Making your own bath salts is super easy. Plus, it's fun to customize them to your current needs. Your skin is your largest organ in your body. A hot soak with bath salts softens skin, improves circulation, eases muscle aches, detoxifies, and is just plain relaxing. I made a recent batch with these four main… Continue reading Salty Soaks
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Magnificent Mango Cake
Because I have lived most of my life in the Northeast, mangos have an exotic fruit connotation in my mind. One of my friends at Penn State was from Hawaii. (What a change in weather climates!) She described how her family had a mango tree in their backyard. This was mind blowing for me as… Continue reading Magnificent Mango Cake
Play-doh Forever
Play-doh! You just read that 8 character word and you automatically know what I am talking about. You remember the yellow cannisters with the colorful lids that corresponded to the hue of putty inside just waiting to be transformed into your latest scultural masterpiece. I think the majority of us has played with Play-doh growing… Continue reading Play-doh Forever
Back to Basics
This nettle and oatstraw combination is one of the first three tinctures that I learned to make many moons ago. This is a simple overall body tonic, and these two herbs are popular and easy to source. A tincture is a extract involving herbs that soak in a menstruum, or base liquid of alcohol or… Continue reading Back to Basics
Serve It Up Quick
The first day of Christmas vacation ended up being my first day snowboarding of the season. The skies were sunny and there was enough decent snow to have a great outing with the family at the local mountain where we have season passes. Most of these days result in us spending hours on the mountain… Continue reading Serve It Up Quick
Soothing Sore Throat Tea
A few weeks ago, I was dealing with a lingering sore throat. I had no other upper respiratory symptoms except an occasional harsh cough that sounded like a barking seal--like the classic sound a child makes when he or she has croup. I, an adult, couldn't possibly have a childhood illness, but then a coworker,… Continue reading Soothing Sore Throat Tea
Pumpkin Keeper
I have moved from autumn décor onto the Christmas cheer. However, I still had a pumpkin sitting next to my fireplace. Since it has held up it's orange integrity, I can cook this squash instead of disposing it in my woods. Cooking a fresh pumpkin isn't difficult, only timely. But it is so worth the… Continue reading Pumpkin Keeper
Seven Layer Salad
I pulled this dish from the family archives for a fall picnic recently. I was bored with the usual pot luck food I bring along. The card filed in my recipe basket looked pristine--the index card was still snowy white, the corners a sharp 90 degrees, and the ink unblemished. When was the last time… Continue reading Seven Layer Salad
Summer Reflections
By mid-August in New Hampshire, there are signs that summer is waning. A coolness is noted in the morning air. The sun slants its rays. The tomato and cucumber plants stop producing. The grass, fields, and shrubbery start to yellow. My field with the golden rod blooming yellow I ignore nature's signs and continue with… Continue reading Summer Reflections
Warmer Weather Wear
In one of my previous posts, I described how I would like to evolve my wardrobe to contain clothing pieces that are fluid with my multiple activities of the day. With the warmer days of summer (that are rapidly diminishing!), I opt for sleeveless shirts, and mine needed a boost. The past spring, I… Continue reading Warmer Weather Wear
The Pink Lily Pad and Two Tadpoles 