The eucalyptus is a holy tree for Australian Aboriginals. For them it represents the division of underworld, Earth and heaven. At a spiritual level the eucalyptus has a purifying effect. Negative energy disappears in the place where you burn a eucalyptus leaf. -- from The Joy of Plants The essential oil today starting with letter… Continue reading A2Z 2020 — essential oils — E — eucalyptus
Author: msjadeli
mother, gardener, retired government worker, observer, reader, learner, bicyclist, woman who runs with the wolves, lover of music!
#Haikai Challenge #133: twittering (saezuri)
Morning's pink-gold sun Rises behind the pine row Mist shrouds dewed, still grass Last year's garden twitters as Birds peck seeds in the litter Frank J. Tassone is the host of Haikai Challenge. Frank says: This week, write the haikai poem of your choice (haiku, senryu, haibun, tanka, haiga, renga, etc.) that… Continue reading #Haikai Challenge #133: twittering (saezuri)
#MM — Saturday Mix — covid-19 quatrain
The world's walking on a wire Life juggling exploding balls Each hoping nobody falls Yet some will soon sing with the choir. Beneath us all there's a fire Be it hell or hell on earth That has been played with since birth Soaring death rate shows it's dire. Shall we get out of this mire?… Continue reading #MM — Saturday Mix — covid-19 quatrain
#SLS — Copperhead Road by Steve Earle
Jim Adams is the focused host of Song Lyric Sunday. Jim says: This week we have Birthday/Cake/Gift/Party/Surprise and I think that everyone should be able to find a song that uses one of these prompt words. Here are the “rules”: • Post the lyrics to the song of your choice, whether it fits the theme… Continue reading #SLS — Copperhead Road by Steve Earle
Pictures and Poetry challenge 3 — Unholy
A few stars glimmered through the morn, And down the thorn the dews were streaming. --from The Dead Kings I'd give anything to see the greens again, Where calves nudge their mother's teats And sleepy swans rest on marsh ledges. If only star glimmers could warp today to The place before our husbands left to… Continue reading Pictures and Poetry challenge 3 — Unholy
Doodads 4/4/20
I'll be playing an online virtual board game with my kids today so will be "gone." I did want to share one of the things I did yesterday. My older son's girlfriend gave me a gift for Christmas of herb growing kit. I opened it yesterday and was instructed to soak the seeds for 24… Continue reading Doodads 4/4/20
A2Z 2020 — essential oils — D — using essential oils for depression
Nowadays, use of alternative and complementary therapies with mainstream medicine has gained momentum. Aromatherapy is one of the complementary therapies which use essential oils as the major therapeutic agents to treat several diseases. The essential or volatile oils are extracted from the flowers, barks, stem, leaves, roots, fruits and other parts of the plant by… Continue reading A2Z 2020 — essential oils — D — using essential oils for depression
Novelty Song Friday #4 — The Name Game by Shirley Ellis
I almost forgot to do the novelty song feature today! Sorry for the late posting. "The Name Game" is an American pop song co-written and performed by Shirley Ellis as a rhyming game that creates variations on a person's name. Written by Ellis with Lincoln Chase and produced by Charles Calello it was released in… Continue reading Novelty Song Friday #4 — The Name Game by Shirley Ellis
Reena’s Exploration Challenge #129 — addiction and the hero’s journey
Addiction and habit are shades cut from the same cloth. The brain in my brain is like a malleable lump of grey clay and thoughts form depressions in the clay that makes it easier for the same thoughts to roll along. When there is a habit, of thought or deed, it easily rolls along those… Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #129 — addiction and the hero’s journey
#MM — Music Challenge — Numb
Jim Adams is the illustrious host of Mindlovemisery's Menagerie's Music Challenges. Jim says: The challenge today is to focus on [Promises in the Dark] and use it for a short story, a piece of flash fiction, or a poem that you can share with the WordPress writing community. Lifetime stretched, caught between love and isolation… Continue reading #MM — Music Challenge — Numb
