tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52968413009841429342024-02-18T23:32:09.573-08:00An Ardent LifeI am a writer of poetry and prose, an avid kitchen experimenter, a photographic artist, a designer of wire jewelry and a homeschooling mom of three munchkins. This is what I have to say. Thanks for reading.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05097842736401320914noreply@blogger.comBlogger221125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5296841300984142934.post-80838153548153602002018-08-21T15:29:00.000-07:002018-08-21T15:29:40.726-07:00The Joy of Ugly Fruit and Vegetables<br />
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chocolate zucchini bread I just made with produce from the box.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">I had been seeing them all over the internet for weeks, misshaped
carrots and potatoes with googly eyes staring back at me from the ads for
Imperfect Produce.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Though the concept intrigued
me, selling produce that was not perfect at a discount to keep it from the
dumpster, I didn’t jump on the idea at first.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>I was not sure about the cost and if it would be cheaper than how I
already bought produce; here and there, paying attention to sales and discounts
and I didn’t know if it would fulfill our produce needs.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>We are a fresh food heavy house. I am often
buying six red peppers at a time to keep up with the kids’ intake as well as
pounds of apples, onions, celery, and carrots.<span style="margin: 0px;">
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Back in May, I decided to see if this would work for my
family.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I really liked the concept and
wanted to help keep perfectly good food from going to waste.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I was sure the Imperfect box would not keep
up with all of our vegetation needs, especially since they are working with
what they have not what I need, but I knew I could cancel if it didn’t work.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>To start out I ordered a medium box. It was
easy to sign up and I was informed my delivery day was Wednesday.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Wednesday came and the kids and I were
excited to see what came in the box.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>We received
a pound each of apples, carrots, lemons, onions, and potatoes along with pears,
oranges, corn, cauliflower, tomatoes, cucumbers, and avocadoes.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>It was fun to open the box and see so much
delicious food inside. The box was just under $20 including a $4.99 delivery
charge.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Since the delivery charge is the
same no matter the box size, I upped our order to the extra-large box for our
next order, excited to receive an even larger selection of produce.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>We receive an extra-large box every week,
which averages around $30 and fulfills most of our produce needs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Getting a box of random produce is great for our family.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I am more creative in the kitchen, changing
recipes around to work with what I have, and I get to eat vegetables that I
often will not buy either due to price or because I know I am the only one who
will eat them.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Imperfect Produce does
offer the ability to customize what fruits and vegetables come in your box; so,
if you absolutely hate Brussel sprouts, you don’t have to have them in your
house.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>For our house, we customize to balance
our vegetable consumption with our box (we had a plethora of carrots there for
a while) and nixing things like parsley and kale that grow readily in our
kitchen garden or zucchini and limes which will not be eaten.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Beyond that, I like keeping the assortment as
is, making chocolate zucchini bread when we had a zucchini that disguised
itself as a cucumber, radish potato soup when I found out you can cook
radishes, or cooking with natures sugary little treats to make honey date
walnut scones.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">How ugly is the produce?<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>Not very in all honesty.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Some of
it is surplus, other pieces have minor imperfections or the size is too large
or too small.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>We have had a few bruised
peaches, and some cucumbers that we needed to eat faster than we were prepared
for, but not anything that is all that different from buying food from the
grocery store.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>My daughter loves the
variety of fruit we have in the house now (not just apples), and my son is
excited about new vegetables like beets and Brussel sprouts.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I am curious to see how the box will change
as we progress through the year. Our grocery bill has seen a slight decrease,
probably more due to being creative in the kitchen, but I’ll take it.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">If you want to try it out for yourself use this link to get
a $10 credit <a href="https://www.imperfectproduce.com/register.php?referral=376712"><span style="color: #0563c1;">https://www.imperfectproduce.com/register.php?referral=376712</span></a>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Thanks for reading,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Sarah McTernen</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Night Owl<br />
