A Prayer for Hugh Manatee
byby Sarah Penello In 1493, Christopher Columbus logged what is believed to be the first recorded sighting of Manatees in the new world. Of…
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Sacred Ecology: There’s No Plant That Isn’t Medicine
byWhen we cut down the forest to grow a single crop, not only do we destroy a network of billions of organisms that took thousands- maybe millions- of years to evolve, but we also kill the land itself. Within a few years it will lose all of its ability to sustain life.
Earth without the microbiome is just dust.
The Anointed: How Self-Massage with Oil Can Help us Love Ourselves
byThough it is a word that has carried so much stigma and shame, FAT is incredibly vital to our well-being. Most of the vitamins that we depend on for survival are fat soluble. Fat keeps our tissues healthy and high functioning, and moisturizes our bodies from the inside out.
The Poetry of the Landscape: How Plants Heal Us With Their Presence Alone
byPlant magic goes so much deeper than consumption. We do not have to harvest, disturb or consume plants to receive their medicines. There is immense healing power just in noticing them.
Sapphic Awakening on the Banks of the Seine
byShe turned her attention to me one last time, pushing me hard against the old stones to look deeply into my eyes. Her pale green irises seemed especially bright against the wet, black lashes.
“Merci,” she said, her features softening. And then she released me.
Forbidden Fruit: Let’s Talk About Sex, Baby
byBirds do it, bees do it, even the flowers and the trees do it. Mammals do it with interlocking genitals, fish do it in a school. Nobody knows how eels do it, but they’re definitely doing it. Fungi do it- probably more than anyone.