Soap that grows on trees…literally?! It’s true my dear friends, and I am so glad to be the bearer of such earth-saving, laundry-loving, chemical-free news. When I first head about soap nuts, I must admit, I was extremely skeptical. How could these little nuts actually…

…it sure beats a movie. There are a few things I want to discuss in this entry, as the topic of popcorn, surprisingly, brings up a few important health issues. The first thing I want to talk about is microwaving, which is the method most…

Ice cream used to be my true love. We spent many long, summer nights together, sat through sappy movies, consoled girlfriends over broken hearts. Our breakup was difficult: I could no longer tolerate his sweetness, or cow-dairy origin and quite frankly, he made me sick.Yes,…

Goat diary is a gift from God. I gave up cow’s milk and everything made with it about 3 years ago, and renouncing the mucus-forming, antibiotic-laden, digestion-clogging gook was easy with a little help from a righteous goat. Without throwing too many cheap shots at…

My stepmother is a wonderful woman and I have always admired her desire to try new things and challenge herself. So when she decided to create her own recipe for a lemon raspberry pound cake, I was very impressed, since she doesn’t often bake without…

Fragrances seem harmless enough right? They are, after all, just “smell”. Well, I hate to burst your vanilla-scented (which is actually ‘pyperonal,’ originally created to be a lice killer) bubble, but you know that if I’m writing about it, it’s probably bad. Believe it or…

This week’s product is a real favorite of mine. It’s made by “Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps”, a family company that has been making suds for over 150 years. Don’t be fooled by the crazy label printed with tiny, fanatical messages that read like the ramblings…

“May there only be peaceful and cheerful Earth Days to come for our beautiful Spaceship Earth as it continues to spin and circle in frigid space with its warm and fragile cargo of animate life.” –United Nations Secretary-General U ThantMarch 21, 1971. Copyright 2012 My…