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Melissa Sokulski

Melissa Sokulski

11 Life Lessons Learned from Morel Mushroom Hunting

It’s April, and I’m excited for morel hunting! Here are 11 life lessons I’ve learned over my eleven years hunting morels.

Apr 3, 2021

11 Life Lessons Learned from Morel Mushroom Hunting

Apr 3, 2021

Melissa Sokulski

Make Your Own Natural Tick Repellent

Make your own tick repellent using natural ingredients as extra protection against tick bites and Lyme disease.

Mar 1, 2021

Make Your Own Natural Tick Repellent

Mar 1, 2021

Melissa Sokulski

Release Clutter For More Joy

Looking to Traditional Chinese Medicine to learn why ridding your space of clutter brings joy.

Feb 24, 2021

Release Clutter For More Joy

Feb 24, 2021

Melissa Sokulski

Big Tree Energy

Maple sap, mulberries, wild mushrooms, paw paws, acorn, black walnuts, ginkgo nuts…a yearlong tour of foraging wild trees.

Feb 5, 2021

Big Tree Energy

Feb 5, 2021

Melissa Sokulski

Parenting Chronicles: Three Swings, Three Misses

A widowed single mom and her teenage daughter have lunch on a snowy day, and try (and fail) to communicate.

Feb 2, 2021

Parenting Chronicles: Three Swings, Three Misses

Feb 2, 2021

Melissa Sokulski

Eating Ginkgo Nuts, Making Acorn Flour, and Spotting Owls

Even though 2020 was tough, there were still highlights: most of which took place in the woods.

Feb 1, 2021

Eating Ginkgo Nuts, Making Acorn Flour, and Spotting Owls

Feb 1, 2021

Melissa Sokulski

Lonely? How About A Walk In The Woods

It’s autumn and Pennsylvania — where I live — has just come out with a new list of restrictions to try to keep us safe…

Nov 19, 2020

Lonely? How About A Walk In The Woods

Nov 19, 2020

Melissa Sokulski

Spiders and Snakes and Writing Residencies in the Woods

In 2016 and 2017, I was lucky enough to receive writing residencies. Unfortunately, I had to share my cabins.

Sep 18, 2020

Spiders and Snakes and Writing Residencies in the Woods

Sep 18, 2020

Melissa Sokulski

The Hunt For Wild Mushrooms

Mushrooms are an interesting entity: neither plant nor animal, fungi are their own kingdom and upon close examination have more in common…

Apr 12, 2020

The Hunt For Wild Mushrooms

Apr 12, 2020

Melissa Sokulski

Morel Mushrooms: The End-Of-Life Midwives Of The Forest

Walking through the woods today I saw garlic mustard beginning to bolt, not yet flowering. May apples were poking up through the ground…

Apr 12, 2020

Morel Mushrooms: The End-Of-Life Midwives Of The Forest

Apr 12, 2020

Melissa Sokulski

Melissa Sokulski

Melissa Sokulski lives in Pittsburgh, PA. When not at her computer, she can be found roaming the woods in search of wild edible plants and mushrooms.

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