This morning, I found myself staring out the window at breakfast. At first, I couldn’t figure out why, and then I realized that I was looking for Juncos. These little ground-feeding birds visit our yard all winter long, eating seeds dropped from the feeders by other birds (or scattered on the ground intentionally by us [...]

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We all know how it goes. Earth Day rolls around and its all over the news, our inbox is flooded with emails about how to green our lives, we talk to people at a local community celebration, get all fired up, and then the warm weather hits, we’re outside, and we forget all about the [...]

My pal–and devoted reader–over at Woman with a Hatchet has bestowed an award upon ChezArtz and it is time for me to pass it on. Blogging is something that I’ve been thinking a lot about recently as I expanded from  just ChezArtz to Toys, Naturally and GreenArtz, then to BlogHer and now, I’m happy to [...]

Over the weekend, a friend forwarded me a recent Times article entitled pithily “Choosy Mothers Choose Caesareans” and although the article itself is slightly less pro-c-section than the title, I still felt compelled to respond. Having had both a c-section and a vaginal birth after c-section (VBAC), I feel qualified to comment on this topic [...]

At this time every year since its inception, our local Gentle Parenting group has a debate about sunscreens. Are they safe? Should you use them or just cover up and stay out of the sun? Which ones are best? How often to apply? I started the conversation this year both at my son’s preschool and [...]

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I’m in internet junkie. I’m an email junkie. My name is Julie Artz and I am an addict. Seriously. I get that prickly uncomfortable feeling when I know there are emails in my Inbox that I haven’t read or responded to. I ignore everything around me when I’m absorbed in whatever I’m doing on the [...]

Saturday was our second trip to the Farmer’s Market this season, and although I managed to forget my pencil and paper, I did consider it a research trip for our official foray into the 100 Mile Diet. And boy, was it a learning experience. Let me preface my remarks by saying that, although I lived [...]

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