Last summer one of my kids' favorite activities was swimming with friends at a local pool. So this summer I decided to fork over t...

The deliciousness has landed! Since my diagnosis with Celiac Disease a year ago, I have slowly been expanding my repertoire of gluten-...

Are you interested in saving money? Conserving resources? Preventing diaper rash, UTIs, and constipation? Side-stepping years of chang...

Recently I was asked what advice I had for parents or soon-to-be parents who want to limit their family's exposure to toxic chemical...

To learn more about the story of toxic Teflon, read last week's post: Toxic Teflon: How a Deadly Chemical Evaded Regulation and ...

There is a prevailing sentiment among well-meaning people who don’t want to be unduly influenced by alarmists and worrywarts: if somet...

Recently I've been reading  and writing about   How to Raise a Wild Child  by Scott P. Sampson. The chapter on "The Rewilding...

I have children entering the first and third grades and after packing four-years' worth of school lunches (plus innumerable snacks...

Some for now, some for later (see double recipe below) I am coming up on 6 months since I was diagnosed with Celiac and started eating...

Can Nature and Technology Be Friends?  Kids' overuse of screens and underexposure to nature seem to go hand-and-hand. But gi...