Lori

I am writing this mainly because I want to show off my great recycling center. As I told you before, we had our backyard deck rebuilt this summer. One of my requests was to have some space for storing my…

I am suffering from a poison ivy allergic reaction right now. It has been very bad for a week already. I have been applying many creams with menthol, camphor and other anesthetics. I have been taking steroid based medicine. But…

I have been making many things with my hands lately. It’s oddly empowering. I made some wool soakers for my daughter to wear over her cloth diapers. I made a beautiful tote bag for myself, out of a big skirt…

Considering that this is coming from the apron lady, this will be understandable: I am so happy about my clothesline! If my mother read this, she would think I went mad. What’s so special about the clothesline? They are everywhere.…

I have been waiting to go to the flea market since February. The weather just wasn’t good enough. Not on weekends! So we ended up spending a lot of rainy days in the McDonald’s playspace. I know, I know. Finally,…

These are my beautiful natural soaps that I just received in the mail. I just had to take a photo -they look so pretty in their little cloth packaging. And they are handmade. The scent that I am in love…

Our beautiful deck is finished. Let me tell you the whole story. It all starts a few months ago, when we moved into our new home. It is a house that we loved from the moment we walked in, a…

All our food will be owned by one company. Monsanto. As Barbara Kingsolver was putting it in Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, God somehow lost the contract he had on free food. The genetic diversity of our food will be reduced to…

One of my greatest pleasures, in the past, was dyeing my hair. I liked the expectation, the new colors, the compliments, the whole change. I have been coloring my hair for around 15 years. I don’t think I used the…