Special Event at the Harms Vineyards and Lavender Fields Open House: Healing Our Waters

Bokochi balls ready to go to work!       Charlie Toledo, Executive Director of Suscol Intertribal Council, will follow her 11 am talk, One Water: From Rain to Seas, with a demonstration of the making and use of Bokochi balls, a probiotic mud-ball used in Costa Rica and well as our own Napa River… Read more »

Charlie Toledo Speaking at Harms Vineyards and Lavender Fields Open House on June 22: One Water

Charlie addressing a crowd last year. Standing room only, even for the goats. Come early!       Charlie Toledo, Executive Director of Suscol Intertribal Council, will be speaking again at our Open House, 11 am on June 22, 2013. This year she will be addressing the water crisis and how the post colonial trauma to… Read more »

Stirring

Stirring to create vortex.  Stirring Stirring  affords an intimacy with the land.  When we stir, as many of us as possible  participate. We each are unique in the way we stir, so it is important to have the imprint of each of our energies in the stirred preps. When we stir, we throw the water… Read more »

Boundaries and Water

Boundaries and Water This time of year storms pummel us with wind and rain; we watch the ditches along our long gravel driveway like hawks. One branch or clump of leaves stopping up the ditch can wash out the road in a matter of minutes. Donald has resisted asphalting our driveway. We think of the… Read more »