If you, or someone you know, could do with a safe room, then try this: buy a roll of foil from a plumbing shop, your local hardware, or order it from a company that specialises in this type of product. Use it to seal the floors, the walls, even the furniture. Building wrap, designed to stop vapours, is what you are looking for. Brands in AUS include: Vapastop, and … [Read more...] about How to Seal a Room With Foil, Quickly
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Organic Farm Photo Essay
The time when I lived on an organic farm at Newham, Hanging Rock, is one of the fondest memories to be found anywhere within my retrospective treasure chest of old. For, not only did my quality of life improve, and I miraculously improved with most of my sensitivities to chemicals, but I was able to fulfil a dream of mine: living off the land! Now, I stretch the truth here, … [Read more...] about Organic Farm Photo Essay
Goodbye Emerald Green Strappy Heels
Here is a joke for you all: Q: What is the definition of self-torture? A: A woman who has a shoe addiction, yet has also been tested and diagnosed as sensitive to chemicals! ~ aka ~ Michellina Van Loder I'm not really that type of woman… What 'type'? I hear you ask. Well—the type of woman who finds the gratification of buying and wearing shoes, intensely emotionally … [Read more...] about Goodbye Emerald Green Strappy Heels
Healing the Gut
All disease begins in the gut. ~ Hippocrates If that is true, then I'm on my way to a cure… Recently, I underwent testing with Doctor of Environmental Medicine, Professor Rob Allen, at the NIIM Wellness Clinic, Hawthorn East, Victoria, Australia. The Professor is a lovely older man, who is quite serious in nature, yet surprisingly humorous, which makes visiting him always a … [Read more...] about Healing the Gut
Out of the Darkness
"Essentially, it's not our dark times that matter; it's how we emerge from those times that matter, ultimately, showing us who we truly are." ~ Dan Zdraveski That there is a quote from a good friend of mine. Someone who, although at a distance, reminds me that I can in fact survive almost anything. And that it's only after emerging into the light that I can look back on … [Read more...] about Out of the Darkness