Kayaking on quiet water at dawn. Loons calling. Suddenly, through the mist, papa, mama and three peeping babies. The best!
- Tune Spinner

Three out of five brand-name sunscreens either don’t protect skin from sun damage or contain hazardous chemicals — or both. Eco-Fail. But, here comes the Environmental Working Group (EWG) to the rescue! They investigated 1,651 …

The most nourishing, healing, and beautifying skin care products are grown, and this formula is one of a three-part Mayan formula that is about as good as it gets for the skin. I uncovered the …

Now this isn’t good. Seventy-five percent of paint samples and 73 percent of consumer paint brands tested from 12 countries representing nearly half the global population exceeded current US standard of 600 parts per million …

I went for a walk this morning and the wild thistles were just calling me to notice them. Their purple color pops out along the roadside so beautifully, and they were just hanging over the …

Are we as smart as chickens? I hope, but doubt it. A bunch of indigenous African chickens refused to eat their new maize. It was discovered that their feed had been made from a genetically …

I loved delving into learning about healing herbs when I was writing Better Basics for the Home. What a gift to us from the herbal world, and what a loss for us that so few …

I discovered the weed purslane that is in in my yard is full of nutrients including omega-3’s. It’s excellent in salads with a sweet-sour flavor. It has many different names. Eco-Win!
- Paula Maxwell, Los …

I stumbled upon this site the other night while looking for a person with same name, and was charmed by the artist’s comment “Nature is my greatest teacher. The accident or mistake is my second. …

This photo is of the lumper potato! The Irish Potato Famine, which killed thousands of people and caused millions to emigrate in the 1840s, was caused by reliance on one kind of potato — the …