Crossing the Boundaries of Time...

Mmmmmm, the end of another year, eh? Thank you, sweet people, for all your jolly interactions this year...it’s been a wonderful journey, as ever…
I will say though that it feels nothing like New Year’s Eve to me here in Mexico ;) LOL...not quite sure why...I suspect it has smthg to do with time seeming to speed up constantly – it could just as easily be May or June to me...the end of December already? Well, ok, if you like... ;) I seem to have passed another year without living in any one place for more than a few months again...I would guestimate the number of places I stayed this year as at least 80 or so...HOPEFULLY all that will shift soon though, as and when our US Visa process moves along...breathing deeeeeeeeeeep for that ;)
As for New Years Eve, well, we have the honour of having the delightful Mr and Mrs Gianni over to visit for this auspicious occasion, so I’m sure we’ll have some fun footage to share with you soon ;) You can catch up with recent episodes of TheRawFoodWorld TV Show HERE on Mr. M’s blog...yesterday we went to visit the five–star, raw food healing hospital Sanoviv here in Mexico and...they didn’t seem very excited to see us – was it the shoes, was it the hair? ;) Hmmmm, you can find out more HERE ;)

on December the 29th I had:

1 quart water
2 cups greeeeen juice: tatsoi, lettuces, dandelion, spinach, kale, lime
2 cups energy soup with kale chips on the side, followed by a wedge of homemade raw coconut ice cream
2 cups water
water of 2 young coconuts
3 tbsp Sproutein powder
2 cups energy soup with kale chips on the side, followed by a hand–blended yumpot of hemp butter, lucuma powder, carob powder, maca, cinnamon, vanilla, stevia, water
2 cups water

Tomorrow (31st) is the last day to vote in the ‘Best of Raw 2008’ Awards – have you cast your votes yet? If not, you can boogie on over to bestofraw.net and vote NOW – the winners will be announced live on the Raw Inspirations radio show from 7pm tomorrow evening – New Year’s Eve – a fun way to celebrate the changing of the years, with the raw family tribe ;)
You can only vote from any computer once, SO, if you haven’t submitted your choices yet, go for it HERE and enjoy :)


on December the 30th I had:

1 quart water
2 cups veggie juice: lettuce, kale, radish, dandelion, little carrot
2 cups energy soup with kale chips on the side, followed by a wedge of homemade raw coconut ice cream
2 cups water
water of 2 young coconuts
2 cups energy soup with kale chips on the side, followed by a hand–blended yumpot of hemp butter, lucuma powder, carob powder, maca, cinnamon, vanilla, stevia, water
2 cups water

Puppy Update: thanks again for ALL the amazing guidance, love and suggestions people have been sending in about feeding/raising our rescued puppies raw. (If you don’t know about our new canine companions, you can see more about them HERE.)
Today my heart sang as Sandy, the mumma dog wagged her tail for the very first time since she came to us. :) :) :) ahhhhhh, SO beautiful to see. Imagine being around a child who you’ve never seen laugh or even smile and then they suddenly grin ;) It was so delightful and I’m so grateful to see her getting stronger each day, slowly slowly. Please do keep sending them all love, light and healing thoughts if you feel drawn to do so – it makes all the difference...
As for us humans, well, I’d like to sign off here below with a sweet little stanza that I first posted on my blog way back on New Year’s Eve 2006. I like it. I hope you do too...and moreover, I hope you have a WONDERFUL New Year, of joy, enriching connections, love, happiness, surrender to the flow, dancing, squeaking randomly and hugging spontaneously...
May all blessings be yours.
All love,
Angela. xxx

Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky,
The flying cloud, the frosty light;
The year is dying in the night;
Ring out, wild bells, and let him die.
--Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Dancing into our Inner Circles...

