Greenwitch

2010-06-23T13:26:00.000-07:00

Gen this is for you :)

The year has 12 months divided in half that's 6 months.

Pagans have 8 holidays , points of the years where they celebrate the movement of the sun.

If you look at the above picture where you see the pumpkin that's Halloween (you knew that) we call it Samhaine and its the Pagan New year. Then you have Yule 4 days before Christmas that was celebrated long before Jesus. As on the 21st Dec the sun stands still for three days and then moves 1 degree closer than it was on the 20th dec and we celebrate the return of the sun on Christmas day. This is the Winter Solstice and its the darkest part of the year, light at 9am and dark at 4pm so we celebrate by putting lights around a ever green tree that is symbolic of the tree of life.

soooo 6 months later you have the summer solstice which we just had and this weekend at Stonehenge there is to be a huuugggee celebration, the sun is the closest to he the earth and its the lightest time of the year, light at 5am and dark at 10pm .

The rest of the holidays I can tell you about when you are here.

Luna is the moon.

The moon like the sun has a cycle, 28 days, so that's called a lunar cycle.

Our periods are controlled by the moon as well as the tides of the sea and as we are 70% water the moon also controls our moods ( I am sure you have heard of a Lunatic ) Babies are also normally made and born when its full moon. and when they say you are pregnant for 9months its actually 40 weeks as its according to the moon cycle.

when you start understanding these things, myths and religions all start making more sense.

2010-06-15T00:18:00.000-07:00

Nasa warns of solar fare that could cause havoc on our electricity systems !

I have know for about two years now it was going to be , living without electricity that would "change the world as we know it"

But just what does it mean is permeates so much of our culture.

I think it worth waking up my blog again to look at this :)

2010-03-12T02:34:00.000-08:00

The next step is refraining. Mindfulness is the ground , refraining is the path. It the quality of not grabbing for entertainment or food the minute we feel bored or emotional. Its the habit of not wanting to fill a gap just because there is a space.

Refraining is the method of letting to know the nature of this restlessness and fear. Its the habit of settling into groundlessness. It all comes down to pause for a moment, learning to not just impulsively to the same thing again and again.

It then becomes a way of life to stay awake, slow down and notice.

If we are willing to give up the hope that insecurity can be exterminated, then we have the courage to relax with the groundlessness of each situation.

when you are totally feed up "ye chang che" then this is the beginning of the beginning.

To seek for lasting security is futile.

2010-03-12T01:19:00.000-08:00

When things fall apart

When you make friends with yourself then life becomes a whole lot easier. It was always about letting go of everything.

Letting there be room for not knowing is the most powerful of all.

Thinking we can find some lasting pleasure and avoid pain is what Buddhism calls samsara, a hopeless cycle that causes us to suffer greatly.

Sticking with uncertainty, getting the knack of relaxing in time of chaos, learning not to panic, this is the spiritual path.

Acknowledge everything that arises without judgement, letting the thoughts simply dissolve and the go back to the openness of the new moment.

Meditation is the tool that's enables us to relax and open to what ever the preset has given.

maitri - developing loving kindness with ourselves and an unconditional friendship with ourselves.

We are giving up control all together and letting concepts and ideas apart.

This starts with realizing nothing is the beginning or the end.

The painful thing is when we buy into disapproval, we are practicing disapproval.When we buy into harshness we are practicing harshness. The more we do it the stronger the qualities become. How sad it is when we become expert at harming ourselves and others. The trick then is to practice gentleness and letting go. We can learn to meet whatever arises with curiosity and not make such a big deal out of things.

People spend their whole lives running away from the monster that is there own mind.

Too busy to live .

2010-02-10T15:10:00.000-08:00

I feel alot of new energy coming in already and we are still a bit more than a week away from new moon, whoooo hooo hang on to your panties as its going to be a bumpy ride. Out with old in with the new, I have a picture in my head when I close my eyes of a beautiful tropical flower full of nectar and it smells divine, Did the Goddess hear my prayer ? of course she did :)

2010-02-08T02:54:00.000-08:00

Mother Goddess

I pray for clarity and focus

show me th catalyst to change

I am tired of being stuck

Teach me your way so that I might teach

grant me peace and health

Mother Goddess hear my prayer

2010-01-12T01:29:00.000-08:00

The kids and Keith and I built a snow man and of course it had to be different from the others it had to be a sculpture and .....I knew that there was a very good chance that it would not stay very long that some teenagers would come past and bash it down and this morning as the kids stepped out the door I saw two 8 year olds walk over to it they where not interested in its glasses, they had one intention and that was break it ! The energy that was around them was awful and I can see the teenagers they will become and then men, the thing that really got to me was both their mothers where standing close by and they did nothing to stop them like it was a natural course of events !

I am feel really tired of being so close to so much dis functional/antisocial people, Id much rather be way out in the country than deal with the crap I have to see on a daily basis.

So my spring clean will be on the basis of moving ! The gypsies will not be here come next autumn.

2010-01-05T05:17:00.000-08:00

so this morning I got up with a fever and feeling like I have had enough now of this cold, so I took dogs out and though Hmmm I think there is some nasty weather on the way better go to sains and get what I need ............problem was unbeknown to me some how a weather warning has been given, must be on the TV and so the whole world was there, there was no parking and no trolleys and now I have just brought everything in and cleaned garden so that if it snow we can play in it and not with dog poo :) and now K has phoned and said must go to the bank now and fill up the car grrrr, so quick cup of tea (rooibos yumm) and we are off.......my head feels like a snowmans head and everything is frozen outside like I have never seen in this country before....so as the picture says, I'm going into hibernation, once I get back LOL

2009-11-16T08:54:00.000-08:00

A large study was done in the UK to find out what people actually do eat , in particular children and the result was that British mothers make the same 9 recipes over and over again, resulting in this list of foods

mince

lamb

beef

pork sausages

chicken

white pasta

canned tomatoes

potatoes

carrots

frozen peas

butter

cheese

tomato sauce

white rice

white bread

jam

cereals

milk

yogurt

crisps

chocolate and sweets

cold drinks

cakes and biscuits

and the very occasional piece of fruit and small sip of water.

I have my recipes all written out and I do cook the same ones again and again and I do spend alot of time thinking about what my kids are eating so what was my list ?

onions raw chocolate

carrots goji berries

garlic raisins

celery almonds

courgette cod liver oil

tomatoes haddock

kidney beans salmon

spinach cheese

butternut feta

barley plain yogurt

leek beetroot

parsley ww pasta

potatoes homemade flapjacks

cabbage homemade banana bread

cauliflower homemade apple cake

homemade hummus broad bean dip

avocados homemade salsa

home made ciabbata homemade sweetcorn bread

frozen peas

quinoa

cucumber

bell peppers

mint

spring onions

coriander

dill

olive oil

mushrooms

tomato puree

lentils

soya milk

oats

more than 500 ml of water each day and 2 to 3 pieces of fruit in the winter and up to 6 in the summer.

and whats interesting is my kids eat alot and they do not eat school dinners, and I am still spending 1/4 of what the other moms do on food.

I should concentrate on adding more nuts and seeds.

what is your food list ?

2009-10-23T00:44:00.000-07:00

I feel like howling today

Kids are on Holiday next week which comes at a really good time and at the end of the month I will be making sure my flu kit is in place , I will write up about it later so that if anyone reads this other than me it might inspire someone to do the same .

Swine flu cases almost double within a week
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Swine flu vaccine: As many as 35,000 people could require hospital treatment. Photograph: Thomas Lohnes/AFP/Getty Images
Cases of swine flu in the UK have almost doubled this week, the Department of Health revealed today, as the outbreak imposes increasing pressure on intensive care beds.
So far 122 people have died after contracting the H1N1 virus and more than 500 are being treated in hospital, of whom 99 are in critical care – the highest figure since the disease emerged. Children appear to be vulnerable to higher rates of infection.
Emergency planners have, however, downgraded the UK's worst case scenario, calculating this month that as many as 1,000 people could die during the pandemic infection. Far more of the victims are likely to be younger patients, unlike the normal pattern of seasonal flu, which affects the elderly most severely.
Estimates of likely casualties have come down progressively over the past few months from an initial upper assessment of 65,000 deaths, later reduced to 19,000 and now cut back again.
The government's emergency contingency committee, Cobra, met this morning to consider the disease's progress. The number of cases has climbed over the past week from 27,000 to 53,000.
Following the deaths of two children at the same special needs school in Northern Ireland in the space of a week, those in special schools may be given extra priority for vaccination.
Revised guidance for NHS planners, released today, suggests that as many as 35,000 people could require hospital treatment during the outbreak and as much as 15% of that number may need critical care treatment.
In the peak week of the outbreak, expected sometime this winter, up to 1.5 million people could be suffering from swine flu, the new guidance suggests. A third of the UK's children could catch the virus, whereas the "clinical attack rate" for the rest of the population is expected to be around 12%. Infection rates are higher in northern England at present.
No proof swine flu is getting deadlier despite death toll
Oct 23 2009 by Madeleine Brindley, Western Mail
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THERE is no evidence the swine flu virus is becoming more deadly despite an increase in the number of people who have died, experts said.
Public health officials last night described the seven Welsh swine flu-related deaths as “personal tragedies” but said they were not unexpected.
Wales has been warned that the H1N1 virus will cause more deaths during the winter. But the latest government predictions suggest that fewer people will be affected by the H1N1 virus than had previously been thought.
Officials now estimate that 12% of the population – about 360,000 people in Wales – will fall ill this winter. Almost a third are expected to be children under 16.
And around 1,750 people could be admitted to hospital with swine flu over the next four months.

I wanted to save these predictions here so that we can be reminded of them as the year goes on.

The first one on the page is the London predictions and the second is Wales.

2009-10-22T00:48:00.000-07:00

Walked in the forest yesterday, it was so wonderful, the leaves are falling and nights are so warm and cosy.

Listen to David Icke yesterday talk for an hour on the swine flu and it was rather depressing, need to sit down today and write notes on other subliminal messages that came through while he was talking.

Keith's birthday tomorrrow :)

time ticks on and waits for no man .

2009-10-09T01:36:00.000-07:00

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/aug/11/swine-flu-tamiflu-andrew-castle

so this is where it starts where the media now shifts from fear based preaching on the coming pandemic to , reporting on all the devestated lives from people who have taken the medication and vaccines and have died not from the flu but from the medication !

