Happy Thanksgiving! It’s the time of year when family and friends come together to give thanks, share stories, and of course, to eat!
Thanksgiving Day, in the United States, is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in the month of November, marking the end of the harvest season. This day is dedicated specifically to express thanks for [...]
The Second Harvest
There is a day in mid September, usually around the 21-23, where there is balance of daylight and darkness for the second time in the wheel of the year. Here we observe with reverence and respect the return of the powerful dark. Also known as the Festival of Mabon (pronounced MAY-bun, MAY-bone, MAH-boon, [...]
by Susun Weed of Wise Woman
Yield 3 cups/750ml
Preparation time: Hours and hours of picking await you, and all in pursuit of some purple-colored sugar water. Or is there more to it than that? Perhapse aunt Violet will open a gateway to ecstacy for you.
1/2 pound/225g fresh violets
2 cups/500ml water
2 cups/500ml honey
Enlist all the help [...]
by Susan Weed of Wise Woman
Pine needle vinegar is an exquisite treat that is easy to make. I call it homemade “balsamic” vinegar.
Fill a jar with pine needles. (I prefer white pine, and pinyon pine is even better, but the needles of any pine are fine.)
Cover needles completely with apple cider vinegar, filling the jar [...]
Falling between the 19th and the 23rd day of December, and also known as the Winter Solstice, Yule (pronounced EWE-elle) is the time when the dark half of the year yields to the light half, marking the shortest day of the year accompanied by what is also known as Solstice Night, the longest night of [...]