david crow, medicine man

november 4th

one of my favorite herbalists, david crow, came to tucson to give a speak on the healing power of plants. it was a general information talk, and unfortunately i was not able to attend the more in depth session that took place the next day on healing oils. seeing david was especially exciting for me because i'm currently reading his book In Search of the Medicine Buddha, A Himalayan Journey...his captivating story of traveling throughout Nepal seeking the ancient wisdom of medicine from Tibetan Buddhists, Ayurvedic Doctors, and Hindu cultures.
intensely passionate and earnest in sharing the Truths he has learned about these ancient traditions, david crow explains the importance of keeping relationships with the plant kingdom alive and prominent in our daily lives, and how respecting their abilities and utilizing their energies is beneficial to the health and livelihood of our environment and our world.
he signed my book!

it reads,

to chloe: with gratitude and blessings from the heart of the medicine buddha,

dc

you can check out his line of essential oils, essences, live online teaching programs and blog at FLORACOPEIA

first (unexpected) snow

november 5th, mnt. lemmon

god, i'm listening to "democracy now" on the local radio station...attacks on syria, US citizens in captivity, US continues to attack pakistan, people dying, civilians fighting, the seriousness of occupy being ignored by our media, peaceful protestors being attacked and treated as terrorists...the whole world is at war, everyone against everyone, even our own people...is there peace anywhere? will there ever be peace again? i feel guilty for blogging about snow ! i'm not ignoring the state of the world, i just want to share bits a beauty that still remain.

thanksgiving day

i'm doing things a little backwards, starting my catch up posts with the most recent one first.
my thanksgiving day consisted of an exploratory hike with jeoin. surrounding the town is mostly blm land. trails or not, you can roam. i was in search of a particular trail i was told about that traversed the peaks of the Mule Mountains. somewhere along this trail there is said to be indian points and ocean fossils. i don't think we hiked as far as we should have in order to find this special place, but we did get to the top of the highest peak. once there we could see a wintery storm rolling in so we only rested for a few minutes before rushing back down. we didn't get caught in a cold down pour. instead, we saw the most glorious rainbows against a deep blue sky.