Empowering Self-Reliance and Sustainable Living & Microbiomes
Empowering Self-Reliance and Sustainable Living & Microbiomes
Growing pains at a tipping point On Sunday we open the doors to Plant & Kitchen Alchemy, seven days of soil, microbes, plants, fermentation, herbal preparations and the living world inside our own bodies. I’ve been building this workshop for a long time, piece by piece, like a giant jigsaw …
It is raining tonight, a gentle, real rain. It isn’t the quick passing kind, but the kind that settles in and stays, and I think it is making me reflective. I love the rain. I love the sound of it trickling and pattering on the roof and the leaves, and …
What My 3 A.M. Wake Taught Me About Cortisol I’m winding down by 6 to 7 p.m. The sun sets here around 6:30, and when the dark settles in, my body responds just like the birds. And, it really doesn’t matter what time I go to sleep, I always awake …
With my new lights, I can see…. I’m excited right now… and I want to say that out loud, because it’s been a while. For three years I’ve come to the end of most weeks wondering how on earth I was going to make payroll and get done all that …
I. like to stay extremely grounded, practical and logical. But every so often, life out here throws something at you, and you just stop and think: What on earth is going on? Homesteading has its share of stories. Sometimes you just cannot make these things up. If you’ve been following …
“Conflictolysis: The Moment the Body Knows It Is Safe Do you ever find yourself suddenly triggered by something? A smell, a song, a familiar place. Sometimes these things bring back warm memories. Other times, they stir something deeper, something heavy. Those moments are trauma triggers, and they can arrive without …
What Urine and Live Blood Might Tell Us About How the Body Cleans Itself There is a place where the textbooks go quiet, and I have always been drawn to it. Medicine is very good at telling us what can be measured, yet traditions have been noticing things in the …
The dogs knew first. Something shifted in the air behind our property, and they stood at the fence with their noses working like they were reading a newspaper. The cats, who usually act as though nothing outside their own interests deserves attention, came and sat nearby and watched. We didn’t …
New research reveals another remarkable way microbes communicate and survive. But it also raises a question about what happens when we repeatedly disturb the microbial communities that keep us healthy. I came across a fascinating piece of research this week. Scientists have discovered that bacteria can actually share working proteins …
I am finishing Plant & Kitchen Alchemy, a book that has grown to more than 550 pages of personal experience, practical knowledge and over 80 kitchen alchemy recipes centered on food as medicine. As I moved through the final edits, I realized I had spent a great deal of time …