The story of stumbling upon the meaning and significance of these living artifacts started about 10 years ago. I had been running an apothecary in Mississippi (2012-2017) and, of course, spent a lot of time outdoors walking trails. I eventually started to notice these unusually shaped trees, most of them bent at 90 degree angles. … Continue reading
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5 Years Back in Mississippi
“Go out in the woods, go out. If you don’t go out in the woods nothing will ever happen and your life will never begin.” ~ Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run with the Wolves I’m feeling nostalgic about the 5 years I spent in Mississippi before moving back to California last year. I left … Continue reading
Medicine Wheel Practices
I finally have the medicine wheel bandanas in my hands. These mobile, contemplative, folk art pieces were printed with soy-based ink (dark teal) on organic cotton bandanas (natural color). In my last post on the medicine wheel, I didn’t include information on the handout that comes with each bandana. I’ve written out a few practices … Continue reading
Traveling, Contemplative Art: Medicine Wheel Bandana
(Scroll down to the bottom to find out how to order) A project I’ve been working on for at least a decade has finally come to fruition. After years of exploring wheels of life or medicine wheels, I’ve created a piece of folk, contemplative art for the times, printed on 100% organic cotton (natural color) … Continue reading
Zine: Seasonal Living with Herbs & Food of the Deep South
THIS ZINE IS SOLD OUT… A project I’ve been working on for 8 years or so has finally come to fruition! Some of you have read previous blog posts on traditional foods ways, herbal medicine, and living with the seasons. While others of you have actually attended a course or workshop with me. Well, this … Continue reading
A Fascination with Ochres
There are some creeks near my old home-town in Mississippi that I like to visit and walk when I am in the area. One creek in particular has various shades of ochres that I wanted to share with a friend of mine who uses natural pigments for her watercolor paintings and natural pigment workshops. On … Continue reading
All Creatures Return Home
“Every creature on earth returns to home. It is ironic that we have made wildlife refuges for ibis, pelican, egret, wolf, crane, deer, mouse, moose, and bear, but not for ourselves in the places where we live day after day. We understand that the loss of habitat is the most disastrous event that can occur … Continue reading
Clay Clans and Ancestral Meanderings of the Deep South
One of the newly acquired traditions during holiday season is a nice journey down the wormhole of ancestry.com. My mother has made this a regular practice around the Winter holiday season and she easily sucks me in. With each dive into the wormhole we return with a new piece of ancestral treasure, some new way … Continue reading
Recent Interview with Project Illum
Recently, I was interviewed by Project Illum, a team working to create an eco-healing retreat center in a the village of Jafre in Spain. They inquired about the nature of my work and what I wish to see in a project of that scale. I posted this interview here, on my blog, as I thought … Continue reading
Holy Mo-lay (Mole)
Cacao pods and cacao beans in their raw form For many years I have been a chocolate devotee. Fortunately, as I have aged, I have learned the deeper layers to this amazing plant ally. What started as a young addiction to over-sugared Cadbury eggs has now turned into a full-fledged reverence for the cacao tree … Continue reading
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