by Sarah McTernen University Place, Washington</td></tr>
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I am a night owl. I am a morning person. You can have your afternoon though. My brain ceases to function between about 2 and 4 pm. It just sits at a continual "duh" and I feel like I cannot accomplish any task. By the time it kicks into gear, it is 5pm and I have to make dinner. I don't get to sit down again until after 8pm. <br />
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I know there will be a day, when my artistic pursuits will be allowed to take the driver's seat. I know that I have to be patient. To trust myself and the universe and keep pulling myself along. <br />
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Thanks for reading,<br /> Sarah McTernen<br /><br /> Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/anardentlife/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #4b1919;">anardentlife</span></a><br /> Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/ardentlifedesigns"><span style="color: #4b1919;">www.facebook.com/ardentlifedesigns</span></a><br /> Website: <a href="http://www.anardentlife.com/"><span style="color: #4b1919;">www.anardentlife.com</span></a> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05097842736401320914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5296841300984142934.post-55159223034967797492017-05-08T16:27:00.000-07:002017-05-08T16:51:27.543-07:00Patina<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Patina - by Sarah McTernen Pahoa, Hawaii</td></tr>
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Print available on Etsy<br />
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Thanks for reading,<br />
Sarah McTernen<br />
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I'm in a cleaning phase right now. Cleaning out old clothes, old dishes, old books, and old ideas. Scrapping projects that didn't work an make space for new ideas. <br />
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In the middle of this I picked up the KonMari method book from the library, but for the most part it is what I do yearly anyway. I am not the untidy person. Teaching my kids to be tidy is a-whole-nother story. <br />
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There are two reasons I cannot embrace this tidying method with vigor. One, is that I am an amateur librarian and cannot part with books that at some point, may be useful, and two is that I create art from found objects, so you never know when that big bin of cork is going to come in handy, or that broken whisk, or all those motherboards that I scrapped out of laptops a couple years ago. It is really hard to part with things that are potential art supplies. <br />
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But I live in a small house, with 4+ other people, and I am drowning a bit in potential art and not making nearly enough actual art.<br />
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But speaking of actual art, if you are in the Tacoma area on Saturday, I will have my booth set up in conjunction with my neighborhood yard sale. <br />
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Find more information on Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/425238617834175/?acontext=%7B%22action_history%22%3A%22[%7B%5C%22surface%5C%22%3A%5C%22page%5C%22%2C%5C%22mechanism%5C%22%3A%5C%22page_upcoming_events_card%5C%22%2C%5C%22extra_data%5C%22%3A[]%7D]%22%2C%22has_source%22%3Atrue%7D" target="_blank">An Ardent Life Market</a>.<br />
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Thanks for reading,<br />
Sarah McTernen<br />
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Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/anardentlife/" target="_blank">anardentlife</a><br />
Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/ardentlifedesigns">www.facebook.com/ardentlifedesigns</a><br />
Website: <a href="http://www.anardentlife.com/">www.anardentlife.com</a> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05097842736401320914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5296841300984142934.post-82542970978646682172017-05-01T12:01:00.002-07:002017-05-02T15:35:56.355-07:00It Is Why You Create That Matters<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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There is a quote, saying, what have you, that says <br />
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"People don't buy what you do, they buy why you do it." </h3>
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These last couple of years, I have not had a cohesive vision for why I create my art. There is this random need to turn small pieces into something new and different, but the fleeting inspiration is unfulfilling. With munchkins underfoot who are also randomly creative beings, my creativity lacks discipline and study. This is not going to change for the time being. My munchkins are still young, and though they require less hands on attention than they did when they were toddlers, they are still drawing from my reserves. <br />
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What I can do is accept the patterns of my art. I can accept that my world is themed around nature. I can accept the branches, flowers, seed pods, and rocks that are the keystone to my creative ability. <br />
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Keep an eye out for more posts in the coming weeks, more shows in the coming months, more jewelry and other such creative fruits this year.<br />
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Thank you for reading,<br />
Sarah McTernen<br />
