by Ronesa Aveela | Jan 16, 2026 | Books, Kickstarter, Mythology and Folklore, Rituals and Traditions
News First! It seems like ages ago we said we were working on a web store. Well, now we’re getting back to that. We have a Shopify store in progress and are busily adding books and other goodies. It’s much more complex than I’d anticipated, so it may take us a few...
by Ronesa Aveela | Jan 2, 2026 | Books, Mythology and Folklore, Rituals and Traditions
Between Christmas (Koleda) and Epiphany (Yordanovden) lies a dangerous stretch of time known in Bulgarian folklore as the Dirty Days—Мръсни дни, Погани дни, or Караконджови дни. These are not merely days of winter celebration and feasting, but a liminal period when...
by Ronesa Aveela | Oct 31, 2025 | herbs, Kickstarter
Some plants open the eyes, not the ones in your head, but the eyes that dream, that see beyond the veil. These are the herbs the old seers kept close, their roots hidden in shadowed gardens, their leaves steeped beneath moons few remember. Each carries a voice from...
by Ronesa Aveela | Oct 24, 2025 | herbs, Holidays, Kickstarter, Mythology and Folklore
October 26 – Dimitrovden As the fields grow quiet and the air turns sharp with the promise of frost, Bulgarians celebrate Dimitrovden, the Day of St. Demetrius, on October 26. It marks the turning of the year, the time when summer’s fire fades and winter’s breath...
by Ronesa Aveela | Oct 17, 2025 | Entertainment, Food, herbs, Mythology and Folklore
October is a month woven with mystery. The air turns crisp, the veils between worlds grow thin, and magic dances in every shadow. From the first golden leaves to the night of Halloween, this is the season when the unseen becomes visible, a time when witches, dragons,...
