have you noticed folks getting a 2 week flu aka influenza? i have! resulting in antibiotics.
well, i have decided to make soup - for my family. i aim for health wealth and merriment! the holidays are coming and no one wants to be sick with pumpkin pie in their line of sight (yes, with real whipped cream).
looking into my apothecary i notice turkey tails, no not the thanksgiving kind - the fungus among us! that's right turkey tail fungi (Trametes versicolor), harvested right here in california, yes by me.
 turkey tail (Trametes versicolor) chicken mushroom soup
what i am going to need: - a pot
- knife & cutting board
- stove/fire source
- humor
+++ - hot water
- a drizzle of olive oil
- an onion
- 3 or 4 celery stalks
- a carrot or 2
- lots of garlic
- chicken, something with bones
- braggs (liguid aminos)
- a touch of cracked pepper
- a heaping dash of turmeric powder
- a couple sprigs of thyme
- juice of one lemon
- 4 antiviral mushrooms (in my case turkey tails)
i never really measure when i'm cooking, i simply trust spirit and throw things in. simmer the chicken (organic free range wings, the ones i stashed away in the freezer) and turkey tail fungi (Trametes versicolor) for about an hour and a half (sometimes i pick out a good movie to watch during this time), making sure the water doesn't boil away - adding a bit more water if necessary. after the hour and a half has passed i strain out the chicken and mushrooms. in the empty pot a drizzle of olive oil and i add chopped onion, carrots, celery and crushed garlic cloves and i saute for 5 minutes or so. pour over the strained broth and simmer that for a half an hour. during that time i shred the chicken and add it back to the simmering pot. when the onion is cooked turn off the heat. taste it and then add the braggs, pepper, turmeric, lemon juice and sprigs of thyme, let it sit covered - for 15 more minutes. serve with crusty bread drenched in garlic oil. fyi i don't eat the tough turkey tails, i strain them out, their medicinal value has been transferred to the broth. mushrooms in general need hot water to extract their healing constituents, that's why soup is the way to go, yum.happy eating your way to health!psturkey tail mushrooms are anti-tumor, anti-microbial (is anti-viral), and overall immune stimulating.
venus retrograde 'till november 18th.
venus rules the work of the heart, relationships & finances {currency/exchange of energy. also, venus is in scorpio and moves into libra november 8th. scorpio = life force in relationship, explore depth with people in life, an inward time. libra = balancing relationships, utilize diplomacy with a focus on harmony.
reminder: take new things slow, deeply look at what is showing up again, express your creative self. poetic prose, secrets exposed:
 harvest full moon maxedaperture what an auspicious time!
autumnal equinox so close to the harvest full moon!
usually the harvest moon and the equinox are days/weeks apart, but today it is only hours. in fact today's event won't happen again 'till year 2029!
make it a point to look to the sky this evening and honor the setting summer sun in the west and the autumn harvest full moon rising in the east. this eve's twilight will be a spectacular sight to behold.
this day also welcomes the astrological sign of libra. as our attention moves toward balance under the guiding hand of venus, the planet of libra, we can tap into an incredible tone; the summer sun and autumn moon in balance. think of it - the masculine radiating rays of the sun and the feminine magnetizing pull of the moon in balance, very magical!
 autumnal equinox ernestine grindal
 Dick Locke - DSLR & Telescope Moon Pictures 2007 -2009 today is the new moon, the dark moon, the blood moon, the fertile moon.
traditionally women gather together and celebrate their blood cycles during this phase of the moon and we call it moonlodge. it is an auspicious time to plant seeds of intent. to watch this intention grow by the waxing moon and come to completion by the waning moon - in preparation for the next cycle. just as the the cycle of the womb, a universe of intent waiting to happen.
ritually september holds the harvest moon (the full moon) and on this moon we capture the essence of the harvest. in ancient times, as the nights grew longer people used the light of the full moon to harvest their bounty. it is an honored tradition to look to the moon this month and watch as the moon swells full, shinning light on your bounty.  David Eustace RBA
in planting your seed of intent write it down, place this intention in an obvious place - a place you see everyday (like on top of your altar). try to find a one word seed - simple and to the point and think of it growing, becoming manifest.
