by Cate Montana | May 17, 2025 | the E-Blog
Years ago, when I was in the early throes of a passionate love affair, it looked like my new beloved was going to succumb to the “thrall of the ex” and go back to a previous partner. Devastated, I remember getting up one morning and, in tears, walking down...
by Cate Montana | Apr 9, 2025 | the E-Blog
Let me say upfront, I am no stranger to plant medicines. Or a lot of other substances, for that matter. In my late teens and early twenties, I did different drugs, including plants like mushrooms, peyote and mescaline, for all the wrong reasons. Between ages 43 and...
by Cate Montana | Mar 10, 2025 | the E-Blog
A few days ago, I was sitting on my deck, basking in the warmth of early morning as the sun rose over the northern flank of Haleakalā volcano. I’d had my morning coffee. I’d eaten breakfast. I’d downed the first quart of water, and taken my...
by Cate Montana | Feb 19, 2025 | Uncategorized
Where to start? Thinking about pain, the first thing that jumped to my mind was to misquote the first line from Elisabeth Barrett Browning’s Sonnet 43: How do I hate thee? Let me count the ways. I hate thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach,...
by Cate Montana | Jan 11, 2025 | Uncategorized
People are using the word “overwhelm” a lot lately. They feel overwhelmed by world events and headlines, government goings-on, layoffs, AI, food prices, you name it, experiencing fear, anxiety, uncertainty, and the sense of being caught in a tsunami of...
