One of my absolute favorite smells is lavender. It seems to me to be the perfect blend of floral and spicy and invoke a feeling of balanc...

There are times when I'm called to the kitchen less for the creativity of it but more out of a primal desire for something my body des...

Chloro-what??! If you rewind back to the days of desk sitting and page turning, you might be able to dig up this vaguely familiar word...

Green tea is one of my favorites but from a Chinese Medicine perspective, is very cooling. Great on a hot summer day but not necessarily w...

Early on, my husband and I realized that raising our youngest child was going to be no lazy walk in the park. She came on with a stren...

Last week I caught a stomach something that catapulted me straight into the belly of hell. A little dramatic. Maybe. Let's just say i...

It seems this odd winter season is taking a toll on my family's immune health. This back and forth between temperatures has us in a ...

I hope you all are enjoying winter. This post is going to be short. I'm taking my own advice and stepping back from trying to do it al...

Today I did something very uncharacteristic of my Type-A full-steam-ahead personality. After finishing cleaning the kitchen, I took my lu...

Kombucha may rank as one of my favorite drinks in life. I generally have a batch going and love experimenting with a variety of different ...

My friend Jamie and I have a favorite little tea shop in our area we visit from time to time. Frequently we order their "Temple of He...

[PLANTAIN: seed, root, leaf ] If there is one "weed" herb you need to make yourself comfortable with, even befriend, it's ...

This year we are resting our garden, a year of jubilee of sorts. The area we use to grow our goods has been worked, and pushed, and tilled, ...

If you are suffering from one of the many cold and flu viruses circulating [and then re-circulating] the nation, check out the "COLD...

The week or two prior to Christmas I steadily worked on Christmas presents for the various people I love [some of which, I'm a bit ash...

Today my girls decided not to sleep. At all. Translation, in mamma world that means "today my girls decided to torture me". Oka...

Actually this tea is so light and calming, almost romantic, that "latte" really doesn't do it justice. Infusion is probably ...