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Hearth & Heather

Kathy & Kateri

Leisure

Frequency: 1 episode/78d. Total Eps: 19

A quarterly conversation about how we interact with place through art and nature. Hosts: Kateri Morton and Kathy Zadrozny.

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29/12/2024
#50
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28/12/2024
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Hearthside: Winter Solstice

Season 1 · Episode 18

Friday, December 20, 2024 • Duration 03:31

Join us as we share our favorite winter solstice poems. Kateri reads “Shab-e Yalda” by Anis Mojgani and Kathy reads "Shortest Day" by Susan Cooper. Happy Yule, Winter Solstice, and New Year!

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Ep 14: Stillness at Summer’s End

Season 1 · Episode 17

Wednesday, September 4, 2024 • Duration 33:16

Virgo season has arrived: it’s time to keep hold of our values while also doing botanical crimes. The days grow shorter; the light dips lower. Our energy is dipping lower, too. In this episode, we talk about some of the ways that we’re learning to navigate perpetual crisis (hint: with slowness). As usual, we’re also swapping stories about the things that delight us, keep us curious, and hurt our Virgo feelings. This is a shorter conversation than usual, but we packed a lot in here!

Mentioned in this episode:

Episode title inspired by the book Summers End by Juneau Black
Falling Fruit foraging app
Jesus That’s Weird podcast
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
Ijeoma Oluo on Instagram
The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst
A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher
Rachel Lee-Carman’s zines
The World of Agatha Christie 1000-piece Jigsaw
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story, documentary
Kathy’s Columbo Vibes playlist on Spotify
Mother Earth's Plantasia album by Mort Garson
The Cadfael Chronicles by Ellis Peters

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Hearthside: Winter Solstice Poems

Season 1 · Episode 8

Friday, December 16, 2022 • Duration 01:45

Small moments of fables, stories, and poems with Kathy and Kateri, sprinkled among our quarterly podcast episodes. In this mini-episode, Kateri reads two poems for Winter Solstice: "Burning the Old Year" by Naomi Shihab Nye and "To Know the Dark" by Wendell Berry.

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Ep 7: Urgency is a Myth

Season 1 · Episode 7

Monday, October 17, 2022 • Duration 48:54

Our favorite season is beckoning, and we’re talking about the slow-down of the year. As we get excited about tea, sweaters, golden light, and liminal spaces, we also dig into the ways that social media can create a false sense of urgency, preventing us from integrating our experiences in deeper ways. Of course, no episode of Hearth & Heather is complete without a lot of laughing, so we also talk about our squash preferences, and a book that was so good we got mad.

Bonus Download: Along with this episode, we’re posting a PDF of a Winter Solstice Spell Jar ritual that we mentioned in Episode 5.

Mentioned in episode:

The Art of Simple Food by Alice Waters
How to Cook Everything by Mark Bittman
Acorn Squash Lasagna by Martha Stewart
How to do Nothing by Jenny Odell
Lalah Delia and sacred experiences
“on being off social media,” Emily McDowell’s newsletter
“Take a step back: Notes from a social media break,” Lisa Olivera’s newsletter
We Were Made for These Times by Kaira Jewel Lingo
Sacred Harp Singing
Cocaine and Rhinestones podcast
by Asia Suler

Ep 6: The Curious Case of Cozy Murders

Season 1 · Episode 6

Wednesday, July 27, 2022 • Duration 34:54

It turns out, murder plays a very large role in our relaxing times. Not committing it, of course; we would never…We compare favorite series, scoff at silly titles, and ponder the origins of the genre known as “cozy.” We take a breath to acknowledge the heavy forces that are threatening us and demanding our attention at this moment in time, and we talk about some ways that we rest and refresh our energies. Sweetly soothed by mayhem, we also find our way into talking about some more purposeful reading and the habits that sustain our hearts.

Mentioned in episode:

“It’s Time to Stop Living the American Scam” by Tim Kreider
The Art of Simple Food by Alice Waters
Tender by Nigel Slater
Wartime and ration cooking
The Secret, Book and Scone Society series by Ellery Adams
The Maine Clambake Mysteries by Barbara Ross
Trauma Stewardship by Laura Van Dernoot Lipsky
How We Show Up by Mia Birdsong
Original Plum Torte recipe from NYTimes Cooking
WindowSwap

Ep 5: Burying the Canoe

Season 1 · Episode 5

Monday, May 2, 2022 • Duration 44:13

Virgos navigating somatics! Habit-soothed people realizing none of our practices feel authentic right now. We’re in exploration mode, our feelings are itchy, and we’re talking about tarot fatigue, changing spiritual practices, honoring our bodies when we have low energy, letting go, trauma-sensitive yoga, breathwork, and polyvagal theory. Shoutouts to our therapists and to anchoring our bodies in bright, visceral joys. We also share an oracle card reading for the energy to bring into this Spring [cleaning] season.

