Rio Grande Cottonwood, Matriarch of the Bosque by Dara Saville The Cottonwood tree (Populus deltoides wislizeni) is the deeply rooted and life-sustaining matriarch of the Rio Grande Bosque. Our Bosque is a riparian woodland ecosystem with its origins dating back...
Yerba Mansa, Medicine of the Bosque by Dara Saville Fall has always been my favorite season. As a child, it represented a steady string of family birthday celebrations, pumpkin carving, and mascarading. Adding to that now is the seasonal song of the migrating sandhill...
Prickly Pears, Autumn’s Harvest by Dara Saville Autumn is a time of changes, of honoring the seasonal cycles taking place in the wild and within ourselves. I have found the ritual of picking prickly pears to be one that invites mindful acceptance of these...
