Combining tradition and science to create natural and effective remedies.
CW: Disability, Consent, Ableism, PTSD A thread I read yesterday got me to thinking about my interactions with people in the outside world – especially on the bad days. Specifically, to the different ways people respond to various mobility aids and my particular flavour of broken. See, there are good Continue Reading →
One of the frustrating things about chronic life is that it delimits what I can do. Depending on the day it does so rather severely. This means I am cooking far less these days. Most of my time and energy goes into tea. And I love tea, I do. I Continue Reading →
The original version of this survey was called the “Tea of the Month Club Survey” – and we do prefer to have it filled out by our subscribers. However, I sometimes like to tuck an extra into our orders. A way of saying thank you or perhaps just my inner Continue Reading →
As we sort of dropped off the map for January – other than a somewhat wibbley-intermittently-feverish presence on Twitter – I thought an explanation might be warranted. It all started with our holiday rush last year. Which began sometime in early October. It was pretty impressive. And I enjoyed every Continue Reading →
‘Twas a fortnight before Christmas, and all through the house All the creatures are stirring… even the mouse. The teas were all sitting on shelves with great care, Waiting for orders that soon would be there. The dogs were excited, and playing with toys, While we laughed at the antics Continue Reading →
Note: This post is about chronic pain from my perspective and written through my experience with it. I know that this will not cover everyone’s experience. Additionally, there should definitely be content warnings. Chronic life involves everything from PTSD to depression to tremendous anxiety to… Chronic pain isn’t a single Continue Reading →
One of the things that I have been trying to do lately is make sure that we have a freezer full of tasty things that can be defrosted at need. When you are dealing with an assortment of chronic illnesses – you need quick options. For the meals where I Continue Reading →
One of the frustrating things about ending up in New Mexico was the altitude issue when applied to cooking. All of my Gramma Betsy’s recipes were optimized for sea level, and not all of them translated well to the nosebleed altitude Mister Tea and I live at. The two that Continue Reading →