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Here are a few toasty ideas guaranteed to deliver you cold relief this winter. Draft Busters Keep cold air from seeping in from under windowsills and doors in your home by sewing up draft dodgers from unused woolly scarves. Sew…

Holistic Home is alternative medicine for the homemaker. Maxine Fox explores practical ways of creating a home conducive to stress-free holistic health and happiness. She covers topics as diverse as chemical-free cleaning to color healing in the home for emotional…

With today’s economy becoming more and more uncertain, inflation continuingly rising, and individuals falling further into debt, people are not only uncertain about their future, but they are very much uncertain about their family’s future. However, although such pressing issues…

If the landscape explored in “Six Arguments for a Greener Diet: How a More Plant-Based Diet Could Save Your Health and the Environment” (Center for Science in the Public Interest) sounds like familiar territory, it should: the impact of the…

Compost is a natural fertilizer and can be easily created by using the household kitchen and garden waste. Below are some handy hints to create successful compost. There are compost bins that can be purchased but it not stricly necessary…

If you are looking to be a little more green and eco-friendly while helping your budget stretch a little further, then you should try these simple cleaner recipes that cost just pennies on the dollar. You can feel good about…

Snow days and sick days can spell very idle activities for adults, especially the elderly population. For some the option to turn up the thermostat when the mercury drops outside is a luxury they cannot afford. Moving around and finding…

Awareness of these practices, in turn, has led more people to join the movement of urban homesteading. The term urban homestead brings to mind an organic farm in upstate New York where a once urban professional couple has settled down…

When autumn rain turns to winter snow, you may not be able to do anything about the weather outside but you can create a comfy atmosphere inside in no time. Add the Glow of a Fireplace – Real or Faux…

Have you ever suddenly felt happy or sad for no apparent reason? Has a long ago memory ever just popped into your head from nowhere? Either one of those events could have been triggered by a fragrance, perhaps a scent…