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Continue reading →: Joe-Pye Weed
I first learned about Joe-Pye weed (Eutrochium purpureum or Eupatorium purpureum if you’re going by Linnaeus’s classification) on a weed walk in western Pennsylvania, just outside of Pittsburg. The guide told a fascinating story of how a healer named Joe Pye helped the native tribes learn how to break fevers and…
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Continue reading →: Practicing Together #10
Seed thought taken from Leaning into Mystery’s “Practicing Together” weekly series. I noticed the hawthorns blooming. I noticed the swans in the southwest, the red winged blackbirds in the north, the wood ducks in the northwest and the woodpecker in the east. I noticed the hum that comes from the land…
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Continue reading →: Practicing Together #9
Seed thought taken from Leaning into Mystery: Practicing Together #14. I noticed sliding down a mountain on your butt will only result in torn trousers and possibly holey undies as well. (In other words, Mt. Monadnock kicked my ass!) Actually, I noticed a bunch of other things, too, like the…
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Continue reading →: Honeysuckle
Playing catchup for week 17 of PBP. Honeysuckles are cleansing, consuming and digesting, and therefore no way fit for inflammations. Take a leaf and chew it in your mouth and you will quickly find it likelier to cause a sore mouth and throat than cure it. If it be not…
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Continue reading →: Practicing Together #8
Seed thought taken from Leaning into Mystery: Practicing Together #13. I noticed that the oaks, magnolias, and cherry trees all started blooming within the past few days. I also noticed this song by Peter Gabriel running through my head much of the week: Let it out and move on Missing what’s gone…
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