tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35481391602786551712024-03-05T23:18:52.670-08:00chickpeapaula luther, RHN
holistic nutritionistchickpeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15130161705194630505noreply@blogger.comBlogger119125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3548139160278655171.post-53743356418273346402011-04-14T21:35:00.001-07:002011-04-14T21:36:19.823-07:00the possibilities"If I didn't open myself to the possibilities of the unknown then I would be lost."<br />
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Saul Williamschickpeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15130161705194630505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3548139160278655171.post-41938410550656331932011-02-11T12:29:00.000-08:002011-02-11T12:29:32.651-08:00drizzly february daya drizzly february day, watching stellar jays out the window, listening to the dogs snoring, making green lentil stew.chickpeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15130161705194630505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3548139160278655171.post-38587933586418506052011-02-04T17:18:00.000-08:002011-02-04T17:19:24.827-08:00never too late"It is never too late to be what you might have been".<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Eliot">George Eliot</a>chickpeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15130161705194630505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3548139160278655171.post-60957366756270231222011-02-01T22:10:00.001-08:002011-02-04T17:19:52.399-08:00essential element of any art“An essential element of any art is risk. If you don’t take a risk then how are you going to make something really beautiful, that hasn’t been seen before…” <br />
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Francis Ford Coppolachickpeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15130161705194630505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3548139160278655171.post-25007689553356516652011-01-31T20:36:00.000-08:002011-02-04T17:20:10.210-08:00please always remember<blockquote>If ever there is a tomorrow when we're not together, there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.</blockquote> - Winnie the Pooh, A.A. Milnechickpeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15130161705194630505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3548139160278655171.post-60151822730564004652011-01-28T17:56:00.000-08:002011-01-28T18:08:09.267-08:00a few of my favourite docsI do love me a good documentary. I started watching even more documentaries in the past year, when reading became more challenging for me as a result of a car accident in September 2009. Documentaries & TED talks have kept my mind & heart engaged. Lucky for me, my beloved CBC has great documentaries available to stream online. The Passionate Eye & Doc Zone are both work checking out.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRYIvJk-bNo7kMlgNHUdGXkmqwJf7ciE83OtOmQZMQjCzmEdQ7rpdNSTxOC5RWG62oXs5ZXOdLhAZZTx_L2vBbs7YBYWa3o-Z9K97P50IL_4ho5Nv09DGIklreqRky1eM5rj62cotogx0/s1600/evaheart4c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRYIvJk-bNo7kMlgNHUdGXkmqwJf7ciE83OtOmQZMQjCzmEdQ7rpdNSTxOC5RWG62oXs5ZXOdLhAZZTx_L2vBbs7YBYWa3o-Z9K97P50IL_4ho5Nv09DGIklreqRky1eM5rj62cotogx0/s320/evaheart4c.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/Shows/The_Passionate_Eye/1274903384/ID=1333883430">65 Red Roses</a> is a touching & sometimes heart breaking documentary. It offers a glimpse into the life of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Markvoort">Eva Markvoort</a> as she battles the cystic fibrosis. Her creative spirit, and open hearted strength & determination inspire me. Such a beautiful, bright spirit. It recently showed at the Sundance Film Festival, and will be airing on Oprah's new network, OWN in the spring.<br />
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It is also currently available to view online on cbc.ca (perhaps only in Canada...)<br />
<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/Shows/The_Passionate_Eye/1274903384/ID=1333883430">http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/Shows/The_Passionate_Eye/1274903384/ID=1333883430</a><br />
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Enjoy & please do consider becoming an <a href="http://www.transplant.bc.ca/index.asp">organ donor</a>.<br />
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What are your favourite documentaries?chickpeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15130161705194630505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3548139160278655171.post-50248732751825832852011-01-24T20:24:00.000-08:002011-01-28T18:09:02.658-08:00vulnerability<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaaOpEdzIijRRxY8RxrhjHBJny1acDrHzZjwuHlyU8sk1yE3MtQM1t1Msu_3kTh0hqzTzmXIr3yRGHxnOVYIHlH9XwyeBexBeHOTErk2rivfbtaMqTHCTRRPw_x8hxVpM_A6e1Lzg8a-0/s1600/live+and+love.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaaOpEdzIijRRxY8RxrhjHBJny1acDrHzZjwuHlyU8sk1yE3MtQM1t1Msu_3kTh0hqzTzmXIr3yRGHxnOVYIHlH9XwyeBexBeHOTErk2rivfbtaMqTHCTRRPw_x8hxVpM_A6e1Lzg8a-0/s320/live+and+love.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>a truly inspiring TED talk by <a href="http://www.ordinarycourage.com/">Brené Brown</a> on vulnerability & connectedness. a great reminder to love with our whole hearts, practice gratitude & joy, and believe we are enough. love!<br />
