Oatmeal Day
Last Friday was Oatmeal Day. (And since Saturday was “Be Late for Something Day”, I’m following suggestions.) Call me weird, but I grew up eating oatmeal in the winter and still like it. Hot, a little brown sugar & milk...
Failed Experiment
One of the things that I keep harping on is that you must experiment with herbs to see what works for you. Case in point: I have dark circles under my eyes. It’s not that I have an underlying physical condition or that I’m not...
Herbal Tip of the Month – September 2009
I can’t turn my television onto any channel these days without hearing about the H1N1 virus pandemic (the so-called “swine flu”). A lot of people I know are all twitterpated about this and I gotta tell you, it’s getting on...
Fall’s A’Comin’!
Y’know, I swear Fall comes earlier every year. Admittedly, we’ve had a really cool summer (at least for Georgia) but as I look out the window (and listen to the thunder of the storm rolling by), I see that the dogwoods are already...
Interesting Things Found in Research
I’m in the beginning stages of research for my second book and, although I know I’ll never know everything about herbs, I came across an interesting snippet of contradictory information. It’s not that I’ve never seen...
Cranberry & Urinary Tract Infections
I subscribe to the American Herbalists’ Guild daily email of herbal abstracts from PubMed and one this morning caught my eye. The abstract is from the journal “Drugs” and states at the end “However, in light of the...
Herbal Tip of the Month – August 2009
I’ve been spending a lot of time on the ‘Net recently and I came across a story on Herb Companion’s blog about many states and municipalities rushing to outlaw “Salvia”. What they’re concerned about is Salvia...
You Can’t Fix Stupid
I just got back from my weekly trip to Atlanta (always a “fun” time). I have mused over the past 5+ years of making this trip just how nice it would be to have one of those gadgets in the back window of my car like Matt Helm (Dean...
Laughter: The Best Medicine
I just finished reading the August 2009 edition of Ode Magazine. The entire issue is devoted to laughter. In these tough times, what a wonderful idea. It’s been said that laughter is good for the soul. It’s good for your body, as...
At Last!
Not that I expect anything to come of it, but someone is finally talking to the US Congress about something I’ve been harping on for years – the overuse of antibiotics. The Mother Earth News article (with a link to the full testimony)...
Shopping
I spent yesterday spending money instead of making it. A friend invited me to go with her to a wholesale gem and jewelry show in Franklin, North Carolina. While jewelry isn’t my thing, I found the most wonderful red zebra agate mortar and...