Botanical Perfume & Imaginarium

The grandeur of Humboldt County, California, with its giant redwoods, massive cliffs, and shoulder high ferns is a beautiful challenge to...

Here is my autumn vlog offering about powerful personal transformation induced through simple walks and experiences in the forest. I was...

So excited to share this video I collaboratively created with my dear friend Victoria Petroff of Breath and Ground! As Vickie notes,...

I have loved and appreciated so many articles and newsletters with solid suggestions of how to stay healthy and sane during this...

October in the woods in SW Michigan, just minutes from my Three Oaks home… Moving from the heated expansiveness of summer, a refreshing...

Was it the new moon?  Already?  And a spring new moon! Time to plant seeds of intention! If it wasn’t for my dear friend and...

My favorite forest primeval, Warren Woods State Park, lies sleeping under a blanket of snow and the spell of winter. I am out in the...

The heart… Deep purple-red and regal flicking as a fire queen.  Fierce loving.  Verdant rich with honeyed ambrosia like the slip of an...

Dealing With Bad Faeries Bad Faerie art by Brian Froud Although old as dirt, I’m still a novice.  A novice at this living thing.  Shadows...

“Just living is not enough," said the butterfly, "one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.”  ~  Hans Christian Anderson...

I Asked In Meditation One Morning. What’s Next? Well, how about love?  Self love.  Big love.  Unconditional love.  Love of  dark places...

Winter is coming… Plan your escape NOW – Run away with me! January 17-27, 2017 Peaceful, turquoise waters and island ports with sunshine,...

Magnolia Can you feel it?  The pulsation of energy and expansion.  Summer is a time of unfurling and ripening, an outward – yang season....

Happy May Day! Rise and put on your foliage, and be seen To come forth, like the spring-time, fresh and green, And sweet as Flora....

Portrait of an Angel in Coffee – can you see the wings? Birthdays always make me a little uncomfortable.  I feel awkward with all the...

little sleepy gnome, dreaming beauty amidst your hearts of rocks, fly up, float up, peace up! the world is waiting for your song. ~(me)...

To fill with pleasureSo it overflows the soulIs gratitude shared. ~ Me In this neck of the verdant wood, Chicago – the midwest region of...

Some moons ago I took a couple weeks off of the blog and social media which turned into many moons more than two weeks worth.  Now even...

Hello Dear Reader! Just wanted to say I am taking short pause to take care of some things, create and study perfumes, and...

Or in this case – The Oak Woman My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness painsMy sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk,Or emptied some...