Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. My husband was emotional this morning looking through his newsfeed that showed pictures of children visiting the graves of a parent killed during military service. He’s a disabled Vietnam veteran and Memorial Day has always been about service for him….
Category: Healing
Garden Update ~ 22 May 2019
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In The Crone Aspect of the Full Flower Moon ~ A Bindrune for Protection
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. Now that we’re in the Crone aspect of the Full Flower Moon, it’s time to get to work influencing the current attack on women’s rights, reproductive or otherwise. We also currently have a guy in the Oval Office who believes…
I’m At A Loss For Words…But I’ll Give It A Go…
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. For the umpteenth time, Donald Trump has stated that after a baby is born, the doctor and the mother meet together to discuss the newborn’s execution. This bullshit began back when a Democrat was running for Governor who was a…
When Self-Sabotage Affects Others
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. It’s not uncommon for humans to get in the way of ourselves from time to time. We might overthink something, for example, and head in a direction that will never accomplish what we want. And as long as that affects…
Lunar Transits for 23-25 February 2019
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. As we approach the end of the month, the Moon travels into touchy Scorpio and the 7th House of marriage and partnership today, 23 February, at 7:57 AM PST until Void of Course begins at 4:13 AM PST on the…
An Herbalist’s Perspective on Cannabis
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. During the middle of March of 2011, something amazing happened. I achieved clinical remission from severe rheumatoid arthritis, something that had eluded me (and my doctors) for over thirteen years. However, it was for thirteen years that my RA was…
Arthritis Salve ~ Update
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. A few weeks ago, I published a post describing how I made some salve for sore and inflamed joints. My husband suffers from arthritis and I’m in remission from rheumatoid arthritis and it’s nice to have something to use when…
An Energetic Push
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. On yesterday morning’s walk, as we turned onto a trail that follows an irrigation canal, and after greeting a cat, I felt an energetic push that caused me to dodge to the right, almost into my husband. Immediately after I…
Making An Arthritis Salve
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. I love making herbal oils and salves. For this one, I’m using a cannabis infused coconut oil base and adding dried arnica and lavender blossoms along with some turmeric powder and a blend of Thai and cayenne pepper. The beeswax…
Empaths And Energetic Entanglement
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. We are energetic beings focused into form so it makes sense that our energetic vibrations naturally blend and merge together. Where we place our attention not only determines the direction of our vibration but also creates a channel of thought…
Creating a Comfrey Poultice
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. Comfrey, symphytum officinale, is a wonderful herb. Also known as knitbone, bruisewort, and miracle herb among others, comfrey’s mucilaginous properties treat all sorts of conditions, soothing nerves and healing everything it touches. Comfrey reportedly has a balancing effect upon blood sugar…
Sunday Rune Magick ~ Election Edition
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. For those folks not lucky enough to live in a vote-by-mail state as I do or vote by absentee ballot, Election Day is Tuesday. Here in Oregon, we have begun mailing in our ballots and for many of us, we’re…
Herbs For Fall Teas
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. Now that Fall has arrived and Winter is around the corner, I’ve been organizing my herbs to create some teas with what’s left of last year’s herb stock. Otherwise, it’s to the chickens or the compost pile and they’re not…
Synchronicity and Inner Alignment ~ Tarot for 30 October 2018
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. It’s been a while since I last did a reading with the Wildwood Tarot so I thought I’d use that deck in today’s reading and discussion. I like that non-traditional decks include the author’s perspective along with the more traditional…