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Plant-forward reminders for the first weeks of school. Are you ready for your fall routine? As summer fades, many people, children and...


The Feeling of August
Tips to engage with this moment on the Wheel of the Year. Dry hillsides and fennel flowers represent this moment in coastal California....


My Teacher: Queen Anne's Lace
My first lesson from Southern Italy was about fertility and belonging. Being in Italy opened up a portal for the conversation I've been...


Where Bones Belong to the Earth
On the precipice of a Southern Italian pilgrimage. My hand holding a bottle of Motherwort tincture, with a slow cooker and the book...


Herbs & Roses Internship
Eight weeks, seven interns, so much medicine. This week brings Herbs & Roses, an internship program I designed and led at Alemany Farm in...


Wellness Spaces for All
What's up with accessible healing health spaces in SF? I've been thinking a lot about this question ever since I heard that Circle...


How to Make Tea
I'd like to think that everyone who reads this has, yes, already made a cup of tea. But do you know how to make MEDICINAL TEA? There are...


Heal Thy Self
Tips for kicking the common cold. I was sick last week. And if I'm being honest, I'm still sick. It's especially annoying because it...


The Bilingual Flower-Powered Bus
Reflections from volunteering with Sonoma County’s bilingual mobile herb clinic On a beautiful Saturday morning in October, I had the...


Put Your Gas Mask On First
On grief and activism; practical reflections on the horrors being perpetrated on the people of Palestine, and what we can do about it....