15 Things I Love About WWOOFing!1. Free rent!
2. Being able to support organic farming and the little guy
3. Meeting new friends around the world
4. Eating grass fed beef, organic heritage apples, free range eggs, and fresh garden vegetables for free
5. Knowing I have a place to stay in an emergency
6. Learning new skills like gardening, [...]

Dealing With a Miscarriage or Still Birth: My Grandmother’s StoryHaving lost touch with my mother, I’ve lost touch with some of the funny, sad, and interesting family stories she used to tell. I recently asked my cousin to clarify a few things for me. I knew my grandmother (who we all called “Ma”, [...]

Life in a Nursing Home – Making a Difference for Old TimersI just read an inspiring article from the New York Times about nursing homes.
Now I’ve been to plenty of nursing homes, church-going Southern girl that I am.  I went to church services and played the piano, and played the piano and sang just to [...]

Looking for simple, delicious green vegetable recipesI really want make my own meals, that are healthy with green veggies, especially i tend to eat really bad junk food. The only meal i really know how to make is broccoli w/ cheese. Is there any meals, that are simple, doesn't really require so much ingredients and [...]

Ten Simple Changes to Cut Calories and Keep Flavor + Add Nutrients
The beautiful Natalie gives 10 tips for easy, healthy, yummy foods.  Lose weight, get more and better nutrition, and reduce fat.  This is  a  long video, but worth watching.
To check out the book by Seinfeld’s wife about sneaking in healthy foods into your kids’ [...]

Food is, of course, the most basic of our needs beyond water and air (and toilet paper!). Isn’t it funny how we take these simple things for granted? You breathe in and out, you pull on the roll, you turn on the tap, you pop a Lean Cuisine into the microwave, or answer, “Yes”, to “Fries with that?” Easy, automatic, instant. But of course, it’s not. All of these things, with the exception of air, require a complicated combination of infrastructure and workforce to get to us. We only think about it when the system breaks down (imagine a toilet paper factory worker’s strike!), or when we pay our bills.

A Very Personal Post: Ectopic Pregnancy and Losing a BabyI wrote this back in June, when it happened, and since then I haven’t even felt like writing on this blog. On top of that, we’ve had various computer issues. Anyway, now I’m getting organized again, and I feel I have to put this on, [...]

Money-saving tips for the middle class Part 1: Transportation

Unless you work from home, transportation is a necessity. But it need not be expensive.

You don’t need three cars. You probably don’t even need two cars. And you could likely get by with no car at all, especially in the city. If you live in a [...]

Quick Kitchen Tip #2 – Save money by stretching your meatIf you stretch your meat with pasta, potatoes, veggies, etc. you can buy even expensive cuts of meat and fish with relatively little cost. Most Americans (and people in other developed countries) eat too much meat anyway, and need more fruits and vegetables in their [...]

20 Minutes to Dinner by Bryanna Clark GroganThe subtitle for this book is Quick, Low-fat, Low-Calorie, Vegetarian Meals. And it should be noted that they are also vegan: no eggs, no milk, cheese, butter, or other dairy, and of course, no other animal products. Most of her recipes include some kind of tofu, or other [...]