Nature Fights Back

This past weekend, we went a-foraging. It's been super dry here, and unseasonably warm, so no mushrooms or other wild edibles to be found, unfortunately. (I did manage to find some still-green gumballs for medicine making, but that will have to be a separate post.) In an effort to find something, we went off the beaten path,…

Your burden is your gift

We all have moments in life that we wish something were different. If only... I wish... Too bad I can't... It's a shame that... We're human. It happens. Whatever your upbringing, whatever your moral code, wherever you came from, those if-only's will pop up from time to time. It's what you do with them that…

Sulfite sensitivity

Sulfites. Ah, sulfites. The things that no one knows exist until someone you know starts being all sensitive about them. I have been diagnosed with a “sulfite sensitivity.” First, what’s a sulfite? Well, sulfites, or sulfiting agents are inorganic salts that naturally occur in things, but are also used (created versions or otherwise) commonly as…