A year later, nearly

It is October 2, 2013 Into fall harvest and I have been thinking of blogging food again. Actually this has been on my mind all summer, well on and off my mind.

Right now I am in the midst of dehydrating much. Loaded and drying are tomatoes, pears, bananas(price down on organic), calendula flowers and will be loading up with some herbs today.

The herb garden needs to be moved. Some of it, or most of it. It doesn't get that eastern morning sun. Seems a number of the plants do best with morning sun. I am in the process of boosting Jesse's strawberry patch. This entails taking most of the plants out, cultivating the soil, adding manure and replanting. Some of the plants will go to new ground. Possibly the strawberry patch will be moved further west as well. The house here blocks the morning sun from nurturing a good chunk of the garden.

Mr. Sammy Samcee Cat. He is one of the kittens from the 7 month ago litter of Wiz(a resident feral calico cat). Cats, cripes, they just keep having babies. Up to 5 litters a year and up to 7 kittens in a litter. Oh this cat chatter does connect with food and the garden. I was digging up a couple plants of potatoes yesterday and Sammy wanted in on the fun. His fun was-- when I removed a shovel of earth he would jump in and sprawl himself in the dirt. Flopping about and staring up at me all pleased with himself and me for providing this amazing hole of luxury for HIM. So I moved to another plant and he just followed right along. I got that part of his fun was doing it with me. How sweet is that! Potatoes did get dug. Sammy is one funny cat. A number of the cats here follow me about the yard. The Mother- Wiz, Sammy, Maggie and Bebies 2(the last 2 kittens needing a home). Mostly the babies hang around their sleeping area yet. One of the kittens may be adopted out today. Emil says when I find my own place and move on the cats- Wiz, Sammy, Maggie and any kittens left will have to go with me since I am their human. hahahaha Emil.

Well that's it for now. Next time I will try and focus more on food. I remember a dog we took in at the farm, years ago, Sadie; she would pick beans with me. She ate everything she picked though. I find it humorous and endearing when the animals like to do the same activities.

1:45 pm and I thought of eating so I did.

! banana sliced into a bowl, added pear cut into likewise chunks, raw sesame tahini- I made using brown sesame seeds, 3 black mission figs cut into small pieces and half a raw brownie- they are small-- I crumble them and add them on top of the other ingredients, oh and I add 3 brazil nuts chopped chunky. I tell you, this is fresh, sparkly in my gut and to eat repeatedly tasty!

It Must Be Fall

I am bundling up more and more. It must be fall. There is something really nice about cool - cold weather. Cool is good. I can get on with that, I like wollens and other soft and warm textiles. Not year round for me though. I didn't much like the damp chilly most of the year in Victoria BC. :)

So, I have been 100% raw to high raw all summer, switching on off between the both. Neal Brothers blue corn chips are delicious so I would snack on them when out and about. That led to me dipping my tastes into other cooked items. Still I am living unsettled without my own living space. It becomes difficult to prepare the foods to keep that helps me ward from cooked foods I can be tempted by. It got to the point that I found myself on nearly a whole day of cooked food! Egads. I do so much better on raw food. My mind gets warped on cooked food, really, especially when conventionally cooked food slips in. All those chemicals affect me adversely.

This is day number 6 of back to 100% raw and I am loving it. Because I allow myself to wane it feels like much more of me is on board with 100% raw. I like this. I feel more sound and peaceful without the inner conflict going on, of course. Inner conflict, it is truly a blocker to the growth of ones soul. And I have energy plus. And I feel inspired and ready to build my new life in a rich inspired creative way.

The Future of Food

Pierre Burton 1967 wants to eat real food

… the clip may take a minute or two to load… merely an opportunity to exercise 'Patience'

in case the link doesn't show up or work, possibly still the case with google blogs, copy paste this url: http://archives.cbc.ca/lifestyle/food/clips/16713/

Dan with Dr. Klaper regarding 'Water Fasting"

I will be back in to post more input on fasting. I am working up to be doing regular fasting. I have never undertaken a water fast past one day at a time now and then. Mostly that was because I forgot to eat for the day, not because I exercised any discipline to consciously water fast. I have done fresh juiced veggies alternated with fresh juiced juices, both diluted half and half with water, along with some herbal tea; fennel was great. Btw, currently I find myself gravitating to drinking red clover blossom tea, a real great blood cleanser.

Gosh, I get so excited about good basic nutritional and live energy eating and caring for my health in holistic ways!

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