Notes from the Studio

Winter Solstice... Bright solstice dear readers, I hope this finds you all doing well during this busy season. Today started with waking earlier than usual to welcome the day in with candles and a bit of myrrh resin smoking in the incense burner. A little tribute to the return of the sun. Today, the Winter solstice. Known too many cultures as the "sacred day between years." Traditionally medicinal roots were dug today to be made into tinctures, as well as chopped and dried fo

Where it all happens...... Welcome dear reader, With the cold, blustery weather settling in for a while, I find myself drawn to cozying up in my studio and getting to work. A couple seasons worth of herbs and other medicinal plants, berries and now roots that need to be processed, chopped, and given a new life in a tincture, oil, salve, tea or balm. My favorite thing... A quiet day with the fire lit, scents lingering of the beeswax candles, a soothing incense drifting through