Off to a brand spankin' new semester! For the first time in a long time (I know it might sound a little strange), but I am so excited to start my studies! I am in the BDIC department at UMass, which is a program where you can design your own major, and mine is called Holistic Health and Agriculture. My schedule this semester? UMass Student Farming Enterprise, Yoga Traditions at Amherst College, Sustainable Marketing, and Herbal Approaches to Women's Health....What?! So, I can proudly say that I am sufficiently pumped to start diving into my studies and exercise my brain and abilities. It's time to start paying attention (hi eric!).
So, as I said in my last post, over the break, I was lucky enough to participate in a wonderful course called Shaman's Pharmacy that was led by ethnobotanist and explorer Chris Kilham in the Peruvian rainforest. We learned about medicinal plants, animals, trees, and bugs in the rainforest, as well as modern-day environmental and ecological issues in the rainforest, and about Peruvian culture on the river. Check out the pictures below if you are interested in seeing some of what we got to do and see!
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| Fluffy clouds over the Amazon River |
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| Hungry hungry caterpillars |
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| Treetop walkin' |
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| Sir Anaconda. Behind is Guillermo, talented shaman |
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| Twisty trees |
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| Monkeying around on a jungle vine swing |
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| I would like to have a home this colorful |
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| Giant water lillies! These things were 4-5 feet in diameter |
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| Tiny monkey! |
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| Posing for the camera |
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| Tree pose in front of the giant Ceiba tree |
It an amazing trip that was worth the dozens of mosquito bites. No sign of bot flies as of yet.
"If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less, but to dream more,
to dream all the time"
- Marcel Proust
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