Just saw this online and wanted to share. I share the link at the bottom of the post if you’d like to read more…enjoy! Basic Shampoo This is a great basic shampoo for all hair types. If you hair is oily, omit the optional vegetable oil, but if your hair is dry or damaged, you […] Read more…
Year: 2010
One Man’s Junk…another Garden’s Treasure
This is what one of the outside walls of my studio looks like: Just a bunch of random junk stuff I’ve accumulated throughout the years. In fact, a lot of this “stuff” has been given to me. I truly have a hard time turning down anything free – anything at all. I always try to […] Read more…
Comparison Shopping
In addition to being green and earth-friendly, I’m also very much into saving money through any sort of coupons or deals. There’s always some sort of deal you can find on everything these days if you have a little patience. We all know that even if we see something full price in a store, if […] Read more…
Early Holiday Fun
Head over to Holiday with Matthew Mead to find out how you can win the opportunity to have your blog or online shop mentioned in the magazine. Holiday with Matthew Mead is a “book-azine” celebrating and offering inspiration for the Christmas holiday season. To be released in October 2010, Holiday is offered via online orders […] Read more…
It’s Monday so go Meatless – Recipe
Here’s a simple, fresh and tasty recipe for you to try on this Meatless Monday. Pasta with Fresh Tomato Sauce Ingredients: 1/3 cup (organic) extra-virgin olive oil 20 ripe (organic) plum tomatoes (peel them, halve them and remove the seeds) salt and fresh ground pepper to taste pinch of red pepper flakes 1 tbsp unsalted […] Read more…
Magazines and Eco-Friendly Beauty
I have a magazine addiction…..seriously. I know that sounds terribly eco-unfriendly. Truly, though, I share my magazines and pass them on to my daughters and friends. I would say I never recycle a magazine that hasn’t been read by at least 2 other people. You may ask, where do they all come from? Well, by […] Read more…
Let them Eat CAKE!
In the supposed words of Marie Antoinette “Let them eat cake” (actually, she never uttered the words even though they’re attributed to her), I say enjoy your meatless Monday by consuming vegan desserts – all day if possible. And since there’s no actual claims as to who made this statement, I declare: “Let them eat […] Read more…
Catch UP
Yesterday was my first full day around the homestead in weeks. It felt so nice to get the house clean and in order, get laundry done, the refrigerator cleaned out and at least take a look around the garden to see all the blooming I’ve been missing while we’ve been away. It’s really starting to […] Read more…
Friday Fun
Ok, I’m at work, so really how much fun is being had….Well, as I don’t believe anyone I work with (who would care) is reading my blog, I’ll admit this: it can be lots of fun!! Especially today – I have time to catch up on all my favorite blogs, play with some of my […] Read more…
90th Birthdays Texas Style
Pops and I have been traveling a lot these past couple of months. Our latest trip took us to Fort Worth, Texas where his mother, Mimi, turned 90 years old. One of the family’s good friends, Tex Rankin, also turned 90 and invited us to his extravagant costume party at their neighborhood country club. The […] Read more…
Everything’s Bigger in Texas
I’m here in Texas visiting Pop’s mother who just turned 90. I’ve been visiting the Ft. Worth area for over 16 years now. While I’ve noticed in the past how things are “bigger” in Texas – bigger houses, bigger cars, bigger hair-this trip I noticed something “bigger” that is incredibly important to me- and I […] Read more…
Animal Product Substitutes for Vegans
I just sent in my latest post to my friend Nia’s Elements of Life site. Since it’s not quite time to be focusing on my garden yet, though I’m anxiously awaiting the moment I can be outside working the soil, I wrote about being vegan. Here’s some of the information I shared including substitutes I’ve […] Read more…
Photos on Flickr
I’ve been uploading some of my favorite photos to Flickr lately. Check them out by clicking the Bubba picture below. Read more…
My Boys – Round 1
There are so many incredible people in my life, and I just happen to have hundreds of photos of them. Here are some of the boys that I love, love, love with all my heart. This first one was taken at Stinson Beach last year. They look cold, but oh so handsome! Pops and his […] Read more…
Inspiration
I may be a new blogger myself, but I read many blogs – and have many favorites. One of them is This is Reverb. It’s written by a man named Ryan – he’s a minister in Cincinnati. He’s inspiring, spiritual, talented (a wonderful photographer) and so very giving. Right now he, and a few other […] Read more…
Winter 2010 Trip to the Snow
Pops and I just got back from a week long trip up to Lake Tahoe. It’s my second year as a beginner skier (yes, it’s possible for a skier like me to be a “beginner” two years in a row) and truly, I feel like I just can’t get enough. First thing I asked Pop’s […] Read more…
Mimi
Here is my lovely, youngest step-daughter Mimi. I can’t believe I was blessed enough to come into her and her sister’s lives over 16 years ago. They were so much younger then! Mimi was 9 when I met her and the cutest, snuggliest bug you’ve ever seen. She has incredibly curly hair, perfect skin and […] Read more…
Libby
My oldest stepdaughter Libby is, well, she’s just amazing. I met her when she was 12 and I can promise you that even at that age she had more self-confidence and maturity than I have, even now, in my 40s. You can tell she’s someone who had to grow up so quickly and she’s handled […] Read more…
Plague, skiing, Dooce and Pioneer Woman
I think I have the plague! Really, I do. I actually looked up the black plague this morning, just to see what it was like. It was pretty nasty and apparently attacked people in Europe between 1348 and 1350. (photo from themiddleages.net) Maybe I had a past life there and brought this along with me. […] Read more…
Tanks, Tanks and more Tanks!
Adventure – yes, this was an adventure – a BOYS adventure, I might add. I was talked into going on this one. Well, bribed, actually. I took the bribe because I was promised that after visiting the tank museum, we’d head to Stanford to eat lunch and visit the Cantor Museum. I love Stanford! I […] Read more…
Elvis Lip
This photo just had to be shared…notice the lip – the “Elvis” lip. A very common look for this studly dog. “I said One for the Money, Two for the Show, Three to get Ready, Now go CATS go!” Read more…
Vegan Stir Fry
I hate going out to eat (yes, I know I’m a freak), so this is one of those quickie dinners I throw together – using whatever is in the fridge. I’ll point out the staples I always have in the house. It’s a warm, tasty treat. The ingredients I had on hand this time: (you […] Read more…
Fun Items of the Week
Here’s a few of the fun discoveries I’ve made this week. They seem to be all food related – what’s that say about my hormonal level during the past few days? Foodzie.com – a farmers market on the web. This is an online marketplace where you can discover and buy food directly from small passionate […] Read more…
Perfection
Perfection is overrated….I don’t do perfection – not because I don’t want to, but because I find it utterly impossible to attain that goal – in my garden, my life, my blog, etc. So, I stick with the best I can do at this moment. For instance, in my garden, I wish I had one […] Read more…
Meatless Mondays
I always see so much information out there on being green, gardening, health, etc. either through magazines or websites that I’d like to share. I’ll also start a sharing page on this site – to try to keep it all organized and together. Today, I saw this online and wanted to share: Meatless Mondays: Small […] Read more…