Awakening

Opening the circle for this month’s dispatch.

There’s a rhythm to life that modern noise tries hard to drown out — the natural slowing that comes when the air turns crisp and the nights stretch long. Fall and winter were never meant to be endless production cycles; they were meant to teach us rest. Reflection. The quiet art of letting things die so that something new can be born.

As the trees shed their leaves, I find myself shedding too — old habits, old urgency, old stories about what I need to be doing to be enough. This is the time for steeping in stillness. For drawing close to warmth and mystery. For trusting that what sleeps will one day rise again.

So if you’re tired lately, it isn’t failure. It’s alignment. You’re syncing back up with the earth’s own pace.

♥︎ Coraley

The Curio

A highlight from our house of magic.

From the Parlour

What we’ve been brewing in the cauldron…

This month there’s a little moonlight on the map…

Something rather magical happened this month — Blood Moon Radio has been chosen by Acast and Amazon Music to be featured in their Indie Podcast Amplifier, a national spotlight celebrating Canadian creators.

It feels like a quiet kind of spell — the kind that takes months of intention, midnight edits, and whispered faith before the energy turns and says, yes, keep going.

For the rest of November, Blood Moon Radio will live among the stories of independent voices across the country on Amazon Music’s podcast page. It’s a small shimmer in the great expanse of digital airwaves, but one that glows bright to me — proof that slow, steady magic works.

If you’d like to help amplify that light, you can listen (or re-listen) to an episode through Amazon Music [use this link], or share the feature using #CanadianIndyPods and tag @acast and @amazonmusiccan.

Thank you for being part of this unfolding — every listen, share, and kind word helps weave the next chapter.

The Cast

The conjured collection: what’s caught our eye this month.

🕸️ Dark Tales Artisan Perfumery (Instagram)

Hand-blended in small batches, these perfumes blur the line between scent and spell — rich resins, shadowed florals, and rare oils that linger like memory. Whether you crave the dark romance of a gothic library or the quiet magic of moonlit skin, Dark Tales crafts an olfactory world where every note has a secret.

📖 Forest Nine Refillable Journals (Website)

Crafted by hand on Vancouver Island, Forest Nine journals invite you to slow down and write like it matters. Each piece is refillable, sustainably made, and quietly timeless — soft leather, textured paper, and the feeling of something meant to last.

💎 Carbikova Crowns (Instagram)

Carbikova Crowns sits at the crossroads of couture and ritual. Their sculptural pieces carry an elemental beauty — iron, pearl, flame — and hold space for transformation. A Carbikova crown doesn’t decorate you; it declares you.

Ink for the Unquiet

Words and images for restless hearts.

Featuring Alexandra Biddell

There’s a quiet language in shape and line — a way of speaking to the unseen through form. In Alexandra Biddell’s work, that language becomes meditative: circles as cycles, triangles as ascent, lines as the rhythm of breath. Her series, a study in Minimal Geometric Mysticism, distills the vast into the essential — the way still water can reflect an entire sky.

These pieces are an invitation to pause inside the geometry of your own becoming. To see the sacred in precision, the mystery in restraint, and the balance that lives between motion and stillness.

You can view her work by clicking the link below.

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In the Orbit

Stories, journeys, and offerings from those who inspire.

For those who tuned in to Journey Home, you’ll remember Melanie’s gift for weaving presence and adventure into a single breath. In 2026, she’s extending that invitation into the world itself — guiding a transformational journey she calls The Traveling Inside Out Wellness Adventure Retreat.

It’s a chance to explore both the landscapes around you and the ones within you — to move, write, rest, and reconnect in places where the horizon still feels infinite.

If you’ve been craving a reset that feels more like a remembering, this might be your call to go.

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The Hearth Fire

Where light is kept alive through shared hands.

Independent work like this lives on the light you share. If Blood Moon Radio has resonated with you — the conversations, the stories, the atmosphere we’re building together — consider adding your ember to the fire. Your donations help keep this space ad-free, independent, and full of intention.

Every contribution, no matter the size, helps sustain the creative work that moves quietly through the dark. You can make a one-time or recurring donation through our website — it’s the simplest way to help the Moon keep shining bright.