Trout Lily
How I love the speckled leaves of the Trout Lily. In early spring I am so thirsty for any color I eagerly squat down to admire these quiet wildflowers. They are a loud trumpet of color and life in the drab moist woods.
Tapping mystery explained
First, last week I sent a newsletter talking about Tapping/EFT and tricks to remember to tap. Well, it turns out some of you lovely newsletter readers hadn’t heard me talk about tapping and didn’t know what you were supposed to be tapping! So, I’ll explain! Tapping is a method of…
A video tip on quick self-massage
Here’s a quick video for all those people who say, “Oh I don’t need a massage oil. I never get massages from ‘fill in the blank’”. You can give yourself a massage! Quick, easy and very therapeutic. Email or call me if you’d like a custom made massage oil (or…
Maple sugaring come and gone!
Maple sugaring season has already come and gone! We visited the beautiful sugar shack at nearby Northfield Mount Herman this week and got to walk through the billowing clouds of sweet steam. Talk about aromatherapy! Being surrounded by the warm delicious maple-flavored mist brought back of all years of early spring sap bubbling. One of my…
Peepers peeping at the swamp
How I love spring peepers. They’re finally here. I have been dreaming and hoping for a time when we would hear them chirping through our open windows and that time has come. Hope you’ve got peepers in your life. Welcome spring!
Bergamot; an essential oil for courage
Bergamot is the essential oil to turn to when you are in need of courage. It is citrusy and light but don’t underestimate it; it can have very powerful effects. My aromatherapy teacher, Kathy Duffy, combines it with lime essential oil in an inhaler for kids with test anxiety with…
Signs of Spring!
It’s going to be cold and sleeting out today. Uggh! But yesterday there were signs of spring everywhere. Pansies for sale yesterday at Hadley Garden Center for $1.88 (until 4/12). The greenhouse smelled delicious and all the flowers were wobbling bravely in the cold breeze. There was a firefly! on…
Mud season has started.
The snow is melting, finally! The birds are singing up a storm. I saw my first Great Blue Heron of the season flying overhead yesterday. The sugar maples are decorated with sap buckets and the sap is running. Sometimes on these cold mornings the sap has turned to clear ice…
Full moon and eclipse
The moon will be full this Saturday and there will also be a lunar eclipse. I love eclipses. It is so starling to see our familiar moon look so red and mysterious. Like the equinoxes and solstices, eclipses offer an opportunity for change, a shifting of energies but these give…
Post-its and other tricks
Last week I taught a “Tools for Stress Relief” class at the hospital where I work as a nurse. We had a great time and everyone went home with a custom-made aromatherapy spray or roll-on. They can use the spray or roll-on when things get tough and they need some…
