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And My Favorite Subjects..... Mother Nature and Eating.....AND of course~~Chickweed; oh my little stars

Why Eat Wild Herbs and Edible Plants? What Do You Get In a Weed That Money Can Not Buy?

For hundreds of years people took advantage of the medicine cabinet at their doorstep. Before the advent of processed foods and modern convenience stores, wild plants were a common dietary supplement. They were the ultimate natural multivitamin!

Often the plants we call weeds have therapeutic value. Our pharmaceutical industry bases many new medicines on the healing factors in herbs.

Why eat wild herbs?


They are power packed with phyto-nutrients, hundreds of times the vitamin and mineral density of a supermarket lettuce. Remember our common lettuce started out in the wild. Due to thousands of years of agriculture it has become rather meek and mild, compared to its ancestors.

They are free; great value nutrition.

You only need a little to reap the nutritional benefits.

Nutrient dense wild plants support all levels of health, starting at a cellular level.

What if you live in the city?
Not everyone lives in the countryside these days, with healthy spray free wild herbs at their doorstep. How can you get the benefits of wild plants without turning into a forager?


Drink herbal teas made from wild herbs, like nettle.

Eat darker leafy green vegetables whenever possible. Shop at a farmers market for the older varieties and more unusual green vegetables. These vegetables are most likely less hybridised and therefore intrinsically more powerful health wise.

Take a green powder like barley grass or Vitamineral Green. Vitamineral green contains wild plants in its nutrient dense ingredient profile.

If you do live rurally, how do you spot the good ones?
People ask us, “how do you avoid the poisonous ones?” Good question! Ask around and learn one edible variety at a time. Often community gardens have people in the know. Gather this precious knowledge slowly. Read books. You will feel more connected to your local environment and

What to do with wild herbs and dark leafy greens?


Wild herbs can be juiced (the forerunner to wheat grass juice!) with carrots and apples, made into dressings or pesto, and chopped finely into salads.

Wild Weed Pesto Recipe - This really tastes good!
Makes 2 cups
This recipe works well for many other greens if you are unfamiliar with edible weeds. Try rocket, coriander or spinach. It can also be spiced up with the addition of fresh chilli. Almost any other nuts or seeds can be substituted for the pumpkin seeds.

2 cups (packed) chickweed, puha or other mild-tasting edible weeds
1 cup pumpkin seeds, soaked overnight in water, then drained.
3 cloves garlic, chopped
4 Tab olive oil
2 Tab miso (or ½ tsp sea salt)
Juice of one lemon

1) Wash your weeds and drain well. Chop them into about 1 cm bits.
2) Place in a food processor. Blend together with all other ingredients. Adjust consistency with either olive oil (to make it thicker) or water (to make it thinner).

Conclusion on Eating Wild Weeds
So what are you going to get out of a common weed, that you won’t get out of spinach? Not less, you get more of everything! More vitamins and minerals, to feed the powerhouse in every cell exactly what it’s needs to be well. As nutrient values in common vegetables have declined, eating a few finely chopped wild herbs in your salad will top you up… for free!

Copyright Wild Health and Anna Wilde 2007

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This is not My advice, but I like how these people think and so does Jack Johnson..

Peace out!

Sri Yantra; Loom; Mendala; Bindu

A mandala is a plan, chart or geometric pattern which represents the cosmos metaphysically or symbolically, a microcosm of the universe from the human perspective. A Sri Yantra is a type of mandala with geometric patterns. Sri Yantra literally means loom, instrument or machine. In actual practice, a yantra is a symbolic representation of aspects of divinity, the creative forces of the universe. It is an interlocking matrix of geometric figures, circles, triangles and floral patterns that form fractal patterns of elegance and beauty. These visual patterns can have a powerful effect on the mind. Just as primordial sounds, or mantras, can be useful in balancing our mind and body through hearing, primordial shapes can generate increased coherence in our brains, creating a balancing and calming influence. In cultures around the world, beautiful visual patterns are used to quiet a restless mind.




Yantra Meditation

As you look at the yantra, allow your eyes to focus on its center. This dot in the center is called the Bindu, which represents the unity that underlies all the diversity of the physical world.

