Do you ever visit your local Farmers- Market? I think buying local is very beneficial for more than one reason. For an example, you get the freshest fruit and veg (and meat and other animal products if you have to. I’m a vegetarian, so I don’t bother) and you also support your local businesses. How [...]
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Do Not Buy What You Can Grow Yourself Submitted by Hayley Barnes Don’t buy what you can grow. You probably are already have your little organic gardening space somewhere and know that you don’t need a huge backyard to produce a good amount of your own food. It’s quite simple and easy to grow your [...]
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MSM – Methy Sulfonyl Methane, The Beauty Mineral Posted by Viola Woolcott Personally I’m in two minds about a LOT of these supplements and right now I’ve decided I’m not taking anything. Personal decision really, but some people swear that MSM Powder has changed their lives. Two of them are my mother and my sister. [...]
Filed under: RAW & Organics on May 27th, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Raw Food Lifestyle – What are you eating? Posted by Viola Woolcott No doubt, there seems to be a new fad diet every months. Everyone claims that their diet is the best, the healthiest, most nutritious, but most of all different. Personally I follow an ALMOST RAW food diet, which really is more a lifestyle [...]
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How to tie the knot Submitted by Kirsty Steinfeld Croatia is the mother country of the neck tie. No secret for some. In the 1930s soldiers were wearing those colourful neckbands when enlisting under Louis Xlll of France. The ties have it and most big towns in Croatia have branches called “Croata”, which is a [...]
Filed under: Off-Topic on May 22nd, 2011 | No Comments »
Michael Arnstein – The Fruitarian Living in a Human Diet Horror Movie Posted by Viola Woolcott I just watched this video that a friend of mine posted on his status on Facebook. I love it. It is so true, even though I do not agree with eating JUST fruit. A mixture of fruit, veg, herbs [...]
Filed under: Health and Diet on May 19th, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Facebooking Nun Was Asked To Leave The Convent Posted by Viola Woolcott “Sister Internet” is the nickname given to a nun in Toledo. Sister Maria Galan, the facebooking nun was asked to leave the 14th century convent where she lived for some 35 years as her superiors were getting tired of her online obession. The [...]
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Fancy a Beach Wedding in Bournemouth? Posted by Viola Woolcott Most of us drift off thinking about a beach wedding in the Caribbean. The Maldives. Or how about barefooted in Hawaii? I wonder if anyone would even consider Bournemouth? Did you know that officials in Dorset have applied for permission to build a luxury beach [...]
Filed under: Off-Topic on May 7th, 2011 | No Comments »
Seville – Fiesta de los Patios Cordobeses Submitted by Sophia Losaltos If you are anything like me, you are passionate about patios. I just love flowers, plants, bushes, trees. I love them all.The more colourful the better. The Andalucians are holding a festival from May 4th – 15th 2011 where the white washed buildings across [...]
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