2009-10-07T00:03:00.000-07:00

E. Coli Path Shows Flaws in Beef Inspection
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By MICHAEL MOSS
Published: October 3, 2009
Stephanie Smith, a children’s dance instructor, thought she had a stomach virus. The aches and cramping were tolerable that first day, and she finished her classes.
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Then her diarrhea turned bloody. Her kidneys shut down. Seizures knocked her unconscious. The convulsions grew so relentless that doctors had to put her in a coma for nine weeks. When she emerged, she could no longer walk. The affliction had ravaged her nervous system and left her paralyzed.
Ms. Smith, 22, was found to have a severe form of food-borne illness caused by E. coli, which Minnesota officials traced to the hamburger that her mother had grilled for their Sunday dinner in early fall 2007.
“I ask myself every day, ‘Why me?’ and ‘Why from a hamburger?’ ”Ms. Smith said. In the simplest terms, she ran out of luck in a food-safety game of chance whose rules and risks are not widely known.
Meat companies and grocers have been barred from selling ground beef tainted by the virulent strain of E. coli known as O157:H7 since 1994, after an outbreak at Jack in the Box restaurants left four children dead. Yet tens of thousands of people are still sickened annually by this pathogen, federal health officials estimate, with hamburger being the biggest culprit. Ground beef has been blamed for 16 outbreaks in the last three years alone, including the one that left Ms. Smith paralyzed from the waist down. This summer, contamination led to the recall of beef from nearly 3,000 grocers in 41 states.
Ms. Smith’s reaction to the virulent strain of E. coli was extreme, but tracing the story of her burger, through interviews and government and corporate records obtained by The New York Times, shows why eating ground beef is still a gamble. Neither the system meant to make the meat safe, nor the meat itself, is what consumers have been led to believe.
Ground beef is usually not simply a chunk of meat run through a grinder. Instead, records and interviews show, a single portion of hamburger meat is often an amalgam of various grades of meat from different parts of cows and even from different slaughterhouses. These cuts of meat are particularly vulnerable to E. coli contamination, food experts and officials say. Despite this, there is no federal requirement for grinders to test their ingredients for the pathogen.
The frozen hamburgers that the Smiths ate, which were made by the food giant Cargill, were labeled “American Chef’s Selection Angus Beef Patties.” Yet confidential grinding logs and other Cargill records show that the hamburgers were made from a mix of slaughterhouse trimmings and a mash-like product derived from scraps that were ground together at a plant in Wisconsin. The ingredients came from slaughterhouses in Nebraska, Texas and Uruguay, and from a South Dakota company that processes fatty trimmings and treats them with ammonia to kill bacteria.
Using a combination of sources — a practice followed by most large producers of fresh and packaged hamburger — allowed Cargill to spend about 25 percent less than it would have for cuts of whole meat.
Those low-grade ingredients are cut from areas of the cow that are more likely to have had contact with feces, which carries E. coli, industry research shows. Yet Cargill, like most meat companies, relies on its suppliers to check for the bacteria and does its own testing only after the ingredients are ground together. The United States Department of Agriculture, which allows grinders to devise their own safety plans, has encouraged them to test ingredients first as a way of increasing the chance of finding contamination.
Unwritten agreements between some companies appear to stand in the way of ingredient testing. Many big slaughterhouses will sell only to grinders who agree not to test their shipments for E. coli, according to officials at two large grinding companies. Slaughterhouses fear that one grinder’s discovery of E. coli will set off a recall of ingredients they sold to others.
“Ground beef is not a completely safe product,” said Dr. Jeffrey Bender, a food safety expert at the University of Minnesota who helped develop systems for tracing E. coli contamination. He said that while outbreaks had been on the decline, “unfortunately it looks like we are going a bit in the opposite direction.”
Food scientists have registered increasing concern about the virulence of this pathogen since only a few stray cells can make someone sick, and they warn that federal guidance to cook meat thoroughly and to wash up afterward is not sufficient. A test by The Times found that the safe handling instructions are not enough to prevent the bacteria from spreading in the kitchen.

2009-10-06T04:09:00.000-07:00

Tragic cancer jab teenager Natalie Morton was killed by tumour

By Rod Chaytor 2/10/2009
Tragic Natalie Morton died from a chest tumour and not a cervical cancer jab given just over an hour earlier, an inquest heard yesterday.
The 14-year-old's collapse after the injection on Monday prompted her NHS trust to suspend school vaccinations.
But the fears turned out to be a false alarm yesterday when it was revealed the drug did not play a major part in her death.
Pathologist Dr Alexander Kolar, who carried out the postmortem, said: "The heart was heavily infiltrated by a tumour which extended to the left lung.
"It was so severe death could have arisen at any time. The role of the immunisation appeared to be minimal."

Well this is bullshit !
I cant believe they would think people are this stupid, you know when you have a huge tumour on your heart and lungs and you are about to die within hours, you are running around on the playground , full of life without so much as a headache....yea right !!!!

2009-10-04T12:47:00.000-07:00

So few women that are connected to the wild way :(

so I'll just say this to get it off my chest........women are not supposed to have 3 kids under 5 its not natural are you stupid or what ?

2009-09-29T03:02:00.000-07:00

Girl dies after cervical cancer jab
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The teenager had the HPV jab at the Blue Coat Church of England School in Coventry as part of the national immunisation programme to protect women against the disease.
An "urgent" investigation was launched following the pupil's death in hospital and the batch of Cervarix allocated to the school was quarantined as a "precautionary measure".
Dr Caron Grainger, joint director for public health for NHS Coventry and Coventry City Council, said: "A 14-year-old girl took ill at a school in Coventry and was taken to University Hospital in the city where she later sadly died.
"No link can be made between the death and the vaccine until all the facts are known and a post-mortem takes place."
The HPV vaccine protects against two strains of human papillomavirus that cause more than 70 per cent of cases of cervical cancer in women.
The NHS started the immunisation programme in September last year, offering vaccines to girls aged 12 and 13, and to 17 and 18-year-old girls.

Well all I can say is I am glad we said no

2009-09-28T02:15:00.000-07:00

I know of a man who pays £6.00 a day to park his car at the station, his home is within walking distance ?

I know a young girl who does not want to get her drivers licence ?

I know a young boy who walks around depressed all the time and will not speak to any one ?

I know a elderly lady who is going on a protein diet to cleans her liver ?

I know a very skinny lady who has high cholesterol ?

I know a couple that hate their home due to neighbours from hell but will not move as , its a council home and they pay next to nothing rent, so they have fought everyday for 14 years ?

I know a man who's mother rejected him and now he cannot find his soul mate ?

I know a priest who ways 200kg ?

I saw a man walk past a dog that wagged its tail and greeted him and he did not see it ?

I see women walking with a pram with the most beautiful baby and the baby is crying and the mother is ignoring the child ?

I see Mac Donald's is always full ?

I know a man who says there is no God and yet he has eyes and ears and intellect, to look at the universe ?

I know a women who say magic is bullshit and she has 3 children ?

I know people that say the church is good regardless of its history ?

I know a family that lives together in a small house and nobody communicates ?

I know of a nursery school teacher who's children are dysfunctional ?

and all I can say is Please God grant me wisdom and understanding but above all grant me compassion and hope .

2009-09-23T15:07:00.000-07:00

2009-09-20T14:55:00.000-07:00

ahhh we had the most wonderful weekend :)

2009-09-13T10:30:00.000-07:00

I think this is so sweet, the elderly couple next door come out every morning and hang their washing together, look at the stockings :) , they are both in their 80's.

2009-09-12T08:18:00.000-07:00

OK so the think I wanted to talk about today is um...........aggression.

This last week we ended a relaytionship with what we though where a very nice couple, turns out once again that it was me believing in the best possible senario, I mean of course people are NICE, right ......wrong !

Then this morning I was watching the dogs playing and they where mock fighting and i wondered if this gets rid of a tension that comes from being together all the time ? Which made me think of a few weeks ago when we where having coffee with friends as we where doing my fav. thing just sitting around the table 6 adults and two children , talking and a couple that we love dearly started mock fighting, teasing each other and we where laughing but i was also thinking that this is a lesson in a way , a way of teaching us and the children that not everything has to be soooooo serious.

I then thought about my fav book, Healthy at 100 and he explains how tribal people take the micky out of each other and actually laugh at each other alot....which made me think (yes my brain is always in over drive ) about the trickster in the native american tribes who job it is to make people laugh and what about cayote int he spiritual realm who teaches us lessons by humbling us and makeing us either get really mad or laugh at ourselves.

So I amble out this morning into the garden and a neighbour , who is a really sweet man, comes to tell us we are moving as mywife has just had a nervous breakdown as they share a property with other people that have been fighting with them for the last 14 years, I dont know who is in the right or the wrong but i do know that 14 years to be fighting about something is a heck of a long time.And nobody deserves to be victimized like that .

The day i decided to tell these people, (the couple we fought with ) to leave us alone, I did a spell, to break ties with them so that my heart is free and the block the ugly words and vibrations they are senting in our direction.

I just wish people knew how they are actually playing with BLACK MAGIC and that the bitterness in their hearts sends out a vibration that can really make another ill, and although I know that people get away with lying and saying horrible things and fighting and stealing, I also believe in an afterlife where we will be held accountable for our actions .

My goal is to sit back , talk more with the ones I love, and just chill, nothing is worth getting all worked up about, shouting and screaming and holding grudges , the only person that effects is you but unfortunatly it is a sign of the times, people are sooooo out of balance, they are mad and they have no idea with whom, so they just yell and fight every chance they get, and fight with everybody and anybody.

Look at peoples faces and their eyes and skin, it will tell you so much, look at the way they carry themselves and their aura and trust trust trust yourself.

I looked at this lady we fought with about a year ago and though you know, I really think that you are quite unattractive........one day i will start to realise these things straight away, if someone looks wrong to you , chances are , they are !

And this afternoon as I look at my buddha, as always i am reminded to concentrate on yourself, keeping you in balance and I love the buddha for that reason, just one glance in his direction and i am reminded of all the teaching.............imagine if the whole earth , thought first about correcting themselves and always walking in love.........................well its worth the dream :)

2009-08-27T04:10:00.000-07:00

School goes back in just over a week and there is a def. feeling of autumn in the air......I am almost prepared.

Re-connecting to the mother earth and the Goddesses, drawn near she says and i will protect you.

look to the primal nature and listen to the whisper on the breeze, alert and alive and avoid the slumbering masses. stuffy stuck armchair people are no longer my reality.

How proud i am to have a grandmother who is learned in the ways of the kabbala.

How proud i am to call my mother mine, who has a life filled with adventure and travel.

How proud i am to have children that are super fit and awake and alive spiritual people.

How proud i am to have the soulmate that i do and how excited I am to have just been shown by the Goddess my future.

The planets move in to a new 5 year alignment this week and i have just been shown my next 5 years and I am so excited and grateful to be who and where I am.

2009-08-26T02:52:00.000-07:00

For those of you that read my blog and where friends with me on FB. I wanted to tell you that I have closed my FB account, its something that I have been wanting to do for a while, I actually spoke to my mother about doing it about 8 weeks ago as there are a couple of things you slowly start to realise. FB is a place where you net work with others and see what they have to say and what they are doing and what they have done and maybe even photos, so where family and close friends are concerned its a great way of staying in touch but for new friends, its actually just people being nosey and it comes from a place of well they actually have nothin better to do so they are on FB.

Then you start with the politics and trying to communicate with no senses, if the response goes from " Hello darling ! " to the next time "good morning " you find yourself going mad....does it mean a shift in mood ? and before long you are totally caught up in a relationship in which you have no eyes or ears . And you end up creating pictures in your head as to what you would like to believe, like conjuring up the character in a new book.But the reality id often very different.

BUT what many teenagers and unfortunately myself and many of the women that I have spoken to in the last week ! Is the people turn out to be, not telling the whole truth , only what they want you to hear and this is where one needs wisdom.

In life its always a good idea to watch a person in all given situations before you give your heart and your love and one of the best is to see a person drunk and the other in a fight. If a persons world goes up in flames at the smallest provocation, if you make a mistake or incorrectly word your self and you find your head getting chewed off, ITS REALLY BEST TO GET OUT AS SOON AS YOU CAN.

My grandmother always taught me that love that was pure was long suffering and it was unconditional.

In todays world w all need friends that we know will have our backs all the time that will stand up for us and believe in us under all circumstances even when they believe that you are in the wrong.

Also when out of anger someone starts calling you names and telling you how they have never truly believed in you. Please know its time to move on and realise actually they where never that into you.

People say " oh of course you can be honest with me " as that simply means they are about to get a juicy bit of information but once your true feelings are out, know for sure that anger will follow , as the truth hurts.

Then if they take past bits of information and throw it in your face, know that its time to move on.

Or they could just ignore you, cut off all communication from you and pretend nothing is wrong, talk about the weather on FB , this is the path of the coward and if someone can walk away from a friendship from one twisted conversation filled with misunderstands, THEY WHERE NEVER YOUR FRIEND.

Have you ever been wondering, going back and forth , back and forth in your mind about wither to buy something that is really expensive and at the last moment you decided actually I can live without this and you walk out the shop a little wiser and with a pocket full of money wheeeewww.

My friend from school and I also had words on FB ( I was wondering if I am argumentative but actually it turns out this is the norm on FB it is designed to cause strife ) an I told her what she did that made me uncomfortable and she returned the note with a note in which she moaned at me and then ended by saying OK I have heard what you said and you have heard me so lets just drop the whole thing and move on.........I suddenly have a new sence of respect for her and as she has just arrived in the UK , I hope we will be spending alot of time together as I know she is a true and honest person and a pleasure to be with because life is not always simple and sraight forward and you need someone that can ride the waves and you need to look into one anothers eyes as you communicate.

