Back from the Raw Spirit Festival!
Don't have time to post on it just yet ... but wanted you all to catch Angela Stokes on CNN. I love that eating living foods is becoming more and more "main stream."
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Dazed and Confused in the United States of Drugs and Chemicals -- Definitely worth a listen!
Synthetic chemicals are things that do NOT appear in nature -- thus our bodies do not know what to DO with them ... except to react in "unnatural" ways to them. We cannot escape them all . . . but we sure can cut back on LOADS of 'em!
If you have some time, listen to author Randall Fitzgerald discuss his research and book, The 100 Year Lie: How Food and Medicine Are Destroying Your Health. Randall has been an investigative reporter for the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post, and now presents this "smoking gun" exposing how food and medicine are destroying our health (and environment)— and what we can do about it.
Could the health problems in this nation -- most especially the obesity epidemic -- have to do not only with the level of junk food promoted ... but the very body-poisoning chemicals they (and even "healthy" foods AND OUR WATER) are laced with??
Don't be discouraged by the facts in the interview, though . . . just do your best in your little space on the earth . . . and one by one we'll wake up more and more people who care. Hang in there to the end . . . it ends on a very positive note! Scroll down to the 7/24/06 show and click on the podcast icon:
Friday, September 5, 2008
Happy Anniversary . . . Jeremiah 17:5-8
It's been a wild ride . . . you could write a book (a very good one!) . . . and perhaps you should.
This link is a personal one, posted in honour of a long-lost friend who I hope one day will be a friend again ... a friend in the truest sense the word is known. (The lead editorial that day in '72 is pretty interesting in light of your family/geneology info that has come to light.) :-)
Thursday, September 4, 2008
One Week Till I Hit the Eco-Hippy Fest in Sedona, Arizona - I Know I'll Meet Some Wild, Wacky and Wonderful Folks
Here are some highlights from a newsletter about the event that I just received:
Isn't It Amazing? Only eight days away and we will be communing, yes, re-unioning at one of the most incredible gatherings ever to grace Healthy Living History. The array of presenters is extraordinary! And their content unordinary with over 180 dynamic performances from fascinating health seminars to an incredible line up of music that makes us dance and sing, from a children's parade to profound poetry, from raw vegan demos to open mikes! Ooh la la. Be prepared to giggle, to learn, to awe and wiggle.
A record 275 vendors will be displaying what may be the most intriguing collection of original items to ever behold. Included among them is:
A NEW eclectic delectable array of dozens of raw restaurants - the largest ever
A NEW farmers' market for fresh local produce
A NEW exotic tropical fruit booth
Raw researchers' NEWEST health products
NEW electric scooters, bicycles & cars
NEW solar product displays
An exquisite NEW art garden
NEW raw chocolate emporium
NEW eco-inventions
NEW organic clothing boutiques
A NEW live auction
A NEW silent auction too
Other highlights:
A NEW pie contest
A hug patrol
Speed dating game
Herb walk
Self-guided nature hikes to the caves along the creek
The Sacred Exercise Area is guaranteed to get your yoga and heart beat going
The Children's area returns to the Teepee
Interactive workshops will spice up the Discovery Geo Dome
The NEW centralized Meditation Circle will radiate peace & love through every iota of the venue
The NEW Music-Poetry-Theatre & Dance Stage shall spread waves of tickled bliss
The NEW Five-Minutes-For-Peace Programs (outdoor main stage only) will beam sunshine in our souls
Health care professionals may obtain CEUs (Continuing Educational Units) at the Indoor Main Stage where doctors of many varieties shall delight attentive audiences.
Delicious Gourmet Chefs' Demos and Tastings are to be sampled each hour in the Convention Center
The Sharing Circle Returns Due to Popular Demand
A NEW Early Bird Job Fair will improve many lives
The NEW highly-organized Volunteer Program is impressive
The NEW Investors-Meet-Entrepreneurs Table will catalyze novel businesses and assist others
The Pre-Fest Raw Spirit Business Dinner is the first of this magnitude in our raw-eco-peace community.
And this is only the beginning.
Considering You an Exemplary Raw Spirit, may I share a little-known 'secret' with you? Likely you are aware that The Raw Spirit Festival is a 501c3 educational non-profit. However, do you know its specific mission and vision? The following quote was excerpted from the official bylaws Article 1, Section 1:
PURPOSE: Raw Spirit Festivals comprise what will soon be an international network of "the largest raw vegan, healthy-living, eco-peace festivals on Earth" for charitable, educational and inspirational purposes. The aim is to educate humanity on the health benefits of incorporating more fresh organic fruits and vegetables into one's diet as well as other health-generating practices including: exercise, rest, yoga, meditation, caring for the environment, caring for each other, cultivating inner, family, community and world peace, organic gardening, raw vegan food preparation, expressing oneself creatively through art, music, poetry, theatre, dance, un-cooking, eco-inventions, conscious business, moreover, catalyzing the emergence of a raw-eco-peace economy by providing educational festivals regularly and frequently, as well as supportive community-enhancing programs throughout the year.
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Cheesy Cracker Recipe (for all you dehydrater lovers) . . . and some Daily Show Videos
Raw "Cheese Its"
1 C Sunflower seeds (soaked 4 hrs and dehydrated)
1 C Brazil nuts (soaked and dehydrated)
1 C Almonds (soaked and dehydrated) 1 big tomato
1 cup red pepper, diced
1/4 C ground flax
1 pinch cumin or to taste
2 teaspoons salt or a bit less to taste
*I added 1 Tbsp taco seasoning
*I added 1 tsp onion powder*
*I added 1 tsp garlic powder*
Preparation
Process all ingredients and spread on teflex sheets as thin as you like. After a few hours score with a pizza cutter and leave until dry on top then flip and leave until crispy (all day!). Then enjoy (with none of the body-killing side effects present in "regular" crackers (white or even whole wheat flour, hydrogenated oils, food additives and preservatives, and even non-food fillers that the FDA allows ... like finely ground wood chips and finely crushed GLASS!)
This recipe was posted by "Rawererin" at
It's adapted from an original recipe that first appeared at
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Matt Monarch's Video in Sedona, 2007
The book that woke him up was one I read over 20 years ago called "Become Younger" by Norman Walker. Ahh, if only I'd gone raw 20 years ago ... my thyroid would most likely never have gotten out of wack. Ho hum. But today I know the truth ... and it's making all the difference. (I always said I was at least 20 years behind in my development ... so it fits!)
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