Following the Seasons

Following the Seasons

When I first started holding space for herb tastings it was in response to an urging from the plants, an inkling of desire that I felt assured would lead in a particular direction. I grew accustomed to making tea and sitting still each week looking forward to seeing...
This and That

This and That

twilight in the foothills where day meets night and swirls in dancebefore giving way the mountain becomes the valleystreams gracing curvesrocks rising out of the folds dark greets lightwith arms widesaying look softly to the day mama hens broodingsnakes and...
Hawthorn

Hawthorn

Virtual Community Herb Tasting : The Intimacy of Attention November is dedicated to hawthorn (Crataegus spp.) I don’t know about you, but when I hear the name hawthorn it conjures a felt sense of lightness and images of heart-mending, red berry medicine...
The Medicine Is in the Making

The Medicine Is in the Making

There are three ways that I am aware making incense can work on us. The first is through using it—whether during prayer and meditation, ceremony, small daily rituals, or through memory and association as we use it to set a mood or change the feeling of a room. The...