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Website: <a href="http://www.anardentlife.com/">www.anardentlife.com</a> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05097842736401320914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5296841300984142934.post-2501560650488572202016-05-24T09:42:00.002-07:002016-05-24T09:44:13.429-07:00Her Head is Bald<br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">She asked me to shave her head. This wasn’t the first time, but I was always
able to dissuade her before. This time,
she was adamant. If I didn’t do it, she
was going to. So I shaved her head. I shaved off the beautiful red locks that
everyone loved as she grinned and reassured me that this was what she
wanted. I asked again, are you sure, she
was sure. She was excited. Then one off glance from her sister, a
comment taken the wrong way, and all the strength fled from her. She was ashamed of her decision, wished she
had a time machine, knew everyone would hate her new look. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">She had made the decision, this bold and brave six year old,
only caring about her own wants, which is fine in this case because it is her
hair, and not a permanent choice either, but that strength we hold to be
ourselves is so easily broken by those we care about. So easily shattered. She was so vibrant in her crew cut beauty,
until she wasn’t. </span><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">It has been a few days now, and her confidence has returned
a bit. My hope is that she will carry
the idea that she doesn’t have to be someone else’s version of beautiful, that
she can boldly be herself without bending to opinions of others.</span><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><br /></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_hQh5uf_e_JmLUXiUZeabem0f6gOVWfoElhow5NL-5jLj_1tn_AZTDw53XEkqIPjYJcqUNNBqeuxh88wEGPnMf8mxiTyqMGk5PPP_Y_pGnTSnspmKipB0Nw2pwdCqCvhdR2Z2qBtE4Gv-/s1600/DSC_8578.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_hQh5uf_e_JmLUXiUZeabem0f6gOVWfoElhow5NL-5jLj_1tn_AZTDw53XEkqIPjYJcqUNNBqeuxh88wEGPnMf8mxiTyqMGk5PPP_Y_pGnTSnspmKipB0Nw2pwdCqCvhdR2Z2qBtE4Gv-/s320/DSC_8578.jpg" width="263" /></a><span style="font-family: "calibri";">I grew up in a house where appearances were important. It always mattered how we looked. I did not have control over my own hair. It could be trimmed but never cut. Girls have long hair. Women who have short hair are less than
feminine. Women should be feminine. Boys can have long hair though. That doesn’t make them feminine. It is silly.
I struggled with cutting my daughters’ hair, still with the notion that
girls should have long hair floating around my brain. Then they looked at me, saying I don’t want
to have to brush it anymore. Why was I
fighting this? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">We all have our hang ups from how we were raised. We all have those lessons so engrained in us
that we forget they are not truth. Our world is so awfully hard on women. There is still so much pressure to be
something more than just you. Appearances are so very important to the world, but
in the end they mean very little. </span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Be Courageous. Be
Genuine. Be Yourself.</span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Thank you for reading,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Sarah</span></div>
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I need a day to breath</div>
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To sit and not care about anything around me</div>
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To only know that I exist</div>
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And nothing else</div>
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I need a day to be silent</div>
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To hear the subtle whispers of the earth</div>
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To let my ears stop throbbing</div>
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From the constant assault of noise</div>
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I need a day to be still</div>
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To rest this weary body</div>
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To let the ever present tension go</div>
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And remember what it is like to feel my own energy</div>
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I need a day to be me again</div>
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To be immersed in the knowledge of me</div>
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To be reminded who I am deep down</div>
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Because I have lost myself in other peoples’ worlds</div>
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I have been enveloped in other peoples’ wants</div>
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I have been covered in other peoples’ dreams</div>
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And I need a day to be me.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05097842736401320914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5296841300984142934.post-48211622842495545122015-09-29T12:00:00.000-07:002015-09-29T12:00:02.666-07:00The Serendipity of Mayonnaise<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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She wanted an egg, without the yolk, my youngest daughter was being specific and stubborn. I just wanted her to eat some protein. I gave in, and separated the yolk from the white. The white was fried up and served, but what to do with the yolk? Mayonnaise.<br />
