Stories about the families and people in my past, near and far, as well as posts about doing the work of genealogy.
Just your average hedge witch, working the magic of our ancestors to try to heal her part of the great big world with writing.
Building a community on Substack for genealogy as a viable alternative to the noise and bravado of social media. We are free of fees and platform-independent. Join us for our monthly roundtables and office hours for family historians and genealogists.
My name is Jess and I was a high school Literature teacher for 16 years until I decided to run as a Democrat in a rural, red district in Missouri. I bring you news and politics from Missouri and beyond from a rural progressive point of view.
New writing on landscape, music, books, folklore, psychedelia, the natural world and other misty magical things outside the mainstream.
History in short story biographies and historical fiction, photographs, and quotes.