by Della Ratcliffe | May 20, 2023 | Earth Medicine
Celebrating the pollinators on World Bee Day, May 20 Per EarthDay.org, “these fuzzy pollinators need our help. Threats like colony collapse disorder, habitat loss, and climate change are huge issues to bee survival.” Visit https://www.earthday.org/bee-facts/ to learn...
by Della Ratcliffe | Nov 9, 2022 | Earth Medicine, Wheel of the Year
Shifting from season to season can be chaotic at times, as the energies transform, at times moving forward and at times clinging or returning to its previous state. And so it has been for us lately in my locale. The summer heat and drought was stubbornly clinging well...
by Della Ratcliffe | Jun 8, 2022 | Earth Medicine
Today, on World Oceans Day, June 8th each year, I thank the Sea for teaching me and for the right relationship we are co-creating. The sea has been my teacher for so long that I can’t remember our earliest connection but I do know she has always urged me to listen to...
by Della Ratcliffe | Apr 22, 2022 | Earth Medicine
April 22, Earth Day #InvestInOurPlanet “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” – Socrates Wisdom from Grandmother Moon As Wise Women committed to an earth-based spirituality, we are striving to...
by Della Ratcliffe | Dec 20, 2021 | Earth Medicine, Wheel of the Year
🎶 Dream a little dream … 🎶 Mugwort is one of my favourite herbs for smoke medicine (aka saining, aka smudging), and when dried is wonderful for connecting with dreams and for visioning. Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris L.) is in the aster / daily family Asteraceae . And...
by Della Ratcliffe | Nov 29, 2021 | Earth Medicine
I love the trees on our street. They are mostly maple but there is also chestnut, birch, oak, magnolia, and other favourites. Each year I capture their seasonality on a particular day: April 4th for their spring awakening and October 4th as they transform and shed for...