And just for the record as God and the Godesses is my witness, I am a very loving caring person and I would never say something to cause another pain, I know that and so do the people that love me.

2009-08-17T01:18:00.000-07:00

Parents warned over 'lunchbox ham'
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Youngsters need to get into the habit of avoiding processed meats like ham, salami, hot dogs and bacon, it said.
According to the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF), there is "convincing evidence" that eating processed meat increases the risk of bowel cancer.
While there is no specific research on eating the meats in childhood, the charity said the evidence in adults was too strong to ignore.
Children should therefore adopt a healthy eating pattern from the age of five and avoid processed meat, it said.
Marni Craze, children's education manager for the WCRF, added: "If children have processed meat in their lunch every day then over the course of a school year they will be eating quite a lot of it.
"It is better if children learn to view processed meat as an occasional treat if it is eaten at all."
The WCRF is also urging parents to avoid lunchbox fillers that are high in fat and calories.
Foods such as sugary drinks can cause weight gain, and obesity in adulthood is linked to cancer, it said.
The charity warned that parents may be misled by packaging or where a product appears on a supermarket shelf or website.

I AM SO GLAD THIS IS FINALY COMING OUT AND I HOPE AND PRAY PEOPLE WILL TAKE NOTE !

2009-08-01T00:45:00.000-07:00

This is a good read although his facts on the statistics are a bit skew as we did the math and Italy has half the cancer rate of US and the Italian population is dying of it at a much advanced age, which makes a big difference !

Is Italy's "Mediterranean Diet" a Myth?
By Dr. Ralph Mossfrom CancerDecisions.com Newsletter
I recently returned from a trip to Italy during which I spoke at a conference in Rome and visited with several prominent Italian scientists. I will have more to say about the work of these scientists in weeks to come. Today, however, I want to comment on what I feel are some popular misconceptions about the Italian life style and its impact on health.
There is a widespread opinion that Italians are a people in excellent health because they follow something called the "Mediterranean Diet." This image of Italy as a mainly vegetarian Garden of Eden is sadly out of touch with present-day reality. Italian life is very definitely not a pasta sauce commercial!
The concept of the Mediterranean Diet stems from the work of Ancel Keys, PhD, of the School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (Keys 1985, Keys 1986, Kromhout 1989). In the early 1960s, Prof. Keys concluded that people residing in countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea lived healthier and longer lives than those who resided in northern Europe, the United States and Japan. He thought this was because their diets centered around plant-based nutrients, with animal proteins playing only a peripheral role. Olive oil provided healthful monosaturated fats (as opposed to the harmful fats in dairy products). The result, he said, was a lower incidence of heart disease, diabetes, obesity and some cancers.
While there may be some truth to that view, we must recognize that diet and life style are changing in Italy as well as across Europe as a whole. So too is the incidence of chronic diseases, including cancer. If Keys' theory were the whole story we would expect to see much less cancer in Italy than in northern climes. However, according to the authoritative Globocan 2000 database, there is actually a considerable amount of cancer in Italy. In a country with a population of around 58,000,000, the annual cancer incidence among men is 141,000 and among women 120,000 - a total annual cancer incidence of approximately 261,000, and an annual cancer death rate of 156,000. Expressed another way, this works out to an overall cancer incidence rate of 0.45% per year. The cancer death rate is 0.27% of the population.
By contrast, the United States has a total population of around 276,000,000. The estimated cancer incidence is 1,334,000. Thus, the incidence rate is 0.48%. The estimated number of cancer deaths in America is 557,000. Thus, last year about 0.20% of the population died of cancer. Looked at in broad strokes, Italy has a slightly lower incidence rate than the US but a slightly higher death rate. Although one could certainly refine these figures in various ways (such as by adjusting them to the age of the affected populations), it is obvious cancer is as large a public health problem in Italy as it is in the United States.
The Italian Cuisine
Let us next look at some life style factors that may either contribute to, or hinder, the development of cancer. Italian cuisine is certainly among the tastiest in the world, but from a health point of view I give it mixed reviews. A typical Italian breakfast consists of strong caffeinated coffee and some sort of sweet pastry. Admittedly, this "sweet roll" may be the best-tasting croissant you've had in your life, but such a breakfast offers little more than refined carbohydrates by way of nutrition. The average day is also punctuated with periodic breaks for espresso or cappuccino. Sometimes it seems that the country runs on caffeine! Coffee is so ubiquitous that the current Health Minister, Raffaelo Costa, gained fame by campaigning against "la cappuccino pausa" (i.e., the prolonged coffee break) among government bureaucrats. I'm not saying that coffee consumption is directly linked to cancer. But it does take the place of more healthful beverages, including black and green tea, fruit juice or even antioxidant-rich cocoa.
You can certainly get memorable and healthful lunches in Italy's many restaurants. And in some parts of Italy workers still go home for a leisurely lunch and siesta, as their forebears did. But today two-thirds of Italians live in cities and, by my observation, the lunch of urban working people is apt to be a variant on the classic ham-and-cheese sandwich. Again, I am not faulting the tastiness of the food. An Italian "ham sandwich" might be made with delicious prosciutto or mortadella combined with one of Italy's 500 famous cheeses. But no matter how you slice it, ham and cheese is still processed food that is high in saturated fats and in potentially carcinogenic preservatives. Worse, it usually comes on a white-bread 'panino' (roll) which, however crusty and delicious, is almost totally devoid of fiber, antioxidants or other micronutrients.
According to the European Prospective Investigation of Cancer (EPIC), a massive study of modern European food consumption, "…diet patterns including regular consumption of processed meat are associated with a higher risk of colorectal and stomach cancers, while diets high in fish, fiber, fruits and vegetables are associated with a reduction in the risk of these and upper aero-digestive tract cancers" (Blanchard 2003). This helps to explain the high rates of cancer in Italy.
An Italian dinner is likely to be the most nutrient-dense meal of the day. Certainly in restaurants one is more likely to find fresh vegetables and salads, beans and fish than in the US. Those ancient saving graces of Italian agriculture, the olive and the vine, come to the rescue once again. Olive oil, high in monounsaturates, is among the healthier kinds of fat. And Italy's famous red wines contain significant amounts of a powerful anticancer constituent called resveratrol. In the south of Italy, especially, one gets prodigious quantities of freshly-made tomato sauce, a rich source of the antioxidant lycopene. With good food, you can have fun and maintain robust health at the same time.
On the other hand, dinner these days for the busy Italian is increasingly likely to be a Big Mac and an order of fries washed down by a large Coke at the local McDonald's restaurant. That provides a total of 1430 calories and 53 grams of fat-with a minimum of micronutrients of any kind. There are presently 290 McDonald's in Italy, giving Italy the dubious distinction of being eighth in the world in terms of total number of McDonalds outlets - albeit far behind the US, with its astonishing 12,804 McDonalds. The damage is still reparable…but I fear for the future.
A propos of the rise of junk food, I witnessed an interesting scene in the town of Orvieto, where I had stopped to visit the famous cathedral. I was having lunch at a charming restaurant that served the "cucina tipica" (authentic cuisine) of the region. At the table next to me was an Italian family on holiday. The mother, father and grandmother were slowly relishing and commenting on the antipasti and other well-prepared traditional dishes, as they sipped a delicious Umbrian wine. But their young son squirmed as he waited for his special order, distracting himself with a hand-held video game. Finally, the waiter brought him his order-pale French fried potatoes with ketchup and a Coke! The parents were then able to relax, gratified that their son's attention was finally focused on a meal he would enjoy.
Many Italians deplore this erosion of their three thousand-year-old traditions and are nostalgic for a return to the former ways. Not long ago a commercial was released on Italian television that showed a mother and child shopping for food. They carefully chose their produce from local vendors' stalls, as well as from fruit trees and chicken coops in the Sienese countryside. The only problem was that this was an advertisement for a supermarket chain! Award-winning filmmakers are now crafting commercials that exploit a vision of the old ways in order to sell the new high-pressure culture. They brag about how they impose themselves as symbols of home, family, and harmony among individuals and the world that surrounds them, according to a website that vigorously promotes such image manipulation. (Sagone 2004)
Meanwhile, according to a 1997 CNN report, "The tradition of multiple course meals and the overall healthy eating habits of Italians are being threatened by the modern convenience of fast food…. Convincing young Italians that popular fast foods are not always the best foods for them is expected to be difficult. Especially when many food traditions take time, something people don't seem to have a lot of." (Skiff 1997). Seven years later, the problem only seems to be getting worse.
The fact is that in this era of globalization we need not only to fight bad food habits, but also actively to preserve and strengthen good ones. Italy has a lot to offer in terms of its fabulous food traditions. Some strong points of the Italian diet include varied salads and antipasti, carefully cooked vegetables, luscious fruits, fresh tomato sauce, succulent fish, and wine, especially red wine (imbibed in moderation, of course). Perhaps even more important than these culinary virtues is the reverence paid to the rituals surrounding the breaking of bread. The tradition of gathering together and sharing unhurried time around the table is one that does much to bind together family and friends, and it was a joy that I was lucky enough to share with my colleagues and their families in various cities along the length of the Italian peninsula.
The human family needs to find its way back to these modest but intense pleasures that promote the enjoyment of life not just at the level of biochemistry but at the social level as well. If we don't take steps to reclaim this culinary and social heritage, we run the risk of going down together in a morass of fatty burgers, pallid fries, and super-sized syrupy drinks

2009-07-30T02:22:00.000-07:00

The Swine Flu Hoax
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When the avian flu scare arrived, no one questioned it. This time, things are different. Those with some brains, a memory and internet ingenuity are on the case. Let’s hope this message gets out.
Tamiflu is an antiviral medication used to treat influenza. It will be the prime medication sold to protect citizens from swine flu as it was for avian flu. All healthcare workers, military and essential service workers will need a dose available and it will be bought with your tax dollars.Tamiflu is made and patented by Gilead Sciences and Donald Rumsfeld was the chairman of this company before he joined the Bush administration. When the Avian Flu scare flashed across the television sets of Americans, Gilead Sciences stock went through the roof. Rumsfeld refused to sell his stock when he joined the Bush administration and the increase in stock value made him the richest man in that administration. Moreover, Gilead Sciences successfully lobbied a billion dollar contract with the U.S. military during the avian flu scare, giving each soldier access to the drug. Now, with the swine flu scare, the same players are about to make an even bigger fortune. Who are these people? They are all hardcore neoconservatives with a long history of paying for neocon agendas and campaigns and they have far-reaching capabilities to manufacture a media-constructed, influenza hoax. The actual flu may be real, but the panic surrounding it is the product of those who waited for another opportunity to knock, or sneeze.
The largest shareholder of Gilead Sciences is the FMR Corporation. This company is owned by Grover Glenn Norquist, a well-connected Republican activist with close ties to business and the media. Norquist was the Executive Director of the College Republican National Committee in the 1980's and he oversaw the transformation of the committee into a conservative grassroots powerhouse for the Reagan administration. His credentials and resume include being a:
- Lobbyist for Microsoft- Member, board of directors, National Rifle Association- Member, board of directors, American Conservative Union- Member, Council on Foreign Relations (2001)- Consultant for Janus-Merritt Strategies, a lobbying firm
As we sit on the eve of a new influenza scare, the question is: will anybody pay attention to the fact that the last influenza scare didn’t become a pandemic, but it sure made neoconservatives rich. Rumsfeld, Norquist and Goldman Sachs (another major shareholder) do not have the general public's best interest at heart. They will manipulate every connection they have in government, media and the health-care industry to make this a financial windfall. I'm not insinuating they created the swine flu itself -they are just capitalizing on a virus that just isn't that much of a threat.
The regular run-of-the-mill strains of influenza kill more than 35 000 Americans every year and hospitalize another 200 000. Eighty people dying of disease in one of the dirtiest cities on earth is tragic, but it should not be used as an excuse to fill the coffers of a conservative faction that has already ripped off America of every penny it could during its time in office. I wouldn’t be surprised if Bush even stole the cutlery out of the White House before he left. The only hands that need washing are America's; washed of the filthy agenda of neoconservatives willing to exploit anything to make a buck.
“Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me”

2009-07-06T03:37:00.000-07:00

have a look at this company !

http://www.grains2millshop.co.uk/html/mills___grains.html

2009-07-02T05:00:00.000-07:00

In the heat of the day , I take pleasure in walking inside the cool house all in its place, all fresh and clean, waiting for the kids to come home again.

