Sequoia Ladd says she chose her first name to replace her given name, Katie, after falling in love with northern California's ancient redwood trees. "You can say it made a lot of sense to have a tall redhead nicknamed Sequoia," she reasons. But her fascination with plants, Sequoia explains, goes much deeper than the roots of a redwood. "I've been a clinical herbalist for 15 years," says the 35-year-old married mother of a toddler daughter named Aoife. "I had a clinic in Tacoma for seven years called Grassroots Botanicals." Today, after coming to Moscow about four years ago with her husband, David Billin, Sequoia continues to work out of her home as an herbalist and wildcrafter, growing, harvesting and collecting medicinal plants/David Johnson, Lewiston Tribune. More here.

Question: What would you rename yourself, if you were inclined to do so?