The spectacularly blue October sky stretched high above the green fields and weather-worn barns where people had gathered to celebrate the season. Music sounded from the stage hung with a red, white and blue flag, as well as from a cantilever barn turned into another stage. My daughters sought out ice cream and apple cider […]
*May contain affiliate links for books where you can read more for yourself. Question everything at the grocery store and restaurant. Become a food detective for the sake of your own health and well-being. That’s the premise behind author Vani Hari’s new book The Food Babe Way, that’s destined to become a best-seller! I can […]
They traveled from all around the United States, some as far away as Alaska, from varied backgrounds. These informed women, many of them moms, some of them scientists or medical professionals, had one concern in common: safer chemicals for a healthier future. I met some of them at the train station in Baltimore, where one […]
You’re busy enough to barely find time for weekly shopping. Do you need to spend an extra hour just reading over the ingredient labels? Some parents feel they do these days, as the latest science and health information points to toxic chemicals used to make products we buy for our homes. If you think it’s […]
Would you donate a week of life away from your own family to work in less-than-ideal conditions in a third-world country? As our series STRONG, not scared continues on FlourSackMama.com, we can tell you that licensed occupational therapist Melissa Gunter is just days away from her volunteer service in Cambodia with the group Buds to […]
A feisty furball of a Pomeranian named Calhoun is one of the few things that can make Avery Baker smile these days. Calhoun even trumps the brand new Glow With the Show Ears delivered as a special gift from Minnie Mouse. The adorable five-year-old solemnly gave her personal approval for some of her young […]
What would you trade for more time with your family? How about a high-powered career and trophy home? That’s what a North Carolina woman says she and her husband did a few years ago. Their entire family left home, toting along their small boxes of possessions on a boat they named the Alegria, to […]
Ana Kniesel, Anne BrockMoms for Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families Moms in the Show Me State want to know consumer products are safe before they bring them into their homes and expose their children to them. The growing movement for Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families was the topic of my recent visit with moms in a St. […]
The glow of candlelight, the melody of an ancient hymn, the aroma of freshly cut evergreens being hung in the sanctuary…what calls you to reconnect with your faith? While the business world would like us to believe Black Friday is a holiday, many of us remember far deeper connections to special winter days. Perhaps your […]
Floods and Hurricane Sandy have brought recent deaths to Haiti, the heavily impoverished island nation still recovering from a major earthquake in 2010. Deforestation and dysfunction have long been hallmarks of Haiti. Yet, many residents are finding hope. The Christian School of New Vision in La Jeune educates 800 poor children, feeds them one meal […]
Anne is a mother, wife and independent journalist blogging about carrying on the best of Grandma’s traditions while improving on what we know better.