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Mary Poindexter McLaughlin's avatar

You and Mary Oliver are doing essential work, Barbara! Thank you for this walk in the woods with you, and for the wisdom shared.

I can hardly believe the synchronicity of this: "Sweetfern Essential Oil...is used to create a linking bridge between sky and earth. It helps build connections between that which needs to soar and be free and that which needs to stay grounded and stable." I know this is not a new concept, but I keep getting in my meditations lately that our role as human souls is exactly that: bridging sky and earth. I'm so curious about the oil; I might order some to see its effects. Have you ever tried it?

And I just have to tell you that my dear friend Jen in WA, the permaculturist, is also a "threshold singer." When you described singing to the clear-cut forest, my eyes filled, remembering how Jen grieved a clear cutting right next to her land. My guess is that she sang, too.

Gosh I loved reading this. Thank you, friend. xox

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Amanda Galeotti's avatar

This is so beautiful! Thank you for sharing all of your wisdom. I recently read that the morning dew on plants is a flower essence. I imagine sitting with the sweet fern and poplar saplings is so deeply healing. Thank you for doing the timeless work of being in relationship with nature and translating those gentle ways to the rest of us.

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