If emotions fell on a sliding scale from sadness to happiness, with neutral in the middle, I think my natural state would fall somewhere on the sadness side. It’s not intentional, though. I do try to be optimistic, and sure, I can have fun and be happy, especially with my friends, family, and pets…but at [...]

Despite the fact that my Vita Mix is still en route (at last check, it was in Ohio) I decided to dive into green smoothie-ville this morning. Since I still have a cold, I thought a super dose of greens might help. I had two very ripe bananas, so I chopped ‘em up and tossed [...]

I love pineapples. They’re one of my favorite fruits. But, since they tend to be big and prickly, I usually just buy the pre-cut chunks in the little plastic containers. However, when my husband was at the store yesterday, they were out of pre-cut ones. So he brought me a whole pineapple. My first one [...]

For more on the fruit sushi recipe, click here. I recently stumbled upon an ultra-cool website: gliving.tv. It’s all about living a green life, and includes smart, eco-friendly fashion choices, sustainable home upgrades (composting toilets, anyone?), green cars, green (and not so green) celebrities, music reviews, hard news stories and more. I’m most interested in [...]

I was goofing around on Facebook tonight, and I stumbled across a profile eerily similar to my own, for a girl named Nicole. We live in the same city, our birthdays are 3 days apart, we have the same unusual book listed in our favorites, we have similar political leanings, we’re both pro-Macintosh and anti-global [...]

I got my juicer at Bed Bath and Beyond. When it comes to food, I’m prone to giving up things: meat, soda, dairy, cooking…About six months to a year ago, I also gave up juice. For one thing, it’s generally pasteurized, which is a no-no in raw food land. For another, it’s pretty high in [...]