2009-06-30T13:21:00.000-07:00

I stand here in the warm summer evening in the garden the air is filled with the smell of warm honeysuckle and although my splitapart is far away I do not feel alone, I put the music of Yusuf Roadsinger on and danced around myself. ( put it on in my video selection, the first video :) )

Feeling free and loved and happy.

Dredging through the winter is made worth while by this night.

My life is filled with highs and lows and although the lows are low the highs are HIGH.

My soul retrieval is complete and I am healed and I am so grateful.

I WILL find people with the same principles as mine, I WILL find honesty and true beauty, for its alive on the notes of the saxophone as they drift across the garden and its alive in my heart and in my visualization, therefore it will be.

The music is the past , my heart the present and my visualization the future, so I will manifest a group of people around me that have pure heart, who practice what they preach and are in balance, who believe in children and families and marriage.

In this world of darkness
evil rules by night
but somewhere in the shadows
someone seeks the light

to be what you must Angela just reach out for what you are
BUT
Where do you go when hearts are closed
when a friend becomes a stranger and nobody wants to know
when the world turns dark
and the light of truth is blown out
and the roads are blocked
where do you go with only a song to warm your night
Where do you go when lies are told and the light of truth is blown out and everyone is lost looking for theirs

I will never let my dreams die

so I sat in the garden till a gentle breeze began
and the bird song started
and the flowers closed
and the honeysuckle smell changed to hay and sheep
the music died
and from within the house a sweet voice called
mommmmmmmy where are yooooouuuuu :)

2009-06-30T06:12:00.000-07:00

wow its really warm here today.

The post frenzy of summer solstice is taking on a new meaning this year .

2009-06-29T09:46:00.000-07:00

Ok so i have though long and hard about blogging about Saturday night but is that not what blogs are for ?

so we went to the raw dinner and where super excited, it was great to be there and see everyone until........

someone might have warned me about the alcohol, I saw it on the menu but figure it was there to be PC, I still can't quite believe it but certain key people looked smashed by the end of the night and I know I am silly but I feel so disappointed.

Philips talk was amazing and a couple of times I felt myself go all misty has he spoke about what it felt like to be very over weight.

It was pretty much like any high school party with girls with boobs hanging out of their dresses, all trying desperately to attract attention, others jirating on the dance floor like, ewhhh, I mean really.

The shaman , well ...lets just say there seem to be many people that on computers and in their books sell themselves as something which they are not.

On Saturday I listened to David Woolf saying go for it give kids raw dairy and then later Gabriel Cousens said NEVER, and i sat there like an idiot going who do i listen to and for me it all comes down to one simple thing , evidence. So I have thrown out every raw book, cook book, health book , diet book and believe me it was a biiig pile and only kept Gabriel Cousens books and Angela Stokes and when Philip writes his book I will be one of the first to support him . And I feel so empowered.

BUT my woooes get even worse as as soon as we got home , I just sat in meditation trying to digest the whole disappointment and could not sleep till 3 and awoke at about 6 with a upset tummy , spent the morning in the bathroom and then asked Michelle to do some reiki on me and ask the angels to help me digest all of it and at that point I started throwing up, really badly, but once every last drop of the raw meal was out, I started to feel better, so i have fasted for the last two days and am feeling much better, just a little shocked and all the while I was throwing up I could here coyote in the back ground laughing........

Ha ha ha that's what happens when you put people on a pedestal.

2009-06-25T09:02:00.000-07:00

Here is the things that make my mouth water and what I would serve at a party OHHHh YUMMMY

2009-06-25T08:59:00.000-07:00

ooooooo divine summer days !

2009-06-24T06:01:00.000-07:00

I have returned unto myself and for that I am very grateful, this house and this time.

2009-06-21T07:25:00.000-07:00

last night I dreamt that we where watching the moon rise and instead of one, three rose into the sky, while we where talking about what this could mean, to the right of us a huge planet broke into our atmosphere and exploded and I felt a huge impact on the earth and I turned and wrapped my arms around the children and so did K and we look at each other and said goodbye, as the earth moved under us like a pendulum, there was no fear, just acceptance.........any ideas ?

2009-06-18T14:25:00.000-07:00

sit still while I shampoo your hair for you LOL

2009-06-18T13:50:00.000-07:00

Its so like our society to celebrate the dark time of year the return of the light but when we are in the light , life is happy and no need for celebration and remembrance and ritual.

BUT I am sooooo looking forward to the solstice, remembering that its in the light that we grow to and that the paradigm of only growing in the pain and darkness is no longer true, when you are alive and awake and aware you do not need the pain to wake you up and so i shall dance in the dark at yule and i shall dance in the light this summer solstice, loving all that I am.

2009-06-17T10:00:00.000-07:00

I have not been on my blog lately as I feel so connected that the teachings are just pouring in, too many to actually write about and if someone would stop and listen, i think I would talk a whole in their heads LOL

The more I connect to nature and abandon the mind chatter, living in the moment, the less i see the relevance of the computer and FB has just become an irritation actually i am really tired of it. I feel more sociable though as I start seeing people as little world caught yp in their own mind chatter. When I stopped criticizing me. I am not in the same vibration any more , very focused on moving home and preparing my body for pregnancy, later this year.

So i am not sure if I want to share all that's happening in my life as i feel no body is really interested, somehow thought at the start of writing this blog that it would create interaction BUT everyone is more interested in writing their own and in what they have to say, also, I think my delivery is to intense.

So I shall continue to grow and prepare , I know what my purpose is and am happy to teach but not many people will understand what I am learning.

2009-06-08T05:58:00.000-07:00

I was just chatting to a friend and I suddenly realised something........I love me !

I love the plans I have for the future

I love my life

I love the rate at which I manifest the things I want

I love that I am not caught up in the masses

I love that I am spiritual

I love that I am a Buddhist

I love that I am vegan

I love that I talk to animals

I love my morals and how clearly I see life

I love that when others ask what are you reading I just say, I don't get time as I know that an answer like " I am reading how vibrations effect your molecular structure " will just throw them

I love that I have the teachers in my life that I do, inspirational people.

I LOVE ME

and I think that this new realization is going to have a big impact on my life ! I don't want to be anybody else. WOW can anybody out there understand how liberating that is to me ?

2009-06-04T00:33:00.000-07:00

funny when I am unhappy I always dream that I am underwater.

2009-06-03T01:19:00.000-07:00

Battling here with so many conflicting emotions that I actually awoke last night to those horrible tell tale signs of panic, I NEED to get this out of my reality.

Namaste is so easy to say to the people you love and like. BUT I DO NOT APPROVE OF NASTY PEOPLE...which makes me nasty :(

2009-06-02T00:28:00.000-07:00

We are battling to get the TV licence cancelled and had all the TV stuff in the garage still so at the start of spring watch we decided well if we are paying for it, then lets use it, for the one programme we watch for two weeks, twice a year.

So the routine is run around like crazy and have everything done, including Daddy collected from the station, hopefully, before it starts the problem is at the end of it last night we where all wondering if at 9 pm there is a news update, when we where children it was on at 8, which means we flicked through the channels we got no further that the next channel "The plight of the Burmese Orphans " , it was so terrible sad ! and so when adverts came on we flicked to the next channel and it was about obese teenagers in America, it was awful !!!! and as we flicked between the two channels our message became very clear, once again I was being shown that three quarters of the world live in poverty and the other quarter like swines.

So I am encouraged once again as I continue to prepare the house for moving, as it all gains momentum to really go down to all that we need. To value what we have.

2009-05-25T23:34:00.000-07:00

WE got clamped !

We where totally in the wrong, we went to Brighton, parked in a car park that warned if you are late you will get clamped, we took out an hour ticket and then went to the shop we wanted to and stopped to order sandwiches unfortunately the Italian restaurant that makes toasted avocado ciabatta, had a party going on and it took a really long time but we thought 5 mins was OK, by the time we got back to the car it was 10 min . and he had just put the thing on.

The man who clamped us, walked like Golumn, that's how we knew who it was.

SO, you have to phone the land owner, a horrible bad mannered person and he is sitting there with a credit card machine, £120.00 later and your car is unclamped.

I have never thought about clamping before but it was a shock !

We felt totally violated and the more i thought about it, the more it felt like black mail, how is our private property on a persons land , less than ours. How does he have the right and is this legal.

So i did some homework and it is totally legal, so long as he has a licence.

I am really battling lately with being earth side in a dimension that has no compassion.

We did not do much this weekend, just sat at home watching the crow babies and talking, many things going on at the moment, lots of thoughts after watching the movie, Ghandi and also reading an interesting book, what happens when i find a good book now, is I end up having to read it out loud and then we all talk about the various things as they come up and one that came up this weekend was......

there is a man in Dartmoor that decided to mark is land by carving an owl , out of the tree, so he would carve it out the trunk cutting the back away , leaving a owl on a perch that is still attached to the tree ( i am not sure if this is kind to the tree but it's what he wanted ) he then did a few more near the yurt that they live in, Do you know ....someone came in the night and cut the owls off their perch , in a nasty act of vandalism. So we talked about it backwards and fore wards and eventually Keith said , he think that there are actually people out there who have no consciousness, it just never gets developed and so to hurt another for self gain, is logical.

I thought about the bad birthing practices and no breast feeding , creche from 6 weeks and schooling and its no wonder we live in a world with so many soul less people.

2009-05-20T08:03:00.000-07:00

Ghandi taught non-violence

he also said that although evil seems to be in power, it always fades.

Take courage.

Faith , Hope and Love

2009-05-20T07:56:00.000-07:00

Please God , look after children all over the world that are being abused, send angels to minister to them.

Teach me compassion and help me to understand

Amen

2009-05-18T01:23:00.000-07:00

As an individual, I choose to be a vegan with occasional eggs in my baking. Why ? I feel lead to live this way and after many books and much research , I believe this to be the right way for humans to eat and a way that would cut world hunger out completely.

I feel strongly that as humans we are still evolving and so what was right for us a thousand years ago no longer applies, in many ways, food, spirituality, the pace of life, the way we think and the challenges that we now face.I also feel though that we are on earth to experience being human not to live as being a super hero with your head in the clouds all the time. I am a Essene/Nazarene and so believe in ministering to those less fortunate and not judging them ( well ...I try)

I do not want to live over 100 , I do not even want to Love longer than 85 But I do not want to have heart failure or cancer and I hate being over weight. I do not want to look a certain way as I age and have nothing to prove to other people. I'm my research I have looked at going raw and juice feasting alot and what I have found that for someone who was connected to Gods and all things spiritual as a meat eater as a raw foodist I go shooting into space and start spinning. But on a more practical note....90% of the raw foodies I have seen are single, I think there are very few that are large families. I find it really expensive and it annoys me that the people providing the literature are the ones supplying the products.

I love David Woolf's books except the last one about super foods, which was when it really starting dawning on me.

I also joined his e-mail list and keep getting letters each day about his products and never any of the "Free " videos and Keith who is well advised in marketing strategies laughs when he sees them as he says the techniques use like only 48 hours left , are the oldest tricks in the book.

Also in Native American circles their is a big problem with teachers having sex with their pupils, I am picking up that this is freely accepted in the raw world and that his being with a new women at each seminar is never addressed.

