tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-263206242024-03-05T02:48:37.228-08:00remembering wildnessONE FAMILY'S JOURNEY.
CREATING. EXPLORING.
HAND-MADE. SALVAGED. RECLAIMED.
REMEMBERING WILDNESS.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05858895874987792116noreply@blogger.comBlogger144125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26320624.post-21137517208219243862016-06-28T14:25:00.000-07:002016-06-28T14:25:08.652-07:00<script type='text/javascript' src='https://www.etsy.com/assets/js/etsy_mini_shop.js'></script><script type='text/javascript'>new Etsy.Mini(9689838,'gallery',4,3,0,'https://www.etsy.com');</script>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05858895874987792116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26320624.post-9265096303727986062016-01-02T18:54:00.000-08:002016-01-02T18:54:20.983-08:00Plant Medicines and Folk HerbalismOver the last four years I have taken up a more sincere study of plant medicines and feel more comfortable now calling myself and being called a folk herbalist. Much of my knowledge has been gleaned from other herbalists living in close proximity, books...self-study and many workshops. There is an ever-growing list of plants that I have formed a relationship with and am beginning to understand their interactions with our bodies (physically, mentally and spiritually). This knowledge was common to most people prior to the industrial revolution and still is an important part of many cultures that live more directly with the land. <br />
My interest in herbalism began when I came to the understanding that dependency on western doctors and hospitals was one element of control I could reclaim. Just like learning to sew, learning plant medicine is another step towards remembering our history and old ways of being. My hope is to pass on these old folk lifeways onto my kids and community, instilling a culture of remembrance and practice. It is empowering, it is clarifying and it is desperately needed. <br />
I look forward to my continual, lifelong study of plant medicines and love sharing the things I have learned and the healing medicines that I have made. I have posted many tinctures, oil and salves in our <a href="http://rememberingwildness.blogspot.com/">Remembering Wildness Etsy</a> shop. Email me (rememberingwildness@gmail.com) if monetary payment is an issue and I am always down to work something out.<br />
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I have a lot more to explore/share in the area of folk herbalism and self care and will be posting more in depth writings on specific plants and medicines.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05858895874987792116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26320624.post-73172926312445465272015-12-07T20:31:00.002-08:002015-12-07T20:31:40.082-08:00Red Hawk Avalon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05858895874987792116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26320624.post-65756902104013924212015-07-29T17:47:00.001-07:002015-07-29T17:47:47.779-07:00Floating and AnchoringMy family and I are currently caretaking a house in Portland. We have been here for over three months and have no certain departure date set. I kind of feel like I'm dipping my toes in the waters of city life, the rest of my body resisting the heavy current, but week by week I'm getting deeper. The kids are participating in the local Boys and Girls Club, a slightly frightening thing for me. They are befriending "regular" kids, experiencing summer camps, organized sports, and herd behaviors. I think it is a good thing for them, but see certain behaviors popping up. They are super well-behaved out of the house, but once home, attitudes are shifting and I'm seeing more restlessness in them. Whitman is the one who sometimes states the uniqueness of his life, until now, is a mark against him. It just takes a moment of group reflection on how lucky he is to of had the experiences of growing up in a anarchist collective house, toured with a gypsy punk band, lived in a tipi community, and most of all have had two parents that love him and care what he does to and puts in his body. It has been exciting to see the kids weave their way through and process this new world of mainstream social norms, gender roles and Portland culture. Home-schooled families are typically more affluent and exist within a homogenous culture. We live in a lower income neighborhood, with many different ethnicities and cultures. Our house has become the flocking ground of the neighborhood kids. They are curious about our bus, why the kids don't go to school and wide eyed about the amount of instruments hanging on our walls. This is a new experience and I'm working on listening to the faint wisdoms floating about.<br />
