In Defence of the “paleo” diet 

I manage the symptoms of Wilson’s disease primarily through basic nutrition (when I can afford it) and supplementation. Since Wilson’s impacts how my body metabolizes energy and how available that energy is as well as the development of healthy connective tissue, paying attention to my diet is essential. Because of this immune disorder, my liver […]

Hosting Services Now Available

I am now offering peer to peer advertising services via my website here on a negotiable contractual basis; my preference will continue to be given to charitable and socially beneficial organizations, but I do have to eat.  Writing isn’t, oddly enough, known for it’s ability to put money in your pocket easily. Peer to Peer […]

I recently saw on a UN Human Rights commissioner’s page a cartoon with a woman in a medieval ducking chair — the kind they used to suspend suspected and accused “witches” in over ponds with the caption “If she floats, she’s a migrant; if she drowns, she’s a refugee.”   I admit, I found it […]

Chain of Economy from Artisan to Point of Sale

I am vaguely considering beauty blogging as a side hustle. Don’t laugh; I actually really enjoyed taking fashion and design in school, and it’s a fun way to play with herbs and oils.  Besides, you could really summarize much of what I do  — the less gloomy side — as fashion and beauty blogging; the […]

Paying Dues

The refugee crisis and the backlash from the general public is of particular interest to me because of my advocacy work.  If its this difficult to get the general public to be comfortable having refugees in their midst, imaging the struggle someone who has been rescued from trafficking faces when trying to find their way […]

Confessions of a Herb Witch

I used to keep plants everywhere and when I was stressed, tend to them. This meant both my indoor gardens and drying racks for herbs and outdoor greens and butterfly gardens or my roses or a microclimate of the Rockies. I grew a lot of my own food like chickweed indoors for the nutritional value […]