Simple Lives Thursday #39

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Even though this is actually my third edition of SLT since joining... It is amazing that we are currently in the 39th edition of Simple Lives Thursday. Since the original 4 (Diana, Wardeh, Annette & Alicia) started out Simple Lives Thursday blog hop nearly 10 months ago, it's been exciting to see the growth from passionate people across the blogosphere joining in and linking their posts on simple and intentional living. We have learned so much from all of you! From edible weeds to natural cockroach killer. Cured cows tongue to homeopathic remedies. Simplifying our lives to living it out in faith. We've had a tremendous response and it's been a joy learning a bit more every week on living a life of simplicity.

Since Simple Lives Thursday is growing, as a group, the five hosts have decided to set some ground rules in order to keep the integrity of the blog hop.

1. If linking real, traditional and simple recipes, please make sure all ingredients used are whole. Such as whole grains, vegetables, legumes, meats, even sugar. In order to keep the integrity of "nourishing" food, we will delete any recipes that utilize processed, boxed foods. We are definitely not going to be ingredient policeman, however, please note that this is a hop hosted by advocates of the real, local and sustainable food movements.

2. Please link your posts back to one of the hosting blogs. This is a common blog hop courtesy. This link helps build the Simple Lives Thursday community by sending your readers to all of the other participants posts. We all end up sharing and learning from each other.

Now that we've set some ground rules we are excited to share with all of you that starting this week, the hosting bloggers will be choosing five posts to highlight and promote across all five blogs. Annette, Wardeh, Alicia, Diana and I will be selecting five posts each week that resonates with us and that we feel all of our readers need to read. As a highlighted post you will also have the chance to win in special giveaways that we will be starting soon -  Another great reason to link up and share all that you do to live a simple and intentional life!

Top Five Featured Posts!

We really enjoyed going through last week's SLT submitted posts and look forward to doing this every week. Hope you will enjoy the top five picks just as much as we did!

1. Indian Kraut from Mexican Wildflower. We all love krauts and love when people create different flavors, and this one with mustard seed and cardamom looks like it would have a wonderful, strong, interesting flavor.

2. Why Eating Meat Is Not Immoral by Real Food Dudes. This post and its comments were thoughtful and interesting. The information shared gives readers jumping points for future conversations.

3. Herbal Medicine Chest: Capsules, Pastilles, Lozenges, Chewables, Gels and Electuaries by Wood Wife's Journal. She covers the different ways to present natural remedies to the pickiest of our loved ones. "In other words, how do we get our kids to take them?"

4. Foraging: It's Time For Wild Chives by Loca-faces. In the words of the author, "Foraging is a blast. It connects you more closely with the Earth and the natural cycle of life in the plant world. It gives you traditional skills that are all but lost in the modern Western society." And it's the season for chives!

5. Organizing Cultured Foods and Supplies from Homestead Revival. The post itself and the pictures are beautiful, and we really liked the tips for organizing culture routines and supplies so one can keep up with different ferments.

Simple Lives Thursday Blog Hop
Woohoo! Today is Simple Lives Thursday... A fun blog hop dedicated to anything and everything about simple living. Please share with us how are you living your life simply... we all want to know!


There is so much to learn about living simply these days... making lacto-ferments, raising animals, living off-grid, cooking with real food, gardening, raising family, homeschooling, homemade body products, natural cleaners, frugal ways, creating art with recycled materials, homesteading, homeopathy, growing herbs for health and much more!


Simply hosted by:

• Wardeh @ GNOWFGLINS
• Diana @ A Little Bit of Spain in Iowa
• Annette @ Sustainable Eats
• Alicia @ Culinary Bliss
• And me... the Noisy Mama  :o)

Be Simple and Share Your Post!

Make your "Simple Lives Thursday" post on your blog and come back here. Below you will find the Linky box where you can post your simple ideas, tips & recipes. Please add a link to this post at the end of your blog post entry and share with your readers that it is part of this week's Simple Lives Thursday. Feel free to download the badge above and upload it to your post!

Also, when you link here... your post will appear on all five blogs!

For those who don't have blogs... Please share your ideas, tips and recipes about simple living below in my noisy comments area. Don't get left out!

Everybody, take the time to visit the linked blogs. Sharing your favorites on Facebook or Tweet would be awesome! Spread the wealth of simple living!


Before you head down to put in your link... Please take a few minutes to read through the rules above, if you haven't yet. We wrote them up to help you understand what Simple Lives Thursday is all about and how we can unify in the right direction.


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