My favorite sunflower from last summer was planted by a bird. It turns out she was prolific. A dozen of her seedlings are growing strong this year. Some will be overtaken by our summer garden, but regardless, there is no “zero population growth” here. We could end up with a hillside full of sunflowers in…
Monthly Archives: May 2009
Baby misery makes it so complicated
We have been busy here transitioning Alastair from casts to braces. He has bilateral club feet, diagnosed a bit late because they are a fairly mild case. Mild or not, they do have a protocol and the protocol is necessary for good use of his feet when he begins to walk. It’s hard to tell…
Savoring
In my quest to appreciate, we spent last week taking pictures of Alastair in his sleepers. He can’t wear them with his brace. The sleeper in the picture has angel wings. (Awww, shouldn’t they all?) A key tool in my “appreciating” quest has been the camera. I take it on walks and drives and try…
A sign of economic recovery?
“When the Wall Street Journal reaches all corners of the world, only then can economic recovery begin.” Location: A burn pile in a secluded village in the Sequoia National Forest. Check. Technorati Tags: economy, Wall Street Journal
Ten-Pound Weight Loss Diet with some Inspiration from the Older Generation
I have been gearing up for a big weight loss regimen now that spring has sprung and I am nearly five months postpartum. It just takes a whole lot of work, focus, and dedication. It is hard to carve out the space in my day and in my brain for the kind of time and…
Stocking up on grass fed beef, saving some bucks
We seem to do pretty much everything around here pretty big and that includes buying meat. When we buy beef or lamb, we buy the whole animal and hire a butcher to do the deed and another party to cut and package the animal. We eat well for many, many months, save trips to the…
Last Chance Wildflowers
Usually found dispersed in grassy meadows, these blue dicks are hanging on a cliff (below) making quite a show. I wonder if it’s because they have no grass for competition or if this is their last-ditch effort to show off before erosion thins them out again. Technorati Tags: blue dicks, wildflowers
Surgery is over + gardening and exercise = 3 on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Score
Things looked pretty ugly around here in the couple of weeks leading up to Alastair’s surgery. I scored myself on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale and got a 16. The scale ranges from 0 to 30. Folks get concerned with numbers above 11 or 12. My score of 16 was pretty bad. Anyone whose baby…
Frisbees
“Dad, get the yellow frisbee. Throw it up in the tree to try to get the pink frisbee down.” “Yes, do that Sander. I want to see it,” she laughs. “Frederick, what we need is a really long pole.”
Why I do worry about raw eggs
If we ever needed a visual that eggs can be contaminated on the inside as well as on the outer shell, we’ve got it. Here’s a gecko that took a real bad turn up the back side of a hen and spent its final days swishing around in egg white. That’s a custard you’d want…
Why I don’t worry about raw egg yolk
Many folks these days seek a “traditional diet” of whole foods, just like our ancestors ate. Ancestors were less concerned about raw food. They drank raw milk, for instance, poured right from the milk pail in many cases. Today we have to worry more about the plethora of food-borne pathogens, particularly if we are not…
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Amanda Rose, Ph.D., is a political scientist and author of "Rebuild from Depression," on the link between nutrient deficiencies and depression. She has been depression-free for over four years, even during the recent pregnancy of her second child. Read her postpartum depression success story.
Life After Depression
There really is life after depression. I am so excited by that point, in fact, that I neglect this blog and find fun/quirky projects to do with my family. We live in the Sequoia National Forest in a house (and former brothel) designed by Irving Gill. My 7-year-old son Frederick and I chronicle our adventures at Gill on the Hill when we're not exploring. Frederick posts some of his homeschool projects at "Frankly Frederick."