Last year, friends visited us in Eastern North Carolina. While staying with us they were practicing their string figures like Cat’s Cradle. My friend teaches a parent-child class at a Waldorf school. So, it makes sense that they would be exploring such a subtle art form. When I watched them, something stirred in me from … Continue reading
Becoming skilled at southern…
I moved to Louisville, Mississippi…to the red clay hills of Central, Eastern Mississippi when I was 11 years old. My mom was born there, above the Strand Theater, like so many others from that town. Later I would realize that I was 7th generation Louisville, Mississippi on my mother’s side. My mom left Louisville at … Continue reading
Tracing the Family Lines, Crowell
As some of you know, I’ve been walking the lines of my ancestry for some time, now. Last year, through Ancestry, I connected with a distant Crowell relative of Charlotte, NC about our mutual ancestor, Simon Crowell. Simon is my 6th G Grandfather, buried in Indian Trail, NC in Union County, NC which is right … Continue reading
Water, Water Everywhere and Very Little Prayer
The struggle that I experienced moving through my health crisis 20 years ago, well that struggle pressurized my human experience to the extent that I reorganized, remembered and reestablished all my relationships. Not only my relationships with others in my life, but with myself, and with creation. I’m still refining this, too. Every day that … Continue reading
Cancer, Pesticides, and Potential Liability Shield
Caption for this picture from the original scientific paper – “Additional cancer cases in a single year that can be attributed to differences in agricultural pesticide use patterns. These patterns of use were defined by latent class analysis; estimates were derived from generalized linear models adjusted for agricultural land use, total population, the Social Vulnerability … Continue reading
Interview with Herb Rally
I hope everyone is doing well out there. The Earth is still a spinning jewel. The sun is still shining. The moon is doing her waxing and waning dance. But, humans seem to be growing more and more confused. It least, it seems that way in modern society. I have been quiet on my blog. … Continue reading
Herbs for the Immune System, 5/2/24
When I meet with clients regarding colds, flus, and infections, I often find that I am repeating myself. This workshop is a way for me to get the ‘good word’ out there on how plant medicine can support you, your family, or your friends when immune support is needed. With the host of bacterial and … Continue reading
What Anticipation Has Taught Me
What Anticipation Has Taught Me— Make sure there is something thatyou wait for in nature. Every year……something that you wait for… (…at least ONE thing………at least!) Learn to enjoy the anticipation…Learn what to look for…and when… Let every year be a rehearsal for the daythat awe ripples through your senses. Where to start,you may ask? … Continue reading
Where Could Botanical Medicine Really Be by Now?
I shudder to think about all that was lost when the American Medical Association (AMA) did not include Eclectic, Phsyio-Medical, and other types of Botanical Medicine-based schools in their Flexner Report (1910). Dozens upon dozens of practitioners of botanical medicine were discredited by the AMA and, in the early 1900s, we LOST the momentum we … Continue reading
Giving Her a Name
Some of you know that I enjoy genealogy. Fewer of you know that I do lineage repair work. Even fewer of you know that I got into DNA based genealogy to find out who my unnamed GG grandmother was on my mother’s side. What started with being hushed by my Great Aunt almost 10 years ago, ended … Continue reading
Lindsay Kolasa 