Archive | June, 2016

Summertime Entertaining Craft: DIY Natural Place Card Holders

Summertime Entertaining Craft: DIY Natural Place Card Holders

by guest blogger Mark Kintzel, designer Summertime is all about being outdoors and outdoor entertaining! When setting your outdoor table, create an amazing and unique tablescape by following these few simple steps. DIY Natural Place Card Holders You’ll need: Rocks (you can use small rocks found in your backyard, by a river, or pick up […]

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What Happens When You Stop Fighting Change

What Happens When You Stop Fighting Change

It’s cliché but true: The only constant is change. Look at nature. It’s never still. Even rocks, given geological time, move. Or look at kids. One minute they are cute babies, the next they are cute but challenging toddlers, and so on. The rule applies to us all: A glance in the mirror reminds us […]

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Gardener's July To-Do List

Gardener’s July To-Do List

by the editors at Rodale’s Organic Life Here’s your July gardening guide for North America’s USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 3-10. If you don’t know what zone you live in, check the map here to find out. We’ve left off zones 1–2 (far-north Alaska) and zones 11–13 (small section of the Florida Keys, the Pacific coast between L.A. and Mexico, and […]

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The Many Benefits of Going for a Walk

The Many Benefits of Going for a Walk

by Maria Luci, editor at Maria’s Farm Country Kitchen and Rodale’s What’s a simple, fun, and beneficial exercise you can easily add to your daily routine? Taking a good stroll! Yes, walking. The beauty of walking as exercise is that it takes little to no equipment (just some shoes and maybe a little sunscreen) and […]

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6 Ways to Create a Backyard Bird Paradise

6 Ways to Create a Backyard Bird Paradise

by guest blogger Toni Becker, member of the Rodale’s editorial team If you’re looking to soak up the sun and enjoy nature, you don’t have to go far. You can turn your backyard into a local bird hangout, even if you don’t have much space. Not only is bird watching a fun solo or family […]

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Your New Favorite Strawberry Shortcake

Your New Favorite Strawberry Shortcake

Recipe from the Rodale Test Kitchen No dessert showcases strawberries at the height of their season quite like this strawberry shortcake! Grab some fresh berries today and try this recipe for a simple, sweet, and seasonal treat… Strawberry Shortcake Serves 6 Ingredients: 1 pound fresh strawberries, hulled and sliced 5 Tablespoons sugar, divided, plus more […]

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A Midsummer Night's Dream: 5 Tips for Better Summer Sleep

A Midsummer Night’s Dream: 5 Tips for Better Summer Sleep

by Maria Luci, editor at Maria’s Farm Country Kitchen and Rodale’s Are you sure/That we are awake? It seems to me/That yet we sleep, we dream… — William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream Unlike the spellbound, dozing characters in Shakespeare’s beloved comedy, many of us wish we could get in a few more hours of […]

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Happy Summer!

Happy Summer!

Here’s to a healthy, healing, and happy summer!   Related Posts:How to Keep That Feeling of Vacation Anticipation All Year Long14 Days of Summer, a Meditation: Day 1414 Days of Summer, a Meditation: Day 13

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