Kera Willis is a writer, nomad and deep environmentalist who (as teacher/facilitator at Mountain Horse School in Pemberton BC, Canada) continues to share essays, bouts of myth making, and articles about the human equine relationship, rewilding our connection to the land, and the gifts of autism.
Author: Kera Willis
Plant Yourself: A Recipe for Being Here
In 'Plant Yourself: A Recipe for Being Here', Kera Willis of Mountain Horse School gives us 5 playful exercises to help us (and our families) de-stress and open our sense of possibility by connecting to the natural world in ways …
Courting Wonder
On my desk right now is a gorgeous little collection of essays called Wonder and Other Survival Skills, put together by the editors of Orion magazine. On its cover, a young girl presses her hand against the surface of a …
Old Fashioned Egg Nog
I grew up in rural Ontario, and every New Years Eve my family and I would drive 3 miles down our snowed-in gravel road to the farm of Joanne Cowling. Having come to Canada from England many years earlier, Joanne …
Space Saving Sauerkraut
I live in a barn. Between the barn and my little house is a mud room. It’s a liminal place: half barn, half house. These days, it’s where I keep all my tack, tools, and wild/crafting materials for the camps …
Taking My Own Medicine
In which the plant geek tries to remember to take her own medicine.
Software for Wild Intelligence
"Seeds are software, and we have the seeds" -Representative of the chemical giant Seminis, just before selling out to Monsanto Usually, plantain is a quiet, unobtrusive little plant. She is known for her excellent healing properties, her usefulness as a spit …
Time Versus Rurality
In truth she will have her way with you, this lady time. She always does. But she will gift you her cycles and her riches too, far beyond what the ticking of a clock can measure... Taste all of it. …
Wildflower Gummies!
Did you know dandelion stems can be made into kazoos? And that making gummies out of flowers can help your kids befriend wild plants? (Recipes?! Yes, it's all disclosed!) All of this and more in the latest post by Kera …
Taking the Sting
I am one of those weird and fantastic people who get really excited about the plants nobody likes. The wild ones, the weeds. The FLOWERS OF TREES. The pesky dandelions old men spend hours picking out of their lawns. The …
Burn Your Plan
If you are driving out in the meadows this week and see a black and white horse with a brightly coloured wing, apple, and heart on her side, you are not losing your mind. You are seeing my plan as …
