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Maryam Webster
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#AuDHD Catmom, Author, Lovebug, #Psychologist & Sleep Whisperer. Mental Health Coach for #ADHD, #Autism & #Neurofabulous folk 🌈

I ❤️ Trees🌲Yoga 🧘🏻‍♀️Cats 🐈
Cafés ☕️ Ferals 🧚‍♀️ Books 📚 & Kindness ☺️

Please Be Kind to All 🥰

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A Happy #Lughnasadh / #Lammas / Loaf-Mass / First Fruits of Harvest to you!

#pagan #witchcore #harvest #festival
August 1, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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#Herbalist folk, 11 min MUST HEAR tut on forgotten female who saved ancient herbals from obscurity.

Her “Scented Garden” which I’ve found again (yay!) was required reading in the Saffron Walden School of Medical Herbalism & Aromatherapy I attended in the 80’s.

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Frontispiece of the book: “The Scented Garden” by Eleanour Sinclair Rohde. The SCENTED GARDEN By ELEANOUR SINCLAIR ROHDE Author of ' A Garden of Herbs,' 'Garden-craft", 'in the Bible,' "The Old World Pleasaunce”, etc. LONDON THE MEDICI SOCIETY 7 GRAFTON STREET Contents listing of the book: “The Scented Garden” by Eleanour Sinclair Rohde. CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION I Chapter One JANUARY AND FEBRUARY IN THE SCENTED GARDEN 17 Chapter Two VIOLETS, PRIMROSES AND WALLFLOWERS 3I Chapter Three SPRING FLOWERING BULBS AND SHRUBS 54 Chapter Four THE SCENTS OF EARLY SUMMER Chapter Five THE OLD ROSES 105 Chapter Six THE AROMATIC HERBS 138 Chapter Seven THE AFTERNOON OF THE YEAR ІбІ Chapter Eight SWEET BAG, POT-POURRI AND OTHER RECIPES I91 Plant Lists A. TREES, SHRUBS AND CLIMBERS 260 B, HERBACEQUS PLANTS, ANNUALS, ETC. 290 C. BULBS, RHIZOMES, ETC. 299 D. AQUATICS 304 Page 218 of the book: “The Scented Garden” by Eleanour Sinclair Rohde, listing recipes for lavender water by distillation and the quick method using essential oil and ambergris. A partial recipe from the 1834 work “A Book of Simples” heads the page. Page text: The Scented Garden V2 …of wild tansie, as much of fumitary, the weight of 2 pence in camphere: put all these together in an earthen pot, set the pot in warm aishes all night, then in the morning strain it through a piece of white cotton clean wash'd and put it into a narrow mouth glass: sit the glass in the sun 3 or 4 days in the heat of the sun. Wash your face with this water evening and morning. If you wash your hands with any of this water put thereto 3 or 4 bruised almonds, this is the most excellent water that ever was made to clear hands and face withall. Probatum est. The Book of Simples (circa 1650). Lavender Water. Take a pint of highly rectified spirit of wine, essential oil of lavender one ounce, essence of ambergris drachms; put all into a quart bottle, and shake it tremely well. From: Domestic Cookery (1834). Lavender Water without Distillation. If you would have speedily, without the trouble of distillation, a water impregnated with the flavour of Lavender, put two or three drops of Oil of Spike, and a lump of Sugar, into a pint of clear Water, or Spirit of Wine, and shake them well together in a glass phial, with a narrow neck. This Water, though not distilled, is very fragrant. Page bottom subtitle: The Toilet of Flora. Page 219 of the book: “The Scented Garden” by Eleanour Sinclair Rohde, listing pomander recipes including the familiar clove stuffed orange, plus exotic “A Pomander Against Pestilentiall Aire” from the book “The Charitable Physitian” written in 1639 by PHILBERT GUIBERT Esq and Physician Regent in Paris Page text: Sweet Bag, Pot-pourri and other Recipes POMANDERS, ETc. Orange stuck with cloves. Choose an orange that is (s) thin-skinned and (b) small. Stick it all over with cloves as thickly as possible. When done no particle of skin should be visible. If the skin is rather tough use a bodkin to make each hole. Then roll the orange in a powder consisting of equal parts of orris root and powdered cinnamon. Rub the powder well in all over the orange and leave it wrapped up in paper with this powder for about a week. The orange is then ready and will scent a drawer deliciously for well over a year. In time it will shrink considerably. (We have one many years old which is about the size of a walnut now.) Pomander Take Storar an ounce, Cloves two drammes, Benjamin halfe an ounce, Ambergreece halfe a dram, Muske fifteen graines, powder of Violets a little, incorporate them all together with Rose water. A Pomander against Pestilentiall Aire. Take Labdanum, Storax of each a dram, Cloves halfe a dram, Camphor, Spikenard, Nutmeg, of each seven graines, beat them into fine powder and make them into bullets with gum Fragrant dissolved in Rose water. The Charitable Physitian by PHILBERT GUIBERT Esq and Physician Regent in Paris (1639).
August 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Here’s your 3rd in this short trifecta of 1-minute #CozyCool bedtime stories, from the “Little House” books.

