11/15/2023
This is the face of a tired herbalist!!
Honestly, it hasn't been an easy week.... On top of a difficult month and a half. On top, of course, of a difficult last three years, but that's another story.
There is so much grief in the world right now. Lives are being severed at an excruciating rate. Countries and families and friendships are being severed due to differing stands on what is going on. Our nervous system can get overwhelmed by the constant stream of information through our smart phones, our computers, our TVs.
And have I mentioned yet that someone decided that the light of the day needed to be saved, and stole us of one precious hour of daylight each evening??
When things start to feel heavy, I always turn back towards the plant world and observe what is going on. Right now, the trees are shedding and my garden is getting ready to go to sleep for the winter (with a little help from me).
All around town there is an abundance of Hawthorne berries, Rosehips, and the last courageous flowers to defy the first frosts.
For myself, and for my community, I made a medicine for the Heart (sweep right to see it!).
To keep our hearts open so we can express and receive more love. To keep our hearts open so we can bravely feel our collective grief. To keep our hearts open to let the light in.
It is a gentle elixir made with locally harvested Hawthorne berries and my own garden's roses from this summer.
Sweetened with rose-infused raw honey and preserved with rose-infused brandy. ( Yes I know, alllll the roses! 🌹)
And just the right amount of Bleeding Heart flower essence.
If you feel called to it, it's available locally and on my Etsy shop at . May this medicine bring you the gentle ease that we all deserve this Fall!
With Love,
Gin
