We Belong Outdoors

Watermelon Fantasies

At age 49, last week I shared the first watermelon that was grown by the property I tend. At ages 7 and 10, my kids, happily chomping away on our 5kg Sugar Baby, think this is funny. It's true, I'v...

Seeeeeeds!

Seeds are wonderful balls of potential! They house the DNA to grow a mature living species, then produce 100’s of replicas of themselves to spread far and wide and multiply all over again. I'm enam...

Hello from Goodbye

Hello Cabbage Tree, The only way to cover 4 months of signing off from writing is to begin. I did not intend to take such a long break, but I needed it. At Christmas-time I put my business down and...

A Hug for You and Green Toothpaste

Must keep it simple, as the 10 days before Christmas are complex enough. First, if you're feeling hectic- I've got a hug for you and invite you to pass it along. Second, Goodbye Ouch and Goodbye Sa...

Lethal Routine

I've got a list. And a date. I'e got a 5 day circuit break, 'stare at the ocean' retreat scheduled, and it begins in 2 days. I'm getting ready to shuck my routine, list or no list. I know I'll retu...

Natural Remedy Kitchen

Have I got a groovy wee gift for you, just in time for Christmas. Natural Remedy Kitchen is one of those things I did not have on my radar. It had me. From inspiration over a weekend to printed kit...

Slow down the River #2 (and New Products!)

Nothing like writing an article on keeping it together in the midst of keeping it together. Writing to you accelerates me. Last week went pear-shaped.

Safe to Clean

In the last issue I started with, "I believe in community." And the magazine was about larger kinds of community. In the last week, I've gotten to be part of micro-community. One friend incubated o...

Bottom Line Project

I believe in community. I believe in our ability to make communities that are larger, more creative and more vital than the sum of what we each add. I love the feeling of coming home. I’ve been i...

Nature's First Green is Gold- Enviroschools

If I were being honest, and I aim to be, it's been a crazy week. With no further details needed, except, on top of crazy week, Isaac our second child, started school. I was so concentrating on what...