As you will read below, all my time was used this week treating a severely ill person. I didn't read any of my Great Books entries so will scoot this week's readings onto next week. Shesh...I'm only a few weeks into this and already failing again. Sigh...I'll keep up my courage and keep trying.
Project Joy...didn't believe the weather forecast of snow on Sat, because I had no pain in my hip or lower back. But snow it did. Still, no pain. This herb and nutrition stuff is working on so many levels!!!"...she is not afraid of the snow..." Proverbs 31:21Enjoying this little town more and more. I like the calm pace and lack of traffic. After nearly 7 years, we are not new in our congregation. Seegmillers invited us and what is left of our old group over for games and gabs the other night. It was a night of fun and laughter. I was deeply touched by the profoundness of this video on joy and gratitude.
Sunday School...1 Nephi 8-15
Project Joy...didn't believe the weather forecast of snow on Sat, because I had no pain in my hip or lower back. But snow it did. Still, no pain. This herb and nutrition stuff is working on so many levels!!!"...she is not afraid of the snow..." Proverbs 31:21Enjoying this little town more and more. I like the calm pace and lack of traffic. After nearly 7 years, we are not new in our congregation. Seegmillers invited us and what is left of our old group over for games and gabs the other night. It was a night of fun and laughter. I was deeply touched by the profoundness of this video on joy and gratitude.
Sunday School...1 Nephi 8-15
Praying For...Gayle and Jarrod...peace and liberty for all mankind...
Silver Screen...saw a very nice movie (except for one word, isn't that always the way these days)...We Bought a Zoo is not a sickly sweet family flick like I imagined it to be. No...the story was complex and adult, while still appealing to children. It's not often that families are portrayed as close and loving, that they are compassionate to each other while working through problems, or are in there for the long haul. It was delightful.
My Style...Saturday it was snowing outside. I wore black cotton tights, black maryjane mule slippers, a grey wool skirt, a sky blue cotton T, a light grey, cotton, pullover sweater, and a steal-blue wool cardigan. Even though it was blanket cozy in my home, I still dressed like a lady. Really, I was warmer than back in my jeans, sweatshirt, and man-haircut days. Who do I thank for changing my mind about style, dress, hair, and beauty, even when I'm the only one who sees me most days? That would be Lydia Sherman.
Thimble News...planning a red or blue, flannel nightgown with the flannel turned towards the inside for extra coziness. Also want to sew up a couple new skirts using my new skirt from Down East as my pattern. It fits like someone made it for me. Although it is mid-calf and straight, I can take a full stride. That said, I need to catch up a bit first.
The Herbalist...worked with someone over the last few weeks. The symptoms were so weird at first. Treatments were chiropractic and X-ceptic. Everything seemed to clear up then, BAM, it manifested into full blown Mononucleosis. I've seen this before. MDs have no options for treating mono, and regular herbal measures don't work. This is what I do. Stop all foods except a bit of fruit and drink only fresh juices, distilled water, and herbal teas--lots and lots of fluids. Start the big 4 Dr. Christopher treatments: lower bowel, kidney, liver&gallbladder, and blood stream. If constipation is manifest, only use lb until bowels are regular 3-5 X per day, then add the others 1-2 weeks apart: kidney, liver&gallbladder, then blood stream. Use topical frankincense, mullien&lobelia salve, and deep tissue salve from Dr. Shultz on swollen glands in the neck. Use garlic oil and Dr. Christopher's Ear and Nerve in the ears. Give oral frankincense, peppermint, and lemon in a capsule. Give gallons of licorice root, slippery elm bark, marshmallow root, wild cherry bark, bitter fennel fruit, cinnamon bark, sweet orange peel tea. Give Anti-Plague-Garlic, Mullein, Wormwood, Lobelia, Marshmallow Root, White Oak Bark, Black Walnut Leaf, Skull Cap, Gravel Root, Plantain, and Aloe Vera, vegetable glycerine, apple cider vinegar, and Raw Honey. Mono is tough to get rid of unless you whammy it from every possible direction. The person seems on the road to recovery. As soon as all signs of illness are gone, the person will start on a regime of the big 4 in tincture, mullein-licorice-eleuthero-gotu kola-hawthorn berries-lobelia-cayenne-marshmallow root-ginger tea, and YL immu-power in capsules until spring. Mono lies dormant in the body and can reoccur. We have discussed the benefits of building the body with greens, fruits, and other whole plant foods as opposed to polluting it with Gummy Bears, Hungry Man, and Chef Boy-R-Dee. We discussed sunshine and exercise, too. After this hellish trip down memory lane, I think this person is now a true believer in a building diet, sunshine, and exercise.
Healthy Kitchen...made lots of yummy things this week....perfecting a baked vegan hash browns recipe to please my youngest...Natural Grocer in St. George is like a baby Whole Foods. Thank you God! My new order of Miso arrived Friday from South River. Hurrah!!!
Garden Gate...only a couple more days until my first trays of greens are ready. Will eat fresh sprouts with dinner salad...adore fresh homegrown greens!
