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Wassail! To your Good Health

Posted on December 30, 2022February 25, 2023 by Doreen Shababy

We recently faced the longest night of the year, and spring will be here sooner than we realize! But winter

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ale, apples, arts & crafts, beverage, cooking, folklore, food, nostalgia, pagan, recipe, spices, tradition, trees, Twelfth Night, wassail, winter
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Aroma Therapy, part five: Healthful Aromas

Posted on September 22, 2023 by Doreen Shababy

Healthful aromas If the smell of huckleberry pie, warm from the oven, isn’t aroma therapy, I don’t know what is!

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cedar, citrus, Juniper, lavender, peppermint, rosemary
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Xylem & Phloem, or…

Posted on September 17, 2023September 17, 2023 by Doreen Shababy

… I love it when you talk botany to me! No, this is not the name of the Greek comedy

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phloem, plants, trees, xylem
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Aroma Therapy Part Four – Perfume and other Aromatics

Posted on September 4, 2023September 4, 2023 by Doreen Shababy

A few years ago, growing amongst some old fashioned, lemony-scented yellow irises, arose this voluptuous beauty, unbelievably purple-black, with a delicate

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aromatherapy, Astarte, Cleopatra, frankincense, incense, myrrh, perfume, sandalwood
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Aroma Therapy, part three – Scent Classification

Posted on August 23, 2023August 23, 2023 by Doreen Shababy

 A small bouquet of wildflowers, yarrow and wild oregano gone “wild”, possesses an amazing fragrance, pungent and herby, and the

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aromatherapy, essential oil, recipe, scent, scent classification, smell
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Aroma Therapy Part Two – Our Sense of Smell and How it Works

Posted on August 23, 2023August 23, 2023 by Doreen Shababy

One of the most aromatic of herbs in my garden, anise hyssop is not only tall and beautiful, but very

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aromatherapy, limbic system, pheromones, rhinencephalon, smell
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