Happy December to you all :)
'Tis December the 1st today, meaning we are just five months away from the intended start date of the next "free-flow" raw food gathering here in Vilcabamba, on May the 1st 2011 ;O
I am excited to announce that we now finally have a new community website to host information for this next raw food gathering.
As you may know, we had a website with the company "Ning" before - unfortunately however, Ning stopped offering free social network sites, so we have now moved to grouply.com - a very similar service to Ning and free :)
The new site link is: http://rawinecuador.grouply.com
Please visit this new site to add or update your profile, let us know if you intend to be here in May 2011, read details HERE about the intended gathering, connect with others, add possible events, pictures, videos and whatever else you are inspired to share...
We believe that around 120 people came to Vilcabamba this year, in May 2010, for the first gathering and it was a *fabulous* two weeks of connection and joy :)
We look forward to seeing you here next May if you are able to make it ;)
On November the 28th I enjoyed:
1 quart water
1 quart coconut water blended with Greener Grasses and vanilla stevia :)
bowl of papaya/coconut yoghurt/carob/maca/ashwagandha/astragalus/stevia
2 cups wild greeeeeeeen/coconut water elixir
1 quart cucumber/pineapple juice
shared cucumber salad with Mr. M; salad stuffed into nori sheets with Sea Clear, followed by a carob "Brownie Batter" yumpot ;)
glass of chilled peppermint sun tea with vanilla stevia
1 cup water
This week I fell in love with a "Celtic Woman" ;)
Somehow this *amazing* all-woman group from Ireland had not crossed my radar until the last few days...and now I am listening to them almost non-stop on YouTube, cycling through all their Playlists there...WOW...I am so impressed with the grace, beauty, talent and uplifting energy of these gorgeous women - they all seem so talented individually, then joined together, they are a total powerhouse of beautiful music...here are a few of my favourite renditions from them so far:
O Come All Ye Faithful: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eLDvM7eSq0
Over The Rainbow: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5T6gyCPDvM
At The Ceili: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr9kSKycZbM
ENJOY :)))
on November the 29th I loved:
1 quart water
3 cups watermelon/orange juice
2 cups cucumber/pineapple juice blended with Ormus Greeeens
7 granadillas
3 cups greeeeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
bowl of papaya/coconut yoghurt/carob/maca/ashwagandha/astragalus/stevia
glass of chilled peppermint sun tea with vanilla stevia
2 cups horchata tea
1 cup coconut kefir
1 cup water
on November the 30th I was blissed with:
1 quart water
1 cup orange juice
1 quart greeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
1 tbsp bee pollen, 7 granadilla
1 quart greeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
shared cucumber salad with Mr. M; salad stuffed into nori sheets with Sea Clear and lecithin, followed by a carob "Brownie Batter" yumpot ;)
2 cups chilled mint sun tea with vanilla stevia
1 cup water
Un petite reminder:
The current RawReform Giveaway Contest to win three different gift packs of Wildcrafted Superfood Seeds closes in three days, on December 4th - THANK YOU for all the amazing and inspiring entries that you've all sent in already and here's a reminder of the deets if you haven't participated yet:The Blackbird Naturals crew have generously offered us three packs of their beautiful seeds to give away:
*one Immunity Boost 3-Pack (contains Maca, Astragalus, Calendula)
*one Wild Salad Mix 3-Pack (contains Dandelion, Lamb's Quarters, Wild Mountain Spinach)
*one Superfood Seed Presentation Pack (contains all 13 seed packs)
We will choose three winners and send one of these packs to each winner - if *you* would love to get your greeeeen fingers wrapped around one of these beautiful presentation packs full of potential and abundance, just send us in your answer to the following question, to rawreformcontests@gmail.com:
"What is your favourite way to express your love and connection with Mother Earth?"
The three winners of the seeds will be chosen at random and with love on December the 4th, so get your entries in to rawreformcontests@gmail.com before then - thanks :)
All love,
A. Stokes-Monarch. xxx
P.S. It seems that a number of you had issues accessing the link to vote for Lillian Muller as the "Sexiest Veg*n over 50" on the PETA site - here is the link in full again if you want to check it out and show raw foodie Lillian your support: http://features.peta.org/PetaPrime/SexiestVegOver50/Finalists.aspx - maybe try copying/pasting that address too, if you still have issues accessing the site... ;)