Meet the plants: catnip
Nobody enters violence for the first time by committing it.
-Danielle Sered
Nepeta catataria
Nepeta catataria is thought to have taken its name from the Etrurian city of Neptic (today the town Nepi in the province of Viterbo Tuscany). Catnip, a member of the mint family, is famous for inducing an almost drug-like stupor in cats. It is not just observed in domesticated meowzers, but also in jaguars, tigers, leopards, lions, and several other big cats. Behaviors such as chewing and head shaking, rolling around on the floor, and even aroused sexual desire have been observed. Catnip has been used in European folk medicine for generations as a calming agent for body and mind. It is gentle and is very useful for children and infants.The ultimate party herb for felines has a calming effect on people, reminding us the world is full of different remedies for different beings and possibility may be infinite.
catnip flowers at Solitary Gardens!
A one-size-fits-all justice system isn’t able to accommodate the complexity of human circumstance, never mind facilitate justice.
Aloe teaches us about planning for the future, what will we take with us to create a landscape without prisons, policing or surveillance? What will we hold under our (thick) skin?
What ideas, virtues, stories or tenets are important to bring into an abolitionist’s future?
Aloe there friend! :)