Last night, I did something incredible. I put in my headphones, turned on my iPod, and I FREE-DANCED! Okay, maybe it was just incredibly silly, but it felt AMAZING. If anyone had seen me, I’m sure I would have looked like a goofball: dancing in a dark kitchen by the light of the stove, music…
Before I stopped at Kendahl’s from Our Nourishing Roots on my VGN Tour, I was convinced I didn’t like alcohol. I’ve tried a few things over the years: beers, whiskey, gin, rum, vodka, tequila, brandy, wines… But none of them have ever appealed to me. Wine gives me a headache. Beer is too filling. Shots…
Pho, or Vietnamese noodle soup, has gained much popularity in the U.S. over the last couple of decades. The big cities on the west coast, populated with so many Asian immigrants and with a constant influx of tourists, have turned pho into a hip, cool dish to eat. Many of my school friends would have…
I want to punch Arm & Hammer in the face. Yes, okay, I like their baking soda. But this rant is about their kitty litter. Poor Frank. He has had litter duty almost every day now for the last few months for MY cat because I can’t scoop the litter without getting wheezy. I used…
See those little bottles right there? Yep. Those are mine. All of ’em. There are so many because I used to carry them around with me all the time. That, along with a sheet of Sudafed and a packet of Claritin. Allergies used to be the bane of my existence. (If you’ve read a little…
My first experience with raw milk happened in the throes of labor… No, not my labor. I was doula-ing for a single first-time mother a couple of years ago, and she lived a little ways outside of town with her parents. Her parents had a farm with many cows, and her mother had a milk…