As the holiday commotion eases up, I feel as though I am slowly crawling out of a shell that I reluctantly went into. Having the boys literally fill our home over the holidays, is a joy. They arrived unusually early […] Read more »
mothering Mother in Daily Life Green Living Bites ~ Use the back side of used paper for a kitchen message pad! Cut crosswise into thirds to make your own homespun message pad! ~ ~It’s back again – the stat on […] Read more »
Read the Oct Newsletter, and then sign up to receive the monthly newsletter automatically! See the Newsletter button at the top of the page. Keep well. Shanthi (Peace) mothering Mother in Daily Life Green Living Bites ~ The optimal temperatures […] Read more »
What makes it so challenging for us to bring ourselves to a place where we value this ancient practice? What makes quietude and non-doing so difficult? In a nutshell, ourselves! Our minds are stimulated by the senses, and in meditation […] Read more »
Stand Fast! That is a family Scottish motto that I have come to know with my married life. Meaning – refuse to abandon ones opinion or belief. I just did a Juice Fast, during which I had to Stand Fast! […] Read more »
I never contemplated that there might be two different verbs for this action until I took French language classes in Grade 7. I can remember my confusion at the fact that the French gave 2 different words for hearing and […] Read more »
Am I the only one who sees the contradiction in these two advertisements? They were uniquely playing side by side on a natural living gardening site. As a woman, a mother of boys, and someone who has been negatively influenced […] Read more »
I spent this past weekend on a yoga retreat, participating in a couples workshop with my husband. We do not have the ‘yogic’ family I envisioned once upon a time! I do the practices and we all gain from some […] Read more »
For me, when I cannot settle into myself, when there have been so many changes around me and I am not certain what to do, I often try to use food to calm me down. Sound at all familiar?! Over […] Read more »
Nibbling, something that I do when I am hungry and I do not have the right foods at the ready in the refrigerator. It is Monday lunchtime, and I have been away for the weekend. This means that there is […] Read more »
