The Origins of Disease and Medicine (Cherokee Story ( Read more... )

"What was the old Colchian magic, but the minute study of Nature in her lowliest works? What the fable of Medea, but a proof of the powers that may be extracted from the germ and leaf? [They] sought in the meanest herbs what, perhaps, the Babylonian sages explored in vain amidst the loftiest stars." -Bulwer-Lytton, Zanoni

The Witch of Forest ( Read more... )

Now that I finally found my old drawing compass, I started today on getting more deeply into sacred geometry and mathematics. The two books I am using as texts are: A Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe: The Mathematical Archetypes of Nature, Art, and Science, A Voyage from 1 to 10, by Michael S. Schneider (HarperCollins, 1994) and How ( Read more... )

A working list of "top 5/10/etc. most useful plants" from various sources. If you are learning to identify and use plants, or find new uses for kitchen spices, these are plants to look for. If you have a thing about so-called "weeds," realize some of these "weeds" can be more nutritious and medicinally useful than most of your pretty garden plants ( Read more... )

I remind myself every so often about what I am doing and how ( Read more... )

Yesterday was the Spring Equinox and so I wanted to report on what's going on in the natural world here in Helena, as of March 21 ( Read more... )

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On my way to class, I parked at the big empty parking lot a block away from school to eat my sandwich in peace and look at the hills. As I finished, I noticed a bright splash of small orange colored flowers in the weeds in front of the car, among the purple knapweeds and yellow mustards. I walked over to take a look. The area is regularly and ( Read more... )

So at the base of one of the trees I visit, once or twice a year I see mushrooms in a big cluster. I have watched these mushrooms but have not eaten them. Until now. Time to fish or cut bait (aka poop or get off the pot ( Read more... )