Well hello there everyone, I hope that you're all doing well today.
Once again, I thank my lucky stars and am happy to report that YES, I am alive and happy to see all you guys AND our new family members here too! Welcome one and all! 😃
It's been a pretty lazy Sunday, I've only digitised 10 old tapes, added and edited about 40 of my designs onto the 4 new products on my Redbubble shop and have been thinking hard and constantly conversing with @Basilmarples, talking about how we can help @AchimMerten on his mission to help people around the word with his @achimmertens/chary-whitelist-charity-projects-which-are-worthy-to-be-supported
So if you've got any ideas, suggestions or comments about helping Achim create a thriving community for charity support on the Hive, then please let me know.
And other than that, apart from cruising through the Hive and engaging with some of the great content, not much else, so I'm not going to waffle on and bore you anymore, suffice to say, that yes, I Am Alive and thankful to be here. Thankful to all of you guys, especially @ErikGussafson @flaxz for creating this great community and everyone else in it.
I'd like to share with you an original poem that I wrote many years ago....which actually relates a bit to my desire to put my time and effort on Hive into supporting more charity work....
As I said, I have been engaged in the #IAmEngagedChallenge with the following people and their posts and the theme today has somehow fallen into food.....😀
So from @ultravioletmag, we have this recipe of something truly wonderful!
@ultravioletmag/dlmfz-raw-vegan-chocolate-orange-cake
Whether you vegan or not, try it cause I can guarantee that most vegan based recipes are far more delicious on the tastebuds and far more lighter on the soul than the animal based recipes are. So I hope that you get adventurous, have a go and try it. I know that you'll love it.
Ok and I know that the Jackfruit is food, but this article by @Sarimanok is all about the healing benefits of this delicious Daiquiri ingredient...yes that's right, I did say Daiquiri -as in the cocktail....😁
@sarimanok/the-natural-healing-prowess-of-jackfruit
And funnily enough, @good-darma has posted this great article about the curative power of the Soursop, a fruit tree that is native to the South America's and Asia, but also happens to grow in Far North Queensland where I used to live and again, it's also a delicious ingredient in cocktails too! 😁
And then there's foods with purely medicinal purposes (probably not for cocktails..🤣.) with thanks to @sirenahippie @sirenahippie/esp-engl-solucion-natural-para-el-ardor-estomacal-o-gastritis-natural-solution-for-heartburn-or-gastritis to alerting us to this natural wonder food!
And then @Denmarkguy posted a brilliant question, which I think that he right. Otherwise the pharma industry wouldn't be so 'successful'. @denmarkguy/is-our-addiction-to-quick-fixes-killing-us And I think that the 'allure' of the quickfix has been around for quite a while now. Think of the charlatan traveling around in his horse and carriage with his snake oil cure all's and all of the people rushed out to buy it....
And here's some #missingpixiedust for Jenn @PixiePost
What I love about the #naturalmedicine community and all of the people that post in it, is the fact that these people still pretty much live they way that their ancestors did, living off the land, using the naturally grown plants for traditional cures- which usually work.
In western society, we have very demeaning name for people that live the organic traditional way- just like my great grandparents did, but if I was to live that way, boy oh boy would I get so harshly criticized for it by my family. Though I still try to live as naturally as possible, but it's not quite that easy to do in the city, but still I try....
Anyway, I hope that you all try that delicious Vegan Orange CHOCOLATE cake and enjoy.
I mean really, who doesn't like a good CHOCOLATE CAKE and if it's cruelty free, then even better!
Be well and stay safe. 😊