Medicine Garden (April 2026)

You may wonder what we mean when we call The Medicine House an “aspiring urban herbal farm.” Since I bought this Pittsburgh home in 2018, I have dreamed…

Apr 13 • Sarah S. Velázquez

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March 2026

Hormone Balance

Wild Yam and Chaste Berry Cream

Mar 17 • Sarah S. Velázquez

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February 2026

Midwinter Tea

Midwinter Medicine & Magick

Feb 9 • Sarah S. Velázquez

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Introducing The Medicine House

So Long, Wounded Healer

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December 2025

November 2025

On November 5th, I celebrated my 34th birthday with lots of rest.

Dec 1, 2025 • Sarah S. Velázquez

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November 2025

October 2025

On the Harvest Moon, I canned green beans from Farmer Girl’s Eb Urban Farm, here in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and an assortment of peppers from our…

Nov 1, 2025 • Sarah S. Velázquez

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October 2025

I Prefer the Dogs

My body calms, finally, at home and I noticethe shifts in their bodies’ languages, when I claimed my caneat the party I just left. Someone's dog and I…

Oct 22, 2025 • Sarah S. Velázquez

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September 2025

September 2025

The beginning of the month kept me at a running pace where I could not see anything but work, work, work.

Sep 30, 2025 • Sarah S. Velázquez

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My Allegiance

Recently I started facilitating workshops for incarcerated folks in recovery.

Sep 10, 2025 • Sarah S. Velázquez

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August 2025

On the full moon in August, I rested.

Sep 1, 2025 • Sarah S. Velázquez

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August 2025

Sunflower Graves

The houses of the town were crooked and falling apart.

Aug 20, 2025 • Sarah S. Velázquez

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Working-Class Meditations

Meditations in the garden, held together with stones I've found and dirt I looted from the empty lot next door.

Aug 5, 2025 • Sarah S. Velázquez

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