Oooooo, we’ve got a fun new play area to share with you: The ‘Inner Circle’.
Those of you who are already familiar with the work of Mr. and Mrs. Gianni may know that they have set up a lovely health community subscription site called ‘The Inner Circle’. It already has over 1000 active members and as of now, myself and the Monarch are going to be playing in there too, regularly ;) We’re going to be giving talks once a month, as well as answering questions, posting exclusive videos and possibly even whistling some of your favourite songs (if you ask nicely ;).
As an introductory offer to come and play in this shiny new sandpit, you can sign up for the quirky figure of just $7.77 (that’s abt £5 for those of you in the UK – bargain ;) and you will receive this raw–markable package deal:

*My entire ‘Raw Emotions’ e–Book (usually $24.95)
*An exclusive ‘Raw Emotions’ audio download – this will be the first full interview I’ve given on the subject of Raw Food and Emotions.
*30–day Trial Membership to the Inner Circle service, including community support, weekly talks, videos, Q and A sessions, download archive of interviews and transcripts with yumsters such as Victoria Boutenko, David Wolfe, Mike Adams and so on...

SO, you get all that for just $7.77, plus on TOP of that, if you stick around to play some more after the first 30 day trial, you’ll get access to an ONGOING 12% discount coupon at Mr. M’s raw food superstore, TheRawFoodWorld.com.
That coupon will ALWAYS work, meaning that you will get 12% off ALL purchases forevermore, if you stick around ;) The monthly membership fee for the Inner Circle service is just $9.97 a month, which could easily pay for itself with the savings you’d enjoy at TheRawFoodWorld. Sounds like a pretty mighty deal, right? ;) LOL...love it...
SO, if you’d like to check out this amazing offer, just CLICK HERE; if nothing else, you could get a copy of ‘Raw Emotions’ for $7.77 – bargain, right? ;)
This intro offer is scheduled to end soon, on Wednesday the 24th, so act now if you wanna play – click HERE and ENJOY :)

on December the 19th I had:

1 quart water
water of 2 young coconuts, 2 tbsp sproutein powder
2 cups energy soup with kale chips and snap peas on the side, followed by a bowl of hand–blended yum: almond butter, maca, lucuma powder, carob powder, goji berries
little mug of spicy tea
3 cups water
3 cups veggie juice: celery, parsley, dandelion, fennel, carrots with greens, ginger
2 cups energy soup with kale chips and okra on the side, followed by a bowl of hand–blended yum: almond butter, maca, lucuma powder, carob powder, goji berries
2 cups water

I am caretaking/rehabilitating 2 tiny, month–old puppies and their mum ‘Sandy’ at the moment. They could use a LOT of love right now. They’ve been with me a few days now and I wasn’t actually sure they’d make it through the night last night – I’m relieved that they’re still here today though and they seem to be getting stronger... It seems to have been rather a rough ride for them all so far in this dimension – we’re doing our best to help them to heal now though. If you feel drawn to send love, light and healing towards these three beautiful young canine friends, please do...yesterday was the toughest day so far with them and I sensed there was about a 60% chance they’d make it through the night. Amidst this somewhat bleak situation, a song came onto my iTunes to remind me with sweet lyrics that ‘the greatest gift of life is to know love’...and so that’s the main thing we’re channeling to these little beings right now – love, love, LOVE and more LOVE...and I sense they’re really feeling it...they seem to be getting stronger...and I am so grateful for that. So, please do add your love and blessings for their health and well–being into the Universal Flow, if you are drawn...it will be much appreciated...
Thank you.

on December the 20th I had:

1 quart water
spoonful of INCREDIBLE mamey – wow ;)
water of 1 coconut with 2 tbsp Sproutein powder
2 cups energy soup with kale chips and snap peas, followed by hand–stirred yumpot of hemp butter, lucuma powder, Maca Force, carob powder and goji berries
little cup of spicy tea
3 cups water
2 cups veggie juice: celery, red bell pepper, fennel, carrot
2 cups energy soup with kale chips and snap peas, followed by hand–stirred yumpot of lucuma powder, cinnamon, Maca Force, carob powder and goji berries
2 cups water


Hmmmm, seems to be time for four little friendly reminders:

*Kitchen Contest – tomorrow is the closing date for entries for the current RawReform Giveaway Contest, which this month involves sending in YOUR design for the *ultimate* raw food kitchen. Read more HERE and send your entries in to angela@rawreform.com.

*Philosopher’s Notes – Brian Johnson is still on his mammoth mission to give away a MILLION free subscriptions to his site before the end of the year – you can claim yours HERE and spread the love to whomsoever else you like ;)

*Best of Raw 2008 – don’t forget to cast YOUR votes in the ‘Best of Raw 2008’ awards HERE – voting closes on New Year’s Eve.

