health

  • Cooking Broccoli with Mustard

    I’m cleaning out old drafts from this blog and found a draft for broccoli with mustard seeds, which I found (in 2006) from traveling chef Shuna Lydon’s old blog Lucullian Delights. Well, fast forward to 2024 and I found these.… Continue reading

  • Elderberry Syrup

    The cold and flu season is upon us once again, so I just made a batch of elderberry syrup to give our immune systems a boost, but also because it’s plain delicious and we love it. Elderberries are a good… Continue reading

  • Bacon and Contraception? Not the Same Thing

    A pro-lifer friend shared his concern with me this morning, asking if we should oppose bacon along with contraceptives, since bacon has been declared a Class 1 Carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. First of all, the… Continue reading

  • College and Hypersexualized Kids (Rethinking College 1)

    We send our kids to college because we want them to become positive contributors to society. To do that, they need to reach a certain level of maturity in the different areas of their lives, sexuality being only one of… Continue reading

  • Vaccination Needs to Remain a Prudential Decision

    Do you know how hard it is to be a parent these days? Oh goodness. The multitude of decisions we need to make on a daily basis, ON TOP of just living daily life and deciding what’s for dinner. To… Continue reading

  • Cold and Flu Arsenal, 2009

    this is for my friend D, whose son is away at college and has had a cough and cold that has his mama worried. i said i’d give her some recommendations of natural remedies, and since i’ve been meaning to… Continue reading

  • Oh yay. Lead in vitamins! What’s next?

    Survey Data on Lead in Women’s and Children’s Vitamins, from the FDA Continue reading

  • Links and a Recipe

    Baby Poems over at Martha’s, Yes They’re All Ours! The American Mathematics Competitions MathCounts Latin Spell Checker Catholic Music Network Spirit and Song Why Eating a Big Mac is Cheaper than Eating a Salad Latin Altar Card (pdf file) Altar… Continue reading

  • Choosing a Multivitamin

    It’s time to re-stock the multi-vitamin shelf! There’s a report I’ve been using for a few years now — I subscribe for 30 days and get my $10 report; I re-subscribe every year. To me it’s worth the $10 to… Continue reading

  • Products We (Can) Use

    Makeup Cosmic Dance Natural Kiss and Peppermint Kiss Lip Balm See The Dawn Caress Lip Balm Perfect Organics Lip Balms Terressentials Organic Lip Protectors Badger Lip Balm Sticks Makeup Removers Andrea EyeQ’s Osea Longcils Boncza Eye Makeup Remover Pads Contacts… Continue reading