I went outside just after sunrise to say good morning to my horses, Tess and Tomar, as they came for their usual early visit at the edge of the deck. It was good to feel the warm sun after so many weeks of California’s winter rain. The air smelled like spring, with the sweet lilacs [...]
As the weather clears and we revel in the chance to work, play, and romp outdoors, the skin is exposed to a variety of injuries and irritations. Happily, for less than $20 and a trip to the health food store, you can be prepared to deal with most of them quickly and easily. Tinctures of [...]
This is Part 3 in a series of articles on homeopathic medicine. There are thousands of remedies to choose from, and they’re among the easiest to use and safest types of medicine available. In each article we look at a featured remedy and its unique healing properties, and also explore some of the guidelines and [...]
When compassion for all living beings is a core value in your life, it can be disturbing to feel your commitment to a vegan lifestyle is compromised by your desire to feed canine and feline family members the best possible diet. You may have eliminated animal products from your own diet, sworn off buying leather [...]
This is Part 2 in a series of articles on homeopathic medicine. There are thousands of remedies to choose from, and they’re among the easiest to use and safest types of medicine available. In each article we look at a featured remedy and its unique healing properties, and also explore some of the guidelines and [...]
This is the first in a series of articles on homeopathic medicine. There are thousands of remedies to choose from, and they’re among the easiest to use and safest types of medicine available. In this and future articles, we’ll look at a featured remedy and its unique healing properties, and also explore some of the [...]
You’ve made the commitment to feed your animal family members the way you feed everyone else: fresh and wholesome, prepared with your loving touch. Maybe you began by serving up an extra portion of your own meals, and that’s an excellent way to start. But you wonder if your friends are really getting all the [...]
Just last week, on January 17, the United States Supreme Court affirmed the right of the people of Oregon to allow physicians to assist terminally ill patients in ending their lives. While technically the issue before the court was whether the federal government had the right to interfere, the direct impact of the ruling is [...]
These cold January days we’re all starting to get a bit of cabin fever. There’s no sun for warming our bones out on the deck, and it’s too chilly even to open the windows. My friends in the Sierras are snowed in, and here in Northern California there’s enough mud to make it way too [...]
Savannah and I shared a Tofurkey as part of our Thanksgiving dinner this year. I get a kick out of the way they put together a meal that presumably resembles the traditional holiday fare. And any effort to make it easy for revelers to save the life of a bird gets my vote. But novelty [...]