I know, nice life for a "refugee." But still, I'd rather be at home and back in my studio! Every day from our fourth story hotel room (which for some reason keeps making me dizzy), this is what I see:

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The AIP diet from my hotel room goes on. I can't do the diet properly from here. I'm supposed to be eating kidney and liver and other "offal," but I need an actual kitchen to prepare those things right, and…

One week later, my stalwart friends trekked back out to the boat on the hillside. We corrected all the mistakes from last time, but got heaping plates full of new lessons in take 2. I'll do what I can with…

So a couple things about the AIP diet that make it impossible for me to eat out -- no vegetable/seed oils allowed, and no pepper or spices. I have found one amazing restaurant near the hotel (El Ranchero)…

Today I got to enjoy my Christmas present to myself - this facial. It had been rescheduled due to a large hematoma from my sweet, precious wild child accidentally sinking her tooth into my head! Maybe some video from this…

The heaviest ice storm in at least many decades hit the Willamette Valley in February 2021. My parents remember having ice storms most years. Said the ice would cull the trees' branches, but without any heavy ice in so long…