Guest blog by Anne de Courtenay It finally happened. After 45 years of being spared, they got me. It was Tuesday, midday. I had just emerged from a Target in downtown Evanston where I’d stopped to pick up some very important foodstuffs: taco shells and Junior Mints. I was in my head, which is where…
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There really is such a thing as “plant blindness,” and this is a product of so many of us humans becoming increasingly disconnected from our planet and most especially its inhabitants who do not operate a smartphone. This is a story about a plant that bucks that trend. Guest blog by Anne de Courtenay …
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Guest blog by Anne de Courtenay I have a confession to make: One of my favorite movies is “Godspell.” Not the play, but the film from 1973, starring Victor Garber, who was once described by a friend of mine as “Never being really bad or really good in anything he’s been in.” Well, I thought…
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The following is a guest blog post by East West graduate and faculty and professional herbalist Nancy Angelini. Viral influenza is generally categorized as H1N1 (swine flu) or H5N1 (avian/bird flu). T …
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Introduction from Lesley: If anyone should know how to study efficiently it is Kristi Shapla, who as a mother, teacher, product formulator and producer, and wife is also a doctoral student. She has fi …
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Christopher Hobbs Christopher Hobbs needs no introduction to the herb world. If you have even the faintest spark of interest in herbs, you should know of him. I can’t even begin to count his many achi …
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Dear reader: wiith other commitments needing to be attended to, I’ve invited my student and East West School editor, Anne de Courtenay, to guest-blog for the sixth day of Kwanzaa. I’ll be back tomorro …
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