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozartchickpeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15130161705194630505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3548139160278655171.post-16758097339061296852011-01-22T14:21:00.001-08:002011-01-28T18:09:44.491-08:00art<h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody">"The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude." - Friedrich Nietzsche</span></span></h6>chickpeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15130161705194630505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3548139160278655171.post-33199207137625945072011-01-21T16:54:00.000-08:002011-01-28T18:10:29.545-08:00what is life?<i>“What is Life? It is the flash of a firefly at night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the shadow that runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.”</i><br />
<i> </i><i>Blackfoot elder</i><br />
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<i> </i><i> </i>chickpeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15130161705194630505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3548139160278655171.post-58927247349973581262010-12-19T13:24:00.000-08:002010-12-19T13:26:07.988-08:00roar<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQzbM-18c3ulMYCnegUiBh2GnQcBs2TtMG7riaWenl6T7q9zGy5ue_n_6lvNZTJ8pAqFgW5ZF_WdPTop5cWCEjoDhCYxIkPliGUqyixcmclSVh-P_Bb4y5oJuNRK2fVFCTLb3rI30KEEg/s1600/045.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQzbM-18c3ulMYCnegUiBh2GnQcBs2TtMG7riaWenl6T7q9zGy5ue_n_6lvNZTJ8pAqFgW5ZF_WdPTop5cWCEjoDhCYxIkPliGUqyixcmclSVh-P_Bb4y5oJuNRK2fVFCTLb3rI30KEEg/s320/045.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
"Until lions have their own historian, tales of the hunt will always reflect the hunter." <br />
African proverbchickpeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15130161705194630505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3548139160278655171.post-82092198215377380892010-11-18T15:04:00.000-08:002010-11-18T15:04:05.320-08:00fresh fall soupthe cool rainy vancouver weather always inspires soul warming food for me. last night i threw together a delicious fall soup by pulling together a few simple ingredients i had on hand. it was one of those moments when i didn't decide to make soup, i just found myself in the flow of it. my food always seems to taste best when there is that ease & organic flow to it.<br />
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this is a super seasonal & local creation. i am especially in love with celeriac right now. it has a texture of potato and a light celery flavour. delicious! the potato like texture is great for me, as i <i><b>love </b></i>potatoes! it must be in my maritime blood. i am trying to limit inflammatory causing foods as party of my healing process, as i recover from injuries sustained in a car accident. limiting the night shade family (potatoes, tomato, egg plant, peppers) is especially helpful. <br />
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:: fresh fall soup ::<br />
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organic olive oil<br />
sapo bravo organic onions & garlic<br />
glorious organics carrots & celeriac<br />
glen valley organic cabbage <br />
backyard collards <br />
nova scotia dulse<br />
organic barley <br />
maison coté tuscan herbs & cowboy salt & black pepper<br />
city farmer bay leaf <br />
cumin<br />
homemade soup stock<br />
tomato water<br />
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i make my soup stock by saving my vegetable trimmings as i cook. i have my stock bag of trimmings in the freezer that i add to with each meal i cook. when the bag is full, i throw the trimmings into my slow cooker, add filtered water & pretty much ignore it for ~12 hours. if my timing is on, i will use it straight away in a soup or stew. if not, i'll freeze the stock to have on hand for those inspired spontaneous cooking moments. the flavour of the stock varies with each batch, but it always has onion, garlic, carrots as the base, and sometimes mushrooms, celery, herb stems, etc...<br />
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the tomato water added a slight acid note to the soup. delicious. i had rehydrated some of my organic dried tomatoes i dried summer '09, and i saved the water. i also had some tomato sauce from a community canning project i was involved with this year, the jamboree canning collective. the sauce was a bit thinner that i wanted for a what i was using it for, so i stained it off a bit, and added that tomato water to the soup as well. not necessary, but it rounded the flavour out well, and created a use for something that may have been tossed out otherwise. the tomato water did add a tiny bit of night shade to the soup, but that is just the way it goes sometimes.<br />
