let this moon remind you:
You are allowed to take up space.
You are meant to flourish.

Stand in your light.
Root deeper.
Rise higher.

🌸 What within you is ready to bloom right now?

30/04/2026

Fae are not one thing, and they were never meant to be understood as harmless. Across Celtic and wider European folklore, they exist as a category of beings that sit outside human structure, not bound by morality as humans define it, and not aligned to human survival.

They are not divided cleanly into good or evil.

They operate on different rules.

They are tied to place. Forests, rivers, mounds, thresholds, spaces where the boundary between worlds is thinner or less stable. These are not just locations. They are entry points. And once you cross into them, the expectations that protect you in ordinary life do not apply in the same way.

The most consistent warning is not about attack.

It is about agreement.

Names hold weight. Promises bind. Gifts are not free. If a fae offers something and you accept, you enter into an exchange whether you intended to or not. If you give your name, you give access. If you thank them, you acknowledge a debt. If you eat their food, you risk losing your ability to leave.

Time does not move the same in their presence. A night can become years. A moment can remove you from everything you knew without any visible transition. When people return in these stories, if they return at all, they often come back to a world that has continued without them.

They can appear beautiful, familiar, even kind.

That is not reassurance.

It is function.

Fae do not need to overpower. They need you to step closer on your own.

They are not myths built for comfort.

They are systems of warning about what exists beyond human control, where curiosity, politeness, and trust can become the exact things that place you at risk.

30/04/2026

🔥 Beltane — May 1st, 2026 🔥

Beltane marks the turning point where the energy of the year fully shifts into motion.
What has been building beneath the surface now rises—alive, active, and ready to take form.

This sabbat is not subtle.
It is heat, movement, and momentum.

Fire has always been at its center—not just for celebration, but for transformation.
To walk between flames was to shed what no longer belonged and step forward renewed, protected, and aligned.

The land mirrors this same force.
Everything is opening, reaching, expanding.
Life is no longer waiting—it is expressing.

This is where desire becomes magnetic.
Where intention meets action.
Where creation requires participation.

Beltane carries the current of connection—between people, between forces, between the physical and the unseen.
It is the spark that turns potential into reality.

And with that openness comes presence.
The unseen world is closer, more responsive, more aware.
Not something to fear—but something to respect.

Work with what is alive—
flame, growth, breath, and body.

Be clear in what you are calling forward.
Be intentional in what you are feeding energy into.

Because tonight doesn’t amplify hesitation—
it amplifies what you engage with.

This is not a night for standing still.
This is a night for stepping in.

🔥 Blessed Beltane
~ Lady Stardust 🌟