Listen for an extra shot of chill during this extreme heat. Let the words sink into your bones to keep you cool all night ❄️

Look for more #1Minute #bedtime stories soon & please share! 😊🌻
July 29, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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A 1-minute “Cozy Cool” bedtime story to remind my #Neurodiverse, #Autistic & #ADHD folx that winter’s cool can be a comfort, even in the midst of extreme heat.

Enjoy these #CozyCool stories from the classics, if you need an extra shot of chill in your day. From “Farmer Boy” by #LauraIngallsWilder
July 29, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Here’s a 1 minute “Cozy Cool” bedtime story to remind my #Neurodiverse folx, how cool your mind & body can be, even in the midst of extreme heat.

I’ll be posting more of these #CozyCool stories from the classics, so if you need an extra shot of chill in your day, feel free to listen and share!
July 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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New #NeuroTribe Vibe #podcast drop! This time: “How to Set a Durable Gratitude Anchor for Emotional Self-Regulation” A new twist!!

Takes 3 minutes to create & you’ll have it for life.

Worth a listen, especially for my fellow #autism #autistic #ADHD #AuDHD #LGBTQIA folx 💋🥰🌻

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Pic shows a New NeuroTribe Vibe podcast with me on the Noom Vibe app, “Setting a Durable Gratitude Anchor for Emotional Self-Regulation”. Link goes to the web-play version so all can listen.
July 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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A friend on Facebook posted the rooty yamforest on the right & got the #eldritchhorror response on the left.

I belly-laughed ‘til I cried. Plant that thing before it reaches the children!
🤣🤣🤣

In other news, it’s been a minute. Howya doing? Auntie M. loves yer gutz! 🥰

#bellylaugh
#laughter
#yams
June 27, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Teach your children well. Here’s a 1 minute coaching segment on *what* to teach them

One one point of this, #Nature and #Forest #schools can be found all over the world. They teach #kids to love animals & nature, and to be #environmental warriors in a #warmingworld

None where you live?
Start one.
June 20, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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Great recommend if you like rabbit-hole binges that lead you to #knowledge you didn’t have: the Arts & Culture app.

Brilliant presentation on #Juneteenth - go check it out!

Also, found the Webster fam - in the app. Mom did genealogy. This is Lady Elizabeth Webster, my 10 or 12x great-grandma!
The arts and culture apps intro card entitled “the historical legacy of Juneteenth“ depicting an 18th century lithograph of a black family gathering. Subtext reads: “Reckoning with our Racial Past“. A display card from the Arts and Culture app, noting the English Heritage exhibition entitled “The Ancestors: Uncovering their Journey“. In this particular card, sculptures of Caribbean prisoners of war are pictured being held at Portchester Castle, in the 18th century. The arts and culture app icon Lady Elizabeth Webster’s portrait with description reading “the Webster family” and explaining their involvement with Battle Abbey. A “fascinating chapter in history” indeed. Lady Elizabeth would have been my 12th great grandmother, or something similar.
June 19, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Making #LionsMane soup & LOVE this one perfectly gorgeous geometrically divided Shitake.

Beautiful! 😍

Also: Chantrelles, Straw Mushrooms, #Maitake, Bunashimeiji, #ginger & #turmeric root with herbs, spring onion, carrots & garlic in chicken bone broth.

Delicious!

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The pretty, natural geometry of brown subdivisions on the top of a white Shitake mushroom, seen on a clump of Lions Mane mushroom the size of a baby’s head. Lions Mane, Shitake, Golden Chantrelles, Straw Mushrooms, Maitake, Bunashimeiji, sliced ginger & turmeric root in 1 of 3 bowls of veggies going into the homemade chicken bone broth Chantrelles, Straw Mushrooms, Maitake, Bunashimeiji, sliced ginger & turmeric root with herbs, onion, spring onion, carrots & garlic in homemade chicken bone broth. Bouquet garni sachet of parsley, Thai basil stems (sooo much flavor!), celery stalks & leaves and other vegetable scraps saved for broth enriching.
June 14, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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June 8, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Making bone broth & the ol’ CSA box yielded up a veg I don’t know whether to dice & add or keep in the bedroom for emergencies. 🧐

#foodporn
a suggestively bifurcated organic carrot is seen on a white chopping board with yarrow flower, tarragon, mint and garlic chives
May 31, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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#SocialMedia showing exactly what you want to see is the working architecture of the chosen ignorance that hurts others 💯

Must-see vid on #Stupidity Great skill-up on brain science & #psychopathlogy of the choices of a chronically stressed & tired brain

#Intellectual
#Slavery

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Drawing of a stressed man holding his head with words: “Social Media showing you exactly what you want to see, is the architecture of chosen ignorance in action.“ "Against stupidity we are defenseless. Neither protests nor force can touch it; arguments fall on deaf ears. Evil always carries the seeds of its own undoing — it creates unease. But stupidity feels self-satisfied, immune, and convinced of its own rightness. And that makes it far more dangerous." - Dietrich Bonhoeffer
May 30, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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This is about that time when I was 6, and got caught with a joint by my apoplectic dad, and everyone else who read the newspaper that day. 🤣

