Kindness Rocks

You guys have probably seen or heard about the painted rock craze. “Kindness rocks” are meant to help bring joy and laughter and hope to the people who find them. Painted rocks are left in parks, on trails, in parking lots, in natural areas, on landscaping. sometimes they are hidden, sometimes they are right out…

Get a Dog, They Said

Y’all. I love my pets. But sometimes... they test my patience. I thought pets would be the “less stress” version of parenthood. But let me tell you, a cat who thinks he didn’t get enough food and decides to tell you every 5 seconds is the equivalent of a toddler interrupting an adult conversation, “mom,…

The Dreaded Facebook Algorithm

What’s the deal with this post?!?Here’s my take. As someone who has been an admin of several Facebook pages, business and non-profit, it’s really annoying; and I’m speaking from my experience with pages and what I have seen in my personal feed. But based on what I can figure, the people who interact with the…

80’s movies

We all have that one 80’s movie we watch over and over and over again, have memorized, quote at inappropriate moments, and stay in sync acting it out while cleaning the house because it’s on tv but the speakers are broken. (True story.) Mine is The Princess Bride. I have a friend whose 80’s film…

Body Image Rant

I posted this several years ago. Unfortunately, this issue is still worth revisiting. Hopefully this quarantine period will humble us as a society to our own individual flaws, and help us to show compassion and empathy toward others around us. I was reading the comments on a picture of a celebrity who happens to be…

Chopped: Quarantine Edition

Pork Tips and Quinoa with Balsamic Onion Reduction over Wilted Violet Leaves Y’all, I’m a hoarder. A food hoarder. What’s worse, I’m also what I like to call a “mood food” eater. I only eat it if I’m in the mood for it. I love meatloaf, but if I’m not in the mood, it’s gross.…

Wild Foraging 101

One of my favorite memories from my childhood is walking through the woods at my grandparents’ log cabin and picking poke sallet. I didn’t know it then, but those moments would lay a foundation for my knowledge and appetite for wild foraging. Poke sallet in its prime. Perfect age leaf to sauté. As I grew…

Meet the Family

We are animal people. Over the years we have had various furry and feathered things in our home. Some permanent residents, some just visiting. In the world of wildlife rehab, you never know who will check in to your bed and breakfast. Hawks, owls, songbirds, raccoons, a squirrel that actually wasn’t an invited resident but…

Make That Meme: Bacon Tacos

We have all seen memes with crazy food or crafts and thought “it would be fun to try that!” Well, folks, yesterday I did that. I attempted bacon tacos. I first saw this meme the day after I started my blog, so I knew now was the time to try something crazy. Especially since I’m…

The Pine Tree

Remember that time the giant pine tree almost fell on our house? Let me remind you. Some days you're like "it's been too long. Let loose. Go play in the rain!" And you get all psyched up and ready to let all the stress go and you walk outside and that rain is FREEZING! And…