Welcome to @hillbillybubbeleh, the sideblog of a witch, where I talk about my personal practice and life. My main blog is @sheydmade, which is what I like/follow as. I have ✨a full about post,✨ but here are the basics:

LINKS & ACCOUNTS: Substack | Instagram | Ko-fi | @sheydmade: digital publication about all things magic, witchcraft, folklore, & mythology. | @weywardgrove: witchcraft, magic, & mysticism prompt blog for community. MUTUAL AID: Fund a Community Kitchen in Palestine | Support Food Banks Across the US | Support Gaza and the West Bank | Support Families Impacted by ICE Detention & Deportation | Support T-Girls/Dolls (more on ✨MY MUTUAL AID PAGE✨ & #allforoneandoneforall) BOUNDARIES: This blog is a safe space for BIPOC & LGBTQIA+. // No fascism, right-wing ideologies, racism, xenophobia, homophobia, transphobia, zionism, misogyny or sexism, ableism, antisemitism, anti-Islamic beliefs/Islamophobia, anti-diaspora beliefs, anti-convert beliefs et al. // No harassment, abuse, or disrespect. // Closed practices and traditions are respected here. Credits: Header: Branimir Balogović // Icon // I'm anti-AI. I write, edit, translate, research, design all original content you'll see on @hillbillybubbeleh, @sheydmade, & @weywardgrove.

Made direct eye-contact with a re-seller as I calmly took the last of an item off the shelf while they had a cart filled with the same thing. Filled to the top of the cart, but they still scoffed and gave a dirty look about me taking the last one off the shelf before they could. And I maintained eye-contact as I put the item in my basket and walked around them to leave the aisle with my one item, my one, singular item I'd been trying to get for almost a year but couldn't find because of resellers.

Then they rushed away out of the aisle, very flushed and muttering under their breath. Dominance asserted. Reseller shook. Balance inches closer to being restored.

Today I handled another blessing for a Jewish home and called their new mezuzah to its purpose. It was a beautiful blessing and rite for a beautiful family, and I've been in such good spirits all day long, and especially after that.

I don't take lightly that I'm trusted to bring protection and blessings into the homes of my Jewish community, magical and non-magical alike. Every time I'm asked to handle or craft any kind of blessing, I feel like I'm being blessed myself as well.

It gladdens my heart more than you could know that those amulets have brought you any kind of reassurance or comfort. I hope they continue to do so, and I wish you a safe and easy moving process and transition into your new space. May your days from here on be lived in peace, safety, and love, and my you know protection now and always. I am sending so much support and love your way. יהוה bless you and protect you. 🧿🔥✡️

Lots of at home spiritual and mystical things leading into it all, and then the plans (between observing with the chavurah and the family) are:

And we've not got Sukkot arrangements fully settled yet, but my chavurah is planning on doing something for Sukkot and something for Simchat Torah as well. And I've got mystical, spiritual, magical things I observe every year leading up to the High Holidays and throughout the Days as well.

You know this time of year always keeps me busy lol. How about you, Raz? Anything planned for this year?

-Sparrowhawk in the Tombs of Atuan; Ursula K. Le Guin [ch. 9: the Ring of Erreth-Akbe]

This was such a lovely, sweet thing to find in my inbox this morning (or late night, depending on how one looks at 1am lol)! Thank you so much, anon, for your kind words, your wishes, your love for my @sheydmade, and for sharing this with me! I truly appreciate it!

And I'm just as excited as you are! I had no idea I'd been featured or included at first, and didn't even know that Ketzirah had ever even seen my work or my accounts at all! So it was all a very, very pleasant surprise! And, yeah, that really is some pretty amazing company to be counted amongst, and I'm really touched that she thought to include me at all, let alone to list me among so many people I enjoy and support myself.

Thanks again for this really kind ask! I actually needed it more than you know! 🖤

I don't really post often about things like "accomplishments" or acknowledgements from elders or valued educators and voices in the community, because I've always felt like I could come across as bragging if I do so (which is also why I don't talk much about the research projects I've had a hand in), but I'm going to allow myself this one little thing. Apologies if this does annoy you lol.

I just found out @sheydmade was featured on Ketzirah Lesser, haMa'agelet's recommendations for a Jewitch Starter Pack, which might not feel like anything major, but it means a lot to me because Devotaj Sacred Arts is such a valued and loved resource for so many Jewish witches out there, and Ketzirah is someone whom I personally admire so much not only for their practice, but for their kindness and the work they put into building and fostering Jewish magical and mystical community.

And, I won't even front, it is also really nice to be included in such great company of writers, researchers, educators, artists, and practitioners that I enjoy so very much (Jewitches/Zohare Jacobi, Miriam Anzovin, Rabbi Ruttenberg, Sheydgarden/Ezra Rose were all also featured, among a few others)!

I know it's not much, but coming out of my burrow where I've been burried in research and writing and translations, and where I've been very guilty of being quite bad at being active in online community for the last few months because of that work paired with my family suffering a major loss in the passing of Grandpa Jack, and then topped with dealing with harassment and cyber stalking throughout much of this year... Opening a text to see that I've been featured and acknowledged, that I've been seen, that what I'm doing is appreciated and is known beyond the bubbles I know online, that really meant something to me today, and it really touched me.

And it also made me realize that I need to do better at being in community! I need to do more, and I need to keep going, because I genuinely enjoy what I do, and it means so much to me to play any part in the preservation of Jewish magic and mysticism. It matters to me, and I think sometimes, especially lately, the negative aspects of being online (particularly being so publicly Jewish online) impact me and my work, and I can't let them do that anymore! I can't let the bad things that come along with it detract from something that has always meant so much to me.

So, if you've noticed I've been quieter lately, worry not! I'll start getting louder and more active again! lol. And you can expect a lot more from @sheydmade (on tumblr, substack, and elsewhere...) to come! There's a massive project I've been working on for several months now that is almost ready for your eyes to see! And, honestly, I needed the reminder that I'm in such great community and that what I'm doing means something to push me over this finish line on this one.