Author: Gracie

This video has been making me smile all day. It’s really worth the watch.

Anyway, I don’t know if I’ve mentioned it here- but my sister and I have coined the term "scary-awesome" to describe so much of the stuff that saturates our conversations these days. You know, the...

I attended a birth on Wednesday. It all went well. I think she was satisfied and informed and is totally in love with her new baby boy. It was good. This woman did receive her fair amount of interventions, but she seem completely content with them at each step...

I’m finding that cultured food is really the way to go- and if you don’t have any in your diet, you’re really missing out. They are full of beneficial micro-organisms that do everything from neutralizing anti-nutrients to making food more digestible and vitamins more available. Plus, they inoculate your system with...

Today is a restful kind of day. We woke up to a foot of snow sitting on all the tree branches- a real winter wonderland today. Vera has been sweet and funny all morning, at one point singing "It’s a happy day, it’s a happy day…" to herself. We...

I’ve been thinking about food and all its healing properties. It brings people together- bonding them in a really simple, tangible way. It can provide you with the strength you need to conquer illness (let’s hear it for chicken soup!). It can help prevent illness and build your immune...

Vera’s 2nd birthday was this past Thursday! We celebrated just as a family on the day, but had a big party with both sides of the extended family yesterday. It’s hard to believe it’s already been two years, but then again, it’s hard to imagine her being any different...

When I proposed the idea to have a weekly post about my food adventures/thoughts, I thought it would be met with a bit of a grumble (or more likely silence)… don’t I go on and on enough about this stuff?! I figured it would be fun for me, and...

I was listening to NPR yesterday in the car and heard an interesting interview of a man who is a defense lawyer for death row inmates in Texas. He talked about the stress of the job, how ordinary murderers look, etc. He mentioned that most death row inmates don’t...

I’ve decided to do a weekly post about food! I’m so fascinated with food and eating well (if you couldn’t have guessed already). From the seed to the table, each step it takes to bring each bite of food to my lips is gratifying in its own way. I...

Food, garden, baby… BABIES, actually! Whoa. Life is so full these days, even in the dead of winter. I am really grateful for this slow(er) season. It’s really giving me the opportunity to do some things that I wouldn’t be able to justify otherwise. I’m trying to pick up...