A new community

What a great weekend of opportunity! It started out Friday with a co-worker offering to give private lessons on learning single brushstroke painting. To my delight, slaDE decided that he wanted to take this private lesson together and learn a new cre8tive skill as well! To follow, out of the blue, Tanya, a fellow member…

In memorium

“People become good by doing good; it is rare that a person is good by nature alone. Goodness does not exist so one can make use of it. Goodness does not flow from a place of weakness but one of power.” ~ Robert Dziekanski (the Polish gentleman who died at the hands of Canadian RCMP…

Superfood!

I was just given this link by a fellow freecycling member (I wanted a food processor to make raw eating and prep all that much easier). The Superfood Family …. it’s a great starting resource for those who are interested in eating raw food or at least have toyed with the idea of introducing the…

Peace of Mind Cookies

This recipe comes from Laura Milinusic and her Superfood Family, based here in Calgary (what a treasure find for me, at this time … day 17 of my detox!!!) Peace of Mind Cookies 1 cup sprouted buckwheat 1 cup coconut flakes 1/4 cup ground flax seeds 1/2 cup pumpkin seeds 1/4 cup carob powder 1/4…

RSS Discovery

I just learned something new today! I can get an RSS feed off of my blog … yeah! You can find and read it at: feed://skydiva67.livejournal.com/data/rss What is RSS? The Internet today contains a wealth of information. Avid Internet users visit many interesting websites and read many articles. Information and web pages make their way…

Can you imagine? Skydiving from a MV-22 Osprey

The MV-22 Osprey is a controversial Tilt-Rotor Aircraft that has now been deployed to Iraq (contentious because “Three fatal accidents during testing, questionable maintenance records and a one-time fluke in computer hardware have left critics claiming that the Osprey is fundamentally unsafe). This aircraft is a tiltrotor vertical / short takeoff and landing (VSTOL), multi-mission…

In Remembrance

Today is a beautiful day outside, with brilliant blue skies and silky white wispy clouds. The air is crisp and clean (as unpolluted as you can get with living downtown Calgary) and I’m feeling rather solemn, thinking about the meaning behind this holiday weekend that we have here in Canada. Not only is it a…

Raw Tahini

Raw Tahini Ingredients 1 cup raw white hulled sesame seeds {soaked in enough water to cover for 30-40 minutes} filtered water {as needed to blend well, maybe 1/4 cup or so} 2 tablespoons olive oil pinch sea salt Preparation Blend soaked sesame seeds with their soaK water, olive oil and salt. Add filtered water until…