 Linoleum Cuts / Planting Seed seed planting song, passed down to me by wise women
during the ritual of moonlodge on the new moon:
dark of the moon
new beginnings
dark of the moon
plant a seed tonight
(sing your seed of intent for the month)
dark of the moon
what we/i envision
will come to be
by the full moonlight
how lucky am i to have two grand old holly trees in my very own front yard? how old, well i live in a queen anne victorian built in 1892 on an old orchard tract...in east oakland.
today was sunny after the needed glorious rain. i decided to make an urban flower essence. in honor of the coming season. this is holly flower time, just before the red winter berry.
pictured below are:
holly berries holly flowers holly magic making on a pedestal,
on my front stoop
we are in between fall and winter...
i honored the acorn for fall with the reminder to harvest. soon i will be decking the halls with holly.
on my adventure into the world wide web i found this useful story:
"The triad image of father, mother, and child also prevail as we await the rebirth of the Sun King, but let us not forget the harbinger of the holly, the Holly King. Just as the Oak is the tree of the associated with the Sun King, so the holly tree, or kerm oak, is the tree of the Holly King. The two are oppositional twins one to another. To put the perspective of the twinned trees in perspective with their Celtic mythic origins, we look to the Druids. The Druid's place called Gwynvyd was /is a place where man communed with that which created. It was a void where all evil was abolished, and which could not be destroyed. A Rainbow River flowed into the entrance of Gwynvyd, and to enter it, one had to cross over a bridge, which was bounded on one side by an oak, and a holly on the other." (© Kimberly Moore)
november 2nd
the celebration of death,
holding space for the realization
that after death is birth.
life has a cycle, death and birth.
to understand death is to give importance to life.
making death a beautiful necessary part of life.
like the autumn leaves changing color
falling from the limbs of trees fulfilling their cycle
turning energy inward, pulling inward
toward the the center and into the roots.
laying a deeper stronger foundation
for the coming year
in preparation for new life.
side stepping cancer, be mindful with your side stepping emotions. looking at folks from the corner of your eye. soft self protected by your hard shell and pinching claw.
cancer is ruled by the moon. the depths of emotion, the tide pool reflection, the ebb and flow - you know. the key with this moon is release, let these emotions flow through you like rain - cleansing you. find peace in your release, it's a powerful part of the cycle of things. call upon your allies, mine is skullcap (scutellaria lateriflora) this plant puts my head back on. when the nerves/emotions of everyone are spilling into em-path, i take a few drops of this plant and like magic i'm centered in my own experience.
i love plants.
 scutellaria lateriflora
solid, grounded, immovable emotional force. tangible, sensual, touch - that's this moons motto...well, for today anyway. i'm tapping into the all of it voice as i type these moon updates. and today is about those old roots, the part of you that knows the cold weather of this season change. our old roots tapping into the source of warmth with in us, digging way down deep. hell, its fall - time to fall into ourselves.
what do you feel like today?
an aries moon, the direct initiating fire. action, passion, fierce blazing emotion! whoa now, let those feelings simmer down, the kettle is hot!
the reminder is
if you feel like heading out and starting something new, it might be sincere, but take some notes and weigh out the pro's and con's. you're about to burn some shit up, with your fierce feelings. probably some things that are no longer of service to you. but be mindful in your actions, there is a tomorrow, you've got to be sure you want these changes.
mercury has gone direct ladies and gentlemen! it is no longer in retrograde!
dark and cloudy this morning, burned off by afternoon, turned out to be a breezy sunny day. can still hear the squirrels dropping a few of their harvested acorns on the roof next door. fall is definitely here.
time to put away summer and dust off the fall gear.
time to look inward and prepare our health for the colder days to come.
and in our look inward see what we are letting go, and being with the whatever comes up. and remember grief is held in the lungs, the fall is the season of the lungs (traditional chinese medicine) a time of re-spirit-ing (respiratory). approaching this season with the awareness of energetic releasing will support us through the weather change. it is the natural cycle of things to watch the leaves change and then fall.
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