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With a nice long break ahead of us for the holidays and nothing but leftovers to eat, we decided to attempt pho for the first time. I'm an old hand with meat broths, veggie broths, bone broths and even

I'm not sure if it's the solstice energy or what, but the past few weeks have been full of intensity, journeying, images, and insights coming in like wildfire. Sleepless nights combined with long workdays

As we switch over to more and more natural products in our household, we are finding that yes, our quality of life improves, but one thing we really miss is nice fragrances, especially in our laundry.

Wow some very intense energetics happening this week, everyone. Who is feeling it? Who's thinking they are feeling it, but just not sure? That was me about oh... 5 days ago when my hubby and I sat down

Today is the day that we officially call ourselves Homesteaders. Yes, we are noobs. Yes, we have more passion than practical skills, and naught more than a little capital and a book on how to make our

Starting a Homestead! About a week ago, I posted a challenge to the Steemit homesteading community on what every budding homesteader has on their mind... How and where do we start? My partner and I are

Freedom Friiiiday meets Natural Medicine! :D I was inspired to write about this topic from a Discord thread started by @myindigoinsight that spun off into talking about positive energies, GOOD news (as

Homesteaders! Steemers! Community folk who love a good challenge! As some of you may already know, my hubby and I are taking the initial steps to building our off-grid self-sufficient Homestead. We live

There are three types of people in the world. We've all heard that one before (or some version of it), and I will wager a guess to say that each person has experienced within themselves, and seen in others,

Nature is so amazing!! We were cooking up some sauce and a spaghetti squash tonight, and we found this wee baby squash plant growing INSIDE of the squash! I am not a gardener yet (some day!) so for all

Two months into Steemit, and finally doing the thing! Hi SteemWorld, I am @thetreeoflife. I found Steemit through a friend a couple months ago, and decided to give it a try, since I had just deactivated

"Dawning adventures sparkle, get some rest." Nahko and Medicine for the People A real vacation! We took an amazing 5 days off of normal life to relax in the high desert. Only 3 hours from home,

Good afternoon, steemians! I wanted to share with you all a new development in my natural hair care journey. I've recently been practicing this embodiment of an "everything our body mind needs, it

(original image, Zion NP, Utah USA) Give, always give what you can, even if your allies draw lines in the sand. And dig, always dig a little deeper. Sometimes it's hard to be my brother's keeper. Love,

I love this new challenge by @naturalmedicine. The big question this week was, "How does community help you thrive?" Oh, those Colorado mountains are calling... Perfect timing for me, as my husband

Good Evening, Steemians! :-D Just some thoughts today on Anxiety, how we experience it in our lives, as well as how we think about it as a mindset. Is our anxiety something we need to fix, something we

My wisdom lives in the neural network of my heart. With every beat I hear it, so full so alive and so grateful. I thanked my heart and my wisdom this morning. I put my hand there, my energy, my intention,

Today, I warmly invite you to dig in with me to my lunchtime musings. :) ...my makeshift bibimbap The modern Western world has its advantages. We have our fancy personal communication devices to use for

It's a different kind of world to live in when you have your eyes open. It's summer here in the states, so I've been spending a lot of time outdoors. There's a great park near my house that is huge, a

Remember last week when we got super excited about those gorgeous milky caps, the Lactarius Deliciosus? Well, meet it's colorful, tasty, parasitic friend, the Lobster "mushroom". I put this in