Trillium Earth Skills

08/26/2026

Participation encouraged!

What Are You Seeking?

I say this spiel many times, but that’s because I understand it. I see it in many people, and once you have seen it, it’s impossible not to notice.

I find that I get many demographics coming to my programs, and they are all seeking the same thing: Connection.

My mentors have helped me find it, and I make strides to deepen that connection where I can. Now it is my job to pay it forward and give you the tools to find it.

It can be to your ancestry, nature, family, religion, craft, community, yourself, your food, et cetera.

What about you? What are you seeking? Are you ready to accept it? (A remedy for mosquito bites is also acceptable)

08/23/2026

I was commissioned to make a utensil set with a pouch.

These are carved from wild-harvested tulip tree with a totem of the leaf on the top of the handles and sealed with a beeswax/olive oil salve.

The bag is made from deer hide that I skinned, scraped, and tanned with acorn and red oak bark.

It is sewn together with dogbane cordage that I twisted using reverse wrap.

The button is deer antler.

08/20/2026

Hey Woodsy-folk!

Mark your calendars for our event of the year coming up on September 19 at Avoca Park, just south of Bloomington, Indiana. Choose a day pass or overnight.

We will have all our survival basics, wild edibles, awareness and tracking, natural crafts, knife skills and more.

Scheduling and registration will be posted soon. See you there!

Andrew

08/18/2026

08/15/2026

That time I went on a mammoth hunt at Bradford Woods.

08/13/2026

I was reading an article yesterday on post-hunt rituals of the Eastern Woodland tribes, and how they gave thanks after taking an animal. 

Rather than treating a successful hunt as a personal accomplishment, gratitude was given to acknowledge that the hunt was bigger than themselves -- it was about recognizing the process and what it meant to be a part of the circle of life. 

Reading about it made me wonder if at some point we have lost that. I know in the past I have put significance on how important a successful hunt was to me as an archer and an individual...but in reality it's much more than that.

Maybe that makes sense and maybe it doesn't?

But I think we could all benefit as hunters, to acknowledge that we should treat the land and animals as something you're responsible for, rather than simply something you take from.

Painting: "In Thanksgiving" by Jack Paluh Arts

08/10/2026

hello! thanks for all the messages from last post. they truly mean a lot.

also, I've been seeing a lot of dragonflies this summer. anyone else? 😊💚

06/11/2026

I made a new friend today at work.

05/18/2026

good evening!

this is a virginia creeper appreciation post.
tell me why you love this vine!

💚😊

05/08/2026

Sir David Attenborough (right) turns 100 years old today!