Awards: 2013 Working backwards, as I often do, these are the awards my blog amassed this year, 2013. My apologies go out for my tardiness in accepting them but I've just not been in the right place for receiving such things. However, tis the time of year for feeling grateful, giving and accepting of things: so here I am feeling grateful, giving and accepting things. I'm ready … [Read more...] about Blog Awards
Search Results for: multiple chemical sensitivity
Allergic to Life
Allergic to Life: My Battle for Survival, Courage, and Hope by Kathryn Chastain Treat My rating: 5 of 5 stars Not only is Allergic to Life: My Battle for Survival, Courage, and Hope a wonderful resource and reference guide for people who are sensitive to chemicals but it also serves to show ordinary people what it's like to live a life while sensitive to most everyday … [Read more...] about Allergic to Life
Building
Welcome to all-things-building, materials-and-inspiration for individuals who need an allergy-free, eco-friendly, clean-living environment: I'm not really into the toxin mentality; I'm more of a chemical-irritant kind of gal. So my choices are evidence-based on what my immune system reacts to, and what evidence-based medical testing has shown for my particular allergies and … [Read more...] about Building
On My Way: A New Mattress
A chemical free living space comes up in the number two position in Pamela Reed Gibson's, peer reviewed study, Perceived Treatment Efficacy for Conventional and Alternative Therapies Reported by Persons with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS), published in Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP), September 2009 issue; ergo, making the creation of a chemical free living space … [Read more...] about On My Way: A New Mattress
Into the Light… and Living in the Wild!
Okay, I'm not really living in the wild! But get this: I'm sleeping in a hammock, out on the balcony of a beach house near the sea! But at night when it's really quiet, and I'm waking up, only to hear possums scratch (and occasionally growl) in the ginormous and glorious old gum tree rooted deep within the front yard, it certainly feels that way. And on weekdays, when walking … [Read more...] about Into the Light… and Living in the Wild!