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Give Someone You Love (You!) The Gift of Health

Give Someone You Love (You!) The Gift of Health

I am so pleased to take some time today to mention a few wonderful resources to help you on your journey to health and wellness. Gifts to give yourself. I'm passionate about feeling great. I love the way my body feels after a day of hiking or a brisk afternoon ...

The Girls' Gotta Journal (a Gadanke gift for you too!)

The Girls' Gotta Journal (a Gadanke gift for you too!)

Brienne is our born writer. If she hadn't come along (how sad that would be) I wouldn't have known that such children actually existed. We've got a reader, an artist and now, a writer. The older two aren't quite so keen to put thoughts to paper but I'm learning to ...

Music For Living an Adventure

Music For Living an Adventure

There's something about music that transports ideas out of the intellectual and into your spirit. These two albums have given lyric and melody to some my heart's deepest prayers, beliefs and desires.

A Season's Worth of Reading and Listening

A Season's Worth of Reading and Listening

I love it when my favorite bloggers share their booklists. I use those posts to update my own to-read shelf at Goodreads. I haven't done a book review post for a while and I have a whack of titles to share with you. (PS. I'm really sharing, giving away my ...

Mama Wears a Mini-Skirt

Mama Wears a Mini-Skirt

I'm pretty sure the last time I wore a mini skirt was to a high school dance, in my more rebellious and well... teenaged years. I'm just not a mini skirt girl, ahem, woman. Till now. In the past month I've added a half dozen pairs of black leggings to ...

ChicoBag Giveaway

ChicoBag Giveaway

This summer when we went to Outdoor Retailer I was pleasantly surprised to come across a few companies with "green" home related products. I'm not a big gear junkie and most of Outdoor Retailer is all about gear. Gear for water sports. Gear for hunting. Gear for hiking. Gear for ...

Mama Goes Minimalist (or Maybe Not)

Mama Goes Minimalist (or Maybe Not)

When we moved, I did what all the minimalist/downsize your life gurus suggest to do with your clothes. Get rid of them. Not all of them of course. I tried to keep only those pieces of clothing that were either useful or beautiful - from that oft quoted William Morris ...