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
Versatile GF Quick Bread
About a year or two ago, I started making these GF quick breads and roll them out in the way you see them above. Later, I started making a pizza crust with them. I’ve made spiced, currant rolls with this recipe — my GF version of a traditional, European soul cake. And, today, I made … Continue reading
The End of the Manufactured Human?
The End of the Manufactured Human? What if we showed no shame in showering the earth with whole-bodied adoration? What if we nobly faced the four directions, offered prayers, and felt our place in the center? What if we celebrated life with songs at the slightest urge? What if we didn’t have to shield our … Continue reading
Moundville, a 14th Century Pre-American City
I took my daughter to Moundville in Alabama this past week. What many Americans don’t realize is that Moundville (a series of 29 platform mounds built by the Missisippian Mound-builders about 1000 years ago) used to be something like the ‘New York City’ of North America. Moundville was the central hub for trade and activity … Continue reading
Onion skin dyed Easter/Eostre Eggs
“Old English Eōstre continues into modern English as Easter and derives from Proto-Germanic *austrōn, itself a descendant of the Proto-Indo-European root *aus-, meaning ‘to shine’ (modern English east also derives from this root).[3] Writing in the 8th century, the Anglo-Saxon monk Bede describes Ēostre as the name of an Old English goddess and behind the … Continue reading
Wondering Why We Left
About six months ago, after about a full year of a very deep dive into my family’s genealogy…tracing many of my maternal lines back to America’s early colonies…I began to ponder on why these people left. Why did so many British, Scottish, and Irish peasants leave their homeland…risk their lives…to arrive in an unknown and … Continue reading
