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Mother Earth Day

As May approaches the focus is on Mother’s Day. Most businesses are advertising gifts for you to buy your mother. Although I am a mother, my mom has been gone for 20 years so I’m putting my focus on Mother Earth. A week or so ago, April 22, was Earth Day. Although I work at… Read More Mother Earth Day

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Don’t Feed The Birds!

Now that it’s spring people will be coming outdoors and walking in the parks and forest preserves. They will be admiring the wonderful sights of nature and wanting to interact with the ducks, geese and seagulls, among other things. They will bring their children to teach them about nature and they will bring bags of… Read More Don’t Feed The Birds!

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Nature Therapy – Sunday In Pictures

On Sunday I wasn’t feeling so good. I was kind of depressed and tired and didn’t want to deal with anything. The week before was very stressful for me and I just wanted to recover by not doing anything. I was sitting at my computer mindlessly playing some game on Facebook when I heard my… Read More Nature Therapy – Sunday In Pictures

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Top 10 Things I Saw on My 15.34 Mile Bike Ride

Today I decided to go for a bike ride. I am not a regular at this activity but I wanted to see how far I could go. I decided to ride to the bike path that goes through Busse Forest Preserves because I like to be out in nature. I thought I would see how… Read More Top 10 Things I Saw on My 15.34 Mile Bike Ride

Soap Talk

Soap Introductions – Walk in the Woods

Seeing as it was just Father’s Day last Sunday I thought I would talk about my Walk in the Woods soap today. This bar was dedicated to my dad and you can read that story here.   I was getting low on this variety so I decided to make some. This soap is made with… Read More Soap Introductions – Walk in the Woods