Displacement has been a repeated topic of conversation for our family over the last three years. We have moved often, experiencing many bio-regions and meeting many people. Every home that we have created from the ground up has added a depth to my life. I have learned many different ways to live. I feel confident that we can exist and thrive in most situations, however, I have a desire to find a home, in the mountains where I can let go and not worry about being displaced. Land ownership, private property, privilege... all these power dynamics leave most human relationships in a pile of knots. It is still unclear to me how I can move forward. I'm in a bit of purgatory.<br />
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<i>Waking to a dream</i><br />
<i>of mountain home</i><br />
<i>Words overgrown</i><br />
<i>and only know by me</i><br />
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<i>Remember this moment</i><br />
<i>Remember to breathe</i><br />
<i>Remember this moment</i><br />
<i>Remember me. </i><br />
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It has been two weeks since I wrote the above...<br />
I went to a plant meditation last night, working with Madrone, and it became clear to me that moving forward always means having strong roots, shedding the ideas of how you think you should live and letting yourself be vulnerable. I am feeling less swept away and a little more anchored in myself.<br />
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Our daughter, Fair, won bow of the month in <a href="http://www.primitivearcher.com/">Primitive Archer Magazine</a>!!! Michael guided her in making the bow earlier this year while visiting family in Missouri. We are really proud of her and hope she continues working on her second bow, from an osage orange stave gifted to her when we were at OJAM.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our favorite twins of the Upper Rogue Farm.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Michael mentoring friends on making bows</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fair and her poetry</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Michael found the ever elusive bagpiper to make music with</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The music of Sangre de Muerdago by candlelight.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bow drill firemaking with homeschoolers</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The trick to bow drills is to be barefoot.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The best play structures are of nature.</td></tr>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05858895874987792116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26320624.post-7262971918270406392014-08-24T15:30:00.002-07:002014-08-24T18:38:53.301-07:00St. John's Wort<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The first thing to stand out to me about St. John’s Wort was
its name, a bit odd, but I found out “wort” is simply Old English for
“plant”. There are many folklores
surrounding this herb. The most common
one, of the Western world, is of how the blood-red oil from its bruised petals
is in honor of John the Baptist. One of my
favorites is from Brittany where the picking of the herb is symbolic of the
dismembering of the God, the Summer Lord. When one gives the plant as medicine
to the sick, you are re-membering the God: putting his scattered pieces back
together. Many feel the scent alone
repels evil spirits, causing them to fly away.
It is also a charm to be hung above one’s door to protect from demons
and unwanted mischief makers, especially on Midsummer’s Day. It is usually ready to be picked from Summer
Solstice through August, depending on elevation. This plant, at one time, could be found very
easily, but due to its classification as a “noxious weed”, it is becoming
harder to find. In our area it is referred
to as “Klamath Weed,” with very little respect showed for its powerful healing
abilities. I find it in hidden pockets
throughout the mountains here, often close to creeks at the animal trail cross
paths or in the middle of overgrown roads.
I reserve patches found along the roadside for dyeing, while off-road
growth for medicine. <o:p></o:p></div>
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My first experience with this plant was from a fellow mother
at Tipi Village, who used it regularly to heal herself and others. She brought our family a jar of oil she made and
there began our relationship with this amazing plant. We use it for cuts, scrapes and burns from
the fire, watching its quick work. I was
introduced to many healing plants, while at Tipi Village, and have noticed a unique
connection to St. John’s Wort. I began
making the crimson St. John’s Wort Oil myself, by solar infusion with olive oil,
and eventually turning it into salve, with the addition of beeswax. In our family’s travels over the last year, I
have shared this healing salve and oil with people all over the country… giving
it away more than selling it! Giving
medicine, as a gift, feels best to me. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The dye from St. John’s Wort will give many colors depending
on whether one is or is not using alum, as a mordant, and the re-use of the
