When I was a kid, I used to collect pokeweed berries in the fall. Not to eat — I knew that they’re poisonous— but to use the magenta-colored juice as ink. (Another common name for this plant is ...

Is maroon my natural hair color? Yes. Today my silver sports a blob of vibrant maroon from all-natural pokeberry juice hair color. My friends are astounded. Young people pay me compliments. Football ...

Editor's note: This column originally was published Oct. 29, 2000. Early one recent morning there was a timid knock at the door. When I opened the door, there was the lady with the pokeberries. We had ...

Early one recent morning there was a timid knock at the door. When I opened the door, there was the lady with the pokeberries. We had talked about them over the telephone a few days earlier, swapping ...

When I was a kid, I used to collect pokeweed berries in the fall. Not to eat — I knew that they’re poisonous— but to use the magenta-colored juice as ink. (Another common name for this plant is ...