Well, I still have a draft of what to do herbally if one should one get The Flu. And I swear I will eventually finish it and post it. I also have a 3-week old daughter sleeping on me right now, which is part of the reason that writing has taken even more of a [...]

Who can hold the nutrition chart in their head and then carefully and dutifully count the number of servings of this and that each day? I certainly can’t and I study this stuff! Nor can I count for my kid (and how is a serving of grains for a child different than for an adult?) [...]

As I raise my son (3 years old) I see just how easy it is to fall into a ’simple food’ trap with kids. Cheddar bunnies are easier than making a whole wheat PB&J. Raisins are easier than making carrot sticks. And so on. I am tired and I am busy and so I go [...]

It seems to be fairly common knowledge that High-Fructose-Corn-Syrup (HFCS) just isn’t all that good for you. I certainly avoid it as much as humanly possible, and try to make sure that my growing child (age 3) doesn’t develop a taste for it. Which turns out to be a good plan on my part, as [...]

Diet was covered very briefly in the earlier post on this same topic, and we will delve deeper into those ideas here – with at least one recipe! Before you read this, go back and look at some of the major points I made in that previous post if you want. Many of them will [...]

The Spirit of Simples Susun Weed has long been a favorite herbal author. Her writing is clear and concise. She seeks and loves the magic of plants, and makes the science accessible also. I appreciate the thought behind this article, and mostly agree that Simples often make the most sense. But one of my favorite thoughts [.

I have lots of thoughts about flu, epidemics, pandemics, and what to do should one be struck down by one of these virulent beasts. There are several aspects to keeping one’s self healthy, so bear with me. I will NOT write about vaccines, medicine/medical care, or anything else related to the allopathic medical system.

Eating local is a huge trend right now. The books by Barbara Kingsolver and Michael Pollan (among others) have inspired many people to search out their local food options. **A warning to tender-hearted vegetarians! This is a post about finding and eating local meat.** My family does eat meat and dairy products. We try to d

My midwife gifted me with many wonderful plants to add to my garden beds - mostly of the medicinal variety. This has inspired me to go around my yard in the next weeks (and continue through the Summer as we plant and harvest) to create an inventory, if you will, of what we have growing [...]

A lot of people struggle with chronic illness. There are maladies in our world that are hard or impossible to heal, but the medical establishment can keep people living through them. I read the blog of Martha Grover, a woman who is living with Cushing’s Syndrome, and found the following thought provoking. When you fin

I can hear your thoughts as you read the title of this post. “What debate? Cholesterol is bad…right?” But is it really? I have a couple of clients who are dealing with a doctor’s report of high cholesterol. So I started looking around. In a nice synchronicity, the breaking medical news this week is

This is basic magic. As you grow your own carrots (as an example) you are thinking about your good food and looking forward to the first crisp bite, still a little dirty, fresh our of the Earth. Even if that carrot managed to somehow grow in the warm Earth and contain no nutrients, it would [...]

Well, you never got that response I promised to that last post “Why We Garden”. I’ll have it up in just a minute. I disappeared for a lot of months there - a combination of things. A full, rich life is the short answer. The longer answer involves toddler care, a bursting garden, building a chicken [...]