Mentioned in episode:

Tarot folks we like: Zeta Zuri, Sarah Vrba, and Corina Dross
WTF is Tarot? by Bakara Wintner
Decks used: Brady Tarot and Urban Crow Oracle
Anchored: How to Befriend Your Nervous System Using Polyvagal Theory by Deb Dana
The Power of Breathwork by Jennifer Patterson
Marshmallow root infusion
Rise Up Remedies Organic Herb Farm
Diana Rose’s tarot insights
Later this year, we’ll be posting a downloadable description of the solstice candle practice that Kateri describes in this episode. This practice was created by Shanalee Hampton.

Ep 4: Wind in the Willows

Season 1 · Episode 4

Wednesday, January 19, 2022 • Duration 44:54

We talk about our adoration of Mole and Rat’s friendship in Kenneth Grahame’s classic, The Wind in the Willows, and why Toad can just eat a bag of *****. We also lust after Mr. Badger’s cellars and general domestic situation, dream about fictional food, and revel in how this book is a love letter to bioregion.

Mentioned in episode:

The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Chris Dunn’s illustrations for Wind in the Willows
Vesper Flights by Helen Macdonald
Sarah Andersen comics
Evergreen Chase (part of the Shady Hollow series) by Juneau Black
Fir needle shortbread

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Ep 3: It’s Death Season, and We’re Leaning In

Season 1 · Episode 3

Wednesday, October 20, 2021 • Duration 47:13

It’s death season, we’re leaning in! Don’t worry, there’s still swearing. We start out with goddesses, take a long walk through our altar habits, and their connections to the dark moon. We discuss the intersectional practices of deathwork and herbalism, dig into grief and where it lives in our bodies, talk about our favorite ritual oils, and using oracle decks for clarification. Finding meaning is at the heart of this episode: where do we look for it? How can we uphold it for each other, and make more room to honor it?

Mentioned in episode:

Intro to Thanabotony class from Cole Imperi
Piñon Pine Sacred Resin Oil from Deschampsia
Artemisia Trinity Oil from With/In Herbals
Radical Remedies: An Herbalist's Guide to Empowered Self-Care by Brittany Ducham
Lune Innate and Whispers of the Wolf Reiki ASMR on YouTube
The lungs are associated with grief in traditional Chinese medicine
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande
Accompanying the Dying: Practical, Heart-Centered Wisdom for End-Of-Life Doulas and Health Care Advocates by Deanna Cochran

Ep 2: Putting Men in Danger for Salty Duck

Season 1 · Episode 2

Monday, June 21, 2021 • Duration 46:24

Pickled Scottish birds, Street Art and it’s ephemeral nature, bird song, holly for protection and boundary magic, cheese in Spain, fertility rocks, chalk path in England.

We begin by comparing notes on two books by naturalist and wanderer Robert MacFarlane, and we end by making a pact to eat pickled birds in Scotland. Along the way, we get into the reasons why we’re drawn to street art, ways to use holly in your magic practice, how bad we are at identifying bird songs, and what Kathy’s grandmother has to do with both Spanish cheese and fertility stones. We talk about friends we love, and we swear a bunch. It’s all pretty enjoyable.

Mentioned in the episode:

Landmarks and The Old Ways, both by Robert MacFarlane
Landscape artist Andy Goldsworthy
Carolee, a California artist
Donovan Beeson, a Chicago artist
Street artists Jason Kofke, Shepard Fairey, Banksy, Jim Bachor, David Zinn, and our friend Shana Hampton
Alexis Nikole, BlackForager on Instagram
The Salt Path by Raynor Winn
Dark Skies: A Journey Into the Wild Night by Tiffany Francis
A Druid's Herbal for the Sacred Earth Year by Ellen Evert Hopman
by Sharlyn Hidalgo

Ep 1: Curious, Not a Narc

Season 1 · Episode 1

Wednesday, March 24, 2021 • Duration 39:59

We talk about urban foraging and how that relates to focusing on small details and slowly gaining confidence in plant identification. We also explore how murder mysteries have influenced our herbalism education, the fear and allure of poison plant gardens, and the ever-relevant question of how to survive a zombie apocalypse. Lastly, Kateri talks about how she harvests and creates her conifer herbal oil.

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