Category: Mind and Spirit

As a tribute to Mary Oliver, beloved poet by every plant- lover I know, I wanted to share a poem by Guido Masé, with his ...

The first day of winter dawned warm and rainy – a balmy 62 degrees by 6:30am! In northeastern Pennsylvania that is close to a record ...

I’ve always believed in magic.  It’s irresistible.   Still, so many days of my adult years have been occupied with the stress of responsibilities that ...

I met Maia Toll for the first time 4 years ago, when I invited her to teach at the MidAtlantic Women’s Herbal Conference. At that ...

“Now it behoves anyone, who desires to be a skillful herbalist, to be present when the plants first shoot out of the earth, when they ...

 Enjoy this post by special guest FreeDom Flowers – yes! That is really her awesome name! Contact info for her included at the end of ...

Due to seasonal demands on a busy family farm, I have not read a novel in the summertime in years. When my friend Marcia stopped ...

The older I get, the faster the day goes by, or so it seems.  I don’t know how it is possible but I think I ...

I sat with this tree yesterday. Her familiar friendliness filled my heart. Acer platanoides, the Norway Maple, bears a reputation as an invasive tree and ...

Every year the first days of spring hold magic for me.   When the earth begins to thaw, it’s fragrance beckons me to withstand it’s ...