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Roots & Councils: Mvskoke Plant Wisdom for Native American Heritage Month

Roots & Councils: Mvskoke Plant Wisdom for Nati...

This month, as we honor Native American Heritage Month, I feel called to step softly into the green library of my own lineage — the Muscogee (Mvskoke/Creek) people. On my paternal...

Roots & Councils: Mvskoke Plant Wisdom for Nati...

This month, as we honor Native American Heritage Month, I feel called to step softly into the green library of my own lineage — the Muscogee (Mvskoke/Creek) people. On my paternal...

The Owens Sisters' Apothecary: Practical Magic

The Owens Sisters' Apothecary: Practical Magic

There’s something about Practical Magic that sinks into your bones. The way Alice Hoffman writes — it’s like stepping through the kitchen door of a family that’s lived on the...

The Owens Sisters' Apothecary: Practical Magic

There’s something about Practical Magic that sinks into your bones. The way Alice Hoffman writes — it’s like stepping through the kitchen door of a family that’s lived on the...

When the veil thins: Samhain, the origins of Halloween, and the herbs that remember us

When the veil thins: Samhain, the origins of Ha...

When did the ordinary world start borrowing the language of the uncanny? If you trace the thread back through smoke and harvest-stained hands, you arrive at Samhain — the Gaelic...

When the veil thins: Samhain, the origins of Ha...

When did the ordinary world start borrowing the language of the uncanny? If you trace the thread back through smoke and harvest-stained hands, you arrive at Samhain — the Gaelic...

[Herbal Action] Carminatives

[Herbal Action] Carminatives

If spasmolytics are the herbs that teach our bodies to release, then carminatives are the ones that teach us to flow. These are the aromatic plants that move things —...

[Herbal Action] Carminatives

If spasmolytics are the herbs that teach our bodies to release, then carminatives are the ones that teach us to flow. These are the aromatic plants that move things —...

Claire Fraser’s Apothecary — The Herbs of Outlander

Claire Fraser’s Apothecary — The Herbs of Outla...

I’ve always been enchanted by Claire Fraser’s herbal world in Outlander. She doesn’t just patch wounds or ease fevers—she converses with plants in a way that bridges centuries. Claire’s botanical...

Claire Fraser’s Apothecary — The Herbs of Outla...

I’ve always been enchanted by Claire Fraser’s herbal world in Outlander. She doesn’t just patch wounds or ease fevers—she converses with plants in a way that bridges centuries. Claire’s botanical...

[Herbal Action] Spasmolytics / Antispasmotics

[Herbal Action] Spasmolytics / Antispasmotics

Have you ever realized how much tension your body is holding—before you even notice it? The jaw that tightens when you’re thinking too hard.The belly that knots itself around worry.The...

[Herbal Action] Spasmolytics / Antispasmotics

Have you ever realized how much tension your body is holding—before you even notice it? The jaw that tightens when you’re thinking too hard.The belly that knots itself around worry.The...