Your local witch is here to serve you, good people of Seattle, to feel more connected to yourselves, your streets, and each other. So much of what we feel and exchange is invisible yet has very real implications in how we build and expend our time, energy, and talents. Some call it magic, others call it science that simply hasn't been proven yet. Submit a question, and let's pluck on your strings and figure which ones are vibrating in harmony and out of tune. Part advice column, part energy direction prescription, Ask Your Local Witch will answer and illustrate your queries twice a year, each winter & summer solstice.

What kinds of questions can you ask your local witch?

+Feeling like your energy is being pulled in 10,000 directions? We have some tips to help call your parts back.

+Got a relationship in a snarl? This witch can offer some conditioning treatments for your emotional tangles.

+Got a person you feel so enchanted by it almost feels like an unwanted curse? Let's loosen those crush bindings.

+Magic-curious but not sure where to begin? We’ve got a starter pack for you.

Who is CHUM’s witch advice columnist, you ask? Raised amongst the domesticated deer and foghorns of Fidalgo Island, Kate Clark has studied with healers, witches, and energy workers in the Pacific Northwest and elsewhere. In Seattle, she keeps her practice alive by studying QiGong with Master Junhong Chon, hosting tarot covens, and visiting the old-growth trees and creatures of Seward Park.