The best books, in my humble opinion, are the ones that make you look at things in a new way. I was excited to read Gayla Trail’s latest, Grow Great Grub: Organic Food From Small Spaces, because I’m a big fan of her blog as well as her first book, You Grow Girl. I’ve been [...]
Read more →I wrote this post about the mythology behind the peony back in the summer of 2007. I remembered it a while ago when I was recommending the book Stories and Legends of Garden Flowers, which is the source of this particular story, to another blogger. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I [...]
Read more →I have a cold. Again. And it’s the kind of cold that has my throat so raw it hurts to do anything but drink hot liquids. I lost my voice on Friday. It is not a pleasant situation. Instead of my beloved coffee, which, though lovely, is not helping much with my throat, I’ve been [...]
Read more →One of the best things about majoring in English in college was all of the amazing writing I was exposed to. My sophomore year, I took a class about women and literature. One of the writers we covered was the poet Lucille Clifton. The raw emotion in much of her work, the straightforward way she [...]
Read more →Americans use an estimated 100 billion plastic shopping bags per year, and less than ten percent of those get recycled. The vast majority end up in landfills. If you live in an urban area, they’re often observed floating by on a breeze, or, in my case, getting caught in the trees and shrubs in my [...]
Read more →Bloom-Again Orchids: 50 Easy-Care Orchids that Flower Again and Again and Again By judywhite Timber Press, 2009 ISBN 978-1-60469-055-2 Several of you have probably seen me write (many times….) about how bad I am with house plants, so you may be having a good chuckle at the idea that I’m reviewing a book about orchids. [...]
Read more →I’m not really much of a girly-girl, but I absolutely love perfumes and scented body lotions. I started ordering more natural lotions and perfumes from local sellers on Etsy, but that gets pricey after a while, and, in all honesty, some of the items didn’t seem like they would be all that hard to make. [...]
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