The Meaning and Gift of WorryWhile this post is not about Covid in particular, it is about an equally contagious and devastating related illness. This illness is…Nov 6, 2020Nov 6, 2020
Labrador TeaLabrador tea is the younger cousin of Sweetgale and Bearberry. She is very different in character as indicated by Her distinct wooly…Jan 18, 2020Jan 18, 2020
Published inInvironmentGolden Tears of the GoddessLong ago in the East, a Goddess had pity for our humble starving ancestors and wept. Her tears fell to the Earth as golden pears, to…Oct 7, 2017Oct 7, 2017
Published inInvironmentGrandfather Mullein, The Tall One with Bright Yellow EyesI was working with that grand old master Mullein on this misty morning. It wasn’t hot and sunny enough to be harvesting any of the other…Aug 7, 20172Aug 7, 20172
Published inInvironmentThe Bright Eyes of Divinity; Jewels at the Heart of Existence.All my plant relations are jumping back up now. Every spring I’m brought to tears of gratefulness when I see their beautiful faces again…Jul 1, 2017Jul 1, 2017
Plantain: Traveller’s TalismanI’ve been reading Martin Shaw’s “Scatterlings” this winter. The message is a wise old one, that “what we’re searching far and wide for…May 19, 20171May 19, 20171
Chickadee teachings & Sunflower medicineEveryday through the fall and into the snow filled month of December we had the great pleasure of being visited by a living stream of Black…Mar 2, 2017Mar 2, 2017
Saint John’s Wort: The First HealerI’ve been wildcrafting herbs for thirty-five years, and I still learn (or re-learn) many things every year. I seldom have alone time these…Feb 11, 2017Feb 11, 2017
Published inInvironmentThe Swale or The Art of Muck RakingI moved to the farm at Golden Lake, now home of the Sacred Gardener, in December 1999. When the snow melted in the spring, a huge swale ran…Jan 8, 20171Jan 8, 20171