The Project

Share inspirations and aspirations revolving around The Mother-Daughter Project: How Mothers and Daughters Can Band Together, Beat the Odds, and Thrive Through Adolescence
by SuEllen Hamkins, M.D., and Renée Schultz, M.A.

6:00 p.m. June 27 at Rachel's home

10:30 a.m. July 26 at Debra's

5:00 p.m. Aug. 25 at Rachel's

Herbal Wisdom for the Gemini New Moon

The June new moon fell on Saturday, the 8th. the same day as as our Old-Style Life Skills Series workshop We'd Walk & Herbal 1st Aid with local herbalist Alicia North of Northstar Botanicals. Alicia explained that on that day, both the sun and the moon were in the highly excitable, mentally stimulating sign of Gemini -- a great time for undertaking intellectual pursuits and learning something new. We all were learning MANY new things as she identified plants around the Local Farm barnyard and told us about some of their healing properties. Visit Motherhouse News for a few of her tidbits.

As a refreshing, especially appropriate Gemini New Moon beverage, Alicia recommended steeping bruised Lemon Balm leaves in cold water.

Lemon Balm is mentally and physically soothing, gently cooling, and mildly stimulating -- setting the perfect stage for new endeavors!

PregnanCy Tea

Nourishing ourselves

with good food,
and friendship

Sharing our birthing herstories...

Trimming hair and hanging out

  Checking out Motherhouse example cloth diapering systems.

Chickened Out

After a full day of EGGS-periencing Chickens ala Motherhouse Old Style Life-Skills Series Workshops, we gathered for an early supper in the cowshed at Local Farm.
The June 12 new moon marked the first evening of Tammuz, the forth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year. In New England, this moon will wax into the Strawberry Moon or Honey Moon. We can expect to find strawberries ripening on their low three leafleted plants. Beekeepers will be extra vigilant for swarms as their hives burst with nectar-gathering activity.

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BOXED IN or OUT OF THE BOX???

We celebrated Debra's birthday with a special lunch and were treated to a recounting of Debra's birth by her mother, Jean. We lit a candle for the family and friends of a young man who had disappeared in the river. Rachel taught us how to fold paper boxes out of origami paper and we mass-produced several for her dreidl project.