Bloom

      My wolf story has been on my mind a lot, as I study the main character's past and her conflicts. It's a main character with painful experiences. I am not trying to write a victim. I keep coming to the same question - How does she become the hero in her own...

Botanical Beauty — Summer Wish List

The Botanical Beauty wish list was inspired by Amazon babes and earth elements. Raw edges, natural materials, scents that bring you to the forest. For this list I chose outfits that had that primitive feel and vegan products.  Browns, greens, and snake skin print. Handmade. The designers use free form techniques - there isn't a...

Review : Handmade Intention Candles and vegan lip balm

I first fell in love with a room spray with an Edgar Allen Poe quote on it. Co Op of Creations is a mystical shop, and a healing one. It was a kit I needed: a candle to cut ties with, a candle to start a fire within, a candle to set boundaries, and voluptuous...

Review: All Natural Lavender Goat Milk Soap Bars

Pretty Gang I realized that I started a blog in 2009 and I've been blogging ever since. Health and wellness started as a major theme for me in my early 20s when I wanted to be a pharmacy tech. I browsed the bright isles of beauty products as I stocked, reading ingredient labels. Now I'm...

#64 Apple Picking

I. I made love out of letters Beginning with "R"   Then piled them up in a basket And called it "our poem."   Sat watching the meaning hang Itself and fall with a thump   I had nothing really more to go off of, but all the   Rotten apples leaving sweet smells from...