Want to make your own naturally-derived herbal perfume?

Get Señora Ready for the Holidays

A humidifier is a nice touch to add to your holiday guests’s room, alongside a candle, and basket with beauty masks to feel right at home, a cozy yet luxe knit blanket to keep warm, and decorative pillows for style.

Here are hot rollers to take your holiday hair to the next level if you’re cutting back on salon spending this season.

Add a powerful punch to your skincare routine.

This is an excellent Montessori style gift for a little who’s learning the alphabet.

Señora Well-Being

Our brains legitimately change during our periods. No duh. But this may put us more at risk for dementia.

Have you heard about these full body MRI Scans?

The 13 best fitness journals to kickstart your 2024.

Ranchito Vibes

I’m so bored without my garden or seedlings in the winter, but we’ve got to remember we can still plant many things in each zone while we wait.

Here’s exactly what to prune in December in your garden.

Or other things you can do to keep busy…and your garden nice and tidy.

I’ve been taking Herbal Academy courses and really love everything about it. Now, Herbal Academy is unveiling a new FREE simplified formula Dec. 7th for learning herbs, discussing their favorite herbal allies, sharing herbal recipes so you can easily apply this method of learning to your life, and so much more. For this class, there’s no need to have a garden, a place to forage, a home apothecary, or many herbs or supplies on hand to enjoy this series. Join for free here.

Or make your own natural perfume thanks to this Herbal Academy’s Natural Perfumery Course, which will teach you how to use botanicals in perfume making, given how problematic actual fragrances are.

Booktok

It looks like 2024 will be a great year for new books. Here’s a few from this year:

Las Madres by Esmeralda Santiago, about a group of close-knit señoras in Puerto Rico.

Ghost Town Living, by Brent Underwood, about a guy who bought a ghost town in California. We’ve been following him on YouTube since the pandemic, when he was stuck out there all by himself. Watch for his good ghost stories (shudders).

Familia: A Novel, about the bonds of sisterhood and family secrets, set in Puerto Rico.

Gather Round amigas, for ghastly stories, dark fairytales, and monstrous things on Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart.

Take the Long Way Home, by Rochelle Alers, about a woman’s journey through some of history’s most extraordinary times (from our publisher, Dafina/Kensington Publishing).

Anita de Monte Laughs Last: A Novel, by Xochitl Gonzales, about a first gen student who uncovers a cold case.

Good Food

Meet the Barraquito, your Christmas “espresso dessert” treat.

Looks like they’re on to us and our Chamoy Pickles.

See Also

Forget Coastal Cowgirl: It’s A Ranchito-core Fall

Looking for another fun recipe for the holidays? Try adding cheese to your hot chocolate, like how you do it in Colombia.

Here’s how to learn to buy good wine.

Try this pollo guisado, where the tostones kick it up a notch.

Are Christmas green beans just automatically better with chiles?

Lastly, we want to hear from you amiguis. Send me your questions, ideas for this newsletter, or anything you need help with by replying to this email.

Un abrazo!

*Please note, some of these will be affiliate links where we may get a small percentage of sales. This helps us keep this side project alive.

Follow us on Tik Tok