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,…

Stock, Broth, Bones and Scraps (and some not-recipes)

I haven't wanted to write this post simply because of the faddish nature of the subject of 'bone broth' / 'meat stock' / whatever. (Incidentally, my kids have dubbed it 'chicken noodle soup without the chicken or the noodles,' so add that to the list.) But today I discovered yet another sad societal turn of…

Get some dirt in your diet

This is a disclaimer ⇒⇒⇒  I am not a doctor. I am not a scientist. I am not a licensed anything. I am simply sharing my thoughts, my story, and my journey with you. Nothing in the natural world lives in absolute isolation. There is no such thing as sterile, in any form, in nature. So why…