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Big news (it's a book!)

In case any of you missed the memo, there's a BIG announcement up on my new blog today!

Find all the details about my new book here.

(Squee!)

Stay in touch!

Hello, friends!

I've been contacted by several people in the past weeks asking why they are no longer receiving blog notifications. I'm guessing a few of you missed the memo that I have moved my blog, and thought I'd send out another note to let you know how to stay in touch!

I am now blogging at www.rachelwolfclean.com and www.lusaorganicsblog.com. When you click over, you'll see a place to sign up for my emails, then I'll drop you a note every time I post. 

I've been sharing forest and forage updates; herbal tea formulas; and talking about the how-tos of making double mushroom medicine making. Plus the now-and-again sharing of farm, family, and home.

I hope to see you there! 

My blog is moving!

Big news, my friends! I'm moving my blog from here to my shiny new site, rachelwolfclean.com.

I think you'll find my new blog is nicer to look at, easier to navigate, and more mobile-friendly. Do tell me what you think! Then update your favorites folders, and head over to explore and subscribe.

I don't want to lose you in the switch, so I've added an email link to the front page to simplify you keeping up-to-date on new posts. 

See you there!

 

Love,

Rachel

Irish breakfast (and lunch... and dinner)

Lupine is all about the celebrations. I mean seriously all about it. Is professional party-planning a life goal? If so, she's already there. Each year she goes full out for Valentine's Day, friends' birthdays, Winter Solstice, and our spring celebration. Me? I only have so much holiday juju to give, so each year when she asked if we would have a St. Patrick's Day celebration I did my best to evade her request. 

This year, though, felt different. Exactly a half-year since our month-long road trip around Ireland, it felt like a wonderful excuse to celebrate. If not St. Patrick himself, at least the most memorable trip our family has ever taken.

We spent a week planning our menu, since we decided that the holiday would be pretty much all about the food: muesli, Irish brown bread (baked by Sage), and our best effort as a traditional Irish breakfast in the morning (black pudding, white pudding, rashers, and sausage. hello.) plus fried eggs and brown bread with Irish butter on the side. And cups of Irish Breakfast tea in our mugs, of course. For lunch Lupine baked a loaf of bread and we made sandwiches, something we almost never eat in our normal life but that made up the bulk of our cooler-lunches in Ireland. For dinner, I made my best effort at a classic Irish stew (eaten with more fresh bread, because if you're going to go, go big) to mimic our favorite meal from our favorite Dublin pub, and honestly, for my normal stew-snubbing family it was a win. As in: eating seconds and wiping the bowl clean with their bread kind of win. 

Beside the fire after dinner, we pulled out a photo album that I had printed of favorite photos from our trip, and relived our most memorable moments of the month.

The day left us feeling grateful, wistful, and - of course - oh so full.

Perhaps we've added another holiday to our annual list after all. (Lupine will be glad!) And this one I think even I can handle making a habit of.