Hi, I am Hosanna! I am a descendent of early American settlers from the Irish, Scottish and British Isles, living on Kalapuya territory in the foothills of the Cascades Mountains in Western Oregon.

I have a deep appreciation for local, ecologically wise, and older ways of meeting my everyday needs. I am passionate about reclaiming a connection with my ancestors and their land-based traditions.

I live for growing corn, gathering medicine, playing with children, night walks, ceremony, nourishing meals, firelight laughter, and deep breaths in wildflower meadows.

I am a beauty maker. I make things.. a lot of things!

But what I am really making is not always easy to put into words. I am making conversation with the land, speaking with my hands, nurturing a relationship with this place, digesting my histories, grieving, learning how to feel and hear the wild, touching my deepest prayers, making offerings and amends, receiving reflections and feedback, learning how to surrender, how to forgive, how to heal and .. on and on.

I’ve come to believe that the land, the animals, and waters have never forgotten what some of us humans have forgotten. I want to remember, so I am listening to them and practicing these crafts and ways of living that help me shed the expectations and objectifications that I learned within a consumer culture.

Below you’ll find some of my musings, specific to the crafts. Enjoy!