#MorningPages 05 March 2026
15. Ventôse honoring the Goat, Navigium Isidis, Birth of Lao Tzu ~570 BCE, Lent*, Ramadan*
#Herb of the Day: Green Hellebore • Helleborus viridis & Red Columbine • Aquilegia vulgaris
#Notebook Chronicle Go-To w/ Mohawk paper, dotted & Col-o-ring swatch booklet
#FountainPen Jinhao 80 - green/gold, EF
#ink Colorverse Apollon
#tarot or #OracleDeck Coastal Curiosities
#CardOfTheDay Memory
![Open notebook with handwritten text from the post at top of the page with additional text: “We learn from the Flora Londinensis, that the roots of this plant are used in London for the true Black Hellebore; and probably their qualities are the same, for this species is even more nearly allied to the ancient Greek plant Helleborus orientalis than the Helleborus niger. The whole herb is fcetid, acrid, violently cathartic, with a nauseous taste, especially when fresh. The leaves, when dried, are sometimes given as a domestic medicine to destroy worms; but they must be used sparingly, being so violent in their operations, that many instances of their fatal effects are recorded. […] In small doses this plant proves diuretic and emmenagogue. It has been used as a purgative in cases of mania, melancholy, coma, dropsy, worms, and psora. But its use in any form requires very great caution, for its effects are very uncertain, and affected by many circumstances.” [Don’t try this at home!] — A.B. Strong, M.D., The American Flora (longer name truncated due to ALT text character limit), Vol IV, 1855. Below the text is a card with an illustration of an ornate hair comb surrounds by leaves and beetles; an uncapped green fountain pen with gold trim & a iridescent nib; a swatch of golden yellow ink; and a teardrop-shaped bottle of same.](/proxy/post_attachment/1001459/f46b21831e.png "Open notebook with handwritten text from the post at top of the page with additional text: “We learn from the Flora Londinensis, that the roots of this plant are used in London for the true Black Hellebore; and probably their qualities are the same, for this species is even more nearly allied to the ancient Greek plant Helleborus orientalis than the Helleborus niger. The whole herb is fcetid, acrid, violently cathartic, with a nauseous taste, especially when fresh. The leaves, when dried, are sometimes given as a domestic medicine to destroy worms; but they must be used sparingly, being so violent in their operations, that many instances of their fatal effects are recorded. […] In small doses this plant proves diuretic and emmenagogue. It has been used as a purgative in cases of mania, melancholy, coma, dropsy, worms, and psora. But its use in any form requires very great caution, for its effects are very uncertain, and affected by many circumstances.” [Don’t try this at home!] — A.B. Strong, M.D., The American Flora (longer name truncated due to ALT text character limit), Vol IV, 1855. Below the text is a card with an illustration of an ornate hair comb surrounds by leaves and beetles; an uncapped green fountain pen with gold trim & a iridescent nib; a swatch of golden yellow ink; and a teardrop-shaped bottle of same.")
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