When the kindergarten teacher asked each member of the class to stand up and say what they wanted to be when they grow up, it went something like this. I can’t say for sure, because the only th...
Wow. So. Wow. The outpouring of love yesterday just blows me away. THIS, YOU, is what makes Crunchy Betty so magnificent. It’s definitely not me. It’s your sharing (and the comments in wh...
It took long enough. Didn’t it? I’ve been on a very odd journey through my heart, trying to figure some things out. It’s been confusing and a little weird, but mostly confusing. I&#...
Water. Agua. Eau. It is the great giver of life, the washer of dirt, the slow and steady drip of time. Without water, life on this planet would not exist. Unfortunately, with water, life in your home...
If you’ve seen Food, Inc., you know Joel Salatin. He’s unforgettable. Really gives the whole documentary it’s juicy, natural flavor. He’s the farmer. You know the one I’...
(First of all, you laughed at the title. I know you did. Because you totally got that it was a play on “Gee, you’re looking swell.” Because chia seeds swell. Get it? GET IT?) I̵...
Ho-lee mo-lee. This is the LAST Tuesday in April, and, as such, the LAST Tuesdays Outside the Box. I hope you’ve come prepared, my friends. Today, we’re talking about ways t...
Today I’m going to tell you a story. Like, a real story with no moral. Because, frankly, at this very moment on this very night I’m really exhausted from thinking about tips and inspirati...
It’s just you and this orange: Photos today courtesy my ever-talented crunchy mother. On a steamy summer day, you’re sitting at a table in front of this orange. You’re...
Shoot. Running behind today – bit off more than I can chew. So, without further ado, the third of four Tuesdays Outside the Box: Today featuring things to do with Borax and handy ways to fix oi...
You’re in for a treat today. A simple treat, but it is seriously loaded to the brim with gooey, delicious knowledge. Starting today (and ending Friday at 8 a.m. – so this is a very limite...
Sometimes I forget one of the wonderful things about blogging is that I’m allowed to not be perfect. Nay. One of the wonderful things about LIFE is that we’re all allowed to not be perfec...
Note from Leslie: Today, we are SO very lucky to have accomplished herbalist and author of the book The Essential Herbal For Natural Health, Holly Bellebuono. She recently asked me to peruse her book...
Yep! It’s Tuesday already, so we’re thinking outside the box. AGAIN! Do you remember that time I totally cheated? No. You probably don’t, because it just happened. For...
Something you want. What is it? What do you want? Choose one thing. Write it down. (I’m not kidding. Write it down.) We’ll get to why you’re doing this soon. In the meantime, have y...
Before you start reading this, I want you to grab your rosemary essential oil (or a squished fresh rosemary leaf or even some cracked dried rosemary) and take a deep whiff. Why? Because it will help ...
It’s time for the very first ever Tuesdays Outside the Box! I hope you all put your thinking caps on throughout the week to come up with outside the box ideas for ways to use flou...
You’re a 5-year-old kid. Yes, you. Right now. You’re 5 years old and you’re playing quietly with your chalk, and Johnny snot-nose next to you has blocks out, which he’s throwi...
Never has the comment section overwhelmed me in a productive sort of way as much as the last post. All your ideas were brilliant and so very, very original. Today is about lemons! Yay! ...
What can you do with a wooden spoon? Quick. Think about it. You can stir things, right? Like soup. Or pudding. Or pudding soup. But if you took a little more time, you crafty people could think of a ...
I hunted and searched through my brain for a funny and/or inspiring wood story to accompany this post. Perhaps something about trees and how they symbolize the seasons we all go through as human bein...
Her name was Millie, the girl who sporadically made high school my personal nightmare. She’d stroll carelessly through the hallway with her pack of slightly quieter friends and go out of her wa...
Moving makes it to the short list of the top 5 most stressful things you can do in your lifetime. Since leaving the warm, safe womb of high school I have moved 16 times. That is not an exaggeration. ...
Note from Leslie: This crunchy household has made its trek from one location to another in an epic move (in the olden days, 5 miles would have been epic, so it counts). But my life is still waiting p...
It all started yesterday when I was haphazardly tearing things from my wall. Eventually, I reached the picture tiles – which had held up nicely for seven months using only sticky squares –...
Right now, I’m going through a stage in my life where I’m removing a lot of stuff from other stuff. Like my belongings from my closet, my butt from my couch, and my brain from the soggy d...
There is a tension belt in your head. At optimal levels, it’s stretched just tight enough to keep everything running smoothly, with a tiny bit of slack for moments of stress. The tension you fe...
I like to imagine it went something like this: Five women were sitting around a table eating sprouted whole grain scones, talking about the latest in health scandals. Martha turned to Jody and...
Are you ready to take a heady, esoteric journey through all the emotional, spiritual, and soulful lessons I’ve learned over the past 5 months on Pinterest? YES? YES? p.s. You can click o...
There is something about the intimate quality of handmade products, the realness and the everything I talked about yesterday. And, as we’ve discussed so many times here, there are a lot of good...
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