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Little Red Rubbing Scarf Vs The Park Deranger

hellaD — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:04:48 +0000

A slapstick comedy short about a girl who is on her way to visit her grandmother when she is confronted by a strange forest-dweller…. Soundtrack by Mujaji
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Emerging Spontaneously

hellaD — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:41:31 +0000

Last year I started reading The Lost Language of Plants by Stephen Harrod Buhner right around this time of year. I enjoyed it so much that I had to save the rest of it for later, which ended up getting put of for a full year. So, now that I have finally finished it I [...]
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New York City Watershed

hellaD — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:56:10 +0000

I recently read a book I have been waiting a while to get my hands on. Endgame, Vol. 1: The Problem of Civilization by Derrick Jensen. I first read Derrick Jensen’s work in 2006 when we moved to Neversink in the Catskills, among the reservoirs that supply New York City with its world renowned water. [...]
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Food Justice For All

hellaD — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:18:08 +0000

Published in Far West Almanac, November 2009. I recently attended a Food Justice Forum geared to generate a variety of solutions to the issues of getting nourishing food to the lowest income groups in the downtown Vancouver, BC area, while still paying the farmers a living wage. This is an issue that cities around the world [...]
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The GAPS Diet

Anna Miller-Rhees — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:58:04 +0000

Looking back over the last two years, I cannot believe how our lives have changed. I would wake up and struggle through the day, barely keeping pace with my two children. The fatigue was overwhelming; not just a normal fatigue, but a listless, no-energy-at-all fatigue with anger and emotional spikes in between. My son Elliot [...]
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Basic Nut Bread

Anna Miller-Rhees — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:26:52 +0000

This is a Basic Almond Bread recipe, with variations below for muffins, pancakes, and crackers: 2 cups soaked almonds or other nut (soak for 7 or more hours in water with a tsp or two of salt) 3 eggs 1/3 cup fat (like butter, coconut oil, lard, tallow, -these last better for savory breads in my experience) 1 tsp [...]
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Brisbane’s CBD Farmer’s Market

Sandra — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 07:20:10 +0000

Every Wednesday from 10 am to 6 pm there is a farmers market in the heart of downtown Brisbane. Local and neighboring farmers (some from up in Cairns) come down to sell their wares. My shopping for the week all came to a total of Aussi $22! Pretty cheap! We had real awesome guacamole that [...]
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The Generous Pumpkin

hellaD — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:42:23 +0000

Written for Healthy Options magazine October 2009. It is unusual to find a vegetable that not only removes DDT from soil, but reduces the likelihood of getting emphysema or lung cancer for smokers, expels tapeworms and other parasites and is a focus of community and entertainment during Halloween. Pumpkins and winter squash do all this and [...]
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Arrival in Egypt

sunshine — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:09:14 +0000

When we first arrived in Egypt after our overnight flight through Frankfurt we were split up into two groups with the guys going down to a place called Beni Suef where Freeman will be working, and the women going to Anafora where Chelsea will be living and working. Beni Suef is about two hours south [...]
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Fenugreek and Quinoa Salad

hellaD — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:12:31 +0000

This was a lucky discovery. Tasty and amazingly good for you as well. Fenugreek greens can sometimes be found in an Indian food market and are often used in Ayurvedic cooking. Serves 4 1 large avocado 2c quinoa (cooked) 1/2 c green olives stuffed with garlic 1/2 bunch fenugreek greens 1/2 bunch mint 1/2 lime’s juice 1-2T e.v. olive oil pinch of salt and [...]
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