Um let's see... I'm very tired while writing this so I hope it comes out making sense! I'm female in my mid-40s, married with kids. I hope it's okay that I joined this forum not considering myself a witch nor being terribly interested in today's witches necessarily...however I definitely have a very witchy side to myself!
I just don't identify as one, I guess you could say. The ways I'm "witchy" are (or at least feel like they are, even if some of it's just romantic notions and stereotypes): ever since I was a small child, I've both LOVED and felt terrified - and fascinated - by the witches of stories and films; also of gypsies and fortune tellers tho to a lesser degree; I'm a feminist; I love a good fire and candles; I often have strong intuition, I feel really drawn to the moon; I am in love with nature; I love the night; I love owls, wolves and cats (or maybe everyone does, I don't know!); I have numerous tarot decks and more recently, crystals; as a kid I was always drawn to games like "light as a feather, stiff as a board" haha - and then as a teen I was very into Ouija boards (though am afraid of them, a bit, now); I love tea (does this count?!) so in a sense love herbs! 
I love making homemade soap and candles, and love to stir the big pot of these archaic tasks! Boil boil toil and trouble! I love astronomy and am a big believer in/supporter of science which is what makes a couple of my hobbies strange, and yet somehow that feels very witchy too (to a certain degree). I'm pretty certain I'd have been burned at the stake had I been born a few hundred years ago... I'm just too curious by nature!I'm mostly here because I'm hoping to get more info/advice re. crystals. There are not many (any?) very active forums on this topic. It has quickly become a passion of mine though like I said - being a believer in hard science makes my interest in crystals feel (to me at least) a bit odd! But I've always loved nature, and rocks, and they're beautiful and comforting for whatever reason (eapecially palm stones) so there you have it!
Thanks for reading all this!
Ayram
