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...
by Della Ratcliffe | Aug 2, 2021 | Earth Medicine
Today I learned (yet another) lesson from one of my plant allies, the Rose of Sharon plant now blooming on our balcony. Let me tell you a story . . . I was disappointed when, early last year, we were asked to remove all window boxes from our balcony due to pending...
by Della Ratcliffe | Jul 28, 2021 | Earth Medicine, Spirituality
Where do you find your sanctuary? Your sacred place? Like this Hermann Hesse quote, I find sanctuary with the trees and with Nature… meditating in or walking through a forest, sitting at the ocean’s edge contemplating the sky and the water, strolling...
by Della Ratcliffe | May 16, 2021 | Earth Medicine
“They say that the scent of a flower is its spirit.”from The White Witch by Elizabeth Goudge It was believed that the scents of flowers were messages from angels and saints, from Holy Spirit. I agree that some scents can certainly be heavenly, but others give a...
by Della Ratcliffe | Apr 24, 2021 | Earth Medicine
Images by award-winning nature and conservation photographer, and forest activist TJ Watt As we celebrate Earth Day and Earth Week, I continue to lobby for sustainability and a range of environmental issues and challenges including an end to logging old growth...
by Della Ratcliffe | Apr 21, 2021 | Earth Medicine
Each year on April 22, we celebrate Earth Day / Jour de la Terre. For some, every day is Earth Day but this special day can also be an opportunity to reflect on our relationship with the world around us and perhaps renew our commitment to sustainability. For me, it...
