The magnificent apple tree…of the rose family…offers us so much. Shade. Oxygen. Fruit for enjoying fresh, cooked, canned, juiced, or fermented (cider, cizer, vinegar, etc). Inner bark, flowers, and leaves for plant medicine (cooling, astringent, and supporting us with assimilation of the food we eat). Pectin. Quercetin. Beauty. Morel mushrooms love to appear around old … Continue reading
Wendell Berry, Rest in Peace and Power
When my heart was searching for direction many years ago, I found the words of Wendell Berry, the Kentucky farmer, philosopher, author, and poet. As the soil and plants were healing my deepest wounds, his words flowed into my life like an earth elixir — sentimental, steady, profound, and wise. His heart, to me, is … Continue reading
Beltaine, Circles, and Strawberries
Happy Belated Beltane! To some, it may seem irrelevant or silly to honor Beltane or May Day (which falls roughly around May 1st). To me, it is essential. It is an observance that acknowledges the elegant dance of fertility on this precious Earth. What is silly is that such an important day could be so … Continue reading
Anthology of DNA Surprises
I’ve been quiet. Mostly because of the reality that most of my online content was sucked into the vortex of Facebook. But, with the rising tragic incidents amoung our youth and the stonewall response from META (who own Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, etc), I finally deleted my Facebook account for good. I don’t use any other … Continue reading
6 Feet of String Can Do Anything
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
Lindsay Kolasa 