I was in the kitchen with the Mrs. last night. We were having a serious discussion about an important topic…what kind of snack we should have. We are empty nesters now. Since the last few of our 15 kids grew up and moved away I find that the problems and questions that need to be […]
It’s a beautiful day in the apocalypse. The sun is shining, there is a lovely breeze in the air and no one has seen any Mutant Biker Zombies for weeks. Because it’s such a lovely day, your uncle Bob (who isn’t the sharpest tool in the drawer) grabs the sharpest tool from the tool shed […]
♪ Over the river and through the woods, to Grandmother’s house we go! ♪ I don’t know what your house is like during the holidays, but the Jones House becomes something akin to Grand Central Station. With 15 kids and about a half a gazillion grandkids (I don’t have the actual number but Grandma does) […]
I’ve been around for a little over half a century. I remember the civil rights movement of the sixties, the energy crisis and the Vietnam War in the seventies, the eruption of Mt. St. Helens, the crash of Wall Street in the eighties, and the rash of hurricanes and earthquakes in the nineties. In 2000 […]
For the past three decades or so, I’ve been practicing as a veterinarian. Early in my career I discovered the powerful healing benefits of medicinal plants. Herbs have been a part of my daily practice ever since. I’ve used them for treating gunshot wounds, rattlesnake bites, gangrene, kidney stones, anxiety, serious infections, and about every […]
Sir Isaac Newton, the famous physicist that discovered and quantified the law of gravity, codified the laws of thermodynamics, motion, mechanics and astronomy and (when he got bored with all of that) invented the reflective telescope and created the mathematical system of calculus, described himself as follows: “I do not know what I may appear […]
As an herbalist I have, on a regular basis, the opportunity to do something most herbalists don’t get to do. That is, applying herbs to the management of serious wounds. I started managing wounds with herbs many years ago in my veterinary practice and have since shared the things I’ve learned with hundreds of clients that have used […]