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Mayonnaise is either a condiment that you hate, or just kinda use. Most mayonnaise is bland and acts as a moistening agent for otherwise dry sandwiches. I have always been a big fan of mayonnaise on sandwiches, but I gave up buying mayonnaise quite a few years ago because I didn't care for the ingredients, the cost, or that fact that it didn't get used all that often, so it just sat in the fridge. <br />
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Over the years I have tried my hand at making mayonnaise. A whisk in the one hand beating furiously at the egg yolk and the measuring cup of oil pouring a subtle stream into the bowl with the other. Normally too much work for something that was going to go bad within a few days according to the recipes.<br />
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I was stuck with what to do with this solitary egg yolk. Another attempt at mayonnaise was the end result. This time I used my mini prep, a scaled down version of a food processor. Why hadn't I used the mini prep before? Because I neglected to see the holes in the top used for the oil..<br />
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Into the bowl went the egg yolk, a pinch of salt and a squeeze of lemon juice. I closed the lid and started blending while pouring a oil into the top of the unit for it to drizzle into the emulsion below. I didn't measure my oil, most recipes say 1 cup oil to 1 egg yolk. I know I didn't use a full cup, it was the end of the bottle. I finished it off with a bit of wine vinegar and then put it in the fridge to meld. It is exactly what mayonnaise should be: simple, subtle, and tasty.<br />
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Mayonnaise<br />
1 egg yolk<br />
dash of salt<br />
squeeze of lemon<br />
1/2-1 cup oil (I used EV Olive)<br />
wine vinegar to taste<br />
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It is your mayonnaise so use the flavor components to taste, even the oil in my opinion. The main point behind mayonnaise is to create an emulsion with the yolk and oil, which means combining them steadily and slowly. The mini prep, or food processor, is an easy and consistent way to do this, though you can do it with a whisk.<br />
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Give it a try and let me know how it turned out.<br />
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Thanks for reading,<br />
Sarah<br />
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http://www.anardentlife.com<br />
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<span id="goog_197114527"></span><span id="goog_197114528"></span>I love creating jewelry with purple and green. <br />
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Every time I pair the colors together I am reminded of a friend who loved to where a purple t-shirt with dark green jeans. I looked at him quizzically and told him purple and green do not go together, but he most rightly informed me that the colors where complimentary and did, in fact, work well together. Though I am still unsure of my friend's choice in attire, I do have to agree that I love the color combination.<br />
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Sarah<br />
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http://www.anardentlife.com<br />
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When you are a kid, pictures with your parents are inevitable. They are around you all the time and even a simple get together can bring the opportunity for a candid snap of you hugging your mother or talking with your father. As you walk your way into adulthood and have your own family or move away to pursue your life, those candid shots become fewer, and sometimes just stop. Then one day, you are thinking back, realizing that you do not have any photographs of you as an adult with your parents. <br />
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With Father's Day approaching, and Mother's Day just a few weeks past, I started to muse about those precious photographs of children with their parents and realized that I have very few. I have photographs of them, of them with the grandkids, but I want some photographs to put on the family wall to remember them as they are now.<br />
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I am not the biggest fan of having my photograph taken, silly, I know, and for the most part, I do not exist in the captured history of my family. I think memories need a little help sometimes, and photographs are a great way to give them a boost. In that vein, my goal in the next few months is to take portraits with my parents. Maybe I'll let the grandkids join in on a few. <br />
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If this sounds like a good idea, but you need some help in the photography department, contact me and book a portrait appointment. I would love to help you capture this memory.<br />
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Best wishes,<br />
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Sarah McTernen<br />
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A long time ago there was a product I used to buy that I used on every boo boo in the house, whether it was the kids or the adults. but as the years went one, this ointment was harder and harder to find. Me being me, I knew that I could come up with a formula that would work just as well, be homemade, and under my control. <br />
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This is Green Stuff. Great for bruises, cuts, burns, etc. It helps injuries heal faster and keeps things from getting infect. At least in our house it does. <br />
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12pt;">1 Part Rosemary leaf</span></div>
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muslin into a saucepan and add 2oz beeswax per pint of oil heating until
beeswax is melted. This measurement doesn’t have to be exact, but using
too little is better than too much. It will harden as it cools.
