It seems I can’t go a day without hearing about someone “catching a cold” or about someone who knows someone who has the flu (or swine flu, or H1N1, or whatever strain the media are scaring us into believing are out to get us). Sure, it’s winter, so it’s “that time of year.” But what [...]

As I mentioned when I started this site, I’m going to focus a lot on how a single person can eat real food (single by choice, circumstance, or because your family’s away for the night—doesn’t matter). I’ve heard plenty of my single friends claim that “cooking for one” and buying real food for one person [...]

One thing I loved to study back in grad school was symbolism. I was working toward an English M.A., and while most people don’t realize it, such a course of study involves a lot of theory in various topics such as sociology, communication, gender issues, politics, etc. This is because language crosses all those lines, [...]

This post originally appeared on my other blog, Avidly Dreaming. New year, new goals, new self-challenges…and already, new things learned. Since I hope I’ll be learning a lot of new things during this adventure, I decided to start special blog posts about “Things I’ve learned.” I’ll be interested to see how the list grows this [...]

This post originally appeared on my other blog, Avidly Dreaming. Ok, time to start putting my daily practices where my mouth is. Time to start walkin’ the talk. During my year of switching to as much of a “homesteading” way of life as possible while still living in a suburb, I’ve got to learn new [...]