*15 for 15 Sale – this sale is currently still on at the RawReform Store, where you can get 15 of our yummiest items at 15% off – click HERE to see what’s on offer.

All blessings, joy, love and health with you and of you,
Angela. xxx

Who are YOU going to vote for...?

OOOOOOoooOooooo, very EXCITING – nominations are in and the VOTING is now OPEN for the ‘Best of Raw 2008’ Awards...who and what will you be expressing some gratitude for...? I just went and voted on their site HERE – it’s fun to see ALLLLLL the many choices there are to vote for – what an ABUNDANT, flowing, creative community this is :)
Voting is open until New Year’s Eve, when the ‘winners’ will be announced and there are many yummy giveaway prizes on offer, such as books, raw snack foods, event passes, even raw toothpaste ;)

So, hop on over HERE now to cast YOUR vote and…ENJOY :)

on December the 16th I had:

1 quart water
2 cups green juice: celery, zucchini, cucumber, fennel, dandelion, parsley
2 tbsp bee pollen
2 cups energy soup with kale chips, followed by a crunchy goji bar
little cup of spicy tea
2 cups water
water of a young coconut
2 cups energy soup with kale chips, followed by a little raw ice cream
2 cups water

We are very blessed to have Mr. Gianni visiting us here in Mexico at the moment to share sombrero moments, west coast sunsets and kelp noodle concoctions ;) As those of you who are familiar with Kevin’s site will know, he posts a video blog (vlog) DAILY to renegadehealth.com and so the last few episodes have been filmed here in Baja, with some Stokes/Monarch action thrown into the mix...
Here’s our first appearance with Mr. Gianni, discussing ideal eating times and what we’d feel joyful to receive as Holiday gifts... ;)


on December the 17th I had:

1 quart water
2 cups green juice: cucumber, celery, romaine, fennel, red bell pepper, lime
2 cups energy soup with kale chips, followed by a little bowl of hand–blended yum: almond butter, lucuma, carob powder, cinnamon, goji berries
2 cups water
1 cup leftover energy soup, a nori roll stuffed with avo/veggies/sprouts and a little pile of kelp noodles with sauce made from macadamia butter/lemon juice/dulse/garic/cucumber, followed by a little bowl of hand–blended yum: almond butter, lucuma, carob powder, cinnamon, goji berries
2 cups water


on December the 18th I had:

1 quart water
little mug of spicy tea
2 cups greeeen juice: cucumber, celery, fennel, kale, ginger. lime
2 cups energy soup with kale chips, followed by a little bowl of hand–blended yum: almond butter, lucuma, carob powder, cinnamon, goji berries
2 cups water
water of one young coconut
about 40 chlorella ‘nuts’
2 cups energy soup with kale chips, followed by a little bowl of hand–blended yum: almond butter, lucuma, carob powder, cinnamon, goji berries
3 cups water

...and HERE is another adventure with Kevin, as we visit a local coconut stand in Baja – mmmmmmmmmmm, COCOS – love, love, LOVE them – what an incredible gift from nature...we are SO blessed...Click HERE to watch:


All love,
Angela. xxx

Best of Raw Awards 2008 :)

OOOOooooo, I have smthg SO fun to share with you today :)
A bunch of raw yumsters have come together to create the ‘Best of Raw 2008’ awards :))) FUN :)))
NOMINATIONS are open now – you can go to http://www.bestofraw.net, scroll down a little and click on the durian to enter YOUR suggestions in the boxes for the 10 different award categories, which include:

*Best Raw Vegan Educators of 2008
*Best Raw Vegan Restaurants of 2008
*Best Raw Vegan Company of 2008
*Best Raw Vegan Book and/or Film released in 2008
*Best Raw Vegan Website of 2008
…and more…

Nominations for the categories are open from now until Wednesday Dec. 17th. The nominees will be announced that evening and VOTING will then begin and go on until New Year’s Eve at noon. The winners will be announced on New Year’s Eve on raw radio stations and the partner sites. The yumsters behind the fun include Laura Fox, Giselle Tarres, Steve Prussack, Revvell Revati, Give It To Me Raw and The Raw Games – WOW :))) Thanks SO much for pulling out some party fun games for the raw family at Holiday time, everyone ;) Love it...

