Live and Learn New Mexico!

I thought I'd share more of what I'm learning from my acupuncturist. This week, I haven't touched cashews and other nuts, for the most part -- I slipped up on Halloween candy. Still, I think the doctor was right about them. They contribute to the "dampness" he senses when he takes my pulses. It's been hard to get rid of that dampness completely, and it's been hanging around for a long while. I've been going to him weekly for a while now, and we work on my issues together. I believe that combining his acupuncture with healthy and natural nutritional practices (I'm interested in ayurvedic nutrition) will work in the end, though. I am learning. I have come to value his knowledge immeasurably, and he is willing to learn as well as we look at nutrition combined with acupuncture to promote healing.  I have also started drinking teas that help with mood and digestion, etc. Traditional Medicinals are good, as are Yogi teas. I like Cup of C

Michelle Worley, blogging for Live and Learn New Mexico, Building a Nonprofit. We moved to Moriarty from Cedar Crest in April and we are still not entirely set up with solar energy. This is because it's learn as we go and also because it's damn expensive! We started out buying two small kits (one at $1300, the other at $700), one for the kids' camper and one for my small mobile home. Each kit, with three solar panels, is not enough to get all the appliances in either place running but we were able to get what was important to us -- internet/television, light, and food -- with the energy these kits provided. It has not been a smooth run the whole way. We have hit some bumps and we're still figuring some things out. The plan was to add solar panels and batteries a little at a time but today we got a propane tank installed and now we have to get the furnace hooked up to electricity in order to pass inspection. We need to add more panels/batteries sooner, and we need