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Thinking About Autumn | Get More Energy
Tweet OK, so it came earlier than I wanted it to because it wasn’t the hottest of summers, but autumn is lovely now it is here. I had frost patterns on my windscreen for the first time and there are drifts of crunchy gold leaves nearby. Down in the dell there are the last elderberries…
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A RAW DISH on Britain’s Best Dish!
Tweet I’m on ITV with my raw Raspberry and Hazelnut cream tart on Wednesday September 15th at 5.00 pm and I’m sure you’ll be able to watch it on the ITV website too :-)
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A Personal Development Group in Edinburgh
Tweet What do a red wooden box, a seagull and pink tissue paper have to do with personal development? Guests at the first meeting of the new monthly Edinburgh Coaching Support Group, on Wednesday 1st September, found out when Moira Beaton gave a well-crafted and beautifully delivered speech with unexpected metaphors that inspired us all…
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Caffeine-free day number three
Tweet Oh bother, I’m realising this means no chocolate either, even the raw kind. I had been indulging a bit more recently so it will be interesting to do without and say no if offered. ‘Interesting’ in this case is putting a positive slant on things! Even though I hadn’t been drinking a lot of…
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Taking it slowly and without caffeine
Tweet I gave up coffee on Valentine’s day 2008 and have not had a cup since. It was very hard at first, for months in fact, as I had been using nice little doses to get me going on things and as part of my rhythm. It’s a sneaky drug, even in the very weak…
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Going on Holiday
Tweet Ok, just for a few days and only as exotic as deepest Somerset, but it feels like a real treat. I have a novel to read on the train (yet more Georgette Heyer) and no plans for when I get there except spending time with my daughter and visiting the nearby town/village where my…
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Chips and dip recipes
Tweet It was such a treat earlier this week meeting an interesting crowd of people in realFOODS Health Food Shop in Edinburgh and presenting some of what I know about Raw and Living Foods. Click on photos to enlarge. I’m being asked for my recipes, so here goes. For the corn chips you need a…
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Wearing blinkers can be very helpful
Tweet ‘Blinkered’ is often used in a negative sense, that of not being able to see the whole picture. But imagine a busy road pre the days of cars. Busy narrow roads with carts, carriages and people on horseback. With all the noise and confusion around perhaps the horses liked their blinkers so they were…
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I like kelp after all!!
Tweet I tried to like the brown rubbery granules of kelp from health food shops a few years ago and never really liked it except well-disguised in soup. Then I was reminded recently that kelp has different beneficial qualities from other seaweeds such as dulse and thought I should try again. Was that in my…