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I was a crafty kid. I made earrings out of noodles. I made villages out of shoeboxes. And I liked to do “science experiments” with…

For better or worse, I am a multi-tasker. I could never get it all done without the help multi-tasking tech devices like my beloved smartphone…

My husband, Mike, has been really good about getting on board with the green changes we have made as a family over the past few…

I’ve seen plenty of those “What to do with your farmshare vegetables” posts. But as simple as they’d like it to sound, most recipes for…

I’m not always too lazy to wash and chop my own lettuce. But when I am, I buy Fresh Express salads. In spring and summer…

It’s no secret that many pet foods are loaded with artificial ingredients. In fact, in 2007 there was a nationwide recall of more than 40…

I have never participated in any kind of “cleanse” or fast, save for one Yom Kippur in college when I fasted for the better part…

I literally failed gym class. One semester in Junior High School I actually got an “F” for failure to participate. I pretended to be too…

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of the Aetna Foundation. I am a huge fan of how technology can be used…

Natural gas drilling (or fracking) in Pennsylvania continues to be a contentious topic – and with good reason. Governor Corbett has made it one of…