It's your life...no need to explain.

Hey friends,

Happy whatever day it is, doesn't really matter what day of the week...make it happy. The trees are budding, grass is getting mowed, birds are singing like crazy, and goslings have been spotted with their attentive parents. Nature is my church; it truly heals and empowers me.

The universe has given me some time to reflect. I'm finally appreciating this gift and using it as it was intended. We can get lost in the journey sometimes and dwell on how we got to a place in our lives, how the lesson was gained. This was a doozy. I needed to see that not everyone has a light in them, not all the time anyways. Some lose that light after trauma in their lives and it comes out as hate, anger, dishonesty, cruelty, silence, etc. You can't take it personally when you are the one under attack, easier said than done I know. When you give of yourself wholeheartedly and end up getting hurt intentionally, it takes a minute to bounce back. But here I am, I bounced back bitches...and they're still sad, miserable humans.

So, this is going to be a fabulous spring, summer and so on. I have been forest bathing and meditating daily. I am getting back into yoga and loving it. I have been rockhounding (something I never stop doing) and planning 3 trips with my ride or die. Niagara Falls because he has work there so why not, Lake Superior because I'm on an agate expedition and an old area on the St. Lawrence River in Ogdensburg, NY where I grew up. What for decades was a dump on the St. Lawrence River is now a local treasure chest of sea glass, antique whatever's and objects some might consider oddities. I am current with my tetanus vaccine!

I have some thrilling news to share—I recently became a licensed Wildlife Rehabilitator in New York State! I'm eager to begin assisting in the rehabilitation of vulnerable and defenseless animals. They need us... or perhaps we need them...? Either way, it works out. I've also started a Facebook page: Kat's Wildlife Rehab of NNY | Facebook

Another project is currently in progress, and I will soon add a list of items I need. If you would like to donate, it would be greatly appreciated! This is a goal I've been trying to achieve for several years, and wouldn't you know it, everything has finally fallen into place. The universe knows what it's doing and has got your back. My contact information is listed under the current licensed wildlife rehabilitators in NYS on the DEC's website. I'm very proud of myself for this achievement 🖤

We just finished with our maple season, and it was a great success. Weather was not cooperating initially and to say my husband was bummed out is an understatement. Turned out to be our best season yet with amber, Grade A syrup...it's sooooooo frickin good. With my obsession of french toast and this syrup, I might be labeled as a seasonal diabetic🤦‍♀️

I'm going through my herbs, dried flowers and everything in my Kat's Coven shop. I didn't realize how much I have accumulated while not having any time to do anything with it. So, clearing out, making space and decluttering. I'm going to have things I really don't need and will put them on the Kat's Coven Facebook page for local takers. I'd like to have a contest or just plain giveaway for some of it, I think it would be super fun!

I'm updating my website and will be making the members area more user friendly. I've also began building a Kat's Coven app to make getting there easier, more accessible. If anyone has any suggestions for additions to the site or anything you'd like to see back in the shop or new in the shop, PLEASE shoot me a message! This place is for us; this tribe is a refuge in a world gone crazy...let's make this as magical as we can. I am starting back up with a quick email once or twice a month. Who am I kidding, once a month...lol. You don't want a bunch garbage emails, and I don't want to send useless and/or repetitive info.

That's a summary of my life and my immediate plans. I truly appreciate the messages I receive from you all and will do my best to respond to everyone as quickly as possible, so please bear with me. I have a new puppy, and she's been the center of my world for the past three months. I had forgotten what having a puppy is like, it's been a while. We got our Penny when she was a year and a half, so we missed the adorable yet challenging phase where every room in your home becomes a potential toilet 🫩

Love and kindness to the weirdest, most feral and beautiful tribe ✨🧹🌙