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June Update

Hi all, since I haven’t been posting much lately I am sure you all know that things are pretty hectic on this end. I am sure it is the same with everyone else as well. Things seem to be speeding up to a real frenzy. I have been doing a lot of gardening, craniosacral therapy and figuring out what is going on with this site.

I have my balcony garden going strong, and have dug up the area in front of our apartment and have a couple spots where I am doing an experiment with seed balls of clover, diakon and sunflowers to start improving the quality of the soil here. I have also joined a community garden, although I haven’t got my plot yet and I am a bit worried I am going to be overstretched, but I really need a place to grow some veggies.

Eggsploitation

Eggsploitation

I just stumbled upon this article and movie about the fertility industry which is encouraging young women to sell their eggs for tens of thousands of dollars. I luckily dodged a bullet with this one as I actually tried to sell my eggs years ago. The first time I tried to do it was right after culina ...

World Food Thursdays 11

World Food Thursdays 11

Welcome back to World Food Thursdays, please scroll down to the bottom of the page and link up your delicious international food! We want to see food from every corner of the world together, side by side being delicious all in one common community. We want to revel in our diversity, to respect e ...

World Food Thursdays 10

World Food Thursdays 10

Welcome back to World Food Thursdays, please scroll down to the bottom of the page and link up your delicious international food! We want to see food from every corner of the world together, side by side being delicious all in one common community. We want to revel in our diversity, to respect e ...

World Food Thursdays 9

World Food Thursdays 9

Welcome back to World Food Thursdays, please scroll down to the bottom of the page and link up your delicious international food! Please link up your international dishes. We want to see food from every corner of the world together, side by side being delicious all in one common community. We wa ...

World Food Thursdays 8

World Food Thursdays 8

Welcome back to World Food Thursdays, please scroll down to the bottom of the page and link up your delicious international food! Please link up your international dishes. We want to see food from every corner of the world together, side by side being delicious all in one common community. We wa ...

World Food Thursdays 7

World Food Thursdays 7

Welcome back to World Food Thursdays, please scroll down to the bottom of the page and link up your delicious international food! I love World Food Thursdays, it is better than reading the National Geographic :) This week on the menu we have dishes from Mexico, Philippines and Lebanon. Anothe ...

World Food Thursdays 6

World Food Thursdays 6

Welcome back to World Food Thursdays, please scroll down to the bottom of the page and link up your delicious international food! We had some really lovely recipes added last week, I really liked Patty's article: Existential Momentum: Ambasha, Eritrean Bread. She shares her experiences delving i ...

Nourishing the Planet: Empowering Women to Feed Communities

Nourishing the Planet: Empowering Women to Feed Communities

I discovered this group, Nourishing the Planet while checking out some links over at The Bovine. When I saw this video I felt really touched and hopeful. A cow or goat can really make a difference to a family, whether it is here in Vancouver or over in Africa. This is a very basic and ancient re ...

Welcoming the Year of the Tiger

Welcoming the Year of the Tiger

There was so much going on for Valentines Day this year that I didn't have time to think about chocolates and roses. Instead, I was thinking about joining in the celebrations to welcome in the Year of the Tiger and eager to get to Chinatown before the whole show was over since rumors said the festiv ...