same dye bath. I have tried dyeing with
this plant a few times and only once successfully extracted a brilliant
maroon. I believe I will figure it out
next year. Natural dyeing is one
experiment after another and since I am self- taught it takes a bit longer to
produce consistent results.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Calendula Oil and St. John's Wort Oil 3 weeks in the sun.</td></tr>
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Here are a few books I regularly use as reference when
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Dewey, Laurel. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Humorous-Herbalist-Laurel-Dewey/dp/1884820239/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1408918864&sr=8-1&keywords=Dewey%2C+Laurel.+The+Humorous+Herbalist.">The Humorous Herbalist.</a> 1996.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Grieve, Mrs. M. <u>A
Modern Herbal.</u> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Modern-Herbal-Volume-A-H-Cultivation/dp/0486227987/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1408918905&sr=8-2&keywords=Grieve%2C+Mrs.+M.+A+Modern+Herbal.">Vol. I</a> and<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Modern-Herbal-Volume-I-Z-Indexes/dp/0486227995/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1408918905&sr=8-1&keywords=Grieve%2C+Mrs.+M.+A+Modern+Herbal."> II</a>, 1931.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Hopman, Ellen Evert. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Druids-Herbal-Sacred-Earth-Year/dp/0892815019/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1408919015&sr=8-1&keywords=a+druids+herbal"> <u>A Druid’s Herbal</u></a>. 1995.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Moore, Michael. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Medicinal-Plants-Pacific-Michael-Moore/dp/0890135398/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1408919099&sr=8-1&keywords=Medicinal+Plants+of+the+Pacific+West"> </a><u><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Medicinal-Plants-Pacific-Michael-Moore/dp/0890135398/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1408919099&sr=8-1&keywords=Medicinal+Plants+of+the+Pacific+West">Medicinal Plants of the Pacific Wes</a>t</u>. 1993.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Pond, Barbara, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sampler-Wayside-Herbs-Rediscovering-Familiar/dp/0517385945/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1408919046&sr=8-1&keywords=A+Sampler+of+Wayside+Herbs"> A Sampler of Wayside Herbs</a>. 1974.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I also have started listening to herbalist Susan Weed’s
<a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/susunweed/2013/04/26/ask-susun-weed--introduction">podcast</a>, free through iTunes. She has a
long history of practicing plant medicine and I have learned a lot from the few
podcast I have listened to so far.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I hope to write about the other plants I have worked with,
including: elder, nettle, yarrow, and
usnea.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05858895874987792116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26320624.post-6231931938978951552014-08-18T19:34:00.001-07:002014-08-18T19:35:26.982-07:008.18.2014<div class="MsoNormal">
It has been quite some time since my last post and, as
always, life is keeping my family busy.
We currently are ranch-sitting for a friend, which puts us in a bit of
an uncomfortable living situation…in house and not in our tipi. With a fire ban
and county regulations, tipi living is not an option at this current location.
Our bodies have gotten soft and the spring in my step is fading. It is hard living somewhere where everything
is at an arm’s reach and my body is not being fully used. I look forward to the days when we return to
the woods, chopping firewood and cooking over our hearth and bending ourselves
in the dance with nature. I feel a disconnect, but know that my commitment is
almost fulfilled and we will be out of here come Fall.<o:p></o:p></div>
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There are newly formed relationships and untended old ones
swirling around me. Our family said
farewell to living in Tipi Village and in the wake there is a pile of knots
sitting, waiting to be picked through… We meet a family, new to Ashland, who
recently opened a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/treeleavesoracle">store</a> <a href="http://www.treeleavesoracle.org/">The Leaf and Dragon</a>.
They sell all things eco, faerie, pirate, fantasy, Viking and folklore
related and I am consigning my creations with them. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I dug out all of my slips, lace and linens, collected over the last few years, dyeing them and turning them into fancy clothing. Bodices, wrap skirts, slip dresses,
waistcoats, pixie caps and lots of other accessories. I am hoping to run through all of my supplies
because refilling them is always an adventure.
