• Lammas Begins August 2 (S. Hemisphere, February 2)Peak harvest Increasing moonlight, and cooler. A time of Awareness and Adapting to change Symptoms of Early Autumn are…Spacey, Sighing, Judgmental, Compulsive, Respiratory illness, Coughs, Dehydration, Skin problems, not a rash, Pins & needles feeling, General unhappiness, […]

All preparations are done. Now it’s a matter of surviving the winter. All five of your Common Senses play a part in your immune system. A healthy immune system prevents illness. Prevention is easier than cure.  Symptoms of this season are from the Common Senses […]

Pantry:  Tomatoes, jams/jellies, dilly beans Dry: Last leaves and flowers of summer Berries, Seeds, Leathers Frozen: Whole berries, whole tomatoes, green beans, greens, summer squash with onion for creamy soup base. Berries – Raspberries, blueberries, blackberries,  and black raspberries all ripen in late summer. Essential […]

Late summer is a busy time for restocking the medicinal pantry. Only a short amount of time left to harvest ingredients for winter medicines. The last of the medicinal flowers, leaves, and seeds need to be gathered before the cold draws the medicinal energies back […]

Late summer is a time of planning for the future. Intuition for what you need during colder weather comes from your common sense of hearing. Its more than just being warm, dry and well fed for the winter. You also have to think about what […]

Your common sense of smell is the part of you that honors seasonal traditions. Late summer harvest chores are as traditional as it gets. The need to gather food for winter is instinct, how it’s done year to year is tradition. I can tomatoes exactly […]

The flurry of activity during late summer can look chaotic from the outside. The weather and schedules change in a blink. There always seems to be one more thing that needs to be finished, or someone needs your help with. Be careful. Finish what you […]

So many kinds of delights to choose from! Every physical sense is active and naturally happy in late summer. Feeling pleasure with your five senses is part of your Common Sense of Sight.  The weather is warm, your sense of touch is motivated to keep […]

Survival instincts are part of your common sense of touch. Every baby is born with an instinct to be comfortably warm, dry and well fed. That instinct stays with us through life. The shorter days of late summer alerts your body that colder weather is […]

August 1 until September 21 So much to do! This season begins preparing for winter. The nights are cooler, days begin getting shorter. Instincts are about survival issues. We all feel a need to get ready. Even children. They know the school year is coming, […]