Blazing Star Herbal School: Fall Edition 2019
(Late August 2019)
It's been a few years since I sent out a seasonal newsletter by email. As a multiple planets in Virgo person this is my season, my New Year, when the Goldenrod fills the fields around my home, and the bees are a buzz in the rows of Tuls, the ancient apple trees heavy with fruit, i I start planning and organizing and setting new resolutions. Blazing Star Herbal School is now entering it's 20th Season under my leadership (Gail Ulrich founded it in 1984) The Tuesday Apprenticeship has been running since then! New Cycle my 20th begins in April of 2020! But I am jumping ahead.
Goldenrod
On roadsides,
in fall fields,
in rumpy branches,
saffron and orange and pale gold,
in little towers,
soft as mash,
sneeze-bringers and seed-bearers,
full of bees and yellow beads and perfect flowerets
and orange butterflies.
I don't suppose
much notice comes of it, except for honey,
and how it heartens the heart with its
blank blaze.
I don't suppose anything loves it except, perhaps,
the rocky voids
filled by its dumb dazzle.
For myself,
I was just passing by, when the wind flared
and the blossoms rustled,
and the glittering pandemonium
leaned on me.
I was just minding my own business
when I found myself on their straw hillsides,
citron and butter-colored,
and was happy, and why not?
Are not the difficult labors of our lives
full of dark hours?
And what has consciousness come to anyway, so far,
that is better than these light-filled bodies?
All day
on their airy backbones
they toss in the wind,
they bend as though it was natural and godly to bend,
they rise in a stiff sweetness,
in the pure peace of giving
one's gold away.
~ Mary Oliver
We have a busy Fall Season planned for you. In this news letter you will find info about some new classes, some returning classes, a Ceremony, as well as a seasonal recipe and a book review. If you have an herbal product/book you would like to be reviewed in the coming months please send it my way! Also feel free to reach out and let us know if there is a particular class you are hoping for. Like with all businesses it really helps us if you register well in advance of the class so that we can better plan and accommodate.