Hi, my name is Linda. This is my personal home and hearth journal.

I am a self-trained herbalist. I became a vegetarian when I was a teenager in the 1960s. I was a San Francisco Bay Area hippie in the 60s and early 70s. Then I became a mom - the most important job I've ever had.

Now I live in a very small mountain community. The nearest fast food restaurant is more than forty miles during summer, and more than seventy miles in winter when the pass is snowed under. I've never owned a cell phone, but I talked on one once.

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Cinnamon and Honey Weight Loss Tea

Essential Oil for Eczema Skin Care

Lentil Tacos - Tortillas Made From Rice Flour

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Pacific Madrone Berries and Madrone Bark Tea

Dinner For Breakfast

Facts About Snowflakes

Protien is Over-Rated

Food Withdrawals, the $5 Food Budget's Scourge

Eating on Only Five Dollars a Week

Ug99, the Destruction of Wheat Crops

Simple Salsa and My Mexican Food Experience

Methanol in Diet Sodas

Future Food Supply: How to Feed Your Family After the Economic Collapse

Food Safety and Too Many Unwanted Laws

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