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Ticks and Lyme Disease: The Basics of Lyme
Chapter 1: The Bite Chapter 2: The Next Steps Chapter 3: The Basics of Lyme So. Before I continue my tale, let me explain why I went into this process already armed with a decent amount of knowledge about Lyme disease. Over ten years ago, my love, Eric, got a tick on his stomach. We both recall…
Ticks and Lyme Disease: The Next Steps
Chapter 1: The Bite Chapter 2: The Next Steps The days between getting the bite and seeing the doctor were not idly spent. I turned my mind and will towards healing, cleaning, purging myself of any undesired presence. I kept thinking of holy fires and purifying flames! Symptom-wise, I felt generally raw, tender, emotional, and…
Ticks and Lyme Disease: The Bite
Chapter 1: The Bite So, I got tick-bitten in early April while camping at a festival. On a lovely Saturday morning, I was chased down and slain by a few young knights and princesses armed with wooden swords. Fully into the play, I died quite dramatically and rolled on the ground in defeat a few…
This morning’s helper…
I was stripping dried catnip leaves and buds from their branches this morning, when my houseguest of seven years old approached and asked if she could help. The rest of the morning, we stood around in our jammies, pulled leaves and buds from “happy stinky” catnip stalks, stacked stems by size, talked about cats, medicine,…
Cheese-making attempt #1 – Failure into Soup
I love cheese, and have long been wanting to make some in my own kitchen. I suppose that I am preparing for the future days where I plan to wake up early in the morning, milk the goats that I don’t have yet, and spend the morning making fresh cheeses and yogurt…hmmm…sounds nice. So it…
WNC Farm Profile: Spinning Spider Creamery
Now, I know that there are people out there who just do not like goat cheese, no matter what. Let it be known that I am NOT one of those people! I adore chévre, ever since I worked behind the cheese counter at Integral Yoga Natural Foods in Charlottesville, Virginia. Back then, I tried my…
How should I store honey?
I often have readers inquiring about the proper storage of honey. That’s a great question, and one with a super-easy answer! How should I store honey? Honey does not “go bad” if left at room temperature. Leaving it on a countertop is fine, so is a cabinet with your spices. If you want to get specific, aim…
Dead Folks
I’m tender-hearted today from spending last night with my Dead folks. As we do every year for Halloween and Day of the Dead, Eric and I tended to our ancestor altar, remembered out loud the names, lineage, and tales of our beloved dead, and drank a beer with them. I remember Paul Canon, Catfish, Daddy. …
Apple Picking & Processing 2011
I live in an incredibly beautiful and bountiful area. Western North Carolina has so much to offer in the way of local, healthy food that I’m becoming quite happily spoiled by my diet. There are hop farms for brewers, local bison ranches, and in Hendersonville, North Carolina, you can’t throw a stone without hitting an…
Are you Ready to Die?
October. Samhain. The Turn of the Wheel. At a festival years ago, Eric and I were asked to hold a position in an autumnal ritual – to play the role of questioner, of taunter, of fae…in this case, some little devils known as the “Ooga Boogas.” Sunset had begun. A line of ritual attendees paraded…
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