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My First Talisman

I’d been making jewelry for a few years when the opportunity for creating a healing talisman presented itself. One of my dearest friends, who happens to be a skilled herbalist, had a little grandson who was troubled by night terrors. Benjamin’s mom would sing, rock, and otherwise try to soothe him when he woke in […]

Can Gemstones Enhance Healing?

Some people are immediately skeptical when approached with the idea of healing gemstones, thinking it some new age mumbo jumbo. In fact, the idea of using gemstones to help improve physical & emotional health is centuries old. There’s more than one reason that the Egyptian mummies were entombed with lots of jewels. Sure, it demonstrated […]

A Pearl Of A Girl

Pearls speak to me. As well they should. Why? Although it often confuses folks who only know me as Peg, my given name, and the one I use professionally & when signing documents, is Margaret. If you looked it up in those baby naming websites or books, you’d find that Margaret means pearl. I was […]