hey now, ho now, this is what trees are made of

Welcome to our first VIDEO lesson of Middle Earth Magic! Reading the Old Forest chapter was whooOooa so I needed to bring in a Tree Whisperer. Thankfully, I know Rebecca Hall, and thankfully, she knows trees. Tune in for our conversation about the hobbits’ descent, ancestral healing, and how to talk to trees.

Call to Adventure: Introduce yourself to a tree. Listen. And share your favourite quotation from these chapters in the comments!

Until the Next Chapter, “Xandalf” 🧙🏻‍♂️

Next week’s reading: The Fellowship of the Ring: Chapters 9-10

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good morning! This cosy Xandra the witch podcast is a 2-for-1.

1. Introducing the LOTR Cosy Reading Community

In the first half, I update you on the reworking of my LOTR Leadership Circle, which now includes a free Cosy Reading Community where everybody gets a hobbit-hole! I like to explain my thought process as it unfolds, for it is an example of wielding leadership. Thanks for being on this journey with me.

→ Join the LOTR Cosy Reading Community here.

→ Read more about the LOTR Leadership Circle here.

2. Wintering Dreams

In the second half, I unpack advice around New Year’s Resolutions in an astrological context. And go on about natural light cycles. Each year, I aim to go deeper into my wintering, resisting the capitalist urgency to ‘finish strong’ and consistently ‘produce’ all year round.

let me know what lands.

♥️Xandrathe witch 🪄

Here are 12 little prizes I’ve given myself for doing hard things!

Most recently, I rewrote my About page! You can read it here ✨✨✨

The prize was to record this podcast, because that’s what felt most fun.

the prizes

* 10 Things I Hate About You + pizza

* 12 minutes of looking at my favourite painting at the art gallery — a nice zoomer in a Chappell Roan concert tee took this photo for me:

* butterfly stickers

* coloured my planner page Red (get your Lunar Logbook here!)

* watched Harry’s short film (I mispoke; it’s stone “squeezing” not setting)

* watched Hapidanbui the music video in my pajamas (and learned the dance)

* wrote down Hamlet’s speech

* put star stickers in my planner

* chose a new sporcle badge (here’s the ‘They’re Taking the Hobbits to Isengard’ blog I talked about)

* watched Olivia Dean live performances while cross-stitching

* recorded this prize podcast!

* (bonus) cheers at writers drinks to my new about page!

here’s Simone Grace Seol’s Truth or Dare course 🌟

Leave your prize ideas and replies in the comments =D

♥️Xandrathe witch 🪄

→ Apply for the LOTR Leadership Circle here.

→ Read more about the LOTR Leadership Circle here.

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