Local cornmeal. Local flour. What should be local buttermilk (but instead is an attempt to use up a gifted half-bottle). What do you get?
Buttermilk corn muffins! Continue reading
Buttermilk Corn Muffins
Tag Archives: sustainable living
Experimental Earthen Painting
I don’t know anything that draws as many people from different backgrounds, generations, and skill sets as permaculture. People from all walks of life are waking up to realize that our current culture is destructive and unsustainable. It’s wonderful to be in presence of people who are interested in and excited about creating the alternatives!
Yesterday, I had another opportunity to be in a group of peraculture-type people as we met to play around with Earth-based painting techniques. We were working in a gorgeous old apartment building built in the early 1900s. Through years of wear and tear, some of the units are in better shape than others, and we were practicing in one that is being completely redone.
So why were we playing around with Earth-based painting? Continue reading
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Be Well Tea for Cold & Flu
It seems that colds and flu are really starting to affect people this winter. I’m hearing stories left and right about people who are ill.
The first step to prevent illness is always to eat a balanced diet, get enough sleep, and to avoid unnecessary stress. And even if you are exposed to germs or are living the busy go-go-go life, you can often still prevent illness by enhancing your white blood cell count with echinacea, or by using the healing and preventative power of honey and onions.
Unfortunately, there is still a risk that we or our loved ones will come down with a full-fledged illness.
On the bright side, there are many herbal remedies that have been passed down for centuries to help us get better more quickly.
One is this “Be Well” tea that helps to aid in relaxation, hydration, and in producing a mild perspiration that can assist in reducing a fever. Continue reading
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A Light Footsteps Year
Although the 31st of December is somewhat of an arbitrary date in a calendar that was implemented in 1582 by Pope Gregory XIII, it is the calendar we have used throughout our lives, and therefore today serves as a useful day for reflection before the beginning of a new calendar year. Continue reading
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A Solstice Snow
Local Foods in December? Yes! Plus: A Sweet Potato Bake
It seems like it has been awhile since I posted about my passion for eating local foods. Perhaps you were thinking it’s because it’s December?
Nope! Continue reading
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“After Dinner Ahh” Tea Blend
I had such a peaceful time on the coast last week. However, peace isn’t something that should just be felt while on vacation – we need moments to take a break and experience serenity in our everyday lives.
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Homemade Wheat Thins + Palm Oil PSA
Although I’m a few days late with this, I’d still like to share with you that last week was Orangutan Caring Week.
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To Love This Land
Throughout my life, I’ve heard people complain countless times about the region of the world that I live in — it’s too cold, the economy is not good enough, there’s not enough city life, it snows too much, it’s too humid in the summer, it’s too on and on and on… Continue reading
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A Night in the Dark & Echinacea Tincture
Hello Light Footsteppers!
I think today is another hodgepodge of a post for me. It seems that I have been busy, busy lately. All good things — friends visiting the states from South America, a conference, event planning, trying to continue a regular habit of eating well and taking walks in nature. It’s all left me with a lot of ideas for what I imagine to be profound posts, but time slips away quickly and then I wonder if it’s all still relevant. Continue reading
These Light Footsteps 