Imbolc Recipes and Magic
Do you feel the winter shift toward the greening world? February is a month carrying the promise of Spring. There may still be snow or frost to greet you in the morning, depending on where you are in the world, but as we arrive in February, we are on the other side of winter, steadily […]
Butterfly Pea Flowers, Clitoria ternetea: Magic, Medicine & How to Grow this Ancient Flower
Butterfly pea flower, Clitoria ternetea, is a plant that has been used medicinally for hundreds of thousands of years in Ayurvedic, Chinese, and Thai Traditional Medicine. It is currently being studied for the multitude of healing benefits that is has, including its potential to stop the growth of cancer cells and inhibit HIV. I use […]
The Dreamy & Psychoactive Origin of “Salad” & a Weeknight Recipe w/an Herby Ranch Dressing
Salad, or a version of salad, was depicted first in Egyptian tombs around 4500 BC, and Egyptians were the first known peoples to cultivate lettuce. The Romans and Greeks believed eating lettuce would give you a good night’s sleep. If they were eating wild lettuce, also known as Lactuca virosa, this would have been a […]