My Summer Solstice Celebration Dish :-)

I made deviled eggs to celebrate the Summer Solstice this year. They were so easy! This is truthfully the first year I've done anything more than a ritual at my own altar or outside. I still haven't had the fun of participating in a celebration with a bunch of others but one day:).

Here is the book my recipe came from.


I love this cookbook! It's full of fairly easy recipes that correlate to different holidays and aspirations. It makes a meal that much more special when you infuse it with a little magic;).

Clayton College Masters of Natural Health

I'm SO excited to say that I've started back up my program! It's been YEARS, lol. Life has been so full and so demanding and so challenging. And for a long while, I wasn't able to get back to my studies. But now finally I am!

My concentration is in herbalogy but technically, I'm still towards the beginning of my classes and taking my foundation courses. So when I stopped I was just finishing up my 1st herbalogy course and was preparing to start my homeopathy 101 course.

The course is based on the book "Everybody's Guide to Homeopathic Medicine". I love this book!

It's so easy to read and I'm of course, learning a lot.

I can't describe adequately either the feeling of being actively involved in this kind of study again. It feels so fulfilling! I can easily say that I don't know what I'm going to do with my master's. I don't know what it realistically is going to prepare me for or how I'm going to really be able to use it. But I want it. I really really want it. And so I guess for right now, that's going to be enough:).

I've been toying with the idea of sticking around in my current location for a while longer than I had originally planned and applying to a fancy school of public service for yet another masters. Two years is going to pass by regardless-so maybe it's worth it to make it two years that culminate towards something rather than not. I'm thinking about it:).

Pomegranate Raspberry Green Tea

It's been a long while since I've had the taste for this tea. And again, I know it's not quite what you'd expect from an herbalist. I figure though, well I've come to terms with is more apt, that proclaiming myself a green witch doesn't have to be a limitation. It doesn't have to mean "I only do this and not that." I love all things green. I appreciate all the ways the planet nurtures and nourishes me. I try to be thankful for all the gifts that the Universe provides me.

And that includes Stash Pomegranate Raspberry Green Tea ;-). I steeped it for 15 mins, much longer than suggested. I always do and I always cover it. Any tea I'm making-it's hard to break the habit and I'm not convinced it's a habit that needs breaking. Accept maybe in the case of Chamomile:-).

I added the wonderful local honey I've been feasting on for the past few months. And the cup is lovely. Absolutely lovely. Absolutely perfect. It's kept me from eating more chocolate chips by satiating completely that (sometimes) nuisance of a sweet tooth of mine:).

I'm grateful for Stash today and truly grateful for sweet tea.

Solixir

I found a new favorite beverage today at Whole Foods. It's called Solixir and it's stock full of really good herbs. And it tastes pretty good too.

Reading the label with lovelies like elderberry and nettles just made my heart sing. It's $1.99 for a 12 oz (I think can) which is not too bad at all.

I think I'm going to add it to my treat menu-things I buy when I'm treating myself:). On this page, you can find all the botanicals that they use. Their choices are fabulous...perfeot modern green witchy herbs...Solixir's Botanicals