Hi-Story
I have a dream. It involves community and family, connection to the earth and the divine, sunshine and plants, good food, growth, healing, and joy. It all started with the old, abandoned drug store in a tiny little town I visited one Sunday. As I drove past the worn out store with cracked bricks and a faded sign I remember thinking, "That would be the perfect little shop for me. If it had more windows....and a greenhouse in the back." Moments later I had daydreamed myself the perfect little "drug" store complete with a backyard garden, a greenhouse, and the perfect location just off main street. My store had open windows and was filled with plants and books and little reading nooks. It had a tiny tea shop/cafe, and behind the register, a room for drying, distilling, and preserving herbs. I could picture friends and family and neighbors stopping by to read, drink tea, visit, share stories, and find community support as well as herbal advice. I pictured a place where
