Botanical Perfume & Imaginarium

After all, sunshine, bright crisp air, steaming hot peppermint tea laced thick with honey, and exploring mysterious bogs are still advised, are they not? We went to the bog to dream. We knew glorious creatures hid under the spring half ice and green. Lurking in the water weeds just under the mosses. Fae and feral things who cast visions sometimes shadow or light. But always true. We knew because we could feel them buzzing. And hear the pleasing sounds of water lapping on

Was it the new moon?  Already?  And a spring new moon! Time to plant seeds of intention! If it wasn’t for my dear friend and aromatherapist, Miriam, (Kindred Earth Botanicals) reminding me of our shared monthly new moon mermaid card spread ritual, I’d have missed it in the frenzy of all my doing and then subsequent crashing overwhelm in the form of a nasty cold. I’m doing and busy and running and late… Trying to do all the things.  And be all the things to all the people I ho

My favorite forest primeval, Warren Woods State Park, lies sleeping under a blanket of snow and the spell of winter. I am out in the woods, practicing winter Shinrin-yoku, or “forest bathing” – a nature inspired body-mind spiritual practice. By experiencing the winter forest in a liminal meditation state, through my senses, and without agenda, I’m connecting with nature and practicing meditation in motion. The simple and dreamy practice of Shinrin-yoku comes from Japan and is

A little blog I wrote, published on the Harbor Country Chamber of Commerce website about the Acorn Theater in Three Oaks, MI.  My home village… By Doreen Stelton To feel enveloped in a welcoming place with friendly folk. You know this feeling? You know it. We all share it. That desire to connect with others, to get social and commune.  Perhaps even sharing a deeper experience together, basking in the beauty and mysteries of life. For a lifetime, a day, … Follow source/link be

The Magical Telepathic Blogs If you’ve used your telepathic abilities you would “know” all of the blogs I’ve been writing in my head (and not here.)  You’d know all of the beautiful and inspiring things I’ve seen and thought as I travel around, wanting to share…  The doubts and revelations… Michigan You’d know of my beautiful Michigan blogs, about where I re-learned to love the quiet of winter snow.  My companions were pines, dunes, Lake Michigan, my perfumery studies and of