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…
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…
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….
It is October 25, 2025 at the time of this writing, and the government is shut down. My governor, Mike Kehoe, has announced that Missouri does not have any funds available to cover the cost of November’s SNAP budget, which will leave many Missourians without grocery money in just a few days. What is SNAP?…
“Girl dinner!’ I said to myself as I piled a random assortment of odds and ends resembling something foraged by a squirrel onto a plate and collapsed in front of the tv after work. What is Girl Dinner? The term “Girl Dinner” was coined on TikTok (I think), jokingly describing a random assortment of foods…
