Brigid's Way

08/16/2025

Exactly

08/10/2025

We had such a fabulous time at this weekend and my Heart is so very full!

Thanks to everyone who came out for Intro to Plant Communication and Flower Essences 101! 💖

Spending time with lovely people, especially when we get to talk about Plants, is so life affirming.

I have been wanting to visit Tonic for years. It truly is a very special place, well worth a visit. (You can also check them out online.)

We made an Essence with the Naked Ladies (or Amaryllis belladonna) as part of Flower Essences 101. I've been intrigued by this Plant for years and I'm looking forward to learning more.

Of course, we kept seeing them on the way home. Plants are so intelligent and want to communicate with us, if we are willing to listen.

08/07/2025

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08/04/2025

We had such a beautiful day yesterday talking about Communicating with Plants the 5th annual Earth Medicine Gathering at Six Circles Farm in Lodi, NY

The weather was absolutely perfect, the view of Lake Seneca was breathtaking (picture not even close), and I swear they vetted all the attendees because everyone I talked to was so kind and wonderful.

Plus we got to spend time with dear friends and be serenaded during lunch with incredible music. The last song he sang was Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides" which brought tears.

My Heart is very full. Thank you so much to Debbie and Mike Biltonen. 💖

If you missed the conference I am talking about Plant Communication on Friday night (Aug 8) and Introduction to Flower Essences on Saturday (Aug 9) at Tonic Therapeutic Herb Shop in Shepherdstown, WV.

There's still space to join us!

08/02/2025

Teaching at the Earth Medicine Gathering tomorrow (Sat) in Lodi, NY

Requisite waterfall picture (required to visit Ithaca 😉)

Hope to see you tomorrow!

07/29/2025

Get the real news straight from Nature 💖

07/11/2025

One of the first things we do during the HEARTransformation Apprenticeship is everyone makes beads out of clay.

We then have a ceremony where each person adds their bead to a teapot that I keep in the Faerie Glen.

What I hadn't planned is that the beads melt together. This feels quite poetic, connecting all my students.

I'm sharing this because we received over 5" of rain yesterday which caused flooding at the Sanctuary. The teapot was swept away, though the lid remains.

May the blessings, prayers, and intentions we spoke into the pot be carried forward and spread. 💖

07/08/2025

Prairie time with Gerould Wilhelm continued

This time we visited a Prairie at Morton Arboretum which was burned last fall (2024).

The Plants seemed to be putting on a show and I was in awe.

I truly felt like I was on another Planet. I recognized many of the Plants but the context was so unfamiliar.

I know this looks like a field in the pictures, but the prairie was so different than any field I've been in.

Jerry pointed out that the flowering Plants were always a little taller than the grasses.

We were there on an extremely hot (upper 90s) day; however, the temperature was much cooler in the Prairie, which is surprising since there was no shade. At one point, we stepped onto a mown pathway and just moving a foot outside of the Prairie, we could feel a temperature difference.

The Land was also very spongy.

I learned so much and I wish I could transfer the feeling of this place, truly magical.

07/07/2025

Bluff Spring Fen

Exploring a revitalized Prairie with Gerould Wilhelm

This was my 1st time on a Prairie, the pictures do not capture the exquisite beauty.

I was amazed at the diversity of Plants including some very rare ones.

Such a gift 💖

07/07/2025

Looking forward to being at Tonic!!