In an effort to get through my growing library of books I’ve decided to do a book review every 2 weeks. That should hold me accountable to making reading a priority! I love reading and I love writing, so a book review is in order. I just finished a very witty and insightful book by Lenore Skenazy...

Another “story” from Annie Leonard.  If  you haven’t switched back to the tap, this story may inspire you.  While, I believe that most tap water is safer than bottled water (due to lack of regulation in the bottled water industry), we still use a water filter to filter out a little...

I’ve been wanting to write about this for a long time; since I read the little white tag attached to my nursing pillow.  Unfortunately, I was prompted to read this tag long after I stopped using a pillow to nurse my son. What I read horrified me. I was distraught and defeated and felt so betrayed....

Two years ago today a most precious soul entered my life and my world will never be the same.  I had big plans to write his birth story in a post and to watch the video footage of his homebirth again. I am sentimental that way. I daydreamed about spending the day singing, dancing and playing with my...

Well, we did it.  We fired Arrowhead Spring Water and we researched, purchased and installed our new Reverse Osmosis (RO) Water Filtration System.  Why didn’t we do this sooner?  We haven’t purchased personal-sized water bottles in a couple of years since we bought our Sigg reusable water...

When we think of going green we tend to think about our personal health and the health of our environment.  Did you ever stop to think about your pet’s health?  Those chemical cleaners you use to wash your floor, the pesticides and chemical lawn fertilizers you spray in your yard and the conventional...

If the Great Garbage Patch is estimated to be at least twice the size of Texas and upwards to 15 million km (roughly the size of United States and India combined), then it makes me wonder how much land is being used in the US for trash in the landfills?  The garbage in the North Pacific Gyre is estimated...

One of my favorite toys as a kid was a model of a human called “The Visible Man”. It was made of plastic, and like model airplanes, pieces were glued together and then assembled with the organs in their respective places.  It was see-through so you could view all the parts on the inside....

After reading an article on mercury and autism in my March-April issue of Mothering Magazine I felt compelled to finally write about this very controversial topic, as well as my personal experience of being judged by friends, family and strangers for our unconventional choice of choosing not to vaccinate...

I just received an email from Mothering Magazine about new toy safety standards that could put small, non-toxic toy companies out of business.  The legislation would require all toy companies to test each toy at a substantial cost that only companies like Mattel and Fisher Price could bear –...