Thrift stores and antique malls call to me throughout our travels…<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b> HOODED SCARF</b><br />
Various weights for hunting in all seasons and environments<br />
heavy-weight wool $60 <br />
light-weight wool $40<br />
light-weight linen $40<br />
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heavy-weight wool $120<br />
light-weight wool $80<br />
light-weight linen $80<br />
made with standard rounded hood -- $10 extra for "tailed" hood <br />
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ADD A CUSTOM APPLIQUED TOTEM (ANIMAL/SYMBOL) $20 <br />
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Look at my etsy shop for other hand-made creations: <a href="http://fairophelia.etsy.com/">http://fairophelia.etsy.com</a></div>
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The week before we left Missouri we found out that Oklahoma has a Self Bow gathering, <a href="http://www.okselfbow.com/">O-JAM</a>, at the end of March. This was perfect timing for us to go on our way to Arizona to visit Michael's family. Michael, or Wylden Freeborne, has been making bows for the last two years. Our daughter Fair made her first bow earlier in January of this year. So the two of them were really excited about going. I was happy to share in the experience and found out I could set up a booth to vend. Whitman was glad to be running amok with other kids and eventually started expressing his joy when shooting a bow and arrow... it was pretty sweet! </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arriving a day before the event started, we pitched our lodge right next to the pond...early birds get the worm!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Over the next few days six more tipis popped up.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I had very few things already made to sell at a Bow Gathering, so I hauled out the treadle machine and worked on bow socks, hunting hoods and a man brought me his tipi to repair as well. The old-timers thought it was great that I was sewing on a foot-powered machine and it reminded them of their mothers and grandmothers. I think a few people were inspired to get their treadle machines up and running! I sold almost everything that I made while I was there. A lot of suggestions on future creations were made and I think I may have launched Fair Ophelia Designs into the Bow Hunter Marketplace.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I couldn't help but put a little applique on it.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the land of Osage... hundreds of staves, but we had a surprise bit of Yew for them!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fair was gifted a kids Osage stave and learned how to work the new wood, in the flat bow style.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She worked hard and I had to remind her to take breaks and play with her friends. Many people helped her started her own tool kit: a rasp, files, a draw knife and a scraper. Starting at nine years old, she will grow into an amazing bowyer. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There were multiple work areas for people to get mentored on bow making.</td></tr>
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Through out the gathering people were very curious about us...tattooed, using a treadle machine, our son with longer hair than any of the girls... but everyone was so kind! We had many in depth conversations, shared our family's stories and learned a bit about Osage wood working. We look forward to making our way east again next year! Hopefully Carson, from <a href="http://echoarchery.com/">Echo Archery</a>, will come out with us and show off his amazing bowyer work and arrow-making skills. Maybe a whole Oregon caravan...</div>
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Our family decided to spend a few months living in the south eastern part of the Missouri Ozarks, outside of Doniphan. My husband had met a father and two boys years earlier at a homeschool group in St. Louis. Their family eventually invited us to come visit them at their new woodland home... five years later we made it! </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Their family of four lives in this one room cabin (with a loft for sleeping), next to a pond.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We built a sweat lodge out of River Cane. We had a sweat every full and new moon... sending love up and out to our tipi family back in Oregon.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Michael and I had fun showing the family how we live, taking them out wooding to find dead trees for fuel and using bow saws instead of chainsaws. So many people do not realize the benefit of removing dead trees, walking through the woods everyday and the exercise from this daily act. Going out wooding has become my form of meditation.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We shared as much as we could with Mr. Dickson and his wife Vera. Michael helped his grandson build his first bow, out of Eastern Red Cedar, I gave him one of my St. John's Wort Healing Salves and for his birthday we gave him one of Michael's bow drill sets. We will miss our time with him the most. Elders like him have so much to share and sadly many of their children are not willing to continue the traditional ways.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is Toph, one of the coolest dogs we have met... sadly a few days before we left we found her lifeless on the side of the road, not far from the driveway. This was the first time our kids had experience an unforeseen death of an animal close to them. It was hard, but we buried her and said our goodbyes. </td></tr>
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It was both sad and exciting to leave the Ozarks and start on our journey back home to Oregon. The librarians at the Doniphan library were great. Fair joined a teen writing class, facilitated by Katie Jane, and it sparked her to write a book. So far it is AMAZING and I will post the first chapter. I will keep posting more on our Ozark time, including: Sassafras harvesting and tree identifications. </div>
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This is the second super fancy pillowcase dress that I have made. The
first was sold to a mother at an Alberta Street Fair in Portland Oregon.
