Author Archives: ToilandTomes

Toil & Trouble: Colorful Rituals. Infusing Everyday Life with Meaning Through Color.

Posted on October 14, 2025 by ToilandTomes

Color isn’t just something we see, it’s something we feel. It carries symbolic weight, emotional energy, and cultural meaning. By thoughtfully incorporating color into our daily rituals, we can deepen our sense of presence, create intentional moments, and reconnect with … Continue reading →

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Book Dragon: Finding Solace in Stories – The Healing Power of Reading During Divorce

Posted on September 16, 2025 by ToilandTomes

Divorce is often described as one of life’s most emotionally turbulent experiences. Whether it comes after years of struggle or hits suddenly, it can untether even the most grounded among us. During this period of upheaval when routines are broken, … Continue reading →

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Toil & Trouble: The Restorative Power of Nature – Why Going Outside Heals More Than You Think

Posted on August 15, 2025 by ToilandTomes

In a world of constant screens, noise, and deadlines, the simplest remedy for exhaustion might be right outside your door. Nature has profound restorative power whether it’s a sprawling forest, a quiet garden, or even a patch of sky between … Continue reading →

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Toil & Trouble: The Cards Called – Discovering an Unexpected Interest in Tarot

Posted on July 15, 2025 by ToilandTomes

I didn’t expect to suddenly find myself interested in learning tarot. But one day, I found a deck, and then I found another, and another. Now I find myself the happy owner of a dozen different decks, that I have … Continue reading →

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Book Dragon: Finding My Way Back – Life After a Reading Slump

Posted on June 17, 2025 by ToilandTomes

For a long time, I thought I’d lost it. The love, the pull, the quiet thrill of cracking open a book (or turning on the kindle) and falling in. I’d sit with a novel and feel… nothing. My mind would … Continue reading →

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Toil & Trouble: When the Rituals Feel Empty – Navigating Spiritual Struggles

Posted on May 15, 2025 by ToilandTomes

There’s a quiet kind of heaviness that comes when your spiritual rituals start to feel hollow. You light the candle. You say the thing. You meditate, you sing, you chat, you sit quietly in silence depending on your ritual design. … Continue reading →

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Book Dragon 2024: DNF’d Titles, Ratings, and Future Reading Goals

Posted on July 12, 2024 by ToilandTomes

I am not going to lie, 2024 has not been my year for books so far. To date, I have already DNF’d four. Usually, that is my total for the year. I am definitely behind schedule on my reading for … Continue reading →

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Book Dragon: 2023 In Review

Posted on April 9, 2024 by ToilandTomes

  I continue to tragically hope that one day I will magically find that I remember to post often, but alas so far that is still a dream. That being said, its time for a book post of some kind … Continue reading →

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Toil & Trouble: 5 things I wish I knew as a Baby Witch.

Posted on March 23, 2023 by ToilandTomes

I have seen other practitioners chime in the last year. Not one to let a perfectly balanced wagon go by, here I am! Let’s fly right in, shall we? Covens and Groups are not for everyone! This took me a … Continue reading →

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Book Dragon: Exploring the Wiccan Realm

Posted on January 18, 2023 by ToilandTomes

Last year was a lot and unfortunately, I was 2 books shy of my goal for 2022. In addition, I can’t even remember if I posted once. One of these days, posting will be second nature. In 2023, here’s hoping I … Continue reading →

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Toil and Trouble: Dreams of a Home Apothecary

Posted on October 9, 2021 by ToilandTomes

Do you find yourself with visions of herbs drying on the rafters? Jars upon jars in all shapes, sizes and colors? Crystals shining in all the windows? YEAH, me too! Unfortunately, I live in a city apartment. I war with … Continue reading →

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Book Dragon: Female Heroines Unite!

Posted on December 31, 2020 by ToilandTomes

Welcome back fellow bibliophiles! It has been incredibly nice to devote so much time to reading in the last few weeks. Even if I haven’t had the mental capacity to do much else. It has helped improve my mood as … Continue reading →

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