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Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) Photograph National Park Service https://www.nps.gov/seki/learn/nature/nnp_plants.htm An Ounce of Prevention….      The journey to Erwina on foot proved to be longer than anticipated.  The old woman was moving more slowly – especially, when walking up a steep incline or over rough terrain.  She needed to stop more frequently to rest and catch her breath.  The child assumed more and more of the tasks that must be done to sustain their trip.  She prepared

Deadly Nightshade (Atropa belladonna) Photo credit: Smithsonian Institution (https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/ethnobotany/ Mind_and_Spirit/images/solanaceae/belladonna/ Atropa_belladona_Smithsonian_lg.jpg) “It’s the pink one.”      One evening, three students gained unauthorized access to the restricted ingredients closet from which they retrieved dried Psilocybe semilancreata.  They added the mushroom to some soup and sampled their concoction several times to see if the mushroom had any effects.  Finally, one of them said, “I don’t feel a thing.”  Another said, “I haven’t noticed any effect either.”  The

  Dragonensis dragona rubra (Male) Illustration by  Epic Made      Rafe [Cassius] knew he would have to be very careful in what he said when he addressed the dragon.  Dragons were very perceptive.  “I will provide the dragoness with food and water and treat her wounds,” he announced to the dragon.  He said nothing about healing her broken wing.  “I will keep her alive in return for your services.” The dragon listened to Rafe’s proposal