Category: Autumn 2023

In tune with the moon

It has been known since ancient times that nature has its own laws and rhythms. Most prevalent to us ‘modern’ people are undoubtedly the change of season and the turn from day to night, and night to day. Yet in the days of old, our ancestors abode to many more such laws of nature. They were knowledgeable of the wisdom within an array of most essential rhythms that governed their every doing. The application of these laws permitted them to optimize what was given and available, what they needed to grow and form to benefit their lives needs.

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Joanna’s Collections …

The art of basket-weaving is nearly as old as the creation of time. Centuries before the invention of cardboard or plastic, people needed containers for the harvesting, transporting, and storage of goods, possessions, and treasures. They wove baskets from whatever materials were available – grasses, vines, pine needles, barks, and strips of wood. As years have rolled on, basketry has withstood the test of time. Today there are many other forms of “containers”, but nostalgia reminds us that a well woven, handmade basket is still something to be appreciated and enjoyed.

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Natural Medicine

To take the word natural first, as likely an act as most to ensure our survival would be to eat a leaf from a tree, bush or herbaceous plant, given that the plant cannot run away as can a prey animal. It might, though, put up physical defences such as thorns or chemical defences, given the prodigious capacity of plants to synthesise metabolites that will harm us and other aggressors.

Read the full article in the upcoming issue to be published on October 1st.