Dill, commonly found in Southwest Asia, gained popularity in eighth century France when Charlemagne ordered its mass cultivation due to its powerful healing properties. This fresh and bright oil calms the body as it quiets nervousness and anxiety.
Eucalyptus oil comes from the leaf of the eucalyptus tree, native to Australia. Fresh and minty, eucalyptus oil carries medicinal, antiseptic, and pharmaceutical benefits. These powerful properties are most often released by adding a few drops of this oil into water. In eucalyptus oil, we have an all- purpose therapeutic for coughs, colds, respiratory ailments, and insect bites. If you start to feel cold symptoms, use five drops of eucalyptus oil in a hot bath or in a bowl prepared with boiling water for a head steam.
For your celebratory mask-making ceremonies, you can and should design your own wild woman images. You can also choose from a list of classical goddess images, such as:
Peacock Woman is Juno, whose totem is the royally plumed bird
There is nothing tidy here life is too broad and billowing to be contained, restrained, confined, constrained by lists and wishes and well-laid plans, or even by thin and bloodless prayers. There is nothing tidy here, expect wild winds and sharp teeth amid the violets and sunrises. There is nothing tidy here, the world a great jumble of twining grapevine, sprawling brambles, winding roots, and beating hearts. There is nothing to do with such an untidy world, but whirl with the wonder of it all, keeping your hand outstretched to touch everything, even if your feet bleed and your skin is streaked with sorrow and joy.
Last weekend, I was thinking about how to conclude the book I am writing, how to finish it, how to know it is done, how to wrap it up tidily, with some kind of moral or lesson for living, some kind of final conclusion of "figuring it all out." In the quiet moments as I questioned, walking around in circles on my back deck, I received a reply that then became a poem: there is nothing tidy here.
Erin Lale
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Steven Posch
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Steven Posch
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Anthony Gresham
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