Guess what?! My dreads are 3 years old, as of May 17/18! Well, most of them. I felt like making a little video to talk about how things are going, what they’re doing and what this past year has taught me. I also thought it might be fun to create a little game called Count [...]
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Stress, Happiness and Our Social Structure
I recently watched a National Geographic documentary called, Stress: The Portrait of a Killer. (You can find it on Netflix.) The entire documentary discussed the physiology and effects of social stress on our bodies and the sources of this epidemic of chronic stress in our modern lives. Did you know the American Psychological Association reports [...]
Gluten-Free Lefse (A New Old Tradition)
Lefse (and now gluten-free lefse) is all about tradition. Justin’s family has been making lefse (pronounced leff-suh) since I’ve known them (and for a very long time before that). Every Thanksgiving they pick a home, tote over their Norwegian gear and paraphernalia and spend the evening grilling what is probably most easily described as a [...]
Real Food On The Road
Breakfast of Champions I’m not into food dogma, the “rules” that say if you eat this you’ll be healthy and live longer and if you don’t eat it you’ll live a miserable, disease-ridden life. And sadly, I’ve heard nearly those exact words. What I am into is “instinctual” eating: tuning into your body and eating [...]
Inspiration Monday – The Most Stars
#2 on my list of 28 Things is “Stand Under More Stars Than I’ve Ever Seen”. A few weeks ago, this was a panic point. Justin and Zeb were standing outside in Wisconsin and admiring the stars. I couldn’t see what they were talking about. Even with my glasses on I just couldn’t make out [...]
My name is Tara. I am a mama and a lover, a full-time nomad, a passionate devourer of Life and an Organic Life Coach.
