Yellow WarblerI have always been a lover of nature and wildlife but in the past few years I have become even more interested in birds. I bought a new camera with a decent zoom lens, and that opened up a whole new world of beautiful birds for me. Birds that have always been around, but… Read More Project Habitat
Whether you call it Seasonal Affective Disorder or just the winter blues, I have been pretty down in the dumps lately. I’m not a fan of winter but I do like the fact that the cold kills bugs and allows perennials to rest. However the shorter days, lack of sunlight, and cabin fever all have… Read More My Garden In Winter – An Attempt To Lift My Spirits
It was several days after February 3rd, 2018. On the 3rd it started snowing here in Rolling Meadows, a suburb outside of Chicago. I had finished shoveling, again, and was getting annoyed at all the snow. After all, I have a business to run. I don’t have time or energy to deal with this. Still, Mother… Read More Chicago Blizzard 2018 – A New Soap
For the past 6 months I have been going through a hard time and I want to share some self-care methods I have adopted to help me. I ended a long-term relationship that I deeply wanted to last but that was clearly detrimental to me. Why would I want that to last, you might ask?… Read More What To Do When It Hurts – Coping With Grief
For the last 6 months I have been going through an extremely hard time. I had to end a relationship that I wanted more than anything but that wasn’t good for me. Since then I have been seeking out all kinds of self-care to help myself grieve the loss and recover. One thing that was… Read More Empower Yourself or Someone You Love