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Herbal Recipes

Winter Tonic Cordial Recipe

Thanks to all who tuned in this past Saturday for our demo! We are looking for suggestions on other herbal topics for Rachel to teach- so leave so...

Plant Wisdom

Seeds, the encapsulation of death and rebirth

For this Halloween- All Hallows Eve- All Saints Day, we celebrate the seed. Julia, in addition to being one of the talented makers at Fat and the M...

Journal

Fire and Renewal

The latest wildfires in Northern California started the night of my 35th birthday. The timing of the fires, personally, was uncanny. Fire has been ...

Herbal Potions

All Salve All Day

At Fat and the Moon, we all have our solids - products we have with us at all times that is. Solids are a big part of being a minimal maximalist,...

Journal

The Magic of the Bee

My relationship with the our hive is an echo of the ways my Slovene ancestors have worked with, talked with, and shared with the Bee. The bee and t...

Plant Wisdom

Who’s showing up?

The weeds of Brooklyn helped me re-member. These Trickster plant allies were the medicines of my ancestors (probably yours too), their phytochemi...

Folklore and Witches

Evil Eye

To see and be seen, to attract and repel, to dazzle and dismiss- the Evil Eye, and protection against it, is a complex kind of Magic. Cultures span...

Herbal Potions

A Love Story

You know I could talk about plants and their eye popping, jaw dropping, tongue twisting properties ALL day! ….kind of like it’s my job. There is...

Journal

Ritual: The Power of Self Care

Ah, yes, ritual. At first, it seems like an old word. Some relic from the past, an exotic practice or tedious formal event. The very word is der...

Journal

Invite the Light

Trees need the time of darkness, to bear their roots deep in the rich soil for the winter, so they can lie dormant and nourished, gathering all o...

Herbal Potions

Five-Fold Moisture

Hello Lovelies! Winter solstice is rapidly approaching and with all of the beauty and holiday cheer that a winter wonderland brings, it also cause...

Journal

SACRED PLACES

The herbal Monastery in Olimje, where medicine is grown on site by monks- and has been for hundreds of years.... The Blejski gorge where the river ...