Last weekend, our 16-year old cat announced to me that she had a urinary tract infection by jumping up onto my freshly-laundered white bedspread, deliberately squatting, and dribbling a few drops of bloody urine onto the center of the bed. It was an effective message. I scooped her up and deposited her in the backyard […]
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Natural Homeopathic Remedy for Sunburn
In Arizona a few days ago I was negligent about re-applying sunscreen when the kids and I were hanging out by the pool. We came home sporting varying shades of pink and red burned skin. As a mom, this was not one of my prouder parenting moments. As happens with sunburns, we didn’t feel the […]
Are Probiotics Helpful for Kids?
In a word: Yes. Yes, yes, yes. Probiotics can help with many, many issues for kids as well as adults, and should be de rigueur for everyone after completing a round of antibiotics, for starters. Probiotics, in case you don’t know, are the “good” bacteria that live in our guts and help us digest our […]
An Organic Frozen Food Co-op: Town and Country Foods
It’s always an exciting day at our house when Town and Country Foods comes to stock our big basement freezer with almost a year’s worth of foods. Yesterday was one of those days. More than a decade ago my husband and I discovered this amazing service that allows you to buy organic, fresh-frozen vegetables; sustainably-caught […]
Sustainable Bamboo Coffee Filters
I’m always looking for ways to lessen my footprint on the earth, and one way I’ve found is to switch from paper coffee filters to more sustainable bamboo coffee filters or to a reusable mesh filter. Bamboo is a fast-growing plant that quickly re-grows after being cut down, the bane for many gardeners in tropical […]
