I didn’t prepare a special post for Earth Day. It’s pretty much Earth Day everyday at our house.  But, we did get out and do some exploring and oddly enough, my son was really into getting outside yesterday.  More than usual. We went to our local park and instead of going to the playground...

I thought I’d share some spring photos I’ve taken over the past few days from our visits to the park. Spring in London is feeling a little more, well… ahhhhh, than winter. (Oh, and my good camera lens is still broken. Thank you iphone for doing a pretty good job.)

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...

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...

We have anxiously been awaiting the arrival of Spring.  Not that we expected the sun to miraculously shine all day, or see the return of our enormous bumblebees and spiders yet, but Saturday at least marked  a day we could celebrate and gave us something to look forward to. Living in England we take...

I should be cleaning out the garage for our final garage sale before we move to London in 2 weeks, but something has been on my mind since yesterday.  My good friend, who I moved to California with ten years ago came up from Los Angeles and had a visit with us.  She came with my mom, son and me to...

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....

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...

I have something called PPA, or what I call, Plastic Packaging Awareness.  I’ve had it for a few years now -since I first became pregnant.  I think I acquired it through motherhood; but it came on slowly.  I was thrilled to find Beth’s website at www.fakeplastcifish.com to learn...

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...