My Best Intentions…

I was knocked down by yet another cold this season. This is hard for me to wrap my brain around (especially in the cold-induced foggy state.) I have been healthy and cold free for about 2 years and this year is completely different. I have learned a lot over the past few years about herbs [...]

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Boost Your Immune System with Mushrooms

Since Kim talked about using garlic to help deal with a cold or flu I thought I’d talk about one of the things we do around here to boost our immune systems not only so we don’t get colds but also to help protect us against cancer and other baddies. Along with a healthy diet [...]

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Financing the future

This past Thursday Warren posted about creating financial security by investing in the stock market.  A few days before that Kim posted about real estate investing as a way of creating financial security.  Now it’s my turn. We don’t have a “retirement” plan.  Retirement is not a concept I understand.   It is certainly not a way [...]

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Asking the right question

I usually check the news in the morning while I’m waiting for the coffee to get done.  I try not to obsess, but I like to keep up with what’s happening in the world at large.  So, this morning I turned on CNN and listened to a bit of the wrangling over the Health Care [...]

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Improving the Soil

Soil is an extremely important “product”  as you surely know. I don’t care if you have thousands of acres or just one—-you must have good soil to have good health and good products. Not only does it make the vegetables or animals harvested taste better and be better for us it also can reduce or [...]

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What to do when the wheels start coming off the wagon

Life is a bumpy process.  Sometimes the road is filled with potholes, speed bumps, or police barriers. Other times some bit of the machinery of life gets neglected and starts thumping and shaking things about (this is happening with one of our cars right now).  Usually we can fill the potholes, fix the wonky bit [...]

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