Now allow your eyes to see the triangle that encloses the bindu. The downward pointing triangle represents the feminine creative power, while the upward facing triangle represents male energy.

Allow your vision to expand to include the circles outside of the triangles. They represent the cycles of cosmic rhythms. The image of the circle embodies the notion that time has no beginning and no end. The farthest region of space and the innermost nucleus of an atom both pulsate with the same rhythmic energy of creation. That rhythm is within you and without you.

Bring your awareness to lotus petals outside the circle. Notice that they are pointing outwards, as if opening. They illustrate the unfolding of our understanding. The lotus also represents the heart, the seat of the Self. When the heart opens, understanding comes.

The square at the outside of the yantra represents the world of form, the material world that our senses show us, the illusion of separateness, of well defined edges and boundaries. At the periphery of the figure are four T-shaped portals, or gateways. Notice that they point toward the interior of the yantra, the inner spaces of life. They represent our earthly passage from the external and material to the internal and sacred.

Now take a moment to gaze into the yantra, letting the different shapes and patterns emerge naturally, allowing your eyes to be held loosely in focus. Gaze at the center of the yantra on the page. Without moving your eyes, gradually begin to expand your field of vision. Continue expanding your vision until you are taking in information from greater than 180 degrees. Notice that all this information was there all along, you just became aware of it. Now slowly reverse the process by re-focusing back to the center of the yantra. Now gently close your eyes. You may still see the yantra in your mind’s eye. The patterns of creativity represented by these primordial shapes express the fundamental forces of nature. They govern the world and they govern you.






http://www.chopra.com/mandalas

It's a wiki winter and vinegar is what I am thinking about. I want my lavendar vinegar that Is ALL used up...

Job's Tears
In Japan, an aged vinegar also is made from Job's Tears; it is similar in flavor to rice vinegar.
Reference Wikipedia


I haven't made apple cidar vinegar and I am just now REALLY wishing that I did....

I am making donuts in its stead.

dah-da-donut

Learning to Crochet On My Own,~Some learnin' aint book learnin'

I made a accorn necklace and now I am making a red bead wire leaf to either adorn Nancy's package or, with luck, become a brooch. WE will see. I ordered a camera battery, so I can even take pictures one of these days.. Happy holidays!
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Hear is another Francis quote, I like this one~~~

A person who works with their hands
is a laborer,
A person who works with their hands and head,
is a craftsman,
A person who works with their hands, head, and heart
is an artisan!

St.Francis

Christmas ICE for Miss Icey

WELL;
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Tee
Dah

Dr. Andrew Weil's Tip of the Day~~Click on this title to go to his website. There is a great food pyramid

4 Tips for Nutrition and Cognitive Health
Thursday, December 3, 2009 at 9:06AM
To help preserve mental function and protect against age-related cognitive decline consider implementing these healthy lifestyle, nutrition and supplement choices:

1.Eat an anti-inflammatory diet. It helps prevent inappropriate inflammation and counters the damage from oxidative stress, which may be linked to Alzheimer's disease. Focus on antioxidant-rich fruits and vegetables, foods rich in vitamins C and E, omega-3 fatty acids, and the spices turmeric and ginger. My Anti-Inflammatory Food Pyramid has more information and specific recommendations.
2.Eat berries. Blueberries in particular may improve motor skills and help reverse age-related short-term memory loss, and may also protect the brain from stroke damage.
3.Use cooking methods that limit inflammation. Cook at lower temperatures to avoid the formation of AGEs (advanced glycation end products) which have been linked to Alzheimer's disease, and avoid cooking methods that require excessive fat, such as deep frying.
4.Focus on fish. Wild Alaskan salmon, sardines, herring and black cod are excellent sources of anti-inflammatory omega-3 fatty acids, yet are relatively low in potential environmental toxins. Diets rich in fish have been shown to help alleviate depression and other mental-health issues.

isn't inovation key? I dare say......

I have to give this one a KUDOs by only my standard. What a lovely article and photos as well(Just ClICk on the title and see, it's an advent calendar inovative and down right smart and kind. Happy holidays and frugal festivities to all! who need them...

