Mother Nature – Are you with her or against her?

  This much has become clear: Either you’re lining up or you’re not. Two steps forward, one step back is still  lining up in my book. Nature can’t not nourish you. (Thank you Douglas Brooks for introducing me to the power of double negation.) The more I start eating out of the woods the more […]

Nutritional Plants – Your ecosystem wants to feed you.

Eat your Yard. When you read about all of the free nutrients available in your ecosystem, straight from the source, with no human interaction between you and the nutrients, you start to understand the full-cycle generosity of Nature. The more you eat your ecosystem, the more your ecosystem starts to invite you into it’s abundance. […]

Raw Food & the Ayurvedic Diet (part 2)

I’m coming out of the closet as an Ayurvedic practitioner who eats mostly raw food. I hate to call it “raw” mostly because “raw” sounds cold, severe and intense. Living foods is a more accurate name, as it reflects the alive, pulsating, and natural qualities of raw foods. “Alive” sounds better than “dead”… and when […]

The Witch on the Mountain Bike

I’m awakening to the reality that I’m a present day witch. From what I know of the witches of yore they spent their time gathering plants, making concoctions or decoctions, chanting, and doing the general work of healing (warding off evil, if you may). Sure, they got a bad rap when patriarchy emerged full force […]