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 …
Cultivating a Whimsical Life
Herbal Supports for Living in the Anthropocene and Dealing with Climate Anxiety
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. …
Reflecting on Climate Change and Processing the Grief of Experience
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 …
Medicinal Mushrooms: Reishi or Hemlock Varnish Shelf (Ganoderma Tsugae)
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 Intellingence (AI) Tarot and Astrology Readings: A Bad Idea!
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 …
Refugia Gardening Guide
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 …
Intuitive Solstice Salves – Herbalism for the Sacred Wheel of the Year
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 …
Land Healing and Physical Healing for the Earth: A Druid’s Garden Guide
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 …
Intuitive, Spontaneous, and Co-Created Rituals in Nature
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 …
Living with Climate Change
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 …
A Primer in Land Healing: Protection and Shielding for Healing Work in Damaged Places
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 …
Holistic Herbalism and Pennsylvania School of Herbalism Announcement
Herbalism is the oldest healing modality on the planet.” – Rosemary Gladstar One of the challenges with the modern paradigm is reductionism–breaking things down into small parts and not paying attention the whole: especially the whole person, the whole plant, the …
Land Healing of Damaged Places: Exploring Empathy and Compassion
Land healing encompasses a wide range of activities: from physical replanting, rewilding, and regenerative approaches directly on the land to metaphysical blessings, healings, and palliative care. As I’ve just launched the Land Healer’s Network and am releasing the Land Healing …
In Support of Community Gardens
In February, news headlines everywhere began describing a new study from the University of Michigan made claims that urban agriculture (which includes urban farms, community gardens, and individual gardens) has a 6x higher carbon footprint than conventional agriculture. The headlines …
Land Healing in Small Ways: Showing Care and Concern for Life
Ever since I was little, I have always felt connected with the earthworms in the rainstorms. They come out to bask and enjoy the rain, slithering through puddles, and turning their faces into the warm rain. But modern life is …
The Medicine, Magic, and Spirit of Trees: A Druid’s Garden Guide
To say that most druids and those practicing similar nature-based paths love trees is an understatement. Trees are some of the most magical and friendly of people in our landscape, almost always ready to share wisdom, teach, and provide shelter …
Land Healers Network Launch!
One of the things that I’ve realized in doing the work of a land healer is how little support and information is available. When I wrote Land Healing, I decided to create a supportive community in addition to the book …
Honoring a Mentor and Friend
I’ve had the blessing of a few really great mentors in my life, people whose teachings and support are valuable to my development as a person, druid, and human being. Few have been as impactful as Sara Greer. Many of …
Avoiding Counterfeit Tarot and Oracle Decks
I’ve been a tarot and oracle artist since I began working on the Tarot of Trees back in 2005. I released the Tarot of Trees in 2009, and since then, have also created and released the Plant Spirit Oracle and …
Love Letter to the Mountains
I see you, beautiful, layered ridges of the Appalachian mountains: your peaks against the blue winter sky, the mist arises from the snow while the Imbolc sun comes out to warm you just enough. Below that, your frozen bones await …
Herbalism and Magical Herbalism: A Druid’s Garden Guide
Plants and mushrooms have been healing humans since long before recorded human history. Evidence of this abounds from healing plants and mushrooms found on preserved corpses and pre-historical burial grounds (such evidence of herbal use in Shanidar cave from 60,000 …