Topics: food,holidays,vegan
Whenever I go to a conference, business luncheon, or the like, I inevitably have to explain what a vegan diet is (since I’m a vegan). What’s particularly shocking is that my special ordered food usually has to be sent back to the kitchen a few times before it actually is vegan. The people in charge [...]
Topics: Barnard,McDougall,PCRM,curing diseases,empowerment,environmentalism,food,green living,holidays,vegan,vegetarian
March 20th is Meatout Day — only 5 days from now. I love their theme for this year: “Change Your Diet — Change the World!” It couldn’t be more true. Please eat vegan this March 20th. One day is super easy, and you’ll make a positive impact on the world and your personal health. Eating [...]
Topics: environmentalism,green living,housing,photographs
As I’ve posted, my family and I have been putting new flooring in our entire house. Before putting in the new flooring, we’ve taken this opportunity to paint each room, reorganize, go through all of our possessions, and in some cases do actual remodeling. We’ve only had this house for three years (and it was [...]
Topics: Girl Scouts,crafts,games,guest post,homeschooling,photographs
For a recent Girl Scout meeting, one of the older girls planned a super cool activity for the younger girls: They each got to make their own board game! Coming up with the rules, name of the game, and goal for the game was really fun for my daughter. Click here for “How to: Make [...]
Topics: ATCs,Girl Scouts,Unschooling,art trading cards,games,homeschooling,how to
Come up with an idea: What are your interests? Love flowers, animals, movies, baseball? Choose whatever your fancy is and that can be the theme for your board game. Combine ideas if it would make for a fun game. Make the board: This can be the really fun part. The board itself can be made [...]
Topics: Barnard,McDougall,PCRM,lowfat,vegan,vegan recipe,vegetarian
More and more of my information is coming to be electronic these days. While I LOVE VegNews magazine and PCRM’s Good Medicine ( both in print), I read the following free online newsletters from beginning to end each month. If you are wanting to improve your health, learn about new dietary research and get great [...]
Topics: Unschooling,empowerment,environmentalism,green living,homeschooling,housing,how to,mindful parenting,relationships,zen
I think I’ve read just about every organization, Feng Shui, and “simplify your life (and stuff)” book out there. While I agree with much of it, I’ve yet to read how to do any of this while kids actually LIVE and LEARN in the home every day. So, I’ve created my own simple “How to” [...]
Topics: Unschooling,art,crafts,empowerment,words
When I describe a typical day with my children to a stranger I’m often greeted with, “Wow, you are so creative.” I’m then asked where I get my creativity and how I come up with such fun things to do with my kids. I’ve thought a lot about this and I realize that I believe [...]
Topics: empowerment,food,guest post,mindful parenting,relationships,vegan,words,zen
What do you love more than anything? What makes your heart zing whenever you think of it? Who do you love? Why don’t you spend more time doing the things you love with the people you love? When talking to my husband once about free time and wasted time (and what constitutes each), he said [...]
Topics: Unschooling,education,empowerment,homeschooling,mindful parenting
Before I first became a parent, I was fully aware that my child would take up most of my time. As she even demanded to be with me during my sleeping and showering minutes, I quickly researched if that was normal — IT IS! — and I learned about Attachment Parenting. Time went by and [...]