The Essence of Essential Oil
I write this blog in honor of Beltane and the blessings we have on our planet, especially for those within our environment that bring the beauty, spirit and life force at its paramount into our lives. Most noticeably are our plant relatives and their beauty and the power of their essential life force that they naturally and freely offer to us just by being themselves here and now. My love affair for scents came long ago, when I was a teenager. Initially, I had an aversion to plants, but I had to deal with them for some time, as my mother was an avid gardener. Wherever we lived, she had a garden. My father was in the U.S. Airforce and we lived in various states in the United States, in the South Pacific and in Europe, and there was always a spot in the yard where my mother would garden. By the time my father retired from the AirForce, I was in High School. My parents purchased some land in Sonoma County in Northern California where my mother and our indigenous relatives origin