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some of the soup was frozen, for a ready to go nourishing meal when i need it. i always try to do a bit of extra cooking on the days when i am not receiving a treatment. that ensures that i will have good, tasty & nutritious food on the days i come home spent from a treatment. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG9FwEjS1szbAEJe0vuZ8LDYqqwd9uLTBVZJwmQTydNdqdw5xF2fSFcUdAy7zstRlTjOvpzJeeRijdkn_7WTayJwaq1AA-h3CPekoBJI3GTbu5YKlAJ-steIm1Hw5-Vv3ffk3MSi4D650/s1600/PB180004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG9FwEjS1szbAEJe0vuZ8LDYqqwd9uLTBVZJwmQTydNdqdw5xF2fSFcUdAy7zstRlTjOvpzJeeRijdkn_7WTayJwaq1AA-h3CPekoBJI3GTbu5YKlAJ-steIm1Hw5-Vv3ffk3MSi4D650/s320/PB180004.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>i did manage to get a quick photo before i ate the last of the soup for lunch today. the photo really doesn't do it justice. think i'll be making this one again soon though. i have another celeriac just waiting to be used...chickpeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15130161705194630505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3548139160278655171.post-73967935914333249382010-11-17T17:59:00.001-08:002010-11-17T17:59:37.039-08:00there is no prize "out there"<object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/plUbZB7ieFs?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/plUbZB7ieFs?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>chickpeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15130161705194630505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3548139160278655171.post-41682246327597250842010-11-16T13:05:00.000-08:002010-11-16T13:05:41.493-08:00a day of wise words<span style="font-size: small;">today i have come across several quotes, from random sources, that gave me pause for thought :: enjoy!</span><br />
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<h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody">"Always be mindful of the kindness and not the faults of others." ~Buddha</span></span></h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody">"We don't see things as they are; we see them as we are."Anais Nin</span></span></h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody">I caught the happy virus last night <br />
When I was out singing beneath the stars. <br />
It is remarkably contagious -- <br />
So kiss me. ~Hafiz</span></span></h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody">"want what you have and give want you want"</span></span></h6><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody">Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free. - Jim Morrison</span></span><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody"> </span></span></h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody"> </span></span></h6>chickpeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15130161705194630505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3548139160278655171.post-76375078722567182542010-11-15T13:35:00.000-08:002010-11-15T13:35:25.064-08:00opening the soul<h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody">"That which oppresses me, is it my soul trying to come out in the open, or the soul of the world knocking at my heart for entrance?" <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabindranath_Tagore">Rabindranath Tagore</a></span></span></h6>chickpeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15130161705194630505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3548139160278655171.post-87961599877434702202010-11-14T13:03:00.000-08:002010-11-14T13:03:11.105-08:00joyful spititual growth<h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody">"What if your drive to experience pleasure isn't a barrier to your spiritual growth? Consider trying out the hypothesis that cultivating joy can make you a more ethical and compassionate person. Imagine that feeling good has something important to teach you on a regular basis." Rob Brezsny</span></span></h6>chickpeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15130161705194630505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3548139160278655171.post-25265703557302590272010-11-13T16:52:00.001-08:002010-11-13T16:52:35.976-08:00trying to believe<h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody">We are not here to make believe... we are here to believe we can make it. - Guru Singh</span></span></h6>chickpeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15130161705194630505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3548139160278655171.post-78127100767788469502010-11-11T16:00:00.000-08:002010-11-11T16:00:11.057-08:00oh, to be alive!"<span class="messageBody">Because you are alive, everything is possible." </span><br />
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<span class="messageBody"> Thich Nhat Hanh</span>chickpeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15130161705194630505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3548139160278655171.post-7902289858391252762010-11-10T11:09:00.000-08:002010-11-10T13:54:49.846-08:00the cost of local foodchris bodnar of glen valley organic farm in abbotsford, bc explains the true cost of local small scale sustainable food production. [chris' original blog post is reprinted in thetyee.ca today - resist temptation to run to mkt looking for watermelon...!]. you'll never look at a watermelon in the same way...<br />
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Melon season arrived on the farm today and melons make me think of money. Prices, more specifically. And I've been thinking about prices and money a lot this week, after a CBC radio host commented on the cost of local, organic food . . . but more on that in a moment. I'm also thinking about watermelons.<br />
