by Julie Genser | This summer our “monsoon” season brought more rain than usual for this area and the landscape transformed seemingly overnight.
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Cacao superfood pudding
It’s simple. It’s raw. It’s dessert. And, it’s good for you. Super-good for you really.
The Prayer Thief
by Julia Tuchman | I have stolen other people’s prayers. I know, it sounds really bad. I mean, who steals prayers? Why would someone even want to steal another’s prayers?
Sorrel-sesame slaw
by Kim Christensen | This slaw is crunchy, spicy, sweet, and salty, just the way I like it. It’s quick to prepare, and pretty too (especially served in my new purple lacquered bamboo bowl).
Visiting Barbara Kerr, solar cooking pioneer
Earlier this summer I finally got to meet Barbara Kerr, a local woman who invented the solar wall oven and pioneered the use of other forms of solar cooking.
InsideOut: Chapter 2 ~ Evolution of an Illness
by Jack Rossi | …within five minutes I felt completely under the spell of this fragrance. My eyes felt irritated. I was light-headed. I felt my heart palpitating and my focus and attention became a quivering mass of jell-o.
Cherry chocolate coconut ice cream
If you love cherries, and if you love chocolate, you are going to LOVE this treat.
Raw blackberry cheesecake with pecan-date crust
Recently, my Facebook friend Natasha Jamison posted photos and a recipe for a raw cherry “cheesecake” and I knew I had to adapt it, using the organic blackberries I had just purchased.
Billy the Exterminator – hot, hip, and humane
A&E’s reality show follows the zaniest pest removal company on the planet as they trap and release a wide range of animals throughout the swamplands of Louisiana.
25 reasons why having chronic lyme disease makes you a badass
by Candice | While some people have a comic book collection or collect rare stamps, you collect infections, and happen to have more than a loaded petri dish.