Dancing Raven

I wanted to add this pencil sketch I did in 2011 called “Dancing Raven” to my art section of this blog.  Drawing flowing shapes like these and seeing what emerges is how I doodle.  This picture was drawn while I was living in the mountains in Western NC.  I actually lived in an old cabin … Continue reading →

Zuzu ganoush and Sourdough Spelt Flatbread

I don’t know why I’ve never thought of this before considering the many ways I have tweaked my hummus recipe.  I finally took a swing at changing up the traditional eggplant baba ganoush recipe by using zucchini instead (hence, zuzu ganoush). It turned out super tasty. I also made simple sourdough spelt flatbread to go … Continue reading →

Plant Medicine Intensive Recap

In the depths of the winter months I normally begin plotting out the calendar for workshops and teaching opportunities the following year.  There are usually a few key teaching dates, conferences and collaborations I nail down with room for spontaneity. For the past couple of years I’ve been going down the Maypop Herb Shop in … Continue reading →

Easy Paleo Cobbler Yum

It’s hard to find reliable breakfast recipes that taste good, won’t upset my digestive system, and are easy to make during my morning ritual.  A friend of mine turned me onto a variation of this cobbler recipe years ago.  The ease and simplicity of the recipe, allowing the fruit flavors to shine through, really stuck … Continue reading →

Rebirth

“When women reassert their relationship with the wildish nature, they are gifted with a permanent and internal watcher, a knower, a visionary, an oracle, an inspiratrice, an intuitive, a maker, a creator, an inventor, and a listener who guide, suggest, and urge vibrant life in the inner and outer world…” ~ Clarissa Pinkola Estes REBIRTH … Continue reading →

Humans, Wildness, and the Web of Life

“If men learn this, it will implant forgetfulness in their souls; they will cease to exercise memory because they rely on what is written, calling things to remembrance no longer from within themselves, but by means of external marks.”  ~ Egyptian king Thamus in Plato’s Phaedrus This morning in meditation, like many mornings that I … Continue reading →

One Nation Under Trauma

“The simple truth is that every single civilization, including the western world, was brought into being from a sacred place to serve a sacred purpose. And when that purpose is forgotten, when its original alignment gets lost, when the fundamental balance and harmony of its existence become disrupted beyond a certain point, then nature has … Continue reading →

Ginger-garlic Sauerkraut

Somehow, I have not posted my ginger-garlic sauerkraut recipe yet on my blog.  And, with spring cabbages beginning to roll in, I decided to whip up a batch…while listening to Sade.  I think that Sade makes the lactobacilii happy (smile)…especially Smooth Operator. So, I really wish I would have been a foodie, plant-lover, and fermenter … Continue reading →