It’s true, I married an INTP

A few weeks ago, Smarmoofus inquired in a comment about the “wife of an INTP” blurb in my bio block here on ChezArtz. I had to laugh, because honestly I’d forgotten that I’d even put it there. But I promised to tell more, so here’s the story, a bunch of stuff about Myers-Briggs, and other [...]

Wordless Wednesday – Gnarled Wood in State Forest Park, Colorado

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Recall: Earthentree Wooden Toys

The Consumer Product Safety Commission and Earthentree Toys of Kirkland, Washington, recalled several types of wooden toys including maracas, pull toys, rattles, and trains painted glossy red, orange, green, brown, yellow or natural wood. The toys either have rattles that are choking hazards, or strings that exceed 12 inches in length and are therefore a [...]

Make it from Scratch Ricotta & a Recipe!

We get a gallon of raw milk each week from Windsor Dairy and this week, due to our camping trip, we had a little extra. So last night, I made a little over a half-gallon of milk into ricotta cheese. I keep trying to make mozzarella, and just wasn’t up to it because of the [...]

Our 100-mile vacation (once more, with pictures!)

Friday morning, I chanced upon this blog post about taking a 100 Mile Vacation just hours before we walked out the door for our first 100 mile vacation this summer to State Forest Park in northern Colorado.
I have to tell you, for $44 in camping fees, a tank of gas, and a little creative packing [...]

Friday Fun – Preserving pesto & peas

Last night, we picked up our first share of a local organic food co-op run by LoveLandLocal (and thanks to Nature Deva for telling us about it!). For a mere $120, we picked up:
10 lbs green beans
8 lbs organic peas
1 lb basil
10 lbs organic brown rice
10 lbs unbleached white flour
10 lbs unbleached bread flour
5 lbs [...]

I stink (no, really) – An experiment with natural deodorant

Last September, after reading Dr. Bob Sears’ excellent Vaccine Book, I got myself into a bit of a panic over aluminum. Bad enough to have it in vaccines in high doses, but really bad when you add to that the fact that my daughter, 18 months old at the time, had spent most of her [...]

Wordless Wednesday – Signs of Life

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An interview with method’s “green giant,” Drummond Lawson

After trying many method products over the past 6-8 months and writing my method product review last week, I found I still had some unanswered questions about this innovative company and its products. Why do they still use petroleum-based ingredients? What’s up with the artificial fragrances? Why aren’t they signing the Compact for Safe [...]

I wanna believe – Al Gore’s Renewable Energy Pledge

Sorry for the abrupt departure from my usually fluffy Friday posts (see previous post if you’re just not up for something serious today–I’ll totally understand), but I just had to blog about this (and I even cross-posted at BlogHer).
In a recent speech, Al Gore issued a challenge to the United States similar to one issued [...]

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