In the last week, I've been doing some serious soul-searching. Well, truth be told, I live in a near-constant state of restating my assumptions and priorities in life. But recently, thoughts of "this stuff" have been weighing heavily on my mind.

The serendipitous nature of the universe manifested about an hour ago, when I received a call from a naturopath 2,000 miles away from me in New England. The parent of a patient of his was doing some research and discovered my post about Lobelia's usefulness with seizures. She passed the article along to the doc, who picked up the phone and called me to discuss it more.

You can't see it, but I have very large and cheesy grin on my face which will probably stay there for the rest of the day. While I'm not a big believer in waiting for signs from above, I'm not so stupid as to refuse to follow the well-lighted path when it emerges from the shadows.

To that end-- I'm back. I'm not exactly sure where the path heads. I'd like to write more and eventually author some books on naturalism, botanical medicine, marine life... whatever. In order to get there, I have to start writing things. So I'm betting that this site will develop in that direction over time. Wish me luck!