Herkimer Diamonds are one of our region's treasures. Lots of folks and families from Mass, N.Y., and Vermont go to one or more of the mine sites to try their luck. Usually they come back tired and satisfied. My husband Rob has spent many back-breaking hours hunting...

Selenite is a very popular mineral especially with healing practitioners. It is believed to cleanse spaces, bodies, and other minerals of negative energy. People often place a Selenite stick or wand along each wall of a room to create a clean, safe space. Healers make...

Many are familiar with White Sage smudging to cleanse and purify people, places, and things. Sage has antimicrobial and antioxidant properties beneficial to such practices. Tobacco has long been a sacred herb of East Coast Native Americans. Sweetgrass, another long...