Side Bar Link Editing Begins In June…

…so please stop by the site and check out the array of information before it is gone.

With all the information I am trying to run on my website, I feel that transitioning out older information to make room for the new is past due. Loading pages, no matter what my techies try, seems inordinately slow. I hope by removing many sidebar static information links that it will speed up loading, and your enjoyment of my site.

As out with the old, the new will revolve around what I find interesting and what I want to share.

This will include more information about Five Element Arts Pure Skin Care line.

Thank you for continuing to follow Five Element Arts!

LisA

Wobbling Along

Undergoing new chemical treatments for intractable pain isn’t an easy process. As my neurologist says, “You can’t make omelets without breaking some eggs.”
Though I am receiving relief from the constant body-wide pain of Fibromyalgia, I am unable to move very well. I feel as though my body is a bag of wet cement. It shifts slowly as I try to move, but weighs me down and negates the ability to move quickly or accurately. It is dangerous when walking past the top of the steep staircase when you have a wobble in your step.

I haven’t felt confident enough to drive while on these meds, and when I do get out I am quickly exhausted and grateful to get back home. Being home hasn’t hindered my skin care project until now.

At the point where I have product to sell my body needs down time, and I am lost just before Christmas with no way to sell my products or even to catalog my products in a price list and information list form with photographs.

My hope is that those who have shown interest in my skin care project will still be interested in learning about better skin care after the holidays.

This batch of first recipes will be significantly cut down to a hand full of products, and my glass jars will change when The Kitchen Witch Creations skin care line hits shelves in January.

I had missed being able to post…

…while I had technical difficulties with WordPress and GoDaddy issues. Hopefully that is done now that I have upgraded my hosting plan. It’s all Greek to me, but now I am back at it.
The last month or so I have spent day and night at my wood stove stirring up some wonderful creams and butters for face and body. Now that the creating part is done, I am switching over to photographer. I have no idea what I am doing when it comes to photography. I do take all the photos and process them for this site, but now I have small bottles and jars to capture through the lens…

Behind The Blogging Scene…

…I have been busy enjoying the season and working with the details of running my website. Continue Reading…

Technical Difficulties Lead To Time Off From Blogging…

…but I’ve been busy!

While Five Element Arts – The Kitchen Witch Chronicles hasn’t been able to publish for awhile, I have been working in the gardens and preparing herbal remedies and natural moisturizers as well as writing off-line.

I hope you continue to follow the Chronicles as I endeavor to provide recipes, stories, photographs and tidbits from the kitchen and from around my home.

Holiday Animal Prints In The Snow

These animal prints in the snow were found in the same place I photographed prints last winter.

This is the first snow of this season to stay on the ground and it is a pleasant addition to the holidays.

My photographs of animal prints have been the most popular item on my web pages. I hope you enjoy these prints.

Must Be The Reasons Of A Witch

I’ve been absent in so many ways for far too long this winter.

A confirmed Fibromyalgia diagnosis has me questioning so many aspects of my life.

Aside from the syndrome that has been with me my whole life I now am crashing into the aging process.

I believe this list would benefit any person:

Positive Thoughts

Stress Reduction

Exercise

Nutrition

Sleep

Water

This list is not meant to be considered in order of importance as all aspects are related and are equally crucial to well being.

Wouldn’t you think that taking care of ourselves would be the easiest part of living? Why is it so difficult for us to acknowledge the importance of sustaining and nurturing ourselves?

Why is it easier to down a soda instead of a glass of water?

Why do we accept treating ourselves badly in so many ways?

I don’t have answers, just a day by day thought-filled awareness of walking the proper path one step after another. It is a lifestyle change that encompasses every choice.

Return of the blogging witch

I’ve been away from my blog for a couple weeks, and it feels good to get back to it. I appreciate that you have continued to check in with my site though nothing new has been added.
I’m still a bit shocked that we are in the middle of November and the holidays are approaching fast.
I have a lot of photos still in my camera to upload and lots to write about.
It seems I also have some blog housekeeping to do. A few of the photos have been removed – not intended – and I will have the site fully functioning as soon as possible. Thank you for visiting Five Element Arts!

What do YOU Do?

Ahhh…I always stumble when face to face with that question and a stranger on the other end of those words.

I have no pat answer, and my mind fumbles through my possible choices…

Today I am a writer.

Yesterday I was an elder-care worker.

Next week I will probably fit being a Dog-walker between Baker and Landscaper.

 Now I have an answer to the what-do-you-do question…

I’m a blogger!

Blogging For Bliss – Tara Frey

Tara Frey’s book Blogging For Bliss is a must have.

This book has been so helpful to me  when I wasn’t even sure

what a blog was, much less how to make it a personal and creative chronicle.                                             

I have added this to my Favorite Book List.