Musings, Recipes, & Wellness

Standing under the quaking leaves of Aspen trees, in a quiet little grove, I say a small prayer of thanks for the Osha I am about to harvest, for the medicine that will heal my friends and family, for a food that the bear and I share a fondness. Its Osha root. That most powerful herb that finds itself in a category of herbs so wild that it refuses to be cultivated in the garden with any great degree of success. Osha asks that you let it be free to grow on its own, in the Aspen groves, laying under...

It is autumn here in the northern lands of Earth. Fall is wrestling with summer so that winter may give birth to spring from which summer may once again rise. Its an eternal dance of give and take. A hypnotic effect falls upon us as the day and night become balanced, prepping our spirits for the dark cold months ahead. Slowly the minutes of summer’s light slip away, stolen by autumn’s duty to deliver winter. But right now in autumn we don’t care. Right now we are caught up in the light of rusty sunsets and forests that glow with...