Winter Blessings~and hot drinks~~

Annie's Remedy Website has some great chickweed, my starillia, so called, herb of study...Just click on this title to go to the site ;)

I am intent on studying my herbs this winter, so that I can find them come this spring.. Have a pleasant winter's nap for any of you fortunate, or in need of, a good winter's nap...
Until we meet again.....
Allison

Living with Cents | Change for Your Pocket

Living with Cents | Change for Your Pocket

Thanksgiving Feast Edition – Printable Coupons

Thanksgiving Feast Edition – Printable Coupons

Gobble~gobble!!!!!!!!!!

Cheeseless Chicken Enchiladas

Cheeseless Chicken Enchiladas

Very nice! Thank you Erin!

clabbered milk

Ehow showed me how to make butter milk, if I ever was in the milk business....No dairy here, but it is a great reference tool.

Cheese, cheese~ the wonderful~~ food

With all of this weather, it's no wonder we need an outlet.
Cheese Page.........




http://biology.clc.uc.edu/fankhauser/Cheese/CHEESE.HTML

Semper Fi

Semper fidelis
There are many that are faithful. My prayers go out to the families of the victims and to the young CR soilder coming home.

God Bless our country and our military who protects and lives for our country's unification and protection. Thank you for your dedication and commitment

So, did you ever ponder?

My Blog is my journal which I chose to use on the world wide web. To share. I am in betwix and in between.
Now back to the ponder.
How life's little parallel's are never ending and always intriguing?


Catching the fly on the cy......

What Would Dahli do?

No more Pink this year.

But here's a thought.

Especially for thoughs who may have pink DTs

check out the website, sellect text

Peace out!

OrganicConsumersAssociation

Heed Your Head!

never say never

NASA has launched a missile to bomb the moon
Posted September 4th, 2009 by Diet Simon

NASA has launched a missile to bomb the moon.



CALL FOR A WORLD PRAYER CIRCLE TO STOP THE PROPOSED BOMBING OF THE MOON BY NASA IN OCTOBER





On October 9th NASA is planning to send a 2 ton kinetic weapon to create a five mile deep crater on the moon. They are claiming ‘this is in the interest of paving the way for colonization and “to find water”. As usual we are kept in the dark as to their real motives for wanting to go ahead with such an inconceivable and brutal action.





Regardless of their intentions, what we do know is that it is absolutely absurd to even consider such a notion and that it could have catastrophic implications on the Moon, our Earth, and all of us who reside here; and, of course, all those to come. For not only does the moon regulate our tidal flows and the menstrual cycle of our women but she also nurtures our intuition, our sensitivity, our capacity to feel, our emotions. Like us, she is a living, breathing being and like us, the pain felt from such an attack would be intolerable.





We should all be asking ‘Why?’ ‘What will be next?’ And, how far will we be pushed before we stand together and demand that this craziness, inflicted by those who supposedly ‘care for us’ stop?





We are asking all who feel to, to join together in a unified world prayer, on the full Moon of September 5th.



That we draw upon the unlimited power of unified heart full intentions and prayers in vision of stopping this proposed Moon
bombing. We intend to create a circle of light around the Earth, as we merge our hearts in prayer, and radiate this light circle to cloak the Moon with our intentions, our hearts, our gratitude for what she gives us, and our demands that she beprotected.





If you feel to, PLEASE pass this on and PLEASE offer your continual prayers for her wellbeing.



Thank you for your participation and for caring.

Susan Weed and her Wise Woman Traditions Link

http://www.wisewomantradition.com/healingwise/
and this one
http://www.wisewomanweb.com/
and this one for grreatTTTtt bOOks!!
http://www.ashtreepublishing.com/

Lets just say that a very wise young woman I know showed me Susan's books. She has several. Look her up, she's fantastic!
Thanks LD! I can't say enough about all of the lessons and listenings you've givin' me. It was nice chatting the other morning!
Caio!
OX

