Spiritual journeys in tending the living earth, permaculture, and nature-inspired arts
What is intuition? How do we develop it, and why does it matter? In this post, I want to share some techniques for developing your intuition, particularly surrounding nature and natural settings, and some techniques and practices that you can …
In today’s post, I share an approach to herbal formulation that basically combines western magical systems (like the seven-element system) with herbal formulation and crafting herbal blends. This is essentially a synthesis of magical frameworks and herbal practices. A version …
I’ve always wanted to make mullein torches–which go by several colorful names: mullein wands, mullein torch, mullein candle, the hag taper, the hag candle, witch’s candle, Jupiter rods, candlewick, king’s candle, or even the holy mullein hag wand! These mullein …
It is a cold evening, quite cold for early October here in Western Pennsylvania, with the temperature dropping quickly as the sun sets. I knew that tonight would be the night I might get to see the Aurora Borealis for …
When you grow up in a modern civilization, you become “conditioned” to believe that the way you live is the way everyone lives, or that’s just how things are done. You are made to assume that’s just how it is. …
Today I want to talk about the idea of “Ditch the screen, embrace the green!” which is a mantra I created for myself some months ago. This little mantra helps me regulate my use of technology, makes me regularly get …
Here we are again, at the Equinox. In my ecosystem in the Northern Hemisphere, we are standing at the point between the light half of the year and the dark half of the year, as the pumpkins and squash ripen, …
As I’ve shared before, I have personally gotten so much depth and connection from working directly with the earth for healing food, and medicine, and meeting my needs. More than just knowing or being out in nature, using nature to …
My last Druid Garden guide covered physical land healing, tied to regeneration, rewilding, permaculture, wildtending, and refugia gardening. These are the practices that allow us to connect with the land deeply with our hands in the soil and love in …
Throughout the ages, poets, writers, musicians, painters and many others sought inspiration from the land for their creative works. For the ancient poet Taliesin, the Awen was found in nature–in the voice in the wind and the babble of the …
As a part-time member of the Goose flock, I walk in the back of the line of geese we make our way to swim in the creek. I say hello to the berry bushes and hazelnuts that are ripening, playing …
Last week was a powerful week for storytelling and sharing our anxiety, stress, and fear over climate change and living in the age of the Anthropocene. I really want to thank everyone for holding space for each other last week. …
Come gather ’round peopleWherever you roamAnd admit that the watersAround you have grownAnd accept it that soonYou’ll be drenched to the boneIf your time to you is worth savin’And you better start swimmin’Or you’ll sink like a stoneFor the times …
Mushrooms are some of the most magical and medicinal beings on the planet–they are in their own kingdom, and are related more closely to us than to plants or trees! I’ve been doing a deep dive into the study of …
Artificial Intelligence has been in common use for a little under two years, and while it is certainly useful in certain industries and domains, it is also currently being used in ways that are problematic. The problem with this technology …
What can we do to support nature in this age that is meaningful and important? One of the primary ways that I’ve been thinking about this is in terms of creating refuges for life, or “refugia.” I’ve shared some of …
I find my practice of herbalism swinging into full gear around the Summer Solstice for the simple reason that the land is literally bursting with good medicine. This is when, where I live, our elderflowers come in, St. Johns is …
As we have been exploring on this blog, living in the Age of the Anthropocene means living in a time when human activity is radically reshaping the world. Exponentially increasing human demands for resources are leaving many other lives on …
Last week, I went up the mountain to do some deep land healing. A year had passed since the last time I had gone to this spot for healing, and as per the will of the spirits, I hadn’t returned …
It is not easy to live in the Age of the Anthropocene–the increasingly difficult challenges of everyday life, the unweaving social fabric and community bonds, and of course, the 6th mass extinction and ongoing climate change. Despite the media parading …
Another mountain is being lost near my home–a mountain that has lost already 50 feet or more of elevation and is being just eaten by machines and humans behind those machines. It’s really hard to frame this any other way–I’m …