…or Begins. Depending on how you look at it. After almost a year of blogging all the news your womb can use, this will be my final week here at Fertility Notes and at b5media. Sniff. But don’t you be sad! You can still find me at my private blog (you can email me for details) and at www.nationalparksonline.net, our newly revamped blog chronicling Michael’s and my two-year road trip to all of the National Park sites across the United States and keeping you up to date on national park news. If you’re interested, I am working on some pretty neat things over at www.par.net for folks looking for autism or intellectual disabilities services here in Pennsylvania. And here’s even better news: for those of you following... [Read more]

August? Already? Are you serious? Sigh. I think I can squeeze in one more trip or two to the beach. I have to. I still have summer reading to do. I still haven’t finished the The Mind-Body Fertility Connection: The True Pathway to Conception by James Schwartz. Did I mention that I have some extra copies to share? Want one? Let me tell you what I know: James Schwartz is a Board certified Hypnotherapist and founder and director of the Rocky Mountain Hypnotherapy Center in Lakewood, Colorado. He’s got a fertility program called, “Hypnosis to Promote Fertility” which focuses on “healing the mental and emotional barriers that can often prevent conception.” That practice is the basis of the book that I have for... [Read more]

Why BRANDI! It’s you! You are this week’s Freebie Friday Winner! Brandi is now the proud owner of a Fertility Scope – an adorable little contraption designed to test your saliva to determine the optimum time to try to conceive. Thanks so much to everyone who entered. [Read more]

Just in case you missed them… Friday Favorites: Caves Reveal Climate, Amazon Sighting, Eco-Tourism, Soaring Solar and More (A perennial favorite) Those Kicks Aren’t Done Kicking – Reuse Those Shoes! (mentioned in BestHealthMag.ca. Nice!) Five Reasons Being Green Is Good for My Mental Health (by guest blogger Alicia from Mental Health Notes) Is $4 Gas a Good Thing? How is My Green Sunscreen Holding Up? Green Giveaway – Learn to Create a Healthy Home CD (check here for the winner) How Does Your Garden Grow? Do You Know What You’re Putting on Your Face? Why There is an Environmental Blog on the Health and Wellness Channel Seems $4 Gas Might Be a Good Thing in NYC [Read more]

My goodness, I love Flagstaff. The location, the people, the brewery, the closeness to everything Grand. Here’s another reason. The Arizona Republic reports: More than 265 teenagers from 44 U.S. states and nine Canadian provinces will meet at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff from Monday to Aug. 3 to participate as finalists in North America’s largest high-school environmental-education competition: the 2008 Canon Envirothon. Teams will be tested on knowledge of soils and land use, aquatic ecology, forestry, wildlife, and a current environmental issue. This year’s current-issue topic for the competition is “Recreational Impacts on Natural Resources.” Students will analyze long-term and short-term environmental,... [Read more]