A Prayer(wish, hope, appeal, entreaty, plea) 4 You and Me

Prayer
6/30/09
From the Book of the 4 Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
My Wish 4 You and Me.
at the back of this little book lies some wonderful enlightening prayers. It doesn't matter what you call it, wish, or hope, if prayer doesn't suit you, but listen;
Here it is...
"Please take a moment to close you eyes,(ah, that's better), open your heart, and feel the love that comes from your heart.
I want you to join me with my words in your mind and in your heart, to feel very strong connection of love. Together, we are going to do a very special prayer(wish, if you want) to experience a communion with our Creator.
Focus you attention on your lungs, as if only your lungs exist. Feel the pleasure when your lungs expand to fulfill the biggest need of the human body - to breathe.
Take a deep breath and feel the air as it fills your lungs. Feel how the air is nothing but love, notice the connection between the air and the lungs, a connection of love. Expand your lungs with air until your body has the need to expel that air. And then exhale, and feel the pleasure again. Because when we fulfill any need of the human body, it gives us pleasure. To breathe gives us much pleasure. Just to breathe is enough for us to always be happy, to enjoy life. Just to be alive is enough. Feel the pleasure to be alive, the pleasure of the feeling of love....."
Before and after the quotes are
©Allisonians
Between the quotation marks is by Don Ruiz's book, The Four Agreements, Published 1997 by Amber-Allen Publishing, Inc. San Rafael, CA 94903

Dick Greggory and a Yummy receipe.....

Dick Gregory was the subject of my last blog. I have his book;
Natural Diet for Folks Who Eat: Cookin' with Mother Nature;

Here's my favorite receipe from this book

Dick Gregorys' Always in the Soup Health Power Uplift
2 Tomatoes
1 cucumber
1 small squash
1 bell pepper
1 avocado
1/2 a small onion
1 clove garlic
enough pure water to blender the ingredients (1/2 to 1 cup)
Cut them up and blend them in a blender.
Add 2 tablespoons of honey
You can serve this delicious cold oR heat in a double boiler and serve warm

I, personally, like it warm, but it's delicious cold, with whole wheat crackers.
I don't use green pepper, and usually don't use the cucumber. You can use what part of the list you like.


There is a world of information in his book. I will add more down the road a bit.
Good food, good health
Check out more of Dick Gregory's wisdom on his website. He's very interesting indeed
allisonian

Chatting with a dear friend and co-blogger and came up with a topic of interest. Need he be introduced??

Thank you KayVee for the Search info. This lead to my new Search feature, so you can look for specific topics. I have a long LonG way to go to make this 'my blog' more user friendly, but thanks to my dear dear friend, and a good night's conversation, there is now a 'search this blogg' search box.


Have a couple of websites for you.
Ethan Persoff has an interesting site and so does Dick, himself. He has an official site simply using his name.

I have also found one of his old books (out of print, but avaliable on Media Fire)It looks like an interesting site. I have not looked at the book yet. It's a political story about when he ran for president.
Check it out.
He was a bit into fasting over, I think, political policies, like war and such which lead him to a lifelong ambition to show people how to look at eating differently.
He was a comedian as well, if he looks familiar, he was in some movies. Stay tuned for more as this developes.
Signing off for now.
The big and little THin LIne.
Caio

June 1st and the Midnight Summer's Dream

Ode to this beautiful time on earth.
The one where we were all birthed.
To learn from it is at all intense.
The lessons are all so immense. Unless they are modest.
To all of my fellow travelers converge.
And we'll learn from each other or we'll even merge.
To one another where we came and to where we go?
Does anyone ponder these things or say,
I have to now, I have you today??
What of tomorrow, where will we all go?
Or does it even matter how one doth flow?
Forever onwards to what, do we know?
Do we need to identify,
Or are we all where we should already be for?
And after.

My personal rhyme of the day.
Please listen and don't think I'm astray.
I may always have been this way,
I may not want to be any other day.
We might meet and say, yes we are and here we are now,
Or when we go will we go far?

I only know I am so glad for all of the times and places we've all had.
And to you who consciously make a difference, thank you and blessings and happily puristic!
And not to say we don't always any way make a difference how ever it is deemed.
For this I know to be true, do you?
Have impeccable speech
Speak only in Truth. Even if our truths vary, they are easier to read.
Don't take anything personal.
Don't make assumptions.
Do your Best.

Peace out!

©Allisonians
June 1st 2009
From June 1st 1962
Please ask me for permission to use my photos or writing before you purger (plagiarize) yourself. silly silly