Its astonishingly cheap to be vegan and when you start growing your own food its gets better.

Shazzie, keeps calling her self the happiest most blissed out person on the planet and yet if you read between the lines, I think she is very sad and disappointed with her life and Evie sounds like a little girl that has been let down, no Daddy, no siblings, made to eat separately from the other kids. I feel very sorry for them and then there is the porn outfit that she wears all the time ,with her porn Durian video and the cucumbers that she "handles" and yet she is screaming on the top of her voice that they are a perfect "natural family.?

I am looking forward to meeting her next month and we have gifts yay ! to take for her and Evie, I am just telling you what i feel and see in trying to find the TRUTH.

So Angela and Matt, Angela is really something to see, she radiates beauty and is such and inspiration BUT I think she still has an eating disorder, everyone that has spoken about the extended juice feast has said it takes them months to get back onto food again and she is still predominately liquid, I am not sure but if feels , strange to me and I personalty do not want to live like that. At what point do people stop seeing the vibrant and just start seeing someone who has an eating disorder, lets talk again when she is 45.

And i am wondering if we are going to see baby Monarchs and how that will be dealt with ?

as for Matt and Philip, they look ill to me, they have strange discolouration under their eyes and have a weedy, whispy look, It might be because I am used to South African men. It this is about health my inner monkey says these are not men that you want at the head of a tribe, fathering offspring.

which leads me back to where my thought where when i started righting this .....Healthy at 100 is probably the best book ever written !

OK as women i feel Sunday , the sabbath should be spent OUT of the kitchen, Sunday meals are so over and I think the week of your moontime and a week or maybe more when you are at the menopausal stage should be cooking free BUT we no longer live in a natural setting where we can take turns and help each other so what the next best thing ?

The freezer.

Once a month cooking is a very popular topic. There are entire web sites devoted to recipes, hints, and rules (and my first cookbook, Everything Meals for a Month now available). If you have an reliable, large freezer and want to devote one weekend a month to a marathon cooking session, OAMC is an excellent way to save time.
There are a few ways to tackle OAMC. You can cook double batches of your favorite recipes and freeze them in smaller containers; you can cook 20 individual recipes and freeze them; or you can buy a large quantity of meats and ingredients, cook a large batch of starter foods (meats, spaghetti sauce or chili) and then make lots of different casseroles and entrees from the starter.
You have to be very organized to cook such a large amount of food at one time, keep it safe and package and label well. These plans are called 'meal plans'. I like to triple five to ten recipes at a time; that way, we eat the same meal three times a month, which is very acceptable.
Plan There is an excellent program at Cook Once a Month that I would recommend to learn how to cook this way. Simply choose the recipes you would like to make and the program makes a shopping list for you, offers menus and cooking processes! You need the cookbooks they recommend to make the recipes. But if you are planning to make this cooking method a part of your life, this program and the books are a great tool. Also, in my book, there is an entire chapter listing recipes, a shopping list, and a detailed plan for shopping and cooking that you can use as a learning plan, then expand to include your own favorite recipes.
Get Organized! You have to write down all your plans in advance. Find the recipes, plan amounts, then make your grocery list. The best sites around the internet have grocery lists included - check them out! Make sure you have enough heavy duty freezer bags (I always use zip lock bags) or freezer containers to hold all your finished casseroles. Make sure you keep a notebook or tablet by your freezer to keep track of all the dishes you have prepared. This way you can make sure you have eaten all your chicken recipes before embarking on another cooking session. These lists also help you plan your month for the most varied and healthy diet.
ShoppingNever cook on the same day that you shop. Shopping for this quantity of food is very difficult, and you'll be exhausted if you try to cook too. Remember, we want this to be a fun experience and one you'll repeat!
Divide ChoresSome plans recommend shopping on one day (Friday evening), doing major prep work on Saturday, then finishing and freezing all the meals on Sunday. This is a great idea because you won't get too overwhelmed with a lot of work. OAMC is kind of like exercise; don't do so much at the beginning that you never want do it again!
PartnerYou may want to cook with a friend or relative to add to the fun and cut down on the work. Even if you only get 15 meals out of the deal, that's two weeks with no cooking at all!
Scale DownIf you're just starting out in OAMC, consider trying just a week's worth of make ahead cooking and freezing. Make only one quarter the amount of a month's cooking plan and see how you like it.
Have Fun!Throw some tunes on the stereo, have a nice lunch ready to eat, take frequent breaks, and above all have a good time! I think having a partner is the best way to tackle this chore, because the time will fly when you're having fun with a pal.
THE BEST PLANS
Robbyn's Hamburger PlanThese recipes are excellent and Robbyn's instructions are clear and straightforward. Recipes include Noodle Stroganoff, Shepherd's Pie and Taco Seasoning Mix.
Using ChickenFollow this plan and you'll not only have excellent casseroles your family will love, but bonus chicken broth and tender cooked chicken.
Vegetarian PlanVegetarians in your household? They won't be left out if you follow this superb plan for cooking vegetarian once a month.
The Ham PlanIf you have ever been faced with a large ham after the holidays, you'll appreciate these recipes!
OAMC Starter RecipesThis list of recipes is a good starting point for starting your OAMC adventure. The site also has lots of tips and advice about cooking this way.
Suggested Reading
Everything Meals for a Month Freezing Tips To Chill or Not to Chill?
w('New posts to the Busy Cooks forums:Flying Crust finding heavy based cookware timing')

The funny thing is this actual bring the cost down further as it stops the temptation to eat out !

And its great if you have a new baby

going through some kind of crisis or busy period

a loved one has died

you get ill.

And it brings a sense of peace to know you are prepared.

We are not of this world but we are in it.

2009-05-14T04:04:00.000-07:00

The girls at Michelle school where given their second shots for cervical cancer yesterday and she was once again made to feel uncomfortable for not taking this injection. What is worrying me is the flu injection might not be optional and what are we going to do then ?

Plans to secure swine flu vaccineScientists believe they will soon be able to produce a vaccineScotland hopes to stockpile enough supplies of any new swine flu vaccine to protect the entire population.Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon made the announcement when she updated MSPs on the Scottish Government's efforts to combat the virus.Ms Sturgeon said scientists had successfully identified the genetic fingerprint of the European strain of swine flu.This was a "crucial first step" in creating a vaccine, she said.Ms Sturgeon told Holyrood that she and her counterparts in England, Wales and Northern Ireland aimed to secure enough supplies to allow vaccination of the entire UK population against swine flu.The UK already has advance supply contracts in place for a pandemic vaccine, but this could only be triggered in certain circumstances - like the World Health Organisation declaring Phase 6 of a pandemic."Obviously we do not know when or if these triggers will be reached," Ms Sturgeon said.I have decided, in discussion with the health ministers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, to secure and purchase early supplies of vaccineNicola SturgeonHealth secretary"We do know that if we simply wait until then we risk losing the capacity manufacturers have available now which would allow us to build up a stockpile and get a vaccination programme under way before the winter."I can therefore advise parliament that I have decided, in discussion with the health ministers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, to secure and purchase early supplies of vaccine."She added that negotiations were ongoing with manufacturers, and that it was hoped a contract and delivery schedule would be agreed very soon.Northern Ireland confirmed its first swine flu case on Thursday, bringing the UK total to 72, including five in Scotland.A further four people in Greenock, including a five-year-old boy and three-year-old nursery pupil, are being treated as "probable" cases.

The thing I don't get is the reason they are so afraid of this bug is it is always mutating so what are they developing the vaccine on...to cure what ? the old strain ? It just does not makes sense and are they required by law to tell us EXACTLY what is in these injections ? and do most people know that regular flu jabs are not as successful as we are led to believe ?

2009-05-11T00:58:00.000-07:00

http://www.jonbarron.org/baseline-health-program/2009-05-11.php

I really wanted to recommend this sight to all , I have been following his work for about 2 years no and always find the information clear and comforting. If you subscribe you get a letter every second Monday on updates that are happeing in the medical world , from someone who knows what they are talking about and from someone who prefers a natural alternative.....OWH ! What I would do to have a GP like him !

2009-05-07T03:52:00.000-07:00

Reasons To Go Vegan
Those who eat flesh are far more likely to contract cancer than those following a vegan diet.
To keep up with U.S. consumption, 300 million pounds of meat are imported annually from Central and South America. This economic incentive impels these nations to cut down their forests to make more pastureland. The short-term gain ignores the long-term, irreparable harm to the earth's ecosystem. In effect these countries are being drained of their resources to put meat on the table of Americans while 75 percent all Central American children under the age of five are undernourished.
Another devastating result of deforestation is the loss of plant and animal species. Each year 1,000 species are eliminated due to destruction of tropical rainforests for meat grazing and other uses. The rate is growing yearly.
Many of the world's massive environmental problems could be solved by the reduction or elimination of meat-eating, including global warming, loss of topsoil, loss of rainforests and species extinction.
It only takes 1,150 litres of water to feed a Vegan, compared with 15,000 litres to feed a Meat-eater.
You don’t get salmonella from eating vegan cookie dough.
Livestock farm subsidies eat up your tax dollars.
To be slaughtered, chickens are hung by their feet and run through a mass production neck slicer machine.
Pigs scream in unison when they hear one of their own being killed.
Animals in the slaughterhouse hear the screams of those being slaughtered before them as they move toward their own deaths.
Fish don’t like to be hung by their face on a hook.
Dairy products made with stomachs don’t belong in yours. Cheese is curdled using rennet, aka sheep’s stomach.
Dairy cows are kept in a constant state of pregnancy and lactation to keep up with the human demand for milk. Like any mammal, cows only give milk when pregnant or nursing.
Veggie burgers don’t contain veins and lymphatic fluid.
High fiber vegan foods help reduce your risk of colon cancer.
Going vegan reduces your risk of impotence. Clogged arteries may inhibit your ability to...perform.
Vegan food is exciting. Discover tempeh, seitan, and nutritional yeast.
Male layer chicks are seen as useless and are killed shortly after birth, often by being discarded in trash bags to be crushed to death by the weight of their brothers.
Your veganism can save 35 animals a year.
Protein balancing is a myth. If you’re eating a reasonable vegan diet, your proteins will balance themselves.
Milk, it does no body good—except the corporate CEOs who promote it. Don’t accept nutrition information from a for-profit industry.
Baby cows are stolen from their mothers shortly after birth so they won’t drink their “valuable” milk.
Chickens, both factory farmed and free-range, have their beaks cut of with a hot wire and no anesthesia.
Vegan foods are all cholesterol free.
Ecoli comes from animal feces and is found in hamburger. Think about it.
Meat is full of antibiotics. Animals in overcrowded conditions are more likely to become ill, so large quantities of antibiotics are placed in their food in an attempt to stave off infection. This practice contributes to the evolution of heartier bacteria.
Animals would NOT run rampant if veganism became the norm. Factory farmed animals are bred excessively to keep up with consumer demand. If we stop buying, they’ll stop overbreeding and the numbers will go down.
Animals whose populations are hunted breed more frequently and have larger litters to compensate for their losses.
Less land is required to produce vegetables. It takes many pounds of grain to make one pound of animal flesh.
Veal calves live their lives in crates too small to turn around in.
Free range chickens are not required to have access to the outdoors or more than 3’ of living space.
Humans are the only animals that drink milk beyond infancy.
Egg laying battery hens spend their entire lives in a space smaller than a sheet of notebook paper

There is not much else to say other than, I feel sorry for people that have been left behind.
The old ways of living with your heart chakra totally closed are dead and gone ! And celebrating death is over.!!!!!!

2009-04-30T08:28:00.000-07:00

2009-04-29T03:04:00.000-07:00

About 3.3 billion people - half of the world's population - are at risk of malaria. Every year, this leads to about 250 million malaria cases and nearly one million deaths. People living in the poorest countries are the most vulnerable.
Malaria is especially a serious problem in Africa, where one in every five (20%) childhood deaths is due to the effects of the disease. An African child has on average between 1.6 and 5.4 episodes of malaria fever each year. And every 30 seconds a child dies from malaria.

just wondering at the thoughts Ruth put on her blog.