Remove from the heat and cool slightly then add a few drops each of grapefruit
seed extract and lavender essential oil. Pour into container and cool.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The first time I made this, I just strained in through a fine mesh strainer, and though that worked, the comfrey root powder still got through so the finished product was a little gritty.<br />
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This can be used as a base if you know of other herbs you would like to use. Customize it to your needs.<br />
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Thanks for reading,<br />
Sarah<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">*Disclaimer: I am not a dentist, a doctor, a nurse and I don't play one on TV. I am just a person who has been studying health, herbs and the like on my own for over twenty years. Anything I write is my own synthesis of the information I have found. There may be errors. There may be things I don't know. Before trying anything, do your own research.</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05097842736401320914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5296841300984142934.post-47761735194252070592015-05-04T08:03:00.000-07:002015-05-04T08:03:00.911-07:00The World Awaits - Pictures and Poetry <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The world awaits<br />
the beginning of the day, lingering<br />
a second to breath<br />
in the sanctity of the sun<br />
rising over a horizon of infinite possibilities<br />
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~Sarah McTernen<br />
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I hate admitting when this happens. I hate admitting it, but I think I have to.<br />
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I am in a rut.<br />
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I am stuck in a deep creative rut that has proven difficult to climb out of.<br />
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Since at least the beginning of February I have been purging the house. I decided to do it methodically this time. I started in the farthest corner of my house and cleaned/purged until I got to the office. I still have got quite a bit to do in here, but all this cleaning has drained my brain of creative ability.<br />
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The sun is shining outside, pulling me away from my dark office.<br />
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Too many worries on my mind. <br />
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How do you get yourself out of a rut?<br />
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Thanks for reading,<br />
Sarah<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In recent months I have come to a realization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The world is way too politically oriented. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">As a society, we have made some bad decisions because of
expansion: monoculture, factory farming, factory food.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have thrown away the basic knowledge of
the land and biology.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is not saying
that science can't help, but it has to be hand in hand with the natural order
of things that worked consistently before we started mucking with it. On top of
all that, you have to worry about whose politics you are stepping on when you
start talking about actual issues.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Okay,
who cares why the world is getting warmer, it is, ever so slightly, but things
are changing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s take the knowledge
and start to adapt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s make informed
decisions and move on; stop arguing about what caused it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We look to the government to fix….everything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Somehow we think these individuals who do not
spend their days in the dirt are going to completely understand what it means
to spend your days in the dirt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They don’t
and government never will.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We live in an
age where you can say something in the morning and the entire world has read it
by lunchtime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The government cannot help
you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can help you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You and the guy down the road who is dealing
with the same problem and the community two towns over.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The government is always going to make bad decisions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is bad at healthcare, farming, nutrition,
road maintenance, building things, etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Those things are our responsibilities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It doesn’t matter what political party you belong to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It doesn’t matter who you voted for in the
last election.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What matters is that
these things get done.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We, as a society,
need to stop waiting around for someone to do everything for us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We let some stranger grow and often cook our
food.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We let some stranger tell us how
to heal our bodies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We let some stranger
dictate how to feed our poor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We give
away all of our power to some stranger and then rail at the “way things are”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzJxPlNG4EJM-Ud_I7zloEsOztfGlGE2i4y5CyO10qPdRMamczmYA77BtFf5fWVRyGEPyXUAVpPcesS1PzJ9qLiZURqJjEk5ylwarXGWuKSRN01P7BJx55qdst3T2CUZyCnV1yjCJU3u0k/s1600/ardentbotany_029.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzJxPlNG4EJM-Ud_I7zloEsOztfGlGE2i4y5CyO10qPdRMamczmYA77BtFf5fWVRyGEPyXUAVpPcesS1PzJ9qLiZURqJjEk5ylwarXGWuKSRN01P7BJx55qdst3T2CUZyCnV1yjCJU3u0k/s1600/ardentbotany_029.jpg" height="244" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I wish we could knock down the toppling tower that we have
built and start over, but unfortunately it doesn’t work that way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We live in a world where everything is about
