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New Year, New Blog

January 6, 2016

Do you make new year's resolutions?  With the turn of the calendar, do you plant seeds, hatch ideas, or dig new foundations?

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In Community, Herbal Education Tags new beginnings, herbal education, community

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Fight the Power, Do No Harm
February 27, 2026
Fight the Power, Do No Harm
February 27, 2026

Cool podcast alert! FtPDNH is a story of the Black Cross Health Collective, a group of street medics who lived in and around Portland, OR. They formed after the WTO protests of 1999, seeing a need for medical care that served people who were attending direct actions, demonstrations, and political protests. In the early 2000s they pioneered community-supported trials to find a remedy for pepper spray. Missy was part of the podcast, having been a Black Cross member & a pepper spray trial subject.

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February 27, 2026
Tear Gas, Street Medicking, & an Herbalist: Missy's on Rosebuds & Resilience!
February 27, 2026
Tear Gas, Street Medicking, & an Herbalist: Missy's on Rosebuds & Resilience!
February 27, 2026

I had the honor of appearing on Rosebuds and Resilience, “a storytelling series from Portland, OR about people focused on ecological repair and healthier communities.” It’s not so herbally-focused, but rather centers on the Portland Action Medics.

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February 27, 2026
Mason Hutchison Interviews Missy on the Herbalist Hour!
August 5, 2023
Mason Hutchison Interviews Missy on the Herbalist Hour!
August 5, 2023

Missy had the great joy of talking with Mason Hutchison of Herb Rally. Available as video or podcast!

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August 5, 2023
What do accordions and herbs have in common?
April 14, 2023
What do accordions and herbs have in common?
April 14, 2023

David Beer, the Squeezebox Surgeon, talks about his accordion repair business, and it has pretty much nothing to do with medicinal plants.

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April 14, 2023
Podcast appearance alert!
March 31, 2023
Podcast appearance alert!
March 31, 2023

Missy returns to The Herbalist’s Path, Mel Mutterspaugh’s engaging podcast, to talk about her unique style of teaching and how much fun it is to be a matchmaker for people and their plant buddies.

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March 31, 2023
The blog is dead! Long live the blog!
January 28, 2023
The blog is dead! Long live the blog!
January 28, 2023

Missy’s article on chemical weapons exposure aftercare, printed in the journal Perspectives

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January 28, 2023
Medicine Garden Newsletter - January 2016
January 16, 2016
Medicine Garden Newsletter - January 2016
January 16, 2016

I hope everyone is well and enjoyed the wintry mix that descended on town. I personally love that the slightest bit of snow shuts the city down. I love hunkering down with a good book, a lap kitty or two and extra blankets. Doing art projects with the kiddos. Resting and eating the stash of garden potatoes in the garage.  And I love that winter is the time for dreaming and scheming....

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January 16, 2016
New Year, New Blog
January 6, 2016
New Year, New Blog
January 6, 2016

Do you make new year's resolutions?  With the turn of the calendar, do you plant seeds, hatch ideas, or dig new foundations?

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January 6, 2016

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