Wandering Musings with AJ + A.Rae 2 Mamas After Dark

 This one is a short one! I apologize for the delay in the release and not having anything beyond sharing the link, but to me, there's nothing much more for us to say without going down a huge rabbit hole!  https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/long-journey-our-lunar-touchrock

    The Four Leaf Clover In the spirit of St. Patrick's Day, I wanted to chat a minute about clovers! Something we, usually associate with St. Paddy's Day! Did you know that the four leaf clover wasn't always associated with St. Patrick's Day? It wasn't really until the 20th century that it, amongst other things became a symbol of "everything Irish". The four leaf clover is a rare variant of the Shamrock, or three leaf clover. Known to be a bringer of good luck, especially when found by chance.The druids are the ones that are known for carrying them,  as they believed that they were charmed to protect against evil spirits and gave sight to see the fairies. They also carried the three leaf clover as it was a sacred triad of the earth, sea, and sky. The four leaf clover represents faith, hope, love, and luck. Others think it to symbolize the 4 elements: fire, earth, water, and air. It is very rare to find a four leaf clover for science reasons! Meaning, clov...

  Hello everyone! We hope all are well and that each of you have started your week renewed and full of the energy you need! Welcome to our first blog post with the Hippie Dippy theme! We're excited to explore our world with you and learn new things! Today's post is about Cayenne, aka chili/ pepper! Some of this may sound familiar from last week's episode and that is because we are taking the topic from the audio and expounding upon it here! So with that, here is Cayenne, ENJOY! CAYENNE Breaking Cayenne down. It is known in the botanical world as capsicum annuum/ capsicum frutescen. It is described as hot, spicy/pungent, herb, chili, chili pepper, and in the family of Solanaceae (Nightshade).  So, why is this a big deal, you may be asking? Well, Cayenne has an active ingredient known as capsaicin (look familiar? capsicum vs. capsaicin...). It is what gives this pepper its spiciness! That's not all it gives. It is said that the following benefits of having this in your li...