Reclaiming My Inner Pioneer

House Bill 363 is a bill which would allow Utah Schools to drop sex education classes, and prohibit them from teaching about contraception i...

So often I feel overwhelmed with what I see as unfixable problems.  There are a lot of things that I, on my own will never be able to fix.  ...

Perhaps the rest of the year, when I don't think so much about buying STUFF, it's easier to not think about those who can't buy ...

Several months ago I posted about my thoughts after reading Animal Vegetable Miracle, by Barbara Kingsolver, and In Defense of Food, by Mic...

Saturday night my Mister and I went out to dinner and then to a movie with friends. We ate at the Rio Grande, I hadn't been there befor...

As I've been researching meat and the sustainability and health issues surrounding the way most meats are "grown" currently, I...

I've been thinking a lot lately about why we do things the way we do. Why we buy the things we buy, and eat the things we eat. And why...

Buy Local Week starts next saturday, November 29th and runs through December 6th. Local First, a non profit organization supporting local b...

This past Saturday my Mister and I did a little shopping. We needed some tools, so we went to Ace Hardware in North Salt Lake. They had ju...

Sometimes when I'm disappointed about something, or bored, or for any other unknown reason, I get the urge to spend money. My preferenc...

If you are interested in donating, make sure to join the Feminist Mormon Housewives team first, so your donation counts on their total donat...

A new reader, Carissa (welcome to my blog by the way...) asked me to make a case for being a democrat, since she didn't find my balance ...

I've been thinking a lot about loyalty lately. What are we loyal to and why? I've always considered myself a loyal person. Maybe ...

This time of year I always think I have too much "stuff". This year, it's epsecially sad that I think I have too much "s...

My heart aches for people who, for whatever reason, are without a warm place to sleep, a place to feel safe this winter. Sometimes it feels...

From President HInckley: Some years ago President Benson delivered a message to the women of the Church. He encouraged them to leave their e...

Continuing off of my last post about Sister Julie Beck's conference talk, Women Who Know , I'd like to talk a little bit more about ...

I was reading this article on MSNBC about Nancy Pelosi and Iraq financing and troop withdrawl and thought to myself, how did we get this wa...

In today's Tribune (I guess the article was published on the 12th, but I read online...) there is an editorial titled Iraq is not worth ...

Hello Mamas- after talking to dr. brian moench (founder of utah physicians for a health enviroment), i have a better sense of why wed's ...