Hello Fellow Travelers.

April brought showers to my world, literally. Lines of powerful storms stretched from Texas all the way north to my home in Michigan. Early in the month every river in Michigan hit flood stage from all the rain. A small but significant flood happened in our home’s basement as the ground water welled up and tending to that clean up has occupied many of the resources in our household since.

Now we are hitting the growing time here, the red elder trees in the low lying areas are beginning to bloom, with their umbrellas of white flowers. Red buds are sweet and pink along the rivers. Chives, horseradish, nettles, and comfrey are all poking up in the garden, and we are hoping the worst of the frost is over, generally we are clear around the second week of May for some of the more tender babies.

May is officially my summer season jump-start, and I will be heading out to northern Maryland for the Primal Arts Festival for my first camping event of the year. I am so looking forward to spending time around the fire with friends.

May Events:

• May 7-11 In-Person at Primal Arts Festival in Maryland, I will be presenting Creating Energetic Containers for Kink https://www.primalartsfest.com/
• Correction **May 17** April 23rd Conversations with the Runes. In-Person at Keys to Manifestation in Lansing, MI from 3-5pm. Tickets are available here: https://www.manifestlansing.com/event/hg-wyndell-conversations-with-the-runes-128/register
• May 27th Creating Energetic Containers for Kink. Online with Wicked Grounds Tickets are here: https://forbiddentickets.com/events/wicked-grounds/2026-05-27-online-creating-energetic-containers-for-kink

Coming Up Soon:

• June 18th Boundaries: Mapping the Self in Community In-Person at Cat & Cauldron in Salt Lake City, UT https://www.catncauldron.com/

Ongoing:

• Recorded: Introduction to the Northern Tradition: Finding Your Fire. Find out more about it and signup here: https://payhip.com/b/c3jRF​
• A list of upcoming events and appearances is available here: https://hgwyndell.com/2026-events-and-appearances/ I will be updating it as things are confirmed.

Food for Thought and Inspiration:

• I have been listening to Siv Watkins talk about her work with the animism of the the Smalls and ritual for years now. The blog post Lungs felt timely and deeply personal. As someone struggling with disability and a compromised immune system, talking about partnering with the spirits that I share my body with feels aligned. https://open.substack.com/pub/sivwatkins/p/lungs​
• We don’t often talk about what happens when our spirits send a curve-ball our way, I really appreciated Althaea Sebastiani talking about just that in this blog post. https://www.ladyalthaea.com/every-day-is-magickal/change-at-the-dark-moon​
• The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred By Chanda Prescod-Weinstein. Physics, History, black feminism, politics, queerness, Star Trek, this book has them all and it was a powerful companion reading on a recent adventure. https://chanda.science/

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May your roads be kind, and your landings soft.

Warmly,

HG