Stink bugs enjoying their daily meal. In some ways, doing things organically is easy, such as buying a better product. In other ways, it’s really fraking hard, such as growing your own food, especially when your garden is irresistable to insect life. I planted 9 tomato plants of various types. So far, I think 5 [...]
Ok first off, sorry for being MIA to this blog for so long! My only excuse is that during spring and summer, I tend to blog less as I’m occupied elsewhere. So forgive me if posts are few & far between between now & fall. But I had to write today my quest for a [...]
I’m working on some posts about where to start if you’re new to real food, and also where to start if you’re not “into” real food yet but want to fend off sickness and feel a bit better. I decided to write these last night when a friend asked about keeping illnesses at bay (since [...]
Whoops…I’m a bit late posting my next month’s self-challenges…heh. *blush* As for the January self-challenges, I “won” two out of three. I’d posted already that I decided to forego the no-TV challenge, since I just missed it too much. NOT the ads and NOT the news—I refuse to watch either (egads, I’ve become my father…I [...]
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, [...]
Marigold babies, survivors of the frost that killed the “parent” plant This post originally appeared on my other blog, Avidly Dreaming. I thought I’d become a more patient person. After years of doing whatever I could to not wait for things, the past couple of years I have mellowed and learned to wait. Until this [...]
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 [...]
Glad you stopped by! This blog is focused on real food: cooking it, growing it, and its politics. It is also focused on the real, true health & healing that comes from eating nourishing, nutrient-rich food and developing a thriving immune system. These topics usually branch out into self-sufficiency, sustainability, and simple pleasures. For more about the project, see this page.
DISCLAIMER: I am not a doctor or nurse or in any way a "trained health professional." I am simply one gal reading voraciously, making changes to my life that make sense to me, and sharing what I know. Please take what I say as my own opinion and do your own research into the topics that interest you.
