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All About a Duck
This is Stickybeak. Scroll through to see cute duckling photos! For those of you who don’t know the story, my kids found an abandoned egg at the storm drain at the back of our house a couple of months ago. They decided it must be a duck egg as we have a lot of native […]
The not-full-of-plastic-crap kid’s party bag
My son turned five last week which means I spent several days in the lead up to his birthday party, deliberating on how I can successfully be Fun-Mum as well as Ethically-Sustainable-Mum (so naturally I’ve descended into Guilty-Mum and I’m-Not-Good-Enough-Mum territory slightly more often than usual). For those of you who’ve read my ‘War on […]
Hattie Abernathy’s Sleep Tea
My name is Hattie Abernathy… Some people call me a witch, but never to my face. They’re probably scared I’ll turn them into a frog – not that I ever have. Yet. The year is 1915 and I was born in 1812. Yes, you read that right – I’ll be 103 this year. I suppose […]
Hattie Abernathy’s Burn Remedy
My name is Hattie Abernathy… Some people call me a witch, but never to my face. They’re probably scared I’ll turn them into a frog – not that I ever have. Yet.The year is 1915 and I was born in 1812. Yes, you read that right – I’ll be 103 this year. I suppose you […]
Kitchen Cupboard Tick Bite Remedy
A disgusting tick Blood sucking creatures love me. If there’s a mosquito, leech, tick or vampire bat within a 3km radius, it’ll find me. Until I moved to Australia I’d never come across ticks, in fact I don’t think I’d ever even heard of them. They’re nasty little creatures that are related to spiders and […]
‘Knock ’em Dead’ Cold and Flu Potion
Ever since I was a young child, I have been obsessed with herbal medicines and magical potions. So it’s probably no surprise that I ended up studying herbal medicine and now have a very overgrown garden full of beautiful culinary and medicinal herbs. Where one person sees a weed, I see a potential medicine or […]
My War on Christmas
Ok so it’s not really a war on Christmas. After all, who could be mad at this? Or this? What I’m mad about is the consumerism and materialism associated with Christmas. I’m mad about the constant message that we need to buy stuff (as if we didn’t have enough ‘stuff’ already). And what I’m the […]
How to Teach Mindfulness to Kids
Last time I wrote about mindfulness and why I believe it’s an important life skill to teach our children. When practiced regularly it can increase self-esteem, improve focus and concentration and reduce anxiety and depression. What’s not to like? But what exactly is mindfulness and how do you do it? Mindfulness vs Meditation These two […]
Mindfulness for Kids (and why it should be on every school curriculum)
Mindfulness is a bit of a buzz word these days but don’t be tempted into thinking it’s a fad. It might have only been on our Western radar for a few short years but mindfulness has actually been around for thousands of years, forming part of the spiritual practice for many religions (some would argue most […]