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Continuing to look back on the 40 year history of WRSI all summer. Including a look back at MY first year at WRSI, nineteen years ago when I got to play sidekick to one Rachel Maddow and a chat with our better than Frank Bonner radio sales veterans who were with us for better than 2 decades. Pinch hitting for Congressman McGovern this week, State Senator Jo Comerford on “Hey Jo, Whaddayaknow” talking mask mandates and voting rights. Do you remember what you dreamed last night? Or do you remember what you dreamt? The Word Nerd will break down some irregular verbs. Some low-dough Bordeaux and a whole lot more.

This week marks 40 years of WRSI on the air. I have the WRSI origin story with our Creator-Ed Skutnik. Blowing up a dam with the CT River Conservancy. Masks look like their coming back thanks to the Delta Variant so UMass virologist Dr. Mandy Muller is back with the Muller Report. And turning the Wine Bunker into the Whiskey Bunker with the Wine Snobs.

The Letter | The Box Tops | 1967Out Of Sight | James Brown | 1964The Song from Moulin Rouge | Percy Faith | 1953Lather | Jefferson Airplane | 1968Windy | The Association | 1967The Happening | The Supremes | 1968Tutti Frutti | Little Richard | 1957Caribbean | Mitchell Torok | 1959Donna the Prima Donna | Dion | 1963Running Scared | Roy Orbison | 1962Your Good Thing (Is About to End) | Lou Rawls | 1969The Wallflower | Etta James and the Peaches | 1955('Til) I Kissed You | The Everly Brothers | 1959Smoke Gets In Your Eyes | The Platters | 1959Wheels On Fire | Julie Driscoll | 1968Quiet Village | Martin Denny | 1958That'll Be The Day | Buddy Holly | 1958Johnny B. Goode | Chuck Berry | 1958One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer | Amos Milburn | 1953Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes | Perry Como | 1952No Help Wanted | The Carlisles | 1953Let's Live For Today | The Grass Roots | 1967Glad All Over | The Dave Clark Five | 1964Reflections | The Supremes | 1967The Lion Sleeps Tonight | The Tokens | 1961MacArthur Park | Richard Harris | 1968Ain’t That a Shame? | Fats Domino | 1955

Today’s episode is with herbalist and author Ellen Evert Hopman. She's going to teach us all about the Doctrine of Signatures. This class was taught at the 2017 New England Women’s Herbal Gathering in New Hampshire. Learn an ancient plant classification system that was developed in a time before most people could read. Did the plant grow in sun or shade? In damp soil or in a dry area? The shape of a leaf, the color of a 9 flower, the taste of an herb were all guides to which body system or organ the plant was appropriate for. Although you'll learn a lot in this episode, you should look into her book: Secret Medicines from Your Garden - Plants for Healing, Spirituality and Magic She covers the Doctrine of Signatures along with a lot of other herbal and magical concepts.  To find out more about Ellen, you can visit her online at elleneverthopman.com. Thanks Ellen for sharing this class with us! Hopman is the author of a number of books and has been a teacher of Herbalism since 1983 and of Druidism since 1990. She has presented on Druidism, herbal lore, tree lore, Paganism and magic at conferences, festivals, and events in Northern Ireland, Ireland, Scotland, Canada, and in the United States. She has participated in numerous radio and television programs including National Public Radio’s “Vox Pop” and the Gary Null show in New York. She presented a weekly “herb report” for WRSI radio out of Greenfield, MA for over a year and was a featured subject in a documentary about Druids on A&E Television’s; “The Unexplained” (Secret Societies, February 1999). She is a Master Herbalist and professional member of the American Herbalists Guild (AHG) and lay Homeopath who holds an M.Ed. in Mental Health Counseling. She is a founding member of The Order of the White Oak (Ord Na Darach Gile) and its former Co-Chief, a Bard of the Gorsedd of Caer Abiri, and a Druidess of the Druid Clan of Dana. She is currently ArchDruid of Tribe of the Oak, an international Druid teaching Order based in New England, USA. She was Vice President of The Henge of Keltria, an international Druid Fellowship, for nine years and has been at times a member of The Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids and Ár nDraíocht Féin: A Druid Fellowship (ADF).

For the past decade, Monte Belmonte has been the morning host on WRSI, the River, the one and only socially conscious indie-rock/pop commercial radio station in Massachusetts’ Pioneer Valley. He’s also a huge social activist and fundraiser in our Valley, raising money for numerous causes pretty much ALL THE TIME.He runs on two hugely successful annual events, Monte’s March, a 40+ Mile walk up our Valley that raises awareness and buckets o’ money for the Food Bank of Western mass, and Monte’s Cancer Connection Campout.He’s also a neighbor here in Turners Falls, and heads up a team that’s breathing new life into our grand old Shea Theater.Monte’s in an interesting place on the ladder up the wall of fame Ray Bradbury told us about in episode 1, as, if you’re of a certain demographic, say 30-50 years old, left leaning, higher-educated person living in a small but signficant chunk of Massachusetts, even if you don’t listen to him, you’ve heard of him, probably heard his voice, and are pretty likely to recognize him on the street. I’d say you’re more likely to recognize Monte if you fit that demographic than you are to recognize our governor, and probably at least as likely to recognize Monte as you would our more nationally known visitors so far, John Hodgman and Annie Duke. That is, whether he’ll own up to it or not, around here, he’s famous. Once he leaves the 413 (area code), not so much. Fame, go figure. We talked about it. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hopman is the author of a number of books and has been a teacher of Herbalism since 1983 and of Druidism since 1990.  Her newest book is "Secret Medicines from Your Garden."  She is a professional member of the American Herbalists Guild and has presented on Druidism, herbal lore, tree lore, Paganism and magic at conferences, festivals, and events in Northern Ireland, Ireland, Scotland, Canada, and in the United States.  She has participated in numerous radio and television programs including National Public Radio's "Vox Pop" and the Gary Null show in New York.  She presented a weekly "herb report" for WRSI radio out of Greenfield, MA for over a year and was a featured subject in a documentary about Druids on A&E Television's; "The Unexplained" (Secret Societies, February 1999).  She is a Master Herbalist and lay Homeopath who holds an M.Ed. in Mental Health Counseling . She is the Archdruid of Tribe of the Oak (www.tribeoftheoak.com) and is a founding member of The Order of the White Oak (Ord Na Darach Gile, www.whiteoakdruids.org) and its former Co-Chief, a Bard of the Gorsedd of Caer Abiri, and a Druidess of the Druid Clan of Dana.  She was Vice President of The Henge of Keltria, an international Druid Fellowship, for nine years and has been at times a member of The Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids and Ár nDraíocht Féin: A Druid Fellowship (ADF). Visit her bookstore and blog at http://www.elleneverthopman.com The show starts with Anastasia's Starseed News, bringing topics of interest to starseeds! Thanks for tuning in!

For In Between Swims coverage of the 2010 Outdoor Retailer Trade Show, I check in with the guys at WRSI about their new helmets,