Marie McKinsey Feb 16 5 min This Bud's For You - Cannabis Flower bud of Cannabis sativa 'Sour Diesel' Photo credit: Cannabis Culture "...the atmosphere in the room was thick with oil of peppermin...
Marie McKinsey Feb 16 3 min Garlic - a Food, a Medicine, an Aphrodisiac?! "The basket on Mrs. Fitz's arm carried a profusion of garlic cloves, the source of the summer's crop. The plump dame handed me the basket...
Marie McKinsey Feb 16 8 min Barley the Beverage Grain: beer, wine and whisky "The whisky-making had its own cycle, and one that everyone on the Ridge was subconsciously attuned to, whether directly involved in it o...
Marie McKinsey Feb 12 3 min Stinging Nettles "His expression was unfathomable. Still holding my eyes with his own he reached out his free hand, fumbling over the rocks until he touch...
Marie McKinsey Feb 12 3 min Cascara Might Not Kill You, But... Photo by Jesse Taylor, taken at Evergreen State College Longhouse Ethnobotanical Garden "Poison for a rival," he said. "or at least she t...
Marie McKinsey Feb 12 4 min Black Hellebores and A Little Girl's Tears Photo: Christmas Rose or Black Hellebore (Helleborus niger) " 'Barberry leaves, three handfuls in a decoction, steeped overnight, poured ...
Marie McKinsey Feb 12 3 min Strawberries and The Clan Fraser "As with many of the ancient families, scribblers down through the centuries have been ever ready to establish invented or speculative or...
Marie McKinsey Feb 12 2 min In Praise of Laudanum "'...What I could really use... do you by chance have any sort of opiate?' I sank to my knees beside her to pore over the contents of the...
