Author: Anna

German Cabbage and Potato Soup

German Cabbage and Potato Soup

A family friend made this comforting soup when my Grandma passed, and I have continued to make it every Fall. For a vegetarian option, I’ve subbed vegetable broth for chicken broth and cooked the sausage on the side (for the meat eaters). Try it, share 

November’s Episode of the Woolgathering Podcast

November’s Episode of the Woolgathering Podcast

It’s a new episode of the Woolgathering Podcast! In this month’s podcast, we are welcoming November and the final weeks of Fall. In this ninth episode of the second season, Sweetheart, an orphaned bunny, ventures beyond the known woods with the help of a new 

Ancestral Support

Ancestral Support

In her book “The Wreckage of My Presence,” Casey Wilson shared a message she had received from the beyond about our loved ones who have died. I’m paraphrasing. but it was something to the effect of, “The dead are okay, it’s the living who are 

Ancestor Dolls and Earth Hearts Workshop

Ancestor Dolls and Earth Hearts Workshop

Oh what fun we made this past Sunday at our Earth Hearts’ Let Go and Arrive Workshop!  Even though we had some rain, there was ample time to gather around the fire and wander in the woods before making ancestor dolls from honeysuckle roots, natural 

Leaf Collages

Leaf Collages

The season of leaf collages!  It’s so beautiful to walk around and see the work that nature has created on my path just for me to see!  This illustration comes from the postcard that I included in the Fall Issue of Woolgathering, Spring Bird’s quarterly, 

Full Moon: Gather

Full Moon: Gather

All month long, Spring Bird has received very special guests — flocks of migrating birds!  In a matter of minutes, the woods are overcome with the chatter and flutter of migrating robins, grackles, and other birds who stop to rest, eat, and chatter before moving 

Earth Body

Earth Body

My Earth Body, or at least one concept of it!  This illustration is from Woolgathering, Spring Bird’s quarterly, adfree magazine about the seasons and our deep connection to nature. If you would like to learn more about Woolgathering and to subscribe visit here – where 

Jack the Puffball Mushroom

Jack the Puffball Mushroom

Jack Skellington or a Giant Puffball Mushroom? Unfortunately it’s the latter, but I would like to think that all of the puffball mushrooms are actually macabre doll heads sprouting up like cabbage patch dolls.  After we have received some much needed rain, the puffball mushrooms 

We Are Nature

We Are Nature

We are nature.  We do not hold dominion over Nature. Nature is not for us to use up or to abuse. Because Nature is Us, and We are Nature, Loving Nature is self love,  and when we abuse Nature, it’s self harm. 

October’s Episode of the Woolgathering Podcast

October’s Episode of the Woolgathering Podcast

It’s a new episode of the Woolgathering Podcast! In this month’s podcast, we are welcoming October and the height of Fall. In this eighth episode of the second season, Sweetheart, an orphaned bunny, receives a vision from an  unlikely source. Listen here: [#imagedescription: An illustration 

Cherish!

Cherish!

My phrase for 2021 has been “Cherish the Ritual,” and I have come to realise that this might just be a fancy way of saying “live in the moment.”   By making the mundane sacred, we elevate the ordinary by giving it meaning – even if 

Cherish The Fallen

Cherish The Fallen

Months of drought have encouraged the leaves to drop early this fall.  I say goodbye to the canopy and hello to the leaves fallen afoot. On the ground they become accessible and collectible as they collage our pathways.  Writer Maria Carvalho wrote about them in 

Let Go and Arrive Workshop

Let Go and Arrive Workshop

Dear Friends, Peg and I are inviting you to join us in celebrating Fall at the upcoming Earth Heart’s Workshop. Come play with us in the woods as we let go of all that doesn’t serve while finding our place in nature. Having come into 

Roly Poly Comic

Roly Poly Comic