Save America...I have thought a lot about legalized drugs. Although I don't like drugs or alcohol illegal or otherwise, I don't think it is cost effective or efficient to make intoxicating substances illegal. Think back to prohibition. The consumption of alcohol and alcohol related deaths went UP, during those years. Disease and deaths related to alcohol declined after prohibition was repealed. The idea of the forbidden fruit allowing Satan to tempt someone to sin is a reality with almost everything. Laws will not stop people from destroying their lives.
The money used to imprison or send a drug user to rehab could be used so much more effectively towards education. That is the best prevention and is something that can add beauty to the earth. I don't mean ineffective drug education like DARE; I mean better teachers, small, local, safe, beautiful facilities, excellent, living books, interesting and inspiring curriculum under local control, encouraging student service through peer tutoring and facilities management, focus on math, natural and experimental science, liberal arts, and trades--less on sports, basket weaving, drama club, recess, etc. I saw some statistics on a documentary the other day; one year in prison costs more than 12 years in a private school. Makes one stop and think. We should remove all drug offenders from prison/rehab and directly apply that money to rebuilding public schools with private/home school models including excellent facilities, traditional, Good/Great Books, pre-1930 curriculum (plus modern science), and well-paid, well-qualified, non-tenured, outcome-based, motivated, dedicated teachers. I'm thinking Greene Gables/Boy's Town like Prep/Trade Schools run by Miss Stacy/Ron Clark/Father Flanagan. Education is the door out of poverty not drug dealing.
Pouring money into Central and South America for a war on drugs, while our borders are wide open is ridiculous. Also using funds for similar activities in our crumbling inner cities, is a silly, fruitless endeavor. The illegality of these substances is impoverishing America, because we need more police, more soldiers, more jails, more courts, more lawyers, more rehab hospitals at the taxpayer's expense, more foster care, more free medical care and counseling for damaged children, and just lots more money being flushed down the toilet. Just as alcohol is legalized but regulated, so to could other drugs be legalized. It would drive the price of these substances down if they were not on the black market, reducing crime and poverty in the process. Driving Under the Influence of an Intoxicant will always be a crime, as neglecting/abusing one's children because of substance abuse is and would be grounds for severing parental rights. I think most people would make better choices about these things if they weren't forced into the teen rebellion arena and weren't such a big money maker for the poor, criminal element. This idea isn't usually embraced by a conservative like me, but it makes so much economic and ethical sense. It's simply logical and a beautiful solution to an ugly problem.
Garden Gate...only a couple more days until my first trays of greens are ready. Will eat fresh sprouts with dinner salad...adore fresh homegrown greens!
Save America...I have thought a lot about legalized drugs. Although I don't like drugs or alcohol illegal or otherwise, I don't think it is cost effective or efficient to make intoxicating substances illegal. Think back to prohibition. The consumption of alcohol and alcohol related deaths went UP, during those years. Disease and deaths related to alcohol declined after prohibition was repealed. The idea of the forbidden fruit allowing Satan to tempt someone to sin is a reality with almost everything. Laws will not stop people from destroying their lives.
The money used to imprison or send a drug user to rehab could be used so much more effectively towards education. That is the best prevention and is something that can add beauty to the earth. I don't mean ineffective drug education like DARE; I mean better teachers, small, local, safe, beautiful facilities, excellent, living books, interesting and inspiring curriculum under local control, encouraging student service through peer tutoring and facilities management, focus on math, natural and experimental science, liberal arts, and trades--less on sports, basket weaving, drama club, recess, etc. I saw some statistics on a documentary the other day; one year in prison costs more than 12 years in a private school. Makes one stop and think. We should remove all drug offenders from prison/rehab and directly apply that money to rebuilding public schools with private/home school models including excellent facilities, traditional, Good/Great Books, pre-1930 curriculum (plus modern science), and well-paid, well-qualified, non-tenured, outcome-based, motivated, dedicated teachers. I'm thinking Greene Gables/Boy's Town like Prep/Trade Schools run by Miss Stacy/Ron Clark/Father Flanagan. Education is the door out of poverty not drug dealing.
Pouring money into Central and South America for a war on drugs, while our borders are wide open is ridiculous. Also using funds for similar activities in our crumbling inner cities, is a silly, fruitless endeavor. The illegality of these substances is impoverishing America, because we need more police, more soldiers, more jails, more courts, more lawyers, more rehab hospitals at the taxpayer's expense, more foster care, more free medical care and counseling for damaged children, and just lots more money being flushed down the toilet. Just as alcohol is legalized but regulated, so to could other drugs be legalized. It would drive the price of these substances down if they were not on the black market, reducing crime and poverty in the process. Driving Under the Influence of an Intoxicant will always be a crime, as neglecting/abusing one's children because of substance abuse is and would be grounds for severing parental rights. I think most people would make better choices about these things if they weren't forced into the teen rebellion arena and weren't such a big money maker for the poor, criminal element. This idea isn't usually embraced by a conservative like me, but it makes so much economic and ethical sense. It's simply logical and a beautiful solution to an ugly problem.
