I learned a lot in Merida, the city where our 100 year old little casita sits. It's in Yucatan, one of the 31 states of Mexico. We arrived Christmas Day and stayed in a hotel for 2 nights until the house was ready. My husband called me from a local OXXO, the ... MORE...
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I was thinking the other day about what information may be interesting or simply helpful. So, I thought "what do I do every day for minimally an hour a day?"Â I look at health sites, mostly the current information on "what's not working."Â I have a morbid curiousity about such ... MORE...
Some would say that reading "Nourishing Traditions" or Weston Prices' Nutrition and Physical Degeneration, is like learning a new language. I would have to agree. Fermenting, enzyme-rich lacto-fermented, kombucha, animal fats, and cod liver oil: these terms are from another age and are often new to us when ... MORE...
My hat is off to all the Mothers and Fathers today! MacKenzie has been with me for 5 days, 3 to go. She's my first cousins' kid and 15 years old. A real gem of a person and a natural Californian. My only concern is that I may go off ... MORE...
 Merida Train Station -French Influenced Architecture I'm back after three weeks in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. Most people have heard of Cancun, but I'm finding my friends are clueless as to the names and capitals of the states ... MORE...
Some afternoons are made for a movie. It was that time for me. I won't tell you how many times I've put in "The Girl in the Cafe" while making the bed or ironing or cleaning and listened to it: my husband would say "too many." :-) But, it's one ... MORE...
A new report assigns a salary to a stay-at-home mother, based on the jobs she does in a normal week. http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/CollegeAndFamily/RaiseKids/ThePriceOfAMom.aspx?GT1=10019dap("&PG=INVID1&AP=1089",300,250) By MSN Money staff >>>>What's a mom worth? According to one new report, $138,095 a year. That's the figure in a report by Salary.com, which calculates the wages that would have ... MORE...
I can see why there is a movement towards homeschooling, organic, raising gardens and children close to home. It makes sense. "What's next?" is the question du jour.  I want to drop out, lower my standard of living like when I was in grad school, and focus on being of service. Why wait ... MORE...
>>>>Cittaslow is the Italian for slow town, and far from being the insult it might sound is a celebration of a better way of life including farmers' markets, clean rivers, open spaces, local produce and community involvement, to name but a few. It grew out of the Slow Food movement, ... MORE...
I stopped coffee recently. It was my form of caffeine intake. I've gone into the 'science' about 1/20th of an inch, just enough to awaken myself out of complacency and denial about its relative harmlessness. I know why it is used even though its known, even superficially, not to be the most ... MORE...
