The HerStory

Krystalline Earth resides on the beautiful Bluffs of Newport, Vermont.  Looking into the meadow, one can see the Bluffside Farm. I am the sixth generation connected to this exquisite family farm on Lake Memphremagog, now kept by Vermont Land Trust. I hold deep gratitude for my family’s care of this land across generations, knowing we are part of a much longer lineage of relationship that began long before us. This land has truly shaped and grown me into who I am today.

What stands out on this medicinal land are its sentient beings. The great Red Pines represent wisdom, longevity and peace. The Grandmother & Grandfather Oaks are a cosmic storehouse of wisdom, embodied in towering strength. We also have the most massive Cottonwoods, which signal a time of hope, healing and transformation.

Across many Indigenous traditions, the cottonwood is known to carry stories of the stars—of life held within its branches. I have come to feel the truth of this through my own relationship with these trees, as well as having seen with my own eyes the shape of a star revealed within its branch.

The Bluffs peninsula is known as the last of the sandy beach communities, noted as statewide significance for its wetland diversity. The waters are home to many and are known by the Abenaki as “Beautiful Waters.” The Osprey, Vultures, Falcons and Bald Eagles call this home as well.

For thousands of years, these waters and surrounding lands were traveled, tended, and held in relationship by the Abenakipeople—who moved with the seasons, guided by the rhythms of the earth, the waters, and all living beings.

This land holds so much ancient wisdom. It brings healing to those who frequent it and reminds you of just how special you are. I was lucky enough to grow up here—brought up by the land, spirit, the enchanted ancestors.

With deepest respect, I acknowledge that this land is the ancestral and present-day homeland of the Western Abenakipeople, including the Missisquoi Abenaki, whose relationship with these waters and forests spans generations beyond measure. I honor their elders—past, present, and emerging—and the enduring wisdom, care, and connection they carry.

I am committed to walking softly in relationship with this land—listening, learning, and tending in ways that respect those who have come before and those who are still here. I carry deep gratitude for a moment when an Indigenous voice reflected back to me that I walk gently here, and I hold that as a living responsibility in how I steward this place.

Feel free to walk the paths here after a session, visit the cove or the beach, breath in the life force energy of it all, let the land greet, reset and bathe you in love. 

In Deep Gratitude