10 WAYS TO STAY WELL IN WINTER

Winter is challenging for me; I’m not going to lie. When the weather is cold and glum day after day, it gets old, and it’s easy for me to sink into depression and get sick. And with my health history, I really can’t afford that.   Three years ago, I experienced a crisis when my colon burst. I was off the charts, septic and as close to being dead as you can b...

WISDOM FROM AN OLD TREE

Last week, my friend Amy and I went camping near Capitol Reef, and near the visitor’s center, by the creek that runs alongside the Fruita campground, there was a TREE.  I've always been fascinated by trees. They call out to me and draw me to them, and I think they're all beautiful and unique in their own way. But this tree. It was huge, obviously ancient, an...

HOW I FOUND WHICH ESSENTIAL OILS ARE BEST

When I was first introduced to essential oils, it was in the early nineties, and I was in massage school. I started out by only buying oils that smelled good, and as my appreciation for the therapeutic properties of essential oils grew, my collection expanded.    When a friend invited me to try a new brand of oils, claiming they were the highest quality of o...