- Hi! thanks for stopping by my space! I write mostly about my love affair with herbs as healers, friends, food and folly. But the Mother part of herbmother often takes over for days at a time. I also love theology and all kinds of spiritual practice so you may wind up in and out of the spiral of my never ending existential exploration. Love is the only thing I know to be true. All the rest is a work in progress, but it sure tastes good when you slow down and savor it.
Tag Archives: wildcrafting
Coconut Prickly Pear Sherbay
I tried and tried to think of an appropriate post for the season, but I couldn’t get inspired by all the Hallow’s festivities today for some reason. It’s a breezy 85 degrees today. These beauties were calling me. And calling … Continue reading
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Tagged coconut milk, desert food, prickly pear, sherbet, sorbet, wildcrafting
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Collecting Desert Medicine
It’s really been a fantastically amazing spring in the desert. She has graced us with some of the coolest, oddest, wettest days of May. All of us here are soaking it up. Being so full of life, there is so … Continue reading
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Tagged plant spirit, teaching children herbs, wildcrafting
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Cottonwood Medicine
I bet you are all dying to know what I did with all that cottonwood we went wildcrafting for a few weeks ago. The next day, I put up the cottonwood bark and buds in different liquids to draw out … Continue reading
Cottonwood — a journey.
Come closer, she whispered. I inched closer to her skinny white outstretched arm, wrinkled from the sun. I noticed three large brown and black birds with red tipped tails circling above my head. Immediately I grounded myself in the slippery … Continue reading
