Never have I ever...

Never, have I ever, made acorn flour.

I was just too busy in my old life.

But now, I'm here, next to the fire pit where I have a fire 4 times a week and I have the time and the acorns.

So, these year-old dried acorns and I will be getting to know one another.

I cracked about 50 and took a break, and in came the girls, Wren and Arora. They see everything laid out, a flat rock and a smashing rock (the original hammer) and they both want to try their hand.

I make two stations for them and they start "hulk smashing" the acorns. Learning how hard is too hard and that if they smash too hard the shell and the meat are disintegrated.

I was impressed, no one smashed their fingers and they cracked acorns for about 30 minutes; which for 5, is remarkable. I think it was the promise of acorn cookies that kept them going.

I return, the girls are gone, and Orion has dumped the whole bowl of acorn meat into the fire ash. All good. They will be leached and rinsed many times anyway.

I will soon teach the Food as Medicine and Sweet Medicines portion of the Foraging and Medicine Making Intensive.

Because of that, I have native and medicinal foods on the brain.

Yellow Dock Seed Crackers, Acorn Flour Pancakes, Mineral Rich Vinegars, and Medicinal Honey.

It's all here for us we just have to slow down, drop into openness and deep observation, tap into our creativity and connect with those that can teach that remembering.

In case you missed it, the IN-PERSON Foraging & Medicine Making Intensive registration is live and registrations are rolling in.

The Early Bird Registration discount ($100 off) will end on November 10th.

So, if you have been sitting on your hands, get off them and make acorn flour with me.