I’ve decided to hop on the Wordless Wednesday bandwagon. What a great way to get a post up about what were up to without dipping into time with my toddler. So, that’s all I’m saying! My favorite color and flower World's Best Granola (according to my husband) Glimpse of some of...

Last year, I got my hands in some dirt and planted some organic tomatoes, peas and squash. We didn’t need to grow our own food. We had access to amazing farmer’s markets in Northern California that offered a bounty of local, seasonal fruits and vegetables. But, I wanted my toddler to see...

Welcome Carnival of Breastfeeding Readers! This is a reposting of my very first post at Pure Mothers! I thought it was fitting for World Breastfeeding Week. I was at a playgroup with my baby the other day when a mother brought up the topic of sign language for babies and said that her daughter was beginning...

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....

Most of the blogs I follow are of the “green” persuasion, but I have a few others that draw me in because of their beautiful, breath-taking photography or just darn delicious recipes.  (I want to think I could cook like that one day.) Lucullian’s Delights Food Blog lures me in...

It’s a beautiful day today in my corner of the world. The birds are singing and quail are perching on our fence while a young fawn meanders down the hill behind our house to graze.  I spent some time outdoors tending to my potted garden, noticing all the little tendrils and blooms revealing...

I don’t usually get my coffee at Starbucks. Not anymore. When we lived in Los Angeles, I was a fan of The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf and my husband loved Starbucks. But, now we brew fair trade, organic coffee at home, most of the time. Today at 5pm I was running errands and hadn’t had any...

Before I got married, had a baby and moved to the ‘burbs of Marin, “Jam On It”, was just a song by Newcleus.  Things have changed. I’m growing organic tomatoes, squash and peas, and I just canned my first batch of low sugar, organic strawberry jam made from the ripest, farmer’s...

I decided to take Beth’s challenge over at FakePlasticFish and tally my family’s disposable plastic trash for one week, starting friday morning 5/15 and ending at midnight 5/21. I was curious to see if having a toddler increased my plastic consumption in any significant amount. Turns out,...

When Beth at FakePlasticFish asked for more bloggers to write about plastic, I thought, what could I possibly have to say that she hasn’t said already? She’s the plastic-free goddess! Then my toddler clamored and clawed his way on to my lap to see what I was doing on the computer and I realized...