A Slight Interruption

Good evening to all of my wonderful readers, I am sorry I have been absent for a while. We have had a home disaster requiring major repairs on all three floors of our house. It will be some time yet before repairs are done and life is back to normal (read full article)

Rain Barrels and Raw Snowball Cookies

A local environmental group partnered with a nearby community to host a truckload sale of rain barrels this weekend. I have longed for these for a while, and I was very excited to get two. So hubby and I spent this morning getting them set up. Just (read full article)

Dessert, garden, raw, recipe

Magical Lemon Balm

Whenever I am working in the yard, the lemon balm draws me near. Its soothing scent is irresistible. Lemon balm is a member of the mint family and is easy to grow. It has been used for centuries to lift  spirits, reduce anxiety, promote sleep, all (read full article)

garden, herbs. healthy personal care, recipe, tea

Lentil Burgers

One of my daughters has been a vegetarian for a few years, and recently the other one decided to go veg as well. It has been harder for her, and she occasionally misses eating burgers. I, on the other hand do not, nor do I like to purchase the high (read full article)

lentils, recipe, sandwich, Vegan

Oil Disaster Video

I was saddened, but not shocked to view this. The mainstream media has shown very little of what is actually going on, and how bad it really is. This affects us all, and the president was lying when he said the gulf will end up better than it was ori (read full article)

oil disaster, Video