Good Earth Health

Anja and I went to the farmers market this morning…despite the oppressive heat.  I just love buying fresh local produce from the folks that grew it.  It’s good for our health and good for the earth.  Have you noticed that pattern?  The things we do that are truly good for us and nourish our bodies [...]

I’ve been reading a lot about taking action lately on the Internet.  I like it, because in our virtual lives, it’s easy to get lost in reading, learning, thinking and clicking…but not really doing anything about ANY of it.  I see this problem particularly when I talk to people about health.  They come to me [...]

WARNING!  Don’t try this remedy without a good supply of hankies!  I’m serious. Sinus congestion can range from annoying to extremely painful.  There are over the counter medications that will alleviate sinus congestion, but I don’t like the side effects and risks. This is an amazing trick that has never failed to work for me [...]

I believe that to align ourselves with “health,” we have to trust ourselves, our bodies, hearts and minds.  It’s very natural to become angry with our bodies when we aren’t happy with our current state of health.  We become angry when we can’t do the things that we once did, or that we want to [...]

Anja and I were recently forced to exist for a few days on food we could buy at a Super Walmart.  It might make a fun survivlist show for greenies.  Hmm, I could dust off the Flip and have some fun with that one!  This is how we did it. First, when I shopped for [...]

Plantain, along with dandelion, is an abundant and helpful weed that can be found most anywhere. It’s a great herbal friend to get to know. It’s easily recognizable by the seed head at the end of long stems. We called them “shooters” when I was a kid. We wrapped the stem around itself and popped [...]

Lamb’s  Quarter (Chenopodium album) is a very nutritious, free food that is abundantly available in many places.  In fact, there’s tons of it in my yard.  When it’s small, you can remove the entire plant from unwanted places and eat the chopped leaves and stems as you would any cooked green.  Young leaves can be [...]