tammy December 17th, 2008
Very cool!
Read the article, Back to Nature: Top 100 Herbal Medicine Blogs, here:
http://www.nursingdegree.net/blog/40/back-to-nature-top-100-herbal-medicine-blogs/
(You can find Witchen Kitchen under the subtitle The Basics)
Thanks for the mention, NursingDegree.net!
And thanks to all of YOU READERS! Without you this blog would have no visibility at all.
For my next post… I think it’s time to start digging winter roots! It has finally been cold enough around here to have the fire burning for a few days straight. Perfect time to dig roots to infuse in oil on the back of the wood stove! Stay tuned…
tammy November 25th, 2008
Well, we’ve been chosen. This guy showed up at our door a few days after Halloween and decided to stay. We tried to get him to go home by refusing to let him into the house, but he just stayed at our window all night meowing, tearing screens off the window, and pawing at the door like a puppy. We’ve decided to stop fighting what seems meant to be. So, now we have a cat named Nuisance (that, by the way, our dog hates! yikes!).
It all started with the tuna fish. When he came to our door, he was very skinny and obviously malnourished, and seemed to be in some pain also, as if he had maybe injured his tail or his pelvic area. Whatever injuries he had weren’t too serious — he could walk and jump just fine — but I noticed an odd twitching in his tail when I rubbed him and felt a lot of heat in the lower regions when I moved my hand down his back just above his spine. How could I not open up a can of tuna for the sad little guy?
In the few weeks he’s been with us, his belly is no longer sunken and his fur is getting shinier. He likes to be massaged, and the twitch in his tail is diminishing. He’s looking quite healthy these days.
Nuisance truly lives up to his name in the way he demands attention and a thorough rubbing down every time he comes near, how he wants to be fed 15 hundred times a day, and the way he regally commandeers the warmest spot by the fire. He’s definitely got a strong sense of what he wants and when, and doesn’t settle for less. He’s teaching me a lot.
It’s also a big hassle to make sure the dog and the cat are never in the same room together (no, no, no — fur will fly!). But he is so darn lovable and rewards us with such satisfied purrs after he gets us in line, that we don’t really mind the nuisance all that much.
tammy November 25th, 2008
It just makes me feel all warm and fuzzy to come here and see all the comments and to know that people are actually reading what I write. I absolutely love it when you leave a note for me 
I’ve been working a lot the last few weeks, so haven’t had time to respond to everyone individually, but I just wanted you to know how much I appreciate all you readers.
Here’s some love back to YOU!
tammy November 18th, 2008
Oh, I am sooooo far behind! Sarah Head at Tales of a Kitchen Herbwife awarded me the Uber Amazing Blog award some days ago, but I’ve not had a chance to post it here until today. Thank you Sarah for the award! And sorry it took so long to acknowledge. I’m so glad people are reading and enjoying what I write here.
[Note: I removed the Award graphic because I mysteriously began having some problems with my site right after uploading it, then found a bunch of weird code in my pages (which I have removed now). I'm not sure if the problems were due to this graphic or not, but just to be safe, I've taken it down.]
The rules of this award are:-
* Put the award logo on your blog or post (right click on award, save as)
* Nominate at least 1 blog that you consider to be Uber Amazing!
* Let them know that they have received this Uber Amazing award by commenting on their blog
* Share the love and link to this post and to the person you received your award from.
And now, I pass the award onto… drum roll please… two of my very favorite newer blogs: Patricia at the Handmaiden’s Kitchen & Mon at Hearth Herbalist. There are so many, many fine and popular blogs out there that I enjoy, but these stand out for me as a couple of kindred bloggers and, well, I just think they are Uber Amazing!
(what does Uber mean, anyway? it must be something good, I’m sure )
tammy November 1st, 2008
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
They had fun trick-or-treating last night. From left to right, Kelsea was a beautiful princess, Shaun was a super power ranger, Jelani was a fuzzy duck, and Avery was a scary zombie. Now they’re all loaded up on sugar for the weekend… yikes!
tammy May 29th, 2008
Well, I’ve just been tagged by Michelle (GreenWoman). Apparently, that means I have to tell all you readers six quirky things about myself. Where in the world do I start? LOL
Here are the rules of this Blog Tag Game:
- Link to the person who tagged you
- Mention the rules in your blog
- Tell about six unspectacular quirks of yours
- Tag a new set of six following bloggers by linking them
Here are six of my quirks:
- I don’t like people to touch my veins. You know, where they are very prominent on the wrists or back of the hands. Gives me the willies!
- I have a thing for obscure and esoteric topics of conversation and thought. One of the sweetest (and funniest) things my hubby ever said to me, while shaking his head in despair, was, “You think I don’t listen to you, but really I do try. Just most of the time I don’t know what the h*ll you’re talking about.” hehehe
- A half glass of wine makes me slightly drunk and quite silly
- At any given time, I’m reading three or four different books all at the same time, usually a different book in each room of the house. One for the kitchen, one for the office, one for the bedroom, one for the sitting room…
- I keep the books I’ve already read, but want to refer back to, in a basket in the bathroom for frequent perusal. Sometimes I also put new books in the bathroom and read them cover to cover in short segments daily over the course of a couple of months.
- I hardly ever wear shoes, except to work or shopping and such, and then I usually only wear slip-ons that I can easily kick off whenever I get the chance. Contrary to my grandmother’s warnings, always going barefoot has not made my feet big and wide and ugly.
And here are six bloggers that I love and read regularly.
I’ve never done a tag before, and I don’t know if any of you are open to this sort of thing or not, but here goes! Tag! You’re it!
- Rosalee at Methow Valley Herbs
- Kristena at Blessings of an Herbwyfe
- Ananda at Plant Journeys
- Cathy at Growing Curious
- Plantain Patch
- Darcey at Gaias Gifts