Why is swine flu , been handle the way it is, with only 150 something deaths, millions of pounds been promised by the government to give out information and medication and mouth masks. If a quarter of this money was spent on helping countries that suffer from malaria, like providing nets and information and medication, millions of lives would be saved but the truth at the end of the day is class distinction is still very real !

Interesting that people are not rushing out to buy pork and that pork farmers are now requesting that the name be changed. Again showing a great confusion in the masses as vegetarians have been telling people for ever that saturated fat causes heart failure and cancer and osteo and yet people go "whatever " and eat some more ! ODD ?

Double standards .

2009-04-23T03:53:00.000-07:00

Been pondering the words "its truly your loss " hmmmm

In my understanding it means that it (lets say in the loss of a relationship ) is one sided ?

That the person saying it has lost nothing and the other everything hence belaying that the speaker was of higher value than the other ! Wow , people truly say the nastiest things !

How arrogant the speaker or maybe just a lier, a barking dog with no bite.

In one sentence alone it allows the receiver of these words a sense of relief, that this arrogant insecure person shall no longer grace them with their presence.

As this is whats happened to me in the last few days, I need to concentrate more on these aspects in my shadow self , trying more to let go of ego and arrogance as they have no space and nothing beneficial in life.

may the Goddess continue to teach me compassion, I bless the person that said these words to me, I circle myself with a protective bubble to keep the negativity away, the hatred and bitterness that spewed from her mouth. I am thankful that bad experience come and go.... teaching us as coyote sits back and laughs at our attempts to stay afloat in the sea of life, teaching us that in order to enjoy air and the heavens and the birds we need to spend time under water.

Oh speaking of birds.....a crow family took up residency in the garden this spring and as i spend time in the garden with the kids being back at school this week the male has made friends with me, he comes really close and seems very interested in all that i do and when i go inside and look out the window he goes and has a look at what I do ! So i started leaving food out foe him and he delights in it , taking it quickly to his beloved and the returning for a meal. I feel soooo blessed and nourished by this interaction. I need to find my "animals speak" and see the meaning.Oh and i shall try and take some pics of him.

2009-04-22T00:41:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I wondered into Eastbourne Mall, kids needing school pants again !

And overheard a conversation, I think it was the Granny talking to her two little girls ( But I always think that so probably the mother ) saying " YOU HAVE to stay where I can see you otherwise THEY will pinch you and I will NEVER EVER see you again "

I thought of walking over and saying something but left it not wanting a confrontation, with someone who does not speak my language . So here are my thoughts

1stly this fear culture really sucks ! From the religion down to the TV and news its all about fear ! What is happening to their spirits from living under a constant state of fear of the Boogy man

2ndly as MOTHER its YOUR responsibility to watch your children not for them to watch them selves

3rdly Its HIGHLY unlikely that someone will pinch your child and it normally happens when the ADULT is either not there or distracted.

4th YES it does happen and if it does you want your child to know with all of her heart that you will be looking for her and that everyone will work to finding her, what are her changes if she immediately believes well that's it I'm fucked ?

5th if nothing else tell her the above so that she can see logic and reason to your panic when you cannot see her ?

The world is a hard place to come to and learn how to love unconditionally and the accumulation of knowledge can be hard but if you do not believe that you are loved and cared for then you have missed something and not only that but you are passing that insecurity on to your children who deserve to believe that they are loved and protected especially by you .

Affirmation

I am deeply loved

I do not know where I came from or where I am going but I know that I am

so all that I need to know will be reveled to me as I need to know it

I trust in Gods love for me and for all my loved ones and for the world around me

The Great Spirit is in control and does not need your feeble little mind/ego to justify his mighty wonder, when you are gone the grass will still grow and the clocks will still tick, so for now lets enjoy today for all its beauty and peace and Bless the children.

2009-04-15T07:21:00.000-07:00

'Home births as safe as hospital'
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The latest research, published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics, focused on the Netherlands, where around 30 per cent of births take place at home.
Of all births in England and Wales in 2006, 2.7 per cent took place at home, the most recent figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed. A total of 18,100 were at home, out of a total of 662,915.
The number of home births has been on the rise from an all-time low of 0.9 per cent in 1988 and a major study is currently being carried out into the safety of giving birth in different settings in England and will report by the end of 2010.
Ministers have promised an extra 3,400 midwives by 2012 but the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) says more are needed now.
Louise Silverton, the RCM's deputy general secretary, said the latest research is a "major step forward", but she said the UK model of care is currently geared towards hospital births and needs a fundamental reorganisation to support more women giving birth at home.
Women having their first child were more likely to have poor outcomes, as were those who gave birth a few weeks early, those who were over 35-years-old and women who were not Dutch.
Ms Silverton said: "This is a major step forward in showing that home is as safe as hospital for low risk women giving birth when support services are in place. The Government has guaranteed that women will have a choice of where they give birth by the end of this year, including the choice of a home birth.
"We want to make sure that all women know this option may be open to them, and that it is delivered for those women that want it and who are medically clear to have it. However, to begin providing more home births there has to be a seismic shift in the way maternity services are organised.
"The NHS is simply not set up to meet the potential demand for home births, because we are still in a culture where the vast majority of births are in hospital. There also has to be a major increase in the number of midwives because they are the people who will be in the homes delivering the babies.
"I hope this research will be reassuring to women who may have concerns about home birth, and to critics who have questioned its safety."

Women be empowered to take back our birthing experiance !

2009-04-06T02:31:00.000-07:00

We went to manna this weekend. It was great fun !

Also I ordered a book called Raw Food made Easy and it is by Farrrrr the best raw food receipy book I have seen ! I am ready to clear the kitchen !!!!! Its the best way ever to get healthy and to your ideal weight and its the best lifestyle ever, its soooo good to be tuned in !

2009-04-02T03:33:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to put this pic out there...you know so many times I find people looking for monsters in every situation BUT there is good out there you just need to plug in to it.

This guy is a friend of one of my fav. authours D Woolf , I think his name is Dandelion, viva the return of the Hippy, these are little girls that he met in Peru, on holiday. Do they look afraid ? AND they have no reason to be.....

there is sooo much good in the world..lets focus on that.

2009-03-30T02:08:00.000-07:00

Thank the Goddess my mother returns safe from Thailand.

2009-03-26T05:40:00.000-07:00

This is David the other day, he wanted to be outside as much as possible, even though he was not feeling so well, needless to say he awoke with renewed energy and wanted to go back to school the next day as he missed all his friends.

Not sure but the teachers seem to be really stressed at the moment and there is alot of shouting and punishment and blame games going on ? I chat to D each night about learning to remain unemotional to the illusion and i hope this will help him one day when he is older as I find myself telling the same thing to K and to girlfriends that work .

Thankful that we are tuned in and know what to so to plug in again to mother nature :)

Shopping today at Saints-burys :) which i really enjoy, I am always thankful for such bounty, lots of organic things and vegan selection but mostly the people are so friendly, lots and lots of elders, many battling with painful bodies and i quietly walk through and bless them , make eye contact with many and smile and lend a hand where ever I can, we are all simply doing the best with what we have :)

namaste

2009-03-17T03:06:00.000-07:00

Today is a beautiful spring day again, the warmer weather has been so lovely and feel like its water to the body after a drought.

K is going to be annoyed with me later as both kids are home, they both felt the need to be in the sunshine away from people and noise, so i said fine. Its funny with them being in school, you have to ask permission to take your kids out of school and they get into trouble if they miss a few days, its taken very seriously by the school , the energy is totally one of , we are in control and you ask our permission conserning your kids, so today is a bit about sticking my finger in the air at them and saying no body tells me what my kids can or cannot do.

David is up in the apple tree at the moment he has put a fishing weight on some wool and is doing something I am not quite sure, catching fish in the air ?

Michelle is taking the chance to clear her bedroom and wants to go out and find a smudge bundle as I have run out.

The plan is a picnic at noon when it will be the warmest today and then swimming at the gym for the afternoon, Bliss !

2009-03-11T04:27:00.000-07:00

Trying very hard at the moment to simplify home as I just have too much to do. things like another plant is actually just more work for me, which mean time away from doing the things that I need to do which means time away from what I want to do.

Brother in law asked the question again this week so what is it exactly you do all day and WHYYY do you not have the need to work ! Ho Hum I am so tired of this question, I am so tired of people not wanting to move forward , i am so tired of not having like minded people in my life. The more I learn the less I belong. so here goes

cleaning we stay in a big house

vacuming, dusting

ironing for a MD in fashion and buying his clothes and sorting that he looks good and does not wear the same thing to variose meetings, so that he gives off an air of success, considereing thats what he is promising to deliver.so about an hour a day.

washing

drying the ficken stuff in this country

cooking which includes baking as I do not buy any convienece foods my only luxary is bread. Have you read any labels lately ?

dishes

windows

walking the dog

garden ans soon mowing again

cleaning the car

grocery shopping

fetching and taking kids to school

homework and reading

cleaning fire place

water house plants, and sprouts and wheat grass and seedlings of greens to eat

recycling OMG it takes me ages, composting, burning paper and michelle and mine fem protection things, plastic bags, bottles, dog food cans etc etc

school lunches

gym so that I can be fit and lose weight and the only forced me time I take as I can listen to motivational dvds' watch nature programmes and actually see other human life as I walk on the treadmill or bike and finally doing yoga and tai chi and pilates

taking the kids swimming

getting out into nature over the weekends in order to conter the school system they are subjected to all week because I was bullied into doing it

raw food study and staying up to date with what we should be eating

then when I can

painting

knitting

reading

maybe a movie

meditation

sorting house to do our annual move !

and most of all maintaining a quiet peaceful home where all feel nourished and loved and supported.

then look good in the evenings and on weekends, which includes colouring my own hair, and bathing each day which includes bathing kids, yes I still need to wash Michelle's hair.

and still be creative, interesting and willing to have mind blowing sex, in order to compete with the barbies that K works with on a daily basis.

Please tell me how how how do I do this and have a 8 hour job ? And whyyyy is what I do considered mind dead ??

2009-03-07T02:32:00.000-08:00

The warmer weather is so wonderful and the sunlight is amazing.

we are enjoying our local gym, feel very blessed by it and so with the swimmimg and the sun, i am feeling into playing with more raw and I got my wheatgrass juicer this week, lots of lovely new energies.

Calypso

2009-03-03T13:57:00.000-08:00

The time has come when winter turns into spring

The wind blows all that remains of last year away. Smudging.

Its a time of change and shift.

Let us spend our days cleaning, moving old energy out

Becareful to stay in balanced, yourself, watch !

Flex into your yoga and ground yourself, least you be blown away.

Wrap up warm and let us sit together and chant

so that any stagnant energy within can move and be blown away.

Then let us sit in the evening light before the fire

play games and share a pot of herbal tea

then snuggle up in bed

be thankful

and dream of seedlings in the ground.

2009-03-02T01:17:00.000-08:00

Its a beautiful day here !

Its just clouded by once again a confrontation with the in-laws, in the Nazarene writings, it says that negativity is soooo easy to be sucked into and that it is very hard to stay above it, I hate the repercussions on being angry of nasty words and although I have come a loooog way in not letting people walk over me, I wonder if we ever get to the point that negativity really hits us and slides down our beautiful duck feathers ?

My only defense mechanism being to simply shift it out of my focus and concentrate an all that is good.

The house is filled with sun from every direction and my hands are achy to get back into warm soil, how blessed to arise each morning with nothing but my family to sort out and learning and study of all that I choose, of communion with mother earth.

Please Mother/Father

Teach me to be gentle in spirit and yet strong enough to face the storm. Help me to show love and light wherever I go as I know its not my love or light as so often I fail, but yours that is unconditional and everlasting.
Teach me wisdom, open the eyes of my understanding so that I can be gently enough in spirit to pick up a change in vibration but grant me the strength of a birthing mother, who feels within her all that intuitively needs be.