Picture it: A hippie protest in 1966, a little kid wanders in and…

#1MinuteStories
#Childhood
#Story
#Griot
May 29, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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Did I forking stutter?
I LITERALLY WANT MY TAX DOLLARS TO SUPPORT NATIONAL PARKS, SCIENCE, EDUCATION, CONSERVATION, MENTAL HEALTH, AND HELPING MARGINALIZED PEOPLE. IN CASE THAT WASN'T CLEAR.
May 29, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Browsing ungulates getting fed is what I love about living in a “wildcrafted city”. They just saunter in from the forest & provide free hedge trimming in exchange for a snack.

Wide tracts of woodland go thru town into the forest. Animals pass freely and today, (unlike pioneer times) are protected.
A deer in the city. She browses poplar sapling leaves in a suburban, mature treed and very green neighborhood. A deer on a city street entering a safe passage corridor, going back to the forest, after dinner at the neighbors. A deer in the city. She browses poplar sapling leaves in a suburban, mature treed and very green neighborhood.
May 22, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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Sunflower seed #sprouts, home pickled #redonion, watermelon radish, marinated #tofu, minced #chives & green onion.

Marinade of #glutenfree tamari, #garlic, lemon, roasted sesame oil, black pepper

Filling #vegan #desayuno #breakfast!
Sunflower seed sprouts, home pickled red onion, watermelon radish, marinated tofu, minced chives & green onion on a glass plate on a chocolate colored placemat.
May 20, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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#Glutenfree #Keto eats:

Brek: Poached #eggs w/ lions mane, ramps, #turmeric, rosemary, garlic chives & basil #Hollandaise

Laters: Romaine lettuce “tacos” with smoked turkey, feta & provolone, home-pickled red onion, #ramps, broccoli sprouts, maitake, dijonnaise, basil & watercress herb vinaigrette
Linnenbringer Farms local non-GMO humanely raised eggs, lions mane, turmeric, rosemary, lemon halves, garlic chives, baby lettuce from the garden on the chopping board + Redmond Real Salt Lunch: Romaine lettuce “tacos” with smoked turkey, feta & provolone, home-pickled red onion, brocccoli sprouts, maitake, dijonnaise, shredded basil & watercress
May 19, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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Teatime #Vegetarian Spa #salad in romaine bowl at my staycation #yoga retreat today. Bright watermelon radish, #maitake, pickled red onion, #feta & broccoli sprouts

Dressing of #lemon, garlic chives, mint, & green onion in olive oil & #redonion vinegar

Back to the mat after a gentle woodland walk.
A salad of watermelon radish, feta cheese and greens is seen on the edge of a plate on a table overlooking a yoga mat with bolster, strap and blocks, sat out on the floor.
May 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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I’m re-reading old books by #authors who are now seen as #neurodiverse

This is an early description of #Masking from Peter S. Beagle’s 1964 motorcycle roadtrip masterpiece ”I See By My Outfit” which set the tone for roadtrip #books like William Least Heat Moon’s “Blue Roads”

#autism #ADHD #AuDHD
May 18, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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“Sunny + Happy + Clean” oil & cream coming up! #Dandelion is a great #herb for so many issues.

I love it so! 🌼🥰
May 13, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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Spring Clean in a #BuddhaBowl

#Lowcarb #gourmet #plantbased protein + healing spring herbs & lilies:

Marinate cubes of firm #organic #tofu in #glutenfree tamari, roasted sesame oil, ginger & red onion vinegars, #garlic, green onion, ramps, watercress & cilantro, spritz of lemon. OMG! 🥰

#Foodsky
Bowl of recipe described in post
May 11, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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#COMO Local: Upgrades at the water treatment plant flushed calcium thru the lines, staining city water a rust brown to saffron color

The water is drinkable so Gloria, a really nice talkative lady in Customer Service said.

She also called me honey and gave me her Mamaw’s plum jam recipe

#Midwest
Icky brownish orange water in a just cleaned white porcelain toilet.
May 8, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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You’re so welcome! Totally paying it forward…kindness is my jam

Here’s some more whimsy, and Kip, the Enchanted Cat for your own personal paladin! 🥰
May 7, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Podge O’Connor speaking on Masking & dropping your masks on episode #198 “Be Careful Who You Pretend to Be” of his Podgecast.

A stellar show (as always) in which I spoke and repped for our #Autistic #ADHD & #LGBTQIA community and our masking needs. Enjoy!

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Screenshot of Podge O’Connor speaking on the NoomVibe free health community app, on Masking & dropping your masks on episode #198 “Be Careful Who You Pretend to Be” A stellar show in which I spoke and repped for our #Autistic #ADHD & #LGBTQIA+ community and our masking needs
May 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM