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How To Garden in an Apartment for Fresh Produce Anywhere
Some of my earliest memories are set in a garden. I remember riding in the wheelbarrow out to my grandpa’s garden and eating tomatoes fresh-off-the-vine like apples, and stuffing my little 5T overalls full of dirt-caked sweet potatoes. We had a garden in the backyard of the house I lived in growing up. When I…
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My Life with POTS
I’ve mentioned before that I have a chronic illness. Today I thought I would share a bit more about it and the things that I do to help myself. Unfortunately, POTS is getting to be fairly common (or at least, maybe it’s just finally being accurately diagnosed?), and I have had multiple friends reach out…
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Vegan Meat Replacements
January is also known as Veganuary! This is a fun month-long challenge to eat more plants and less animals and animal products. I never meant to end up vegan. I first went dairy-free in my early 20s when the Whole 30 challenge revealed that my body just does not process dairy well. Then I went…
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How to Observe Dry January
I’ve been alcohol-free since October 2023. I decided to become sober because I realized that every time I drank alcohol – even just one glass of wine – I would be awake half the night and feel so cranky the next morning. As a single mom with a chronic illness, a full time employee, and…
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Eggs Are For Baby Chicks! My Favorite Vegan Egg Replacements
When I decided to transition from dairy-free vegetarian to fully vegan in 2019, the only thing I needed to give up was eggs. After two weeks of an egg-free diet, the debilitating eczema on my legs that had plagued me for literal decades was completely gone, without so much as a hint of a scar….
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The Books I Loved in 2025
I’ve been an avid reader since I was around eight years old. I distinctly remember my mom handing me a thick paperback copy of Little Women she had picked up at a book sale and told me “this should keep you busy for a week or so.” It took me three days. My reading hobby…
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