Thank you for all that I am, I love being a woman.

May my life bless those around me.
Amen

2009-02-27T05:49:00.000-08:00

2009-02-27T05:43:00.000-08:00

Pictures which reflect the higher me

2009-02-27T05:22:00.000-08:00

Its the first day here that really feels like spring and the garden smells sooooo good, still chilly out but the light is glorious.

Its so good to be alive !

2009-02-25T02:43:00.000-08:00

Oh new moon has brought in some wonderful new energies into my life. A falling away of the old and in with the new but need to stay focused. Universe is trying to send me a message but at the moment i cannot put all the pieces of the puzzle together and once again i wish i had someone to talk to.......

I found this written by Alan Maguire, I think its so good, maybe I'll print it and put it on my forehead for a while LOL

We define ourselves by our conditioning to the mores and rules of society, church, family, education etc. Some of that stuff works for us and some doesn't. The trick is being able to identify what isn't working and to change that - in so doing, re-creating self. To change, there are a number of things that need to happen.

1st, our filter on the world (our intellect). If we don't engage it and passively accept whatever is fed to us through media, through the company we keep, though our internal dialogue then we are dead before we start.

2nd, our Intention - clarity about what we do want and what the world we want to live in looks like. If we aren't clear and if we don't clearly visualize what we want, we ain't gonna get it.

3rd, our limiting beliefs. I'm not good enough, clever enough, strong enough. We need to drag them out into the light of day and see them for the lie they are.

4th, our passion. Too often we live lives that are comfortably numb (Pink Floyd). How passionate are we about that world we want to live in? Are we prepared to "make fools of ourselves" to see it come about.

5th, our expectation. What do we really believe is going to happen with this dream. If we expect nothing we will get nothing. If our expectation is not in line with our intention you can bet that those limiting beliefs are doing an undercover demolition job.

6th, perseverance. We are planting some delecate new shoots into the garden of our mind. The brambles of habit and conditioning aren't going to give up easily - so we have to keep weeding. (a good way to persevere is to tell someone else what your intention is - then have coffee with them regularly so they can ask how things are going.)

2009-02-24T05:28:00.000-08:00

2009-02-23T02:06:00.000-08:00

Just FlowI wish things could be simpler sometimes,

That life could work out like my rhymes.

But that's not always the way of life,I'm not a kid anymore, I'm a mom and a wife.

The best laid plans are not of my making.

There are bumps in the road that I am taking.

At times I fight the winds of change that blow,Then Spirit whispers to me, "My child, let go andJust flow."

There are days I think that no one understands And I hide my teary face behind my weary hands.

I retreat into a corner set away inside my mind And I block out the world around me, so cold and so unkind.

What's the use, I think to myself, deep in my despair.

I just want to give up, wishing I didn't care.

But Spirit whispers to me, "Tis hard, my child, I know.You will find your way around this. Don't force it, love,Just flow."

I hope to live my life to the fullest that it can be.

There's so much I want to do, so much I want to see.

I want to show my son the beauty that's in life,To learn by my example to overcome the strife.

I will grow old and tired, my youth shall pass away.

My steps will bring me closer to my final day.

I will learn what I can while here and pass along what I know.

And when the end is upon me, I won't fight it.

No, I'llJust flow.

~by Dwareniel Moone~

2009-02-23T01:55:00.000-08:00

Courage

Courage is needed For the trials ahead.

The Goddess is calling,Her table is spread.

She summons her childrenFrom the shadows of night.

Take courage, accept.

Come into the light.

We have stayed hidden Within the garden too long.

It is time to come forward.Have courage, be strong.

Walk on thy pathWith head held high.

Courage, my kin.Our day draws nigh.

Let not wretched spite Bring shame to thy face.

Hold fast to thy courage And shine in Her grace.

Take hold of my hand,Fear not gentle folk.

Take comfort in thy courage,Mother's strength we evoke.

Onward, kind friend.Tis not far now.

Have faith in thy Mother.She is true to Her vow.

Courage, She whispers.

To thine own self be true.

Know I remain by thy side.

I shall see thee through.

~by Dwareniel Moone~

2009-02-23T01:43:00.000-08:00

2009-02-23T01:09:00.000-08:00

camu camu berry...how blessed are we, at this time of year I always begin to notice children with those red patches around their mouths, dry cracked corners and lips, and of course runny noses, thank the Goddess my children are have been well this winter, I even threw Davids asthma pump away !

We went up to Oxford this week as a dear friend/elder turned 70, it was hard work but so worth being able to see all his close family there and to get to meet them but emotionally it was a big big week too.

It would take me hours to write it all down but the conclusion was, we choose our friends and not our family, they are chosen with a different purpose, they are there to teach us lessons and generally being thorns in your side that you have to grow around.

I know i come from a different planet and i am happy that I do. The people that I met are so stuck emotionally , that when you start talking they actually no longer understand my dialect. My in - laws actually called me insane, which was hurtful at first or maybe just embarrassing as they where talking to other people , broken telephone as families do but now I am happy that they think that way as if they thought me logical and sensible and so much like them , i would be as dead and dormant emotionally as they are.

I sat at the party and watch the liquor flow, something I really enjoy doing as people lose their guards and i can talk to them and they then understand me LOL (yes I know maybe I am insane ) but then family politics started coming out and peoples past hurts and the thinks that are currently worrying them, things like so and so won't sit next to so and so and ex wife on the phone, do you want to wish C happy birthday ...and she said no ! she has kids with the guy and divorced him 30 years ago ?and one pretty 48 year old has not had a period since Dec and now is getting hot flushes and wont tell close family but she is worried (yes people tell me these things )and so on and so on

so today i feel very quiet and contemplative, I have a shit load of laundry to do and house to sort out again but so happy to be home.

did the hermit come before the study or do i study because i am a hermit ?

Feeling very much into dying my hair bright red and getting a tat and earring in my lip and wearing dock martins and a long purple skirt, so that people will know without talking to me that I am different and that people that are different will feel comfortable to approach me and say How dido dee !

namaste...I am trying really really hard.

2009-02-15T00:19:00.000-08:00

Come sweet Hawthorn my heart longs for you !

2009-02-15T00:06:00.000-08:00

a sacred lesson....

the wheat seed , the perfect symbol of eternal life or reincarnation.

the sprout with loads of earth energy

the grass a living breathing being, AIR, pranayama, prana/manna

the green, sun energy, chlorophyll

the water (big Angel of healing )

run your hands along the top and feel the energy, then bend over the plant and breath in the smell, then place your hands in a prayer position with the grass in between your palms and send the plant alllll your love, remembering that what ever you give comes back to you a 100 fold.

then pop into the blender and enjoy the life giving liquid, that cleanses your body and mind and reconnects you to mother earth so that in harmony, you can stay many days, remembering that our greatest gift is to teach and pass on the sacred knowledge the mother has placed in our hearts.

i hope this all makes sense, this is the lesson I did with the children yesterday :)

much love to you all

2009-02-12T04:35:00.000-08:00

Mu sister looking VERY pleased with herself as she gads across the globe !

2009-02-12T00:53:00.000-08:00

A Jack Russel was attacked yesterday by a bigger dog and killed, the children he was with say he was protecting them, my heart goes out to the family, funny thing was i kept thinking of Willow yesterday.......I am sorry I called him Willow as weeping willow was very fitting in the end.

I know that your name holds a great vibration over your life and i wish that we where not so controlled and where able to change our names when we felt the need or maybe life circumstances changed. When i was studying native American spirituality my shaman named me Moon water women and the name has always felt very real to me . k was ( not thunder being more like lightening being ) He who strikes, which is funny as he is also Scorpio but so gentle it never made any sense but now as I sense him in board meetings and hear him on the phone dealing with multi millionaires, he carries himself like a man to be reckoned with that much i can say.

Heavenly Father, Master of the universe, you have blessed me with a husband, daughter, son, mother, sister , grandparents and friends that give me great pride and pleasure and for this I am grateful to you forever and ever.

Amen

One more thing i wanted to say was its funny how people nit pick...there is always a problem , nothing is ever good enough taking good better , best to the ultimate.........I found a book on reiki a book on self atunement and i know many people will read that and go BLASPHEMY ! .......I love it. VIVA self empowerment.

And to the nit pickers, SAD diet is not good enough, wholefood is not good enough, vegetarian, is not good enough, vegan is not good enough, raw only is not good enough, green juice only is not good enough, breatharian is the way to go ....I say stop pointing fingers ( and yes i am talking to myself to a point here ) and get a life !

So thank you to Reiki for bringing in a sweet sense of balance to my life, love and learn, just shut your gob and listen !

You simply revert and become small again as you once more start to box and label the universe, wether its the ark of the covenant or a chakra and an aura its a just a label and when you start pointing fingers , it shows a small feeble mind behind the large extended index finger like the salem witch hunts ! We are here to experiance being human, people ! Ha ha love that !

2009-02-05T00:46:00.000-08:00

A prayer for K as he travels today and J and C and my sister....all in one day !

2009-02-05T00:40:00.000-08:00

Schizandra berry.

I am so thankful to be able to live in abundance, to be able to order food from around the world that will change the way my cells function and the way i breath, think, move and love. WOW
Embracing the higher reason I came.

2009-02-03T05:11:00.000-08:00

OMG I can see fairies !

2009-02-02T01:42:00.000-08:00

Happy imbolc !

Last night I stood my the window looking out at the snow and said to the garden " i wish that it will snow enough for me to be able to keep the kids at home tomorrow and i wish that the trains will stop running to london"........welll kids are home and we just fetched k from the station as there are no trains running to London Heee haaa !

Beautiful time of year to decided what it is you really want and let it blossom into being with the wonderous new spring energy.

On the shadow side.....compassion just might be the hardest lesson I need to learn.

Namaste

2009-02-01T08:57:00.000-08:00

Its snowing !

2009-01-30T14:11:00.000-08:00

I feel sooo dissapointed with myself tonight, a week ago I was rather ill with this chest infection, just cough coughing all the time and so out of despiration , I braced myself and made chicken soup as i figured it was still better than going onto medication.

I ate the soup and it was neither here nor there the chicken tasted like tofu and the surrounding stew yummy and it did help with the coughing .

The problem was the mess was in my body (hind sight) so we went out to a resturant late at night to celebrate and there was no vegetarian option on the menu at a thai resturant and me not wanting to be a party pooper said fine i'll just have a little of what everyone else is having which means i had lots of coconut rice and some lamb shank !

then tonight i actuall was craving meat....so I though OK its friday and k loved spaghetti Bolonaise so i shall make it for him.

What happened ? what got in to me . See you only need to partake of death once and then its inside you ! and you become death like a vampire craving blood.

I now have a feeling of wax in my mouth and my chest is painful, I feel so ill, I am actually hopeing that I throw it all up. I am so dissapointed in my self.....I will never degrade body this way again !

2009-01-29T01:01:00.001-08:00

Another cold snap is on its way in a winter that looks set to be the chilliest for at least 13 years, meteorologists have warned. Skip related content
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Temperatures to plunge next week
Michael Dukes, of MeteoGroup, the weather division of the Press Association, said the "reasonably average" temperatures over the last fortnight would come to an end on Sunday night when bitter winds and freezing air from Russia were expected to move across the UK.
There is also a chance of snow for parts of the country in the early part of next week.
Mr Dukes said: "Chill winds from the continent will start to be felt across the south and east in the next couple of days, before a blast of bitterly cold air from western Russia sends the mercury plunging during Sunday night and the early part of next week.
"Although still far from certain at this stage, there are growing signs that heavy snow showers will accompany this frigid air during Monday and Tuesday, more especially across southern and eastern parts of England, with the north and west probably staying mainly fine and frosty.
"Temperatures in the first half of next week are unlikely to be as low as they were in the early January 'freeze' but will struggle to rise above freezing by day and will drop several degrees below at night with a significant wind-chill adding to the cold."
Temperatures are forecast to drop from between 4C and 7C on Saturday and 3C and 5C on Sunday down to between -1C and -3C on Sunday night.
Maximum temperatures on Monday are predicted to be 1C-4C, plunging to -1C to -4C in the night, according to Mr Dukes, who said the wind chill factor would make it feel even colder.
With overall temperatures in December and January between 1C and 1.5C below average and a freezing start to February looking likely, Mr Dukes said the last time the winter months were as cold was in 1995-1996. During that winter, in particular in December, the weather was very cold and windy with plenty of snow.
On December 30 1995 the UK national lowest temperature of -27.2C was equalled - recorded in the Scottish village of Altnaharra. Earlier this month, temperatures plunged to lows of -13C during a three-week freeze.

this is interesting as in my predictions i made on the first of December I said the first few days of Feb would be lovely.wonder who will be right and i wonder if we could run away, hire a cabin in Scotland with a big fire place and enjoy the snow or do we go to cornwall and enjoy the balmy weather and some lovely spring air ?