<div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://thetyee.ca/Life/2010/11/10/PerfectMelon/">read more </a></div>chickpeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15130161705194630505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3548139160278655171.post-80085528291000212722010-11-10T09:40:00.000-08:002010-11-10T09:40:47.788-08:00Is the Local Food Movement Elitist?article by <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/casaubonsbook/2010/11/psssstwanna_buy_somecheese.php">Sharon Astyk</a><br />
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Local food is elitist! This trumpets from one paper or another, revealing that despite the growing preoccupation with good food, ultimately, it is just another white soccer Mom phenomenon. Working class people (who strangely, the paper and the author rarely seem to care about otherwise) can't afford an organic chicken or a gallon of organic milk! Ordinary people don't have time to make soup. Regular folk don't care about that stuff - that's for brie-sniffing folks, just the next rich people's food fad.<br />
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I can think of a few hundred refutations of this claim, of course. There are all of my readers who are low income and struggling and still eat real food. There are the people who buy from me, mostly neighbors, mostly not affluent *at all* - they just want good food. There's us - we qualify for food stamps in our state most years. We don't need them - we are awash in good food, but we sure as heck aren't affluent. There's the composition of the farmer's market in my town and in the nearby cities - and of the coop and other local food resources. There's Red Hook Farm in Brooklyn and the local food movement in urban Detroit, and every other inner city food movement. There's the way local food infrastructure has burgeoned in a thousand low income rural areas, where the exchange of food is part of what keeps people alive. There are the immigrant community gardens and the fact that plenty of poor parents cook every night. There's plenty of evidence to the contrary.<br />
<div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://scienceblogs.com/casaubonsbook/2010/11/psssstwanna_buy_somecheese.php"> read more</a></div>chickpeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15130161705194630505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3548139160278655171.post-49915552656489936782010-11-08T16:16:00.000-08:002010-11-11T16:04:30.166-08:002011 foodie wall calendar<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiden8sslQg1n9sKbcEYK-mDj3ZKlSRkuHZ-n5bn1Cwz5CD81s1kLhvsFCUSQMzLn7_TpnBHvzOZ8MjAm024pIBSZWF-D6KKw_nPVxQJMfhFGl3srRs_VbxrUFyEg8v3f6rVo-wG4cayTA/s1600/cover+2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiden8sslQg1n9sKbcEYK-mDj3ZKlSRkuHZ-n5bn1Cwz5CD81s1kLhvsFCUSQMzLn7_TpnBHvzOZ8MjAm024pIBSZWF-D6KKw_nPVxQJMfhFGl3srRs_VbxrUFyEg8v3f6rVo-wG4cayTA/s320/cover+2011.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="UIStory_Message">hot off the press....</span></span></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="UIStory_Message"> my 2011 wall calendar is now available for purchase. a tasty delight for the eyes :: full of my local foodie photography. it is available online @ etsy & i will have copies @ the upcoming <a href="http://eatlocal.org/holidaymarket.html">vancouver farmers market holiday market</a> (dec 11 @ croatian cultural centre)</span></span></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="UIStory_Message"> perfect for your favourite foodie! </span></span></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="UIStory_Message">also available for purchase online ::</span></span></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/61203206/2011-foodie-photo-wall-calendar?ref=v1_other_2"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="UIStory_Message">http://www.etsy.com/listing/61203206/2011-foodie-photo-wall-calendar?ref=v1_other_2</span></span></a></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="UIStory_Message"><br />
new items are being added regularly...!</span></span></h3>chickpeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15130161705194630505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3548139160278655171.post-74732195947793693262010-11-08T09:40:00.000-08:002010-11-08T09:43:30.652-08:00how do you define success?november to remember - day 8 :: feeling successful, in the John Robbins context<br />
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"It is by loving the people that you love with your whole heart that you become who you really are." John Robbins <br />
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clip from John Robbins recent talk in Kelowna, BC:<br />
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this past year has been full of unique opportunities & lessons. my life was turned on its head when i was rear ended in a car accident in the fall of 2009. at first, i thought i'd be able to shake it off in a couple of days. turns out, not so much. i have been deeply humbled by this experience of recovery.<br />
