Cool Esse’s 1 Year Anniversary

Cool Esse turns one tonight 😎 Sort of This day, last year, it started as All The Cool Things 12 and officially went public mid March. Thank you to everyone who has visited! It’s awesome having so many people getting new posts emailed to them, and I appreciate whenever someone purchases something from me or

Fantastic Fungi

Like most things in nature, I’m intrigued by mushrooms. There are a lot of different species with unique characteristics. So many are still unstudied and even undiscovered. The mushrooms that have been researched provide tons of benefits for us and our planet. I watched an interesting documentary on Netflix, a few months ago, called Fantastic

Jewelweed

This plant is sometimes called touch-me-not because of its exploding seed pods. The plant below is what I think of when I hear touch-me-not. It closes up when it’s touched. I like the name Jewelweed because it looks shiny and silvery underwater, like a jewel. Jewelweed is great for poison ivy I don’t get it,

Daily Checklists

After a year of cyber school, I needed to updated my kids’ daily checklist. While I was at it, I made some for me too. 🙂 We can all use some motivation sometimes, right? I have these saved on my phone and use my stylus to edit them. My children like checking off their own

Blooming Tea

I love tea. I especially love these beautiful blooming teas. 💜

Vital Proteins

Collagen helps our hair, skin, nails, joints… our whole body, and as we get older, we produce less and less of it. It took a while for collagen to become, consistently, a part of my routine. Now that it is, I can feel the difference. To skip over my collagen journey and right to my

Welcome to Cool Esse

A collection of cool things COOL: something you like • ESSE: life There are many things I find cool in life. Some things I find, some things I make. With this site, I can share them with you. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. If you like something that I’ve made, and