2009-01-27T01:19:00.000-08:00

I have always loved this picture above , it just looks so warm and inviting.

yesterday was the new moon and as expected, lovely new moon energies filter through, this morning is bright and clear with people being busy in surrounding gardens, and bird song louder than usual, feelings of the need to stick my head into neighbours realms and say hello, they just keep so much to themselves that it makes me feel maybe i should stay away which sets up a chain.

My chest infection is clearing as my blessed body clears out the after effects of the eye medication, I found a old traditional cough mixture that worked really well and stayed far away from the Doctors.

Kids seem happy at school, both plodding along but with a bounce in the step, lunch boxes being a focal point still of my life, they are hungry all the time and its really hard to make sure they have a enough of the good so that none of the bad is eaten when hungry. K is also away for loooong days in his new job so he has a huge lunch box and i have put him on ginseng and guarana.

OOoh talking about superfoods I have ordered a box from Kate Magic and will be playing with making my own chocolate. And my own herbal products range ...yayyy!!! So lots happening.....the new moon as I said is wonderful.

2009-01-21T04:12:00.000-08:00

On a cold January morning, a man sat in a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin.

He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that thousands of people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.

Three minutes went by before a middle aged man noticed there was musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried on to meet his schedule.A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: a woman threw the money in the till and without stopping continued to walk.

A few minutes later, a man leaned against the wall to listen, but then looked at his watch and started to walk again. Clearly he was late for work.The one who paid the most attention was a 3 year old boy. His mother tugged him along, trying to hurry, but the kid stopped to look at the violinist. Finally the mother pulled hard and the child continued to walk turning his head all the time.

This action was repeated by several other children. All the parents, without exception, forced them to move on.In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 20 gave him money but continued to walk their normal pace. He collected $32.

When he finished playing and silence took over, no one noticed it. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.No one knew this but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the best musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written with a violin worth 3,5 million dollars.

Two days before playing in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out at a theater in Boston, and the seats averaged $100.Joshua Bell playing incognito in the metro station was organized by the Washington Post as part of an social experiment about perception, taste, and priorities of people. The outlines were: in a commonplace environment at an inappropriate hour:

Do we perceive beauty?

Do we stop to appreciate it?

Do we recognize talent encountered in an unexpected context?

One of the possible conclusions from this experience could be:
If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing the best music ever written, on one of the finest instruments in the world - how many other things are we missing?

2009-01-21T01:21:00.000-08:00

This little boy is a friend of mines nephew and has just been diagnosed with a brain disease that will mean he only lives to about his first birthday, if you would like more info you can join his facebook group, Baby Jack Bains support group.

the strange thing is its a really horrible situation for a mother to be in but if it was one of the earth mammas baby that i know would it have happened in the first place and if yes then would we out of desperation just do all the hospitals and doctor tell us to, i cannot answer that other than to say i just experience steroids in my eye and its horrible stuff, by whole body said no ! and it was one eye drop four times a day.I now have a chest infection and allthough the eye doctor looked at me as if i was insane when i told him, I know it was from the drops, he also told me to go to the GP and get antibiotics as did everyone else " or else is just gets worse " I did not and now 3 days later I can feel a big improvement and i have taken Dr Vogel thyme and Ivy and honey and apple cider vinegar and now to cleanse my system i am upping my green smoothie intake.

I also have Veronika's words echoing in my brain ...was it after a vaccination i wonder that his seizures started or is it perhaps the formula they are feeding him. But once they start the medication, there is no going back as such things become irrelavant as his little body is now totally smashed by futher medication and intervention, do people know steriods kills the immune system ?

I guess the question is as a earth momma, not only do you chose to breast feed and home birth but you also choose that when things go wrong to embrace the hard lesson and the dying at home naturally.

I pray with all my heart for peace for this child and comfort for his family esp Mother and I pray that if its possible that the Doctor will get it right to do the right thing .

And something else I want to add, South African hospitals, in a third world country are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better than the hospitals here ! makes you wonder ?

2009-01-20T05:11:00.001-08:00

sweet dreams still fill my nights

2009-01-20T04:52:00.000-08:00

I cannot believe that Michelle was told at school yesterday that the children can consider crisps as one of their vegetable servings as they are made out of potato !

Good news there has been a big improvement in my eye at last BUT the medication weakened my system and i caught this dry cough that everyone else has, which means the min. i lay down i start coughing until the my eyes water and I throw up ! The only thing i can think of is to up my green smoothies to rid my body of the poison, cause its clearly trying to cough it up.

I always dislike this time of year as it starts feeling like it has been cold forever and we have till April before it warms up....its def. time to head home for awhile, the red sands of Africa call you home and my body longs to wear sandals and be in the sun and the warm sea. Money is in tomorrow and then we can start making some def. plans.

2009-01-18T13:37:00.000-08:00

I have been doing alot of study again and have been able to put alot of things together its kinda like a download of information from the universe and i have been a good girl this time i have written it all down, I am thinking of putting into a book but i am not sure how to go about it all. I shall type it all onto the PC and then said a copy to those close to me and see. But the information i was getting kept reminding me or showing itself to me in primitive cultures something that i have been drawn too since i was 12, i think i know more about African women than many other South African kids as i spent alot of time with them and with Maria, talking as a teenager ( our maid) and many of the teachings are about going back....

1) they go to sleep very early and get up very early

2)they walk every day for at least an hour

3)they sit in the afternoons on the earth in the sun

4)they eat lots of carbohydrates

5) they have a large group of friends and family and live within a village mentality, you help me today, I help you tomorrow

6)they walk barefoot alot

7)they keep very warm in the winter

8)they do not bath in big baths of hot water but with a bucket of luke warm water and sometimes cold in the morning and evening.

They seems very simple but for the person who is wise enough to see the benefits, each step has a profound effect on the body and mind. And I am sure i could be talking about and village women the world over.

2009-01-15T23:13:00.000-08:00

Note to self

If you HAVE to take medication from a Doctor then make sure you come home and do your research before starting the medication. Remember to ask for an alternative and remember to ask the success rate ! Then if you still HAVE to take it remember to halve the dosage as all of us seem to over react to the medication.

And if over 70 I do not want to go to hospital for anything.....trusting in what nature and my body can do as the last few visits to the hospital have been filled with elderly people telling me all their war stories and it seems to me that they just put them on every drug that they possibly can, every ache and pain and symptom gets another pill and then more pills for the side effects of the first pills.

In "Healthy to 100" a common factor in all the tribes was they never took medication from doctors, it just was not available to them unless they where lucky during an emergency which means they all lived to a healthy old age...really makes you wonder.........bottom line if its not an emergency don't go to the Doctor, they do not know what they are doing .

2009-01-14T11:03:00.000-08:00

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=s-WscYZuPtE

Guess what i am playing with...LOL...youtube

You can have it all !

2009-01-14T10:28:00.000-08:00

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=zVNTdWbVBgc

Ahhh give someone you love a big hug...hope you don't cry like i did !

2009-01-14T10:23:00.000-08:00

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=He7Ge7Sogrk this one is truly worth watching especially if you love elephants as much as i do/

2009-01-14T07:15:00.000-08:00

soooo interesting http://www.mountainman.com.au/Apollonius_the_Nazarene_4.htm

2009-01-12T01:18:00.000-08:00

as far as my predictions go...i told myself to keep my money in my pocket and i did not listen ! darn now we have a week till payday and we are going to have to use CC.

David has been battling with a cough for the last few days and i have been giving him ivy and thyme but my Friday it turned for the worst.

Then by Saturday i knew it had gone into an infection so on Sunday morning I asked him what he wanted to do and he said Chinese Doctor, so off we went , the usual lady was not there but a man and i think D was more comfortable with him.....D is sooo sweet he shook his hand ( like a little man) and spoke to the Doc himself, k and i choosing to sit back and let him take the lead, turns out he has a slight infection in the left lung.

He asked D why we did not go to a GP and D told him " because they do not know what they are doing !" that got a good laugh out of the Doc.

He then mixed up a large selection of herbs (ouch to the pocket but so worth it ) and he let D help him, speaking to him about each herb , where its from and even letting him smell some of them. he then explained to him how to make the tea and so we now do exactly as Doc said and the sweet pea drinks it even though its so bitter !

The thing was he does not want to miss out on school and gets upset if i suggest staying at home, today is Archery and the next laptops and so on until Friday which is swimming !

I will just have to watch him like a hawk !

we have been experimenting since the new year with opening the sun chakra in the morning and the moon chakra at night but switching off lights and computers and moving to a more natural setting and I really feel that's why we are all balanced and others around are all sick, try going to the hairdresser OMG everyone is really ill and the stories go on and on ! I for one have been sleeping MUCH better and now that the freeze seems to be over i am looking forward to my daily walks again. I'll take camera and take some pics. I find that i am missing watlington at the moment as i became to intimate with the surrounding fields and i am missing the trees and bushes that are stirring into life, wanting to be there and here so that i can compare the two, there aren't any fields around here and i am wondering where i will get my herb supplies...do i have to go back to oxfordshire to pick burdock LOL

See ya

2009-01-11T03:52:00.000-08:00

Allowing & Accepting

Peace & Authenticity

Possibility & Freedom

Connecting & Intuition

Intention & Purpose

Co-creation & Expression

Belonging & Adventure

Integrity & Balance

Service & Gratitude

Love & Joy

Abundance!

Namaste

2009-01-08T05:54:00.000-08:00

The beach is just sooo beautiful on these cold days I NEVER thought I would want to go near a beach in winter but they are lovely.....I am off to an emergency eye appointment this afternoon as they have found something nasty in my eye, will write more when I know.

2009-01-08T05:50:00.000-08:00

I found this stone on the beach a perfect 7, how strange !

Happy Birthday to my blog...1 year old.

2009-01-05T01:38:00.000-08:00

when we went to bed last night i said to k that I wanted to lave the curtains open so that the Moon could shine in and then this morning. Something woke me and as I looked outside , it was a winter wonderland...I had hoped it would snow this year and everyone said it was unlikely in Eastbourne and it did..just for me !

Kids wanted so to make a snowman and play but had to bundle them off to school i am still very tempted to keep them home and do homeschooling again but i have to wait and see how things unfold.

2009-01-01T08:06:00.000-08:00

This is a game Keith and the kids keep playing and I keep thinking how much like the new year it is, who knows what lays ahead ?

We went to bed last night just feeling into healing and what my body needs, I think this year is going to be about being true to myself and doing what I know I should. I tried really hard not to get caught up in the Christmas hype and ended up totally over tired and with a blocked kidney and liver meridian and an eye infection, the good thing is today I am really tired which normally happens when I have started to heal, I am feeling much better.

Toxic people and foods have to become a thing of the past as i continue to learn and move.

Yesterday as i lay on the table at acupuncture this was my prayer

Kwan Yin sweet mother hear my prayer

teach me your ways

so that I may have wisdom and health

and so that I may teach my children and grandchildren

grant me the secrets of staying balanced in a unbalanced world

Kwan Yin sweet mother give me peace