by Roland | Apr 19, 2016 | Homeopathy
The Embellished Lawn While I hear from friends in the East about a late blizzard, here on the West Coast it is already spring. Our garden is in full bloom. The salmonberry bushes are showing off their tender pink flowers, the forget-me-nots cover like a cloud of blue...
by Roland | Mar 25, 2016 | Homeopathy
Abundance Last week, around 60 fishing boats gathered in Baynes Sound on the east coast of Vancouver Island. I watched them from the shore pulling in nets heavy with herring. Each one of the boats was surrounded by a noisy cloud of seagulls. Not far from me a couple...
by Roland | Mar 3, 2016 | News
Nothing In It? The other day a patient of mine brought me a newspaper article which said that homeopathic remedies had been analyzed chemically and they do not contain any active ingredients. They are all made of glucose pills and the only difference of the thousands...
by Roland | Feb 5, 2016 | Homeopathy
My Favorite Cup of Coffee In a crowded hallway of a local college I met her. I was waiting for a geology class for elders. I have no idea why she stopped in front of me, smiled and nodded towards my hair which I wore in a braid as I often do. She started telling me...
by Roland | Jan 18, 2016 | Homeopathy
Torn Apart and Whole Again Have you ever felt that life is tearing at you? After a peaceful holiday season, my “normal” life started again and I felt literally torn apart from everything that needed to be done, from necessities, obligations, fears, hopes and sadness,...
by Roland | Dec 15, 2015 | News
Line-Up Angels Have you ever noticed that the little things in life can make a huge difference? Here are two short stories about close encounters with wisdom of the soul in the line-up to the cashier in a local super market. Months ago I was standing in the line-up...
by Roland | Nov 9, 2015 | Homeopathy
Samhain On November 1st, I received an email which ended in “Blessings for Samhain”. I smiled. I had not heard someone mentioning Samhain for quite a while. Decades ago, back in Germany I learned traditional herbalism from someone who followed the Celtic calendar. In...
by Roland | Oct 15, 2015 | News
The Trust of a Jellyfish Yesterday I was out fishing on Baynes Sound. I was surrounded by fishers. A red necked grebe surfaced with a sculpin in its beak, a seal curiously watched me with big eyes and probably wondered what I was doing. A group of Pacific loons still...
by Roland | Oct 14, 2015 | News
Shameeah What a strange word. What might it mean? It sounds like something hidden, maybe a hidden treasure in the land of Sindbad the sailor? That comes pretty close. Shameeah is a ceremony into the heart of nature, into the precious core of nature where a treasure is...
by Roland | Aug 18, 2015 | News
Peanuts and Flu It is not an easy time for children. Kids are getting sick more every year. When I was young, nobody had allergies in school. This existed only in rare cases. Today it is common in every classroom. Mental health issues are on the rise, behavioral...
