Things you need to (or maybe don't need to) know about this blog(ger).

Welcome!  My name is Stasia.  As a campaigner for wellness, wisdom, goodness & truth, it's my goal to learn and share alternative perspectives rather than those of the run of the mill.   I love to challenge, push limits, and open perspectives.  

I'm not a very experienced writer (except possibly with musical things...we'll get there), but I've been inspired to do this because I'm into some cutting edge stuff that everybody wants to know about, so I figured I'd share all my deepest secrets and best paleo recipes on a blog.

But for real, maybe it's time to let it all out into a vast black hole of information, right?  Maybe I'll even be pinned.

Here's the basics of what you'll need to know about me as you navigate this blog and it's contents:

This is who's writing this BK (before kids) 

This is who's writing this AK (after kids) (PC my husband):

I hope someday to re-get my act together.

-Blessed to be married to an epic husband and a mama of two ridiculously cute kids (don't we all say that?  Maybe, but mine is true).  Also can I brag for a second?  Their names are Abel and Willing.  Yes, we did that.  

-Kauai, HI is my home (that's the little island that isn't "Honolulu" aka "Oahu" or Maui) - but I'm from San Diego, CA.  However Hawaii has rubbed off on me over the years and I have forsaken my "California Girl" - Katy Perry version - roots and now consider myself "from Kauai." God willing, I'm a Kauai lifer.

-I am a Certified Permaculture Designer as of May 2015 (chee!).  If you don't know what that is, this blog is sure to get you there.  Permaculture will save the world.

-Oils are epic.  Essential Oils.  It's kind of a new thing for me, but it's like when you meet someone and you just know you're meant to be.  You know that feeling right? Also, I will shamelessly admit I am a Young Living fan & user & you can bet your bottom side I will share my member number with you if you ask for it - and maybe if you don't.  But I'm not gonna sell you a darn thing.  I'm a terrible salesperson.. 

-Falling along the lines of EOs and permaculture, you can probably guess we are a mostly organic household (a couple of cheats when the option isn't available).  We are so organic we used to have chickens.  Too much right now, but we'll have some again.  Also I am over GMOs, pharmaceuticals (unless all natural options fail), vaccines (probably just lost some of you right there)  and if we went out to lunch and you suggested McDonald's I would try not to make you feel bad, but probably look at you unintentionally with disgust and say "No thanks."  It's not you, it's me.  

-I probably believe a lot of things different than you religiously, but that doesn't mean we can't be friends, or blogger and bloggee.  I might talk about the Torah and the Feasts of the Lord (Passover plague pranks for kids, anyone?) and not eat pork or other "unclean" animals, but I still like you if you do.  Just don't ask me to buy a Christmas tree.  And also I'm not Jewish, so don't think that.  You could say I'm on a "faith journey," so lets just leave it there.  

-I'm a musician together with my husband (aren't we so cute).  We are a little bit (lot-a-bit) set back on the music writing lately (diapers take up most of my creative time), but we have a couple of original albums you can listen to here and here.  Sometimes you can hear us in the overheads at Safeway.  If you're really clever you might even be able to find a few youtube gems.  I won't be linking you to those.

-I really like Israel. 

-If you ever come to Kauai, google or yelp "Dark Roost Coffee" and visit our cute coffee trailer.

I think I covered the important things.  Here's to hoping I do a second post! Cheers!