SO, just CLICK HERE to go and make your nominations now...ENJOY :)

on December the 10th I had:

1 quart water
2 tbsp Sproutein powder
3 cups veggie juice: bell pepper, celery, cucumber, parsley, dandelion, spinach, romaine, carrot
2 cups water
2 apples with 3 tbsp sproutein powder
AMAZING gourmet raw meal hand–made by the delicious Monarch – a blissful combination of greeeeeeen kale/broccoli/zucchini salad with Ani Phyo’s chutney and zucchini/macadamia stuffed coconut wraps, followed by a little raw ice cream – WOW ;O
3 cups water

If you’re looking for raw recipe inspiration, I’d love to suggest you hop on over to Facebook and befriend our DEAR deardear friend Solla from Iceland (if you’re not friends with her already that is). Solla is a truly ext–RAW–dinary woman – love her SOOOOO much – and she is like a raw recipe ‘machine’ – it’s amazing – every single day she posts gorgeous new free raw recipes on Facebook (often multiple times a day – and in both English and Icelandic ;) So, if you’re looking for an antidote to the fact that Stokes never seems to know the recipe for anything and wants to just eat Sproutein straight from the tub, you might find some yummy rewards via befriending the uber–lovely Solla ;) Click HERE to go and meet Solla on Facebook. (BTW, if you want to thank her for the recipes in Icelandic, you can say ‘Takk fyrir’ = ‘thank you’ ;)

on December the 11th I had:

1 quart water
3 cups veggie juice: bell pepper, celery, cucumber, parsley, dandelion, spinach, romaine, carrot
1 fuyu persimmon, little handful of strawberries and raspberries
2 tbsp sproutein powder with an apple
2 cups energy soup with okra and ‘gourmet’ leftovers, followed by a goji crunchy bar – yummmmmmmmm ;)
2 cups water


on December the 12th I had:

1 quart water
3 tbsp sproutein powder with 2 apples
1 tbsp bee pollen
1.5 quarts greeeeeeeeen juice: celery, cucumber, kale, broccoli, dandelion, romaine, ginger, lime
2 cups water
2 cups energy soup with okra and kale chips on the side, followed by a little raw ice cream
2 cups water

Mmmmm, are you in Holiday–gift–buying mode at the moment? I am dabbling my fingers into it today via my computer keyboard... ;) Eeeeeeeeek...it’s a bit prickly out there in ‘purchasing world’ methinks... THANKFULLY there are many outlets available to invest in presents that have yummy, loved–up, caring energy embedded in them...as previously mentioned, over at RawFu.com, beautiful Bunny Berry has a wonderful ‘Holiday Craft Market’ of members’ creations – see HERE.
Delightful Dhrumil over at WeLikeItRaw.com also recently posted a wonderful list of Holiday offers from raw–friendly companies – ‘keeping it in the family’ ;) nice...you can see that list HERE.
The ’15 for 15’ Sale is also still on in the RawReform Store – here’s a reminder abt that:

I decided to pick 15 of our products that are either new and shiny OR that I feel would make great Holiday gifts - and we've put them all at 15% off for you... :)

Here's the list of what's on offer (in no particular order):

'Anastasia' book set
Lucuma powder
Dry skin brush
4-quart enema bag
Raw Foods for Busy People 2 - Green Magic
Sprouted cinnamon cereal
Macaforce vanilla spice
Hemp protein 50%
Luna nori crackers
Wild Power tea
Sproutein
Chia moon drops
Brazil nut protein powder
'Birth as we Know It' DVD
The Raw Revolution Diet book

CLICK HERE for the 15 FOR 15 Sale

Furthermore, if you’re looking to get some beautiful eco–friendly clothes for any loved ones this year, I’ve mentioned these sites before, yet I’ll add them in again here as a little reminder ;) In the US, I’d recommend whiteapricot.com (HUUUUUGE selection and fantastic discounts) and in the UK/Europe, adili.com.
Hope that helps ease any possible shopping frustrations ;)

All love and gentle jingle bells,
Stokes. xxx