Category Archives: Health & Wellbeing

Making Homey Holidays

Hundreds made and hundreds to go… Beautiful Lights & Jolly Ginger Folk Recently I introduced my grandkids to the magic of origami and now we’re all hooked. In amongst the boxes of holiday decorations was an old copy of an … Continue reading

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Counteract Winter Blues With Winter Greens

Winter greens taste even better after a touch of frost Walk In The Light The temperature is dropping, or is it just my mood? If you’re finding it difficult to get ready for winter, let alone winter holidays, you’re not … Continue reading

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Pretty Pomander Balls Smell Sweet

Leave room between cloves because the orange will shrink Medieval Air Fresheners Back in the day—WAY back—even high-born European people lived in filth and squalor that would make most modern teenagers look like neatniks. With no understanding of the importance … Continue reading

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Kachoo, Kachoo, Is That You? (Or Me?)

Kosher salt contains no plastic microbits, now sadly found in sea salts Garden & Kitchen Cures For Colds & More Last year, colds were rare and there was almost zero flu going around, as isolating, social distancing, and masking helped … Continue reading

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