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Whether you're a natural lifestyle newcomer or someone who has explored various options and is now seeking effective and budget-friendly solutions, this blog is your go-to source for discovering information to make it a reality.
Returning to Base to Find a New Door
This month the Dragonspit Apothecary blog turns 3. I had visions of a celebration of this milestone. It represented thousands of words,...
Jan 11, 20216 min read
How to Make Basic Progress
There are a lot of feelings that come up when I’m about to do something new. I have felt butterflies stirring in my stomach. I felt worry...
Jan 6, 20215 min read
Appreciating the Basics
The one time I took a sewing class, which was mandatory in high school at the time, I hated it. We spent so much time learning the basics...
Jan 4, 20215 min read
What I Know About Shining
It may not be the biggest or fanciest tree but our family’s tree still sparkles and shines with twinkling lights and colors. It still...
Dec 18, 20204 min read
The Shine of Living Naturally Well
The presents are almost wrapped. What has needed to be mailed is long gone and on the way to others. Food is in the fridge waiting to be...
Dec 17, 20205 min read
We Don't Shine Until
When I started Dragonspit Apothecary it was at a time my life was burning up in huge piles of shit in all areas. This was the exact...
Dec 15, 20204 min read
When the Shine Wears Off
I once had a pair of shiny red heels. I loved them and wore them any chance I got even packing them for work trips when I could have...
Dec 11, 20204 min read
Holiday Shine
Given the year we’ve had I don’t know too many of us not looking forward to the year-end holidays. It feels like a time to let go of what...
Dec 10, 20204 min read
Making Holidays Naturally Bright
If there is a silver lining in 2020, and I do actually think there are a few among the chaos that’s ensued, it would be that we can use...
Dec 8, 20205 min read
Shiners & Loss
As much as I have tried to focus on the blessings of this year and the good that still exists, this year has had it’s fair share of pain....
Dec 7, 20204 min read
Shining Despite Everything
There are stories all of us have where we did something despite the odds or what we told was possible. Maybe we were even told we were...
Dec 4, 20205 min read
What it Means to Naturally Shine
When I speak of living naturally, I am talking about feeling our best as much as possible every day. Those times our energy is good, we...
Dec 3, 20204 min read
The Shining Hero of 2020
I get that it is really tough to find the good when all we hear is bad news. All of the bad news has left most of us deeply weary and...
Dec 2, 20204 min read
Connecting in the Kitchen
For many of us the kitchen is the center of the home. It is where we connect with each other while stirring bowls of ingredients and...
Nov 17, 20204 min read
Color Connections
You know how you are just drawn to certain colors. It doesn’t matter what is popular we all have that special color that is our favorite....
Nov 16, 20204 min read
When It All Just Connects
I feel that when people really get it, it is like a big awakening for them. Like one of those aha moments that all of a sudden it takes...
Nov 13, 20204 min read
Politically Connected
It is really uncomfortable talking about politics these days. This single topic has the potential to separate life long friends and make...
Nov 12, 20205 min read
A Bad Connection
When someone once heard I had cut ties with my family and had no idea even where they were these days they were stunned. As in if they...
Nov 10, 20204 min read
My Connection to the Dragonfly
I’ve always noticed dragonflies. It doesn’t seem I go intentionally looking for them or anything but when there is one near I notice it....
Nov 9, 20205 min read
Natural Connections
I like when I hear nature sing. Maybe it’s not a song as much as a sensation. A stirring that things are alive around you in a comforting...
Nov 6, 20205 min read
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