The cat is “chirping” loudly at the back door. I wonder if she’s saying “I want to eat you” in cat. There’s also a persistent knocking sound. I try to get a closer photo of what she sees and bemoan … Continue reading
As I sat at my computer fiddling with the photos for this post, I heard a familiar “quack” from outside the back door, which was open and close to our pond. I leapt up, almost not believing it to be … Continue reading
We considered heading out to New Mexico this month to visit family, but our trip got delayed. We’ll go again soon I’m sure, but it got me looking through old photographs and remembering some of our adventures out there. On … Continue reading
I recently spent a week or so in Florida sipping on smoothies and soaking up the glorious sun. I hoped for a nice warm spring when I returned North. Instead, it feels unreasonably cold for March. Maybe my body just … Continue reading
The other day I watched a friend soaking her blueberries in water before she gave them to her baby. She mentioned she was doing it because of the pesticides. This image has troubled me for a few days now. I … Continue reading
One of the most exciting wedding registry gifts for me was a plethora of clear square spice jars. It’s not just that I love all gifts, I happen to believe good spices are a big part of what makes food … Continue reading
So, at first this felt like a silly post topic, sharing my favorite way to clean a toilet. And it’s so deceptively simple I almost overlook it. But maybe that’s the beauty of it- simple, inexpensive, natural, safer for your … Continue reading
So, I decided years ago that I was going to cut unnecessary chemicals out of my household and beauty/body cleansing routines. I won’t go into too much detail, but the safety of aluminum in deodorant has been questioned and most … Continue reading
We visited my husband’s work a few weeks ago. It’s one of those office buildings where everyone’s cubicles are out in the open. I happened to notice that most of the other cubicles had lots of family photos, while his … Continue reading
Several years ago we were in the small village of Kalugumalai, in South India, when the villagers offered us some homemade soda. Silly me, thought, “How do they have a carbonation machine out here?” I figured they used some primitive … Continue reading
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