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i know that i am very lucky. my injuries could have been much worse. i am so very lucky to be part of a beautiful community that has rallied behind me and supported me in so many ways. i am so very grateful for the friends who've cooked for me, washed dishes, cleaned my home, changed the kitty litter, walked my dog, helped me laugh, lifted & carried & reached, driven me to appointments, market & beyond, and been so very patient with my nervous nelly passenger ways, gardened for me so i could taste the freshness of life when i needed it most. i am incredibly grateful for everyone who has helped me with my fundraising events, to my dear farmer friends for offering me beautiful organic foods to nourish me. i am thankful to my dear friends for listening to me, never taking my wonky memory personally, for understanding it all. i am so very grateful for the love.<br />
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i have so much love & respect for the amazing team of healers i am working with. for the healing touch, the great care, for <b><i>listening</i></b> to me, for always helping me to be gentle with myself, for holding the space for my healing. and, of course, for the endless conversations with ICBC.<br />
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i am grateful to the universe for always offering the lessons i need to learn. i strive to receive them. <br />
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and so my healing process continues. days filled with massage, physio, kinesiology and finding that balance of challenging myself without over doing it. it is an illusive balance for me, but i continue to try & find it.<br />
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an important part of the healing process has been my creative process. remembering that life is a creative process puts everything in a different light. it brings joy to my heart. everything - from the rain glistening on a crisp fresh apple, to a postage stamp on a letter, to chalk drawing with wee friends, to music drifting & filling, to transforming ugly memories simply by giving them a voice, to the sound of laughter, to the socks i wear, to the garden decomposing under the fall rain - it is all a creative process.<br />
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as i move through the layers of my healing process & recovery, i explore & envision what health & vitality looks like for me. and work at created it. i will share some of my thoughts & inspirations here. food will always be a deep source of inspiration for me, i am a foodie to the bone, after all. but, you will find more of a personal perspective on food these days, interwoven with my artwork & crafty & quirky ways.<br />
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and so it continues, ever evolving. chickpeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15130161705194630505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3548139160278655171.post-30196674724550602902010-10-23T20:51:00.000-07:002010-10-23T20:54:08.230-07:00october saturday in east vani spent a lovely fall day in the heart of east van. i met friends at my favourite café - continental caffé - for an yerba mate latté. then off to the last trout lake farmers market for the season. my kitchen is now full of organic tasty delights!<br />
<ul><li>walter harvey's biodynamic aubergine for baba ganoush, red sensation pears & honey crisp apples to be eaten with joy, while wiping the juices from my chin (cawston, bc) </li>
</ul><ul><li>helmers biodynamic larouge red potatoes for potato salad (pemberton, bc)</li>
</ul><ul><li>wild products' pine mushrooms for pasta delight (forest floor, bc)</li>
</ul><ul><li>ann friesen's organic multi coloured carrots (abbotsford, bc). the carrots will be used in everything, but first up, they will be in miso noodles for sunday morning breakfast, and then i`ll be making some salad rolls with brown rice vermicelli, green onions, cucumber, cilantro, and ann`s carrots </li>
</ul><ul><li>celyddon farm's organic english cucumber for the spring rolls & salad</li>
</ul>it was a nice visit with my pals askia & jeremy, who picked a few market treats for themselves and doubled as my sherpas, making my market trip possible.<br />
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i then had a visit with some friends with backyard chickens. by dog, blue, and one of the polish hens, blanche, have a bit of a love affair going. it is sweet to see them excited to see each other, nose to nose through the coop. i could spend all day chatting with the girls.<br />
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<span class="style6 style9 style12 style12"><b></b></span><span class="style6 style9 style12 style12"><b> </b></span>chickpeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15130161705194630505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3548139160278655171.post-55535967974232099342010-10-19T13:05:00.001-07:002010-10-19T22:34:27.976-07:00mindfulness<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmJlqCdIqFcHnXYMCu15nvv1DFt1x6wkvc99o2PIcgGHjC-19NBfitx_IqVbPSGHUT05jLpdvXkUF5FDdxy2saaweDdJVT8YkQZyUqgKBxvCpGeKrD1k3GMOfAOyLTyreCY_p1aIp_hqQ/s1600/017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmJlqCdIqFcHnXYMCu15nvv1DFt1x6wkvc99o2PIcgGHjC-19NBfitx_IqVbPSGHUT05jLpdvXkUF5FDdxy2saaweDdJVT8YkQZyUqgKBxvCpGeKrD1k3GMOfAOyLTyreCY_p1aIp_hqQ/s320/017.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;"></span><br />
<h6 class="uiStreamMessage" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">"The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers." ~Thich Nhat Hanh</span></h6>chickpeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15130161705194630505noreply@blogger.com0