Journal of Cazimi
Exploring the Queer Magical Intersections of Healing, Plant Medicine & Dreams for Justice.
Cazimi Healing Summer Solstice Relaunch!
There is so much terror, pain and harmful energy out there in the world that creates and fuels rage, causes us to withdraw and shrink down, causes us to feel helpless and depressed- a myriad number of reactions to dehumanization, oppression, and white...
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Preparing for Spring Allergies
Every year I forget I have spring allergies (don't ask how this is possible). I think about it in December, usually, and that feels a bit too early to begin the mega doses of herbs and making the diet changes necessary to defend my body from...
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Flowers in Spring Bloom
So let's not just overshadow the really obvious fact that these flowers, while typically the first to bloom, are a *tiny* bit early this year. The photos posted below were actually taken at the end of January. I have been slightly worried as...
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The Green of Winter (2011)
In December my sweetie and I went for a walk in the Carolina North Forest in Carrboro. It was bright and sunny and one of those unusual warm days...that are becoming less and less unusual I suppose. When looking out around the forest, it seemed...
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Black Cohosh Harvest
This week my good friend Nick Fox and I headed out into the falling leaves to harvest Black Cohosh rhizome and root (Actea racemosa, formerly Cimicifuga racemosa). As it is late in the season, much of the green above ground parts have already...
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Pisgah National Forest Spring Wildflowers
Last weekend I had the opportunity to attend a day-long workshop on The Nervous System as well as a plant walk led by 7Song, the director of the Northeast School of Botanical Medicine. 7Song has been running his school in Ithaca, NY for 13...
read moreWorkshop This Sunday: Herbs for Pregnancy, Postpartum and Beyond
Herbs for Pregnancy, Postpartum and Beyond Herbs for Pregnancy Learn to safely use herbs and flower essences throughout pregnancy. We will discuss herbs for each stage of pregnancy including labor, after birth, and miscarriages and herbs to...
read moreOn Yellowroot: from the Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine
Yellowroot Yellowroot’s elegant, subtle maroon flowers are just emerging in March in the mountains of North Carolina. This native shrub in the buttercup family prefers the dappled sunlight and silty soils of the streamside and floodplain, but...
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Wild Spring Greens Pesto
On Friday, Sadie and I discovered some very unusual seeds as we planted the rest of my herb garden in her front yard. I had never planted Passionflower (Passiflora incarnata) and the seeds are some of the most beautiful I've seen: The range of...
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Spring Awakenings
There are some really gorgeous plants in bloom right now in Greensboro, NC...some of the first flowers to show themselves before things start to really turn green. They are such a treat when things are still brown and crunchy. Here are a few...
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