Most of the other pillowcase dress have been bought by petite women and
worn as more of a shirt dress. One of my favorite things to do with old
linens is hand-dye them and embellish dresses and skirts. This is one
of the easiest ways to make a bustle. I use two different sized linen
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The kids have spend many nights taking orders for their restaurant, "Silly Chicken." They created a menu of gourmet foods... here is the Breakfast Deluxe with bacon, pancakes, a fried egg, salad and bressel sprouts. The lego, pipe cleaner, and fabric creations were artistic and clever... however their prices were a little steep...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And then we have the real stuff...Michael helped the kids put their Junior Master Chef skills to the test, preparing homemade gluten-free raviolis, stuffed with basil, goat cheese, dates, and walnuts. Pan-seared lamb, leafy greens salad and sauteed bell peppers and onions. They also made a stuffed focaccia bread with the ravioli leavings. Fair plated it and we all enjoyed a beautiful fancy meal.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I want to start drawing again, but feel as if my hand has lost its intimacy with line. I have always strived for the simplest renderings. They seem to hold the most truth for me. I did a few plant studies and illustrations for the Tipi Village Newsletter, but I can tell the difference in my ability, to capture the things in my mind or even right in front of me, change depending on the frequency of sketching. When I was studying art I drew, or at least thought about drawing, every day. My hand and my sight became one, I hope to reconnect them over the next few months and start making drawing a part of my daily routine.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I have been thinking about making and illustrating bi-monthly wall calendars, which will include elements of
Celtic tree months, astronomy, lunar cycles and other earth-based
aspects to them. The one above is for our family for January/Feb. We are
currently in the month of the Birch and will eventually go into Rowan
(also known as Mountain Ash). I have been reading about Ozark folklore,
since our family will be spending the rest of the winter in southern
Missouri. Their superstitions and folkways are abundant and I hope we
will learn more about the local culture from the families that will be
living around us. I know we will get to know the local librarian, as
always! The closest town, Doniphan, has an old blacksmith shop and I plan on attending as many workshops as I can.</span> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Grandpa has been getting Michael to tattoo him every chance he can get! He is going on his third one...</span></td></tr>
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We found a place, in southern Missouri, to pitch our lodge for the rest of the winter! So help us stock up on gas money! We want to be around a hearth again soon!</div>
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Every year I do Holiday Craft Fairs, I make ornaments and various other small gifts. This year I turned my magnets into ornaments of old depictions of St. Nicolas. I found five different book covers of " A Visit from Santa Claus/The Night Before Christmas," and one illustration, creating a unique vintage-looking set of ornaments. </div>
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Fair Ophelia will be at the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/601773859870942/">Skinker DeBaliviere Wintermarkt</a> this Saturday, 11-4pm, in St. Louis, MO. Come by and support your local artisans. Bundle up... it is going to be a cold, but sunny one!!!!</div>
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One of my favorite things to do, while walking in the woods around Tipi Village, is taking a moment with the Madrone trees. The thin bark peels off leaving a smooth layer exposed and I am in constant awe of its twisting and gnarled branches. One of the older Madrones, called Grandma by the kids and I, has swallowed a barb-wire fence. Nature does not care about our imaginary boundaries.</div>
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In the legend of the great flood, the Salish First Nation describe how the Madrona tree provided an anchor for their canoes to hold steady and not drift away. It is known as a Tree of Knowledge because it knows how to find the sun. It twists and turns, growing new branches where the sun can reach them. Poet Richard Olafson shares another Native legend, writing, "The tree's webbed roots hold the splintered earth together." If it should disappear, the myth warns, the planet would fly apart and be utterly destroyed. The Madrone is also known as the Tree of Depth and Integrity, and is symbolic of protection and versatility.</div>
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One of our fellow villagers found Madrone berry necklaces at a primitive skills gathering and I couldn't wait to make some the following year. Waiting is one aspect of wildcrafting that makes things more exciting and cherished, you usually only have a short window of opportunity to gather materials!</div>
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I spent a good amount of my time, while driving to Missouri, stringing the berries and after a month of slow drying they are ready to become necklaces. </div>
