Organically Inclined

Anyone can be green when you live on a farm, right? But what about if you move to the city - a city that embraces paper mills, and has coal piles on the banks of the river? Yes indeed! This environmental activist and writer is heading back to the belly of the beast…back to Green [...]

After receiving a particularly vehement comment from a young mother who claims that formula feeding is the best choice for all infants, I felt it necessary to re-post this article from last year:
http://organicallyinclined.org/2008/02/04/breastfeeding-versus-pumping-versus-bottle-feeding/
To read the young woman’s comment and my reply, please visit here.
It is disheartening to see such a young woman so convinced that [...]

I was watching the news the other day, and watched this story about a five-month-old who was nearly killed by watered-down baby formula.
The mother told the story of how, in order to save money, she waters down her baby’s formula - never thinking that the extra water could hurt her baby!
This is quite possibly the [...]

Today is Black Friday. I just watched a news spot where people actually skipped their Thanksgiving dinner yesterday in order to wait in line in front of a box store and get that thing they want for cheap! I am stunned. In fact, I am stunned every year. I can’t believe what people will go [...]

One would really think that I would be used to the symptoms of pregnancy by now. Really - I mean this is my 8th pregnancy (one ended in miscarriage). You’d think after being pregnant this many times, I would have strategies for coping with morning sickness - which I get all day and very severely [...]

I called this blog Organically Inclined back when I started it because I try very hard to do things organically and “green,” but don’t always succeed. However, the one area I thought I had down pat was the frugal area. I have always been the epitome of frugal! I always made the frugal decision. It [...]

I just wanted to thank everyone at the VHFA who made me feel so welcome there today! Even though my morning got off to a strange start, I heard that my speech was pretty good - so YAY!
Unfortunately, my pregnant brain and I left my books at my house early this morning, so if you [...]

Because I have given birth so often (six times), I am often asked about my birth “stories.” It surprises me that I haven’t written about them, but truthfully, my births have been fairly unremarkable. Of course, being pregnant with my seventh, I don’t want to jinx it, but I have only had one birth that [...]

Dear Today Show on NBC:
I am a loyal viewer. I have only two channels - NBC and PBS - so I enjoy watching the Today Show with my morning cup of coffee. Sunday morning (November 9), I sat down for a little quiet and a little weather and news and whatnot. As the writer of [...]

I’ve actually had a number of requests to post my homemade bread recipe online - so here it is. I vary this recipe depending on what I have on hand - or what I feel like making. You can too! This recipe makes two loaves, but I often forget the Kitchenaid mixer and double or [...]