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Therapy

I was heading to the laundry room a few days ago, feeling overworked and overwhelmed… But I never got to the laundry. My psyche steered me to my art room, where I pulled out my acrylics and canvas… (see picture below) One hour later, I emerged from my [psychologically luxurious] basement relaxed, as if I [...]

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Every great home needs an excellent fish soup.  AND HERE IT IS!!  The recipe is from an old family friend who now manages a successful hotel/restaurant in Iceland. The soup takes some work, but it is worth it!!  Try it and send me your comments! ICELANDIC FISH SOUP Vegetables and Fruit Ingredients: Fennel Red Bell [...]

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Barley -, oat-, and millet-flakes; flax-, sunflower- and pumpkin seeds; sliced almonds; raisins and date pieces; grated apples and carrot; squeezed lemons, sliced bananas, strawberries, kiwis; blueberries and raspberries– all in a bowl of yogurt and milk, sprinkled with sugar if you wish.  This is Bircher muesli, developed by a Swiss doctor (named Max Bircher) [...]

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I love mixing high and low pieces in decorating.  It’s not that I think it all matches wonderfully or that it is very elegant.  It’s that I think it expresses me most completely.  I have “high and low” sides of me, and I do not want my house too look any fancier or any lowlier [...]

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My first baby got Vitamin D as a supplement. My second did not. I was skeptical that the supplement was at all necessary; after all, I took my kids outside “a lot.” But looking back (and now preparing for my 3rd baby), I realize that it was partly out of rebellion that I did not [...]

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Old Remedies

The placebo effect works. No doubt about it.  There are always questions of degree, but our bodies do function better when our minds believe that a remedy will work.  …Which is why I made an onion poultice and a flax/lavender “bed buddy” for my son, instead of taking him to the doctor.  (He has his [...]

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