Simple Living 
TEA TIME(11)
On Sunday, we opened up our home to host a special English Afternoon Tea. Turned out a perfect day for an indoor tea – dreary and chilly
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NO SHAMPOO? NO ‘POO GIVEAWAY TOO
Sometime in 2007, I starting using no shampoo after reading an article online about ladies who had quit using their ‘poo and were having wonderful results. Since then, I have had many people comment about my hair and asking, ” What do you use on your hair?” The astonished look on their faces when I tell them, “I don’t use shampoo” is priceless.
(166) HANKY, ANYONE?
Handkerchiefs remind me of my New Orleans grandmother who had always felt that a lady should never leave home without a cloth handkerchief in her purse (or even wearing gloves for special occasions)! Today, no one ever leaves home without their cell phones even when attending special occasions!
(13) HOMEGROWN MUSIC GIVEAWAY
Music brings such joy to lives. Homesteaders of old relied on music to wind down after a hard day’s work.
In the popular and beloved Little House books music and Pa’s fiddle the musical renditions of Pa were an important part of Laura’s childhood. From the Big Woods to the Dakota plains, Pa’s voice and music transported his little clan to a musical land of dance and song.
(54) STRAIGHT RAZOR SHAVING
We live in a outrageously disposable society, though “cheap” in cents it’s sure not making “sense” by costing us our future and the health of this planet.
(7) DARN IT!
I have a love affair with socks… especially colorful socks. One can never have enough socks; but when one wears a fave pair out… don’t throw away – darn it!
(12) PAUSE
“Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but religiously follows the new.”-Henry David Thoreau
As our weekly Sabbath day approaches when we manually hit “the pause” button, this article is something worth reading:
SECOND HAND ROSE
HOME APOTHECARY: CHARCOAL
Activated charcoal is an absolute must on any farm — whether rural or urban — and in any natural-living home. Here at the Urban Homestead, we keep it on hand for many things as it has so many uses.
(8) HOME HEALTH: COLDS & FLU
We’ve never had a flu shot…ever. Not even any kind of shot…ever…except for the “shot” of whiskey when sick with a cold!
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