Posts by Seraphina Capranos
I’m Hiring!
Hello! I’m looking to hire a social media manager for my company The Center for Sacred Arts. This individual must live on Salt Spring Island so we can collaborate in person regularly. This is a part-time position with lots of room to grow with the company as we are rapidly growing ourselves. Are you an…
Read MoreRosemary Gladstar’s Iron Syrup
This recipe is from my well loved copy of Herbal Healing for Women by Rosemary Gladstar, published in 1993. Rosemary calls it Iron-Plus Syrup. The ‘plus’, is the addition of vitamin C and other mineral rich herbs that help the body absorb iron. * Read my commentary at the bottom. Ingredients: 3 parts nettle 3…
Read MoreMilky Oats & Deep Nourishment
I was 22 years old and working in a health food store when I met a frazzled customer asking for help for her hot flashes and insomnia. Her eyes were anxious, her voice raspy, and the feeling was desperate. Out tumbled the story of her heart-wrenching divorce that coincided with her mother’s too-soon passing. My…
Read MorePoplar: A Bud for Winter’s End
When I need to regroup and pause, I go and sit by the Poplar tree. Perhaps it’s the convergence of elements they live among that’s so soothing, with that borderland where river meets rock and gnarly root. Poplars are majestic. Sturdy. Powerful. And in the in-betwixt season of late winter and early spring, their buds…
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