wellness

  • an herbal foot soak for summer feet.

    Photographing feet is tricky business. Photographing your own feet? Well, that’s some kind of blogger rite of passage isn’t it? While we’re still on the subject of clean floors and clean feet, I wanted…

    May 2, 2013 9 Comments
  • allergy tea

    We’re entering the glory weeks in New York. Yes indeed. Those spring weeks when you can actually feel the heat of the sun and the trees verily shout their exuberance with technicolored leaves and…

    April 9, 2013 31 Comments
  • lemon and honey.

    Oh, sweet elixir of the gods. If you’ve been experiencing any of the persistant sore throat that’s been loitering by me for the last few days, there’s only one thing to do: boil yourself…

    February 5, 2013 22 Comments
  • make your own fire cider.

    As the weather takes a turn for the chillier side of things, it’s nice to have a little something firey to warm things up and ward off germs. When I’m feeling under the weather,…

    November 5, 2012 30 Comments
  • make-believe: cold weather.

    I mentioned on Friday that I was combatting a bit of a cold last week. Well, it got a little worse before it got better, but I think I managed to wipe that sucker…

    October 18, 2012 34 Comments
  • potions.

    i love new beauty potions as much as the next lady, but sorting through all the stuff out there can be more than a little overwhelming. sometimes i just want someone to tell me…

    January 25, 2012 15 Comments
  • rose geranium.

    for me, this has been the summer of rose geranium. we grow it on the farm where i work and it’s been used with equal enthusiasm in flower bouquets and fruit jams. i can’t…

    September 20, 2011 11 Comments
  • oatmeal. reconsidered.

    this is not a story about breakfast. though it could be. oatmeal is for eating. i know. but sometimes it makes for a pretty good at-home spa treatment. and i’m kind of digging those…

    February 8, 2011 11 Comments
  • steam.

    today, a remedy.  i’ve had an awful head cold for the past few days. it’s the kind that’s made it hard to sleep, or even read. and has made me feel generally like someone…

    January 19, 2011 10 Comments
  • getting through winter.

    ok. i know i might be pushing it here. a photo of my bath tub? with candles? things might be getting a little too close for comfort. but consider yourself lucky–no shots of my…

    January 12, 2010 28 Comments