It has been a year full of change for us at IYHGYHE, much positive, although often spurred on by the negative. I recently re-read Jung's Seven Sermons to the Dead and saw it in a very different light than I believe I ever could have in the past. I document this here with a reading of the first four sermons as a type of New Years Celebration. I will release the second half this coming weekend.

There is within a commercial for the Practical Distillers and Alchemists Almanac for 2026 which we still unfortunately do not have on hand. It should arrive any time and I will update both www.thealchemistcabinet.com and our One Piece At A Time YouTube channel once we have it on hand.

Please have a happy and safe New Year, and never forget who you set out to be as a child. It is still in there!

Oh, you know, just being weird and celebrating the Solstice with stories as one is supposed to do!

On these dark and cold nights it would seem we have forgotten their purpose. We used to gather around the fire and tell stories, of better and of worse times. Of heroes and myths and monsters. I wish that would come back, so I am participating to the best of my ability. Here you will find a recounting of the Brothers Grimm 'The Golden Bird' and two new Black Forest inspired poems; "She Paints Flowers" inspired by Persephone and "Sentient Shadow" about the phenomenon most commonly called Dog Man.