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I jumped into my first eco-printing session yesterday, after reading up on the many ways to achieve the color imprints. I was given a huge amount of organic wool scraps and figured this was the best use for them. Eco-printing is really simple, but it takes a lot of experimenting to fully understand how one can achieve clear images and get a range of colors. I already had an iron solution, from dyeing with sumac berries earlier in the day, so I bundled the wool with rubber bands and placed them in a steam bath of the iron solution. Everything was going well until one of my kids spooked me and while checking on one of the bundles dropped them into the solution... oops!!! Normally I think this would be fine, except the solution had turned dark grey from the sumac. After a little profanity I remembered how mishaps can create beauty in art making... So to my pleasant surprise they still turned out beautifully. I am full of ideas on how to use these little pieces of art. Maybe journal covers, holiday cards, wall hangings, patches, there are so many possibilities!!!! My next batch, which is soaking as I type this, will be unrolled after tonight. I am going to try the steaming technique again to see if it produces the subtle details better.</div>
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This healing oil of St. John's Wort, <em>Hypericum perforatum</em>, is a staple for our family. Michael healed a deep puncture wound, without infection, and any minor scrap or burn is treated with this oil. A fellow villager, Kayla, gave us our first jar the month we moved to Tipi Village. A precious gift! This summer I made my own oil. Paying close watch over the new shoots on my daily walks around the mountain. I felt like I was hovering in anticipation and envious of those returning with the summer's first blooms. Fair and I gathered the flowers and buds from multiple spots around the village, making sure that we were conscience of the other medicine makers harvest, as to not diminish the flowers to seed next years growth. I used 70% buds to 30% flowers, solar infused with organic olive oil. It sat outside our tipi for over two months, deepening in reds everyday. <br />
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Our family was invited to give a Tipi Living Demo at an outdoor arts festival, called Forest of Arts, this last weekend. It was held at the <a href="http://www.demonstrationforest.org/">Hopkins Demonstration Forest</a>, outside of Portland, OR. Along with showing how people can still live in tipis, with a direct relationship with the elements, my husband and I gave demonstrations of our own crafts as well. I recreated my outdoor sewing work space and set up a hand-on display for Natural Dyeing, while Michael displayed his basket weaving and bow-making. Fair Ophelia Designs creations were for sale, along with a few wild-crafted plant medicines. It was a really great event and we would be happy to return next year! </div>
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We set up our family lodge one day before the festival began and welcomed many old friends into our home. After living in Southern Oregon for more than a year and having many folks come and visit us, we had the pleasure of bringing our home to those unable to travel afar.</div>
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Tipi living in the Cascade region seems a bit unreasonable due to the wetness, but we survived the weekend. There was only one short rain storm, but finding dry wood in a temperate rain forest is difficult, leading to smokier fires than normal. Our bones were creaking from the cold moist air, yet the experience was rewarding.</div>
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It is strange to put your life on display, but I feel we opened many eyes to the possibility of how humans can live in a more direct and accountable way. Many boy and girl scout troops were around and the whole family took turns helping them get some badges. Fair and Whitman showed how to identify different trees and what those trees offered for food and medicine. I did a short dyeing tutorial with sumac berries and iron and Michael talked about wild edibles and processing acorns. Their eyes were bright and there smiles wide by the end of the visit with us. We had many great conversations throughout the weekend and thank you to all those who supported us by taking home one of my many creations!!!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sumac berries create a rosy beige, but when put in an iron after-bath it changes to a charcoal.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wolf lichen, Oregon Grape root, and Onion skins create various yellows and light greens.<br />
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Visitors were fascinated with the spectrum of colors from natural dyeing and I told them this demo's colors were just the tip of the ice burg in the colors one can achieve!</td></tr>
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Our family lodge<br />
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Michael spent a lot of time welcoming people inside and letting them experience being on the ground around the fire.<br />
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We tried to make it as close to our normal setup.<br />
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