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After two years of following a whole food plant based (WFPB) diet, I find myself still struggling to consistently create delicious meals to share with my partner and students in my Clean Eating classes.

I had a lot of fun learning to draw toads last month with @kristyglas, and lately I've been in a mandala craze, thanks to @nicolemoker. I get impatient pretty quickly with my attempts at art, but something

I took this with my point-and-shoot film camera sometime during 1995-7 when I served in U.S. Peace Corps in Guinea, West Africa. I despeckled it somewhat and converted it to grayscale in Photoshop, because

Read Part 1 It had been nearly 18 months since Ada had stopped using her wheelchair. She had assumed that it was a normal part of the aging process to eventually depend upon mobility through a cane, walker

It’s a perfect day for a paddle down the river. The adventure potential is good, since the water level is low and there’s a chance of getting snagged upon—or swept beneath—a fallen tree. My mission is

Ada nervously patted her freshly-done white curls as Mae-Lyn wheeled her to the front doors. She couldn’t remember exactly where this was supposed to be, although snippets of the past few months of difficult

Healthy eating while camping takes some effort in advance, but when you're on the road or the trail, you'll be so glad to have done it! I'd like to share with you some ideas for how I go about prepping

Make sure to read Part 1! It had been a rough few years since the ban was instituted. Although most reserves of sugar, oil and salt (SOS) had been confiscated, some people had managed to hide their stash

Trenton had been without his fix for almost a week, and he was going out of his fucking mind. He was shaky, couldn’t sleep, and couldn’t think about anything anything else except that big sheet of sugar

It happens every year. I become giddy in the garden with the delight of a toddler when "the first" of anything is ripe enough to sample. Today's selection of fruits: sugar snap pea, cherry tomato,

This past spring, we visited Wrangell, Alaska for a month while we did maintenance on our sailboat. Taking a break from work one evening, we drove to the beach to enjoy the the most glorious sunset I have

Prior to my deployment to Guinea, West Africa as a US Peace Corps volunteer, I was pretty attached to my stuff. Material possessions like music (cassette tapes, this was the mid-90s), clothes and shoes,

If you really want to experience Montana: drink from its mountain springs, plunge into its icy lakes, enjoy 360-degree views from its summits, and feed its mosquitoes with your blood in its swampy meadows.

I always get excited when I discover a big, beautiful caterpillar, because I know she's going to turn into something very cool. This one was squiggling through the garden, so I snapped a few pics and then

If a child grows up in a physically and verbally hostile household, she can develop numerous unhealthy behaviors as an adult. Being short-tempered, self-critical and avoiding conflict are examples. In

Understanding the best way to eat is challenging in the climate of misinformation and garbage foods being promoted here in the U.S. I was confused for a long time and also motivated by silly things such

This little one was trying hard to be inconspicuous while its mother was off taking care of business. I hope his/her momma came back, because we have a resident black bear that would find it a yummy treat!

My inner superhero: Marguerite Multi-Tool. Otherwise known as, “I've got too many interests to hone in on a single specialty for sharing with the Steemit community!” Not my real hair, by the way…those

I've been waiting for weeks to catch this little guy at his tricks! He likes to perch on my bamboo wind chime while guarding "his" hummingbird feeder about 10' away. If another hummingbird tries