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Just a duck with a wreath around its neck. Poor thing! This was a rejected sticker idea for the upcoming Winter Woolgathering Issue – which mails out today!!! (so excited!) Coincidentally, I’ve been working on wreath examples for Sunday’s Earth Hearts Workshop. We are going …
Wishing everyone a restful weekend with plenty of quilts and naps! Speaking of rest and taking care of our energy, we have a few spots available at our next workshop: Shelter and Conserve! Join us December 5th, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm, as we prepare …
In the fall issue of Woolgathering, my quarterly magazine about the seasons and our intimate connection to nature, I shared a tutorial for making these Mushroom and Gourd Rattles. I used takeout containers to shape the mushrooms and plastic Easter eggs for the gourds. I …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 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 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.
