Plants as slow companions

Herbalism

A cup, a leaf, a bitter, a sweet. The body likes being tended in the old way — through the mouth, the steam, the wait.

A first walk

1. 1

   Choose one plant you already trust — mint, chamomile, ginger, tulsi, a kitchen herb.

2. 2

   Boil water. Wait with it. Waiting is the first medicine.

3. 3

   Hold the cup with both hands. Smell before you drink.

4. 4

   Drink slowly enough that a child would ask if you were done. Notice what softens.

Weathers this sits beside

• The Gray Field
• The Replay
• The Night River
• The Table
• The Body Speaking
• The Swing