SIZIZIS infused

My roommate introduced me to a lovely tea shop in Olympia, owned by the Dark Dentist. I guess the purpose of this tea shop is to fix your mouth with aryuvedic/herbal/occultural goodness (darkness). At least that's what their menu proposes. I missed the Occultural Music Festival in Seattle scramming to Olympia for a night but then a menu tipped me off to Ouroboros Press - based here in Seattle. Which led me to the Book Arts Publishing Group. Which led me to...

What does this have to do with herbs? Something tells me I should be reading these books while drinking my herbal concoctions. What do I need to read/drink before the Esoteric Book Conference in September? http://www.sacred-texts.com/eso/index.htm

These are the kinds of things people do through the power of herbs.

Golden Gardening

I just had to return Carol Deppe's book The Resilient Gardener to the library, and put it on hold again because I didn't have time to finish it. But it's a good one! In the meantime I have some quick notes from chapter 2 regarding her stated "33 Golden Rules", which can be found in complete list form here. Personally I think some of them are redundant but I understand why she repeats certain principles for dramatic affect. The first three and last three are the best.

1. All gardening is local
2. Plant things that grow where you live
3. Variety, variety, variety

31. Slow down
32. Notice everything
33. Save, cherish and distribute seeds of the varieties you care most for

So how am I doing? I really need to... relax and pay attention.