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Things I Love: Not Being Nauseous!
Hello, dear readers. It’s been a while since I’ve written one of these personal posts, and for good reason. I’ve just entered my 13th week of incubating the Wee Pixie and it’s been a hell of a journey. I have a new appreciation for my mama, and for all the mothers out there – this…
Book Review: Claire Goes Foraging
Independent authors and artists who are creating and publishing their own works are awesome! I’ve got a special book and author to share with you today! Margaret Aycock is a talented artist who is also an avid forager. She works to share her knowledge and art with her community through schools and is a resident…
Recipe Box: Creamy Coconut Cordial
So, here’s another mad kitchen-science experiment that has been a consistent success in our home – creamy coconut cordial. A few years ago, my housemate and I experimented with a very intriguing recipe that we found from TheKitchn. While we’d made cordials, tinctures, and elixirs before, we had never tried doing a milk-based booze drink from…
Quick Smoothies – A Frugal Recipe [Acuisina Review + Giveaway!]
I make a smoothie every single morning. While I appreciate the occasional full “homestyle” breakfast with eggs, bacon, pancakes, toast, and whatever else you have room to cook up, most mornings I just don’t have the appetite to handle all that food. So smoothies it is! I know that there are a lot of folks out…
The world needs more pixies…
…and Eric and I are doing our part to help. I’m officially two months and some days into a wild journey, one that will be testing all of my skills, patience, and dreams. In about seven months, Eric and I will have a small pixie in our lives, someone with whom we get to share…
Sage advice! Energetic herbal smudging
A guest post by Dawn Leith-Dougherty Smudging with herbs and resins is a tradition as old as time, utilized by people of most cultures and spiritual traditions. Herbs and resins have individual healing properties, known to our ancient ancestors, and used and appreciated in modern times, as well. There are many ways to clear, cleanse,…
Things I Love: Tiny Pumpkins
I. Love. Tiny. Pumpkins! #adorable #october #punkin #oshun???? A post shared by Amber Shehan (@amberpixiespocket) on Oct 15, 2017 at 10:28am PDT Howdy! Here in North Carolina, the winds have been getting stronger and the rains scarce – which is a bit alarming, as those are the same conditions that led to the Smoky Mountain…
Things I Love: Autumnal Equinox 2017
I have been busy on the homestead, doing anything but posting here on the blog, as you might well have noticed. This here is what is called a “slow blog” – sometimes I’ve got more work than words! I appreciate all of you who bear with me. The first thing that’s kept my busy is…
Quench: Handcrafted Beverages to Satisfy Every Taste & Occasion
Hey, y’all! I’m in a book! Please pardon my enthusiasm…this is the very first time that a few of my recipes have ever been included in a book, and what a book this is! Ashley English, of Small Measure fame, is about to have her seventh book published on October 21, 2014. Quench: Handcrafted Beverages to…
The things that people type into google are strange.
People are amazing, and the things that they type into google are even more amazing. Google is kind of like that odd aunt that your parents are concerned about, the one they don’t want you spending a ton of time with, the one that you can ask the bizarre questions that no other sane adult…
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