I’ve been reading and listening lately about being enough and having enough. About “I am enough” and having an abundant vs. a scarcity mindset. And I realize there’s one thing I have an abundance of right now, and its cucumbers. The Japanese cucumber that I planted this year from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds, Aonaga Jibai, …
By now, you are seeing CBD everywhere and you may be asking yourself, “What is it and why do I need it?” or “Will I get arrested if I have it?” This blog post will give you a brief overview of CBD but if you want to dive a little deeper in it, sign up for …
The State of Texas has just announced that due to COVID-19 the State Fair is cancelled this year. What? It’s not fair, I hear myself whining. I don’t like that whiney voice inside of me. I shut her up immediately. Of course, it’s fair. Despite all the people who won’t get to enjoy the annual event, all the kids …
Continuing down the memory lane of my childhood travels this month, I’m reflecting on the diverse cultures that I experienced growing up and how they seem to be popping up in my garden. Of all the places we lived, my favorite was Okinawa. We moved there right before I turned five years old and left …
When I was a child, my rural-Arkansas-born parents gave me and my siblings the gift of experiencing the world! My dad was in the Air Force and we traveled, moving every 2-3 years, sometimes to foreign countries. It all seemed normal to me then, but looking back, I realize how incredible it was. My parents …
Does chronic pain have you searching for alternative gardening methods? The methods you use are vital to your ability to continue gardening. Traditional methods are labor-intensive and hard on the back and knees. There are many different methods that are much gentler, and a lot of them fall under the heading of Permaculture. I’ll be …
Aesop didn’t paint the grasshopper in a favorable light. While the industrious ant was busy working for its winter stores of food, the useless grasshopper was frittering its time away. I share Aesop’s opinion of the grasshopper – useless. Yes, it’s grasshopper vacuuming season for me. If you don’t know what that means, see my …
It’s been years since arthritis has allowed me to sit behind a desk full-time, but my accountant brain still kicks in sometimes and has me thinking of pain in terms of debt. Like your earnings, you have a limited amount of activity to spend before you go into debt. Pain debt. What does pain debt …
I have a love/hate relationship with pharmaceuticals. I don’t really hate them. They are absolute miracles in most cases. But with chronic pain like arthritis, I think we can do better. There has to be a better way than exposing yourself to serious long-term side effects daily. Thank goodness the anti-narcotic movement has led doctors …
I just found out that May is National Arthritis Awareness Month. My immediate reaction to that is (in a Kramer-from-Seinfeld voice) “Oh, I’m aware of it”. I’m aware of arthritis as I wake up in the morning and take inventory of what’s hurting today …as I head out to the garden with a list of …