I started another Substack, this one specifically on using herbs and food for health and healing. This latest article is on how to find a qualified herbalist.
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My nonverbal kid is doing ammmmmazing learning how to spell to communicate. This is only "amazing" if you've never had a chance to know what's in your kid's head without guessing (and hoping you aren't wrong) until it gets unlocked by some miraculous hand of God. All these words were spelled on letter boards with effort and persistence. It's crazy how these kids already know how to spell everything (amygdala?!) and do split second math. If you've never seen it, and the hope there is for nonverbal people everywhere, check out Spellers the movie:
https://www.spellersfreedomfoundation.org/spellers-the-movie
At the very least, presume competence the next time you see someone struggling with motor control. You have zero idea the incredible intelligence in that head.
P.S. I drove to the bakery right afterwards and yes, bought chocolate cake to share and celebrate 🥳
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Happy mama's day to anyone who's ever loved or cared for anyone. I hope you get to rest and care for yourself today. 
I bought myself some mom day flowers. I'm gonna love whatever cards and whatnot my kids give me but 🤷♀️ I happen to love peonies and ranunculus and used it as an excuse to treat myself. Plus I needed something in that porch corner 🌸
I've grown ten babies, sadly lost one of them, and to this day rarely get an uninterrupted night's sleep. I wouldn't trade these beautiful and incredible people for anything, but if I can buy myself some flowers in celebration of them, I'm gonna be good with that.
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How welcoming the community is to newbies
This is great. I'd love to hear how this all turns out this winter, for example how the frozen cooked eggs are. I need to get myself an incubator; that's something we haven't done yet.
So the day I took the cat in to get spayed was the day found out she was going to have kittens 🙄
I have to keep telling myself two cats are enough! Cute stinkers. 
Do you take out and replant your dahlia bulbs every year? None of my starts looked excited until I went to a friend's farm and brought home some manure.
I'm about finished in the garden, everything has transplanted well and looks good. Garlic planted last fall looks great, too. This year I'll have to pay attention to watering but next year's project will definitely be adding drip. I've got some thinning to do, two more beds to plant with green beans and whatever else, and a spot on the ground ready for all the squashes. A few stragglers remain under the dining room grow lights (flowers, mostly), but I've got room now for whatever interesting starts I find at the nurseries now. Seedlings are sprouting and I can't wait for my flowers to bloom!
Speaking of blooming, lots of that going on here. Gah...mock orange is a wonderful scent. Forget-me-nots and bluebells are everywhere!
Lord willing, now it's just keep everything watered, keep the weeds down, and enjoy the harvest.
Are you growing anything this year?
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For real!
Pressing tincture today.
Regretting jumping the gun on transplanting my tomatoes yesterday, fooled by the sun and it's only mid 50's this week. Ah well, hope their little greenhouses keep them going ok. 
Yes! That's exactly what they did, screwdriver and all! I once owned a car where I had a remote starter under the seat bc the ignition up front didn't work. That might've taken them a minute.