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Historical, Light Paranormal, and YA Fantasy Romance Author, plus nonfiction. Avid gardener, farm wife, grandma, and animal lover. The Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and surrounding mountains are my inspiration. I'm published by the Wild Rose Press and have my own indie titles.Like Me On Facebook
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Linda Nightingale, my cherished writing buddy and dear friend, died last week. I can’t believe I’m saying this so soon after my mom’s passing but cancer struck again. I will always miss you, dear Linda. Until we meet again, rest in the arms of our Loving Lord.Our kitchen remodel is complete so I’m sharing some images while it’s clean.Visited this afternoon with family and mom’s favorite trees.CIVIL WAR TIME TRAVEL ROMANCE SECRET LADY WON BOOK OF THE MONTH!
‘A great read filled with romance and dash of suspense. Fans of time-travel romance won’t want to miss this novel!’
Inspired by Events that Occurred to My Ancestors in the Colonial Frontier
GHOSTLY HISTORICAL ROMANCE NOVEL
HISTORICAL/PARANORMAL ROMANCE NOVEL
KIRA, DAUGHTER OF THE MOON WON BOOK OF THE MONTH!
RED BIRD’S SONG
NA HISTORICAL ROMANCE NOVEL THROUGH THE FIRE
SHORT STORY–.99 IN KINDLE
HISTORICAL/PARANORMAL ROMANCE NOVEL
HISTORICAL ROMANCE NOVEL THROUGH THE FIRE
“A catless writer is almost inconceivable,”~ Barbara Holland
“I know I was writing stories when I was five. I don’t know what I did before that. Just loafed, I suppose.” P.G. Wodehouse
NA HISTORICAL ROMANCE NOVEL THROUGH THE FIRE
GHOSTLY ROMANCE NOVEL SOMEWHERE MY LOVE
The Dove of the Holy Spirit
LOGAN FROM HISTORICAL ROMANCE NOVEL KIRA DAUGHTER OF THE MOON
BROTHER WOLF
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NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ROMANCE RED BIRD’S SONG
High 5 from the Pen & Muse for Historical Romance Into the Lion’s Heart!
White Elk
"When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice."Autumn trees in the Alleghenies
They don’t make movies like this anymore. Sigh.
“Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while.” Wesley, The Princess Bride
FOR SOMEWHERE MY LOVE
‘As I read Somewhere My Love, I recalled the feelings I experienced the first time I read Daphne DuMaurier’s Rebecca long ago. Using deliciously eerie elements similar to that gothic romance, Beth Tressel has captured the haunting dangers, thrilling suspense and innocent passions that evoke the same tingly anticipation and heartfelt romance I so enjoyed then, and still do now.’ ~by Joysann for Publishers Weekly at Beyond Her Book (blog feature now removed)
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Herbal Lore and the Wonder of Age-Old Plants–Beth Trissel
Simple wayside flowers, even weeds, have a far greater heritage than most people realize. We modern folk cannot begin to grasp the enormous part that herbs, any plant with leaves, seeds, or flowers used for flavoring food, creating medicine, or scents, played in every aspect of life in times past; the not so distant past. There were no Walmarts or drugstores to run to for health and beauty aids, no cures to be had at every corner. Well, maybe every corner if you were in the town market with vendors hawking their wares. I shudder to think what they put into some of that stuff. And physicians favored purges and blood-letting. Happy days, but back to the wonders of herbs. Remedies for everything from colds to the bubonic plague were brewed, made into tinctures, salves, the early form of pills…whatever means thought best for conveying the desired concoction into or onto the body.
A Modern Herbal by Mrs. M. Grieve, (not all that modern) first published in 1931 and my favorite herbal, allots six pages to dandelions alone. The yellow flowers of this much maligned weed, so loved by children, supply rich nectar for the bees and wine for man. The tender spring leaves are vitamin rich and eaten fresh, or dried for digestive drinks and herbal beer. The roots are roasted for dandelion coffee, said to be indistinguishable from real coffee, though I suspect I would detect the difference. The entire plant is esteemed as a tonic, especially good for the liver and kidneys. This just scratches the surface of the wonders of dandelion, the root of which I’ve noted included in my super antioxidant green tea blend from Yogi, as is burdock, a marvel in its own right. Burdock leaves and seeds are infused to treat many skin disorders, including eczema, and are taken as a remedy for nervous hysteria. An interesting combination and certainly useful.
Lovesick? Pansies, also known as heartsease, were highly valued for their potency in love-charms and played an important part in Midsummer Night’s Dream.
“There’s rosemary, that’s for remembrance…and there is pansies, that’s for thoughts.” ~ William Shakespeare
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Very interesting. Thanks for sharing 🙂
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Thanks Lisa.
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Great p[ost. Plants are just weeds when they’re growing where you don’t want them to grow, even flowers you like. I have now allowed a section of my gardens to be devoted to dandelions, since it tends to grow along the cement of my carport and sidewalk. If I see it pop up in the yard, I now actually transplant it to my herb garden for easy access to add to salads, though I haven’t yet tried the coffee decoction.
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Now that’s a thought, Julie. Thanks!
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Great post, Beth! I have a book that shows the benefits of different herbal remedies. Have no idea what most of the plants look like though. But I think with the problems the pharmeceutical companies are having in coming up with medicines without so many side effects, not to mention the expense of those medicines, those old home remedies should be looked at again.
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Yes, and many are, but do so with caution, of course.
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As a matter of interest today, Herbs for Energy by Lena E. Gabler is free on Kindle at Amazon today. It’s rated 4.4 stars
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Thanks! I’m on it.
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I’m very partial to herb teas and have even been known to make a very colourful salad from my garden plants. Sadly those inventive side salads haven’t hit th etable for a few years now. I wonder if the fact that I’m now writing has something to do with it? To Julie-when I first moved to this house I made dandelion wine, there being plenty to reap before the area became a strawberry patch.
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Thanks, Nan. Speaking of strawberries, our patches are sprawling. I’ve gotten more into the cooked greens as they are easier to digest and have added lamb’s quarters to the meld in the spring.
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Dandelion wine? I’ll have to find a recipe! Thanks.
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