Hello! I am a Hedgewitch here in the Detroit area. I am constantly making batches of stuff up, with little bits o' this and that. Love to cook for my family and spoil my two adult children with homemade chow. Based on my apple pies alone, the fact that I am not currently married must be due to my bad attitude. I have fun gardening, and have only lived in this home for 2 1/2 yrs, but have been planting perennials and digging out veggie and herb garden space since, and now only need a weed-whacker out front, as most of the lawn is gone and it kinda looks like a wee park out there now. Maybe I will mulch over the grass and make trails...hmmmmm..? I am a certified nut cause I make my own soaps from scratch, and those who know understand. I make the base soaps, too, like some kind of Grandma Clampett. Wish I had a cee-ment pond! I also make my own incense- moist, loose (you must burn these on charcoal/in a fire) and cone, which is self-burning. I do whole-herb, hand formed. If anyone does research and finds out what is in commercial soaps and incense, I will look a bit less nuts. In my house, there are way too many pets (hence- ongoing incense needs). My son will run down the street screaming with his hands over his head, if I bring any more refugees home. I have four cockatiels (only one was intentional), a dove, three male black cats (including the old one with Alzheimer's), one white and tabby tiny girl kitty (never discount the Cat Factor), two dwarf rabbits, three turtles (one Barson's, two snappers, with the big girl about 35 lbs.), and one dog that was a rescue puppy; which at the time I thought it was cool, he being 1/2 coyote and all! What a challenge that dog has been. He'll do odd things every now and then, I attribute to the wild side- like jumping up and snapping a bird out of the air, and eating it. He loves to hunt and eat mice, and things like squirrels. possums, etc. he considers fair game. He can not stand it for men to be around me, other than my son and grandson, and oddly, my gentleman friend I have been seeing. Hmmmm. They say to trust your dog... I dunno. I am an unapologetic carnivoire. Venison and mutton make me drool, and at the petting zoo, the sheep make me think of only one thing- barbeque. We have grilled many times in the Winter, holding an umbrella over the coals to keep the snow off until the fire catches. Arrrrrrrrgh!!! If my beleifs are wrong, and there is a Hell, country muzak will be playing in the waiting room, and they'll be serving tofu donuts and de-caffeinated coffee!!!