This time of year always nudges me toward the cozy things, simmering pots on the stove, cozy sweaters, quiet evenings, and of course, warm, homemade body butter. There’s something so comforting about ...

Alicia is a writer, photographer, and social entrepreneur specializing in sustainable travel, wildlife and nature conservation, and environmentally friendly agriculture and eating. She holds an M.S.

Photo ©Michael Piazza Photography. Used with permission from Storey Publishing. Your skin “eats”. Did you know that? It sure does! It “eats” or absorbs up to 60 percent of what you apply to it (to ...

Many people thinking of spinning, weaving, knitting, soap-making and other home-based crafts as fancy hobbies rather than attributes of simple, self-reliant living, but it all depends on the context.