As easy as falling off a log? I wonder who thought falling was easy? I had a private lesson on falling Tuesday. My mistake  was thinking it would be "easy" to learn to fall. My second mistake was thinking I could do it a few hours before my regular Kung Fu class! I mean wouldn't it be just like a warm up for Kung Fu? No problem! 



Problem! Two days later I am still soaking in Epsom Salts hot baths! When I woke up at night to turn over I had to grab the mattress and grit my teeth as I…

Play time outside is more important for your kids than any academic training they may receive and the ability to play, create and invent is dependent on your child's appreciation of nature. 



Our culture sends it's children into a formal academic situation far too soon. Children are not physiologically ready for these formal settings until the age of about 13. Why? People have many different learning modalities. Some love to learn through touch. This is called tactile learning. Some…

The days have started to increase in length and now is the time that my farm business begins to yawn and stretch and awaken with the spring! I am naturally a hibernator. If I were an animal I would crawl into a cave somewhere when winter came, all fat from the fall feeding frenzy and stay curled up warm and comfy till spring.  Being Human I am not allowed that luxury! 

I constantly battle with myself to plan and implement things for the coming farm season. I have started the beds in my…

I detest WD40. It smells noxious, is very toxic and until now I thought a must have on my farm. Especially since I tend to forget and leave my tools exposed to the elements! Bad Choctaw Medicine Woman! I found a pair of my wire cutter/pliers outside and solidly rusted closed. Dang! Then it crossed my mind that DMSO is a solvent. So I went to my medicine cabinet, smeared some DMSO on the aformentioned tool and viola! Not only did it work just as well and as quickly as WD40, there was zero…

So what does the healer in your house hold do when she or he gets sick? Wednesday I began to feel very tired so I skipped Kung Fu and came home to rest and drink plenty of fluids. Then at 2 am I woke with throbbing aches in all sinus areas of my face and a full blown headache! Oh no! I refuse to succumb to a sinus infection! I set up myself on the couch and recruited Melody to bring me fluids and supplements. I stayed put for 48 hours taking 500 mg of vitamin C every half hour. (Yes…