Ever since they raised me up out in Nature, kinda without no human blood family, and then especially after that time when crowfoot went back to the woods when he was 19 years young until he come back out of those woods when he was 24 years older– ever since that time i have done some peculiar things with plants almost every day i can…

For instance, crowfoot sure does make a point to get right out into wild Nature almost every day for most of the day, from here on out– forever. And one thing he does is make sure that he goes ahead and puts into his mouth some parts of at least three, but more often five, different plants every day he is blessed enough to be out in wild Nature. Of course, each loverly plant is being worked around in my mouth separately, so as to savour each in their own unique way. This is very good for crowfoot. The other thing that he does very, very often when he is out into wild Nature is to wad up a plant part and then go ahead and stick the plant part wads up into his nostrils. That way, we gets to smell the plant with every in-breath. Purty darn nice– i can tell you! Sure do gets to know a plant purty good that way.

Of course, some things is bad or at least hard on a person to put up yer nostrils. Like one is California Bay Laurel, Umbellularia californica. She is a very fine, medium sized tree native to California, especially on the coasts. There is a small commerce in native California Bay Laurel leaves because they smell and taste and flavour stews almost exactly like the Greek Laurel tree leaves do!

Anways, you dasn’t go ahead and put a couple wads of California Bay Laurel leaves up yer nostrils, like I have around 15 times, without knowing what you are doing– i can tell you! For the etheral mists of the essential oils of that there wonderful tree’s leaves go right up in to yer nostrils and then they just shoot up into the networks of sinus passages that go up into our heads from our nostril tops. And that fine mist of california bay laurel tree plain old hurts like a son of a gun– sooo strong they are. I warned mz willow rain good that one time we was standing on the University of Santa Cruz bridge before a giant California Bay Laurel tree, and she sez to me that she did not much mind a little pain in her sinuses for a little while so as she could really, really get to know this plant. So willow went ahead and did like i did with those wads of laurel leaves and that tree did hurt us both in all of our sinuses for a little way– but it was worth it… Thanks california bay laurel giant green beings! Thanks!

And Thanks! Kiva Rose for yer excellent blog! We sure are going to be reading your evolving blog from here on out, over here on the northern flanks of the great Sandia Mountains…

Laters,
crowfoot