To Do List Leave a crack in the door, for you are always available. Leave a part of your garden untended so the wild can have its way. Leave the milk out — don’t worry, it won’t go bad. It will culture, and then you can make creamy butter. Go to bed earlier and let … Continue reading
Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris)
Learning about mugwort is simply epic. Once I feel that I have understood her, she shows me there is more to learn. She is a very nurturing plant ally. Also known as cronewort (and a thousand other names for that matter), this herb is legendary from Europe to Asia (and in parts of Africa). The … Continue reading
Highlighting Ten Radical Women
Over the course of my life thus far, I’ve had the opportunity to meet some incredible people. There are too many to name and some of them are simply nameless. And, of course, I have met amazing men and women; and animals and forces that move on their own accord. However, I would like to … Continue reading
Heart: An Everyday Kind of Courage
“Courage. It’s the “heart” of our psychological virtue system.” My aunt just forwarded me an email about cultivating a spiritual practice rooted in the heart. The quote above is an excerpt from that email. The word ‘courage’ is derived from the French ‘coeur’ which means, heart (and in Latin, ‘cor’). I love that she sent … Continue reading
Stinging Nettles (Urtica dioica)
I have yet to blog about herbs. And, I’m not sure why that is. Maybe I’m a little intimidated to write about plant medicine. Apparently, it’s time to get over that. The only way to massage stuff like this (blocks and such) out of my system, is to simply begin doing whatever that thing is… … Continue reading
I Don’t Care What You Believe In
i don’t care what you believe in i care if you know what season ice melts yielding tender shoots while sending hair-thin roots anchoring new growth yawning through soil, taking the risk to finally reach for the sun i don’t care what you believe in i care if you know what season petals drop away … Continue reading
Gettin’ My Booch On
That’s right, I’m gettin’ my booch on with Kombucha — or, as they say in Russia, Tea Kvass. There are actually hundreds of names for this beverage, produced and sipped on for centuries across the belly of Eurasia. If you can get over the filmy, skin-like paddy floating on your tea and into the flavor … Continue reading
Running into the Gulf
I sat by a small man all the way to New Orleans from Meridian, MS. This small man, no taller than 3 feet proceeded to get drunk and call me sweet-pea and baby. Across the row from me was a young man of 24 riding down from Charlotte, NC to Picayune, LA to get his … Continue reading
Mississippi Dreaming
I dream of ancient oak trees, trunks wider than yours and my arms out-stretched, branches towering above us hosting a chorus of bird calls that sail along the thick, Southern breeze. I dream of springs bubbling up and flowing along the forest floor, banks matted with fallen leaves, flowing into creeks, then streams, then into … Continue reading
Excuse Me, I Heard Y’all Crack Nuts
“Pecans are the pride of the South. They grow on huge trees throughout the Mississippi River Valley, especially in Georgia, New Mexico, and Texas. Pecan trees grow to 150 feet with trunks of 7 feet in diameter. Mature trees can produce up to 200 pounds of nuts.” ~ Sally Fallon in her amazing book, Nourishing … Continue reading
Lindsay Kolasa 