politics from bees, to marriage, to your MRI results. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The actuality of life is being overlooked
because it is not politically viable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The way we grow and eat food as a society, doesn’t work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It isn’t about your waistline, it is about
the life cycle of a plant that we have forgotten.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The way we go to the doctor doesn’t work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It isn’t about your insurance, it is about
the amazing world of human anatomy that we are just now scientifically proving
but that in-tune people have always intuitively known.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Take a minute to look at the life around
you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Take a minute to see what problems
you can fix, what mess you can clean up, and do it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we all clean up after ourselves, the world
will be just fine.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Thank you for reading,<br />
Sarah McTernen<br />
<a href="http://www.anardentlife.com/">www.anardentlife.com</a> <br />
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Source of rant: <a href="http://earthjustice.org/features/the-perfect-crime">http://earthjustice.org/features/the-perfect-crime</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05097842736401320914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5296841300984142934.post-28528546279131560492015-01-12T09:22:00.000-08:002015-01-12T09:22:01.401-08:00The Heart of the Northwest<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chehalis by Sarah McTernen<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">An article was posted in the Seattle Times about the nature
of the northwest native.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will admit it
is a mediocrely written article with a pretentious tone and poorly argued
points but amidst all that is a grain of truth, the idea that sparked the
article to begin with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Though I may be
seeing what I want to see.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In amidst the
too many words, I see the notion that us native northwesterners somewhere along
the line came here to be in the woods, to be in the wet, and to be mostly
alone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh, and we are fine with
that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Take your noisy politics and go
home, both sides.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will take my silent
forests and running streams, my industry of living off the land and replenishing
said land, I will take my cold mountain air and foggy beaches, wet summers and
sunless winters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have webbed
feet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Puget Sound area used to be industrial, shipping, logging,
fishing, low brow and quiet, maybe a little bit on the smelly side. In the last
decade or two, the area has seen the rise of the tech companies instead of
industrial work, Bellevue has become a big city instead of a dingy beige town,
the I-5 corridor is clogged with cars and Seattle is itself pretentious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The world around here has become very
crowded.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I understand the way the world works, businesses grow and
bring more people and those people bring their ideas and everything is one big
happy melting pot, but I miss my quiet woods. Woods not filled with people in designer
hiking boots clinging to expensive walking sticks and talking about politics or
ecology instead of nothing at all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The world is changing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The small towns are being swallowed up everywhere, slowly but surely. The
tied to the land, hard-working roots of it all are dying out, being smothered
by the showy branches of an unknown tree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That is the grain of truth I saw lingering between the pretentious banter.
That is what struck a chord in this girl who grew up walking through the old
trees, swimming in the cold waters, and listening to the sound of rain with a
smile.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Thank you for reading,<br />
Sarah McTernen<br />
<a href="http://www.anardentlife.com/">www.anardentlife.com</a> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05097842736401320914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5296841300984142934.post-86317136204549148612015-01-09T09:27:00.000-08:002015-01-09T09:27:09.356-08:00The Day Dawns Grey
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gray Rain by Sarah McTernen<br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/182275306/gray-rain-on-window-abstract-art?ref=shop_home_active_1&ga_search_query=rain">https://www.etsy.com/listing/182275306/gray-rain-on-window-abstract-art</a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The day dawns grey, grey and heavy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">silent</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Slowly the sounds of waking emerge</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">seeping into the day</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">swallowing up the silence</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">swallowing up the peace</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">bowling into one another with ignorant force</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The weight of people burdens the air</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">the thoughts, the hopes, the emotions, and words</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">all the words</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">fill the air and make it hard to think</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">to hear</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">to be</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">There is yearning for the green spaces, the trees, the earth</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">the sky above</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">There is need for silence, darkness and</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">breath<o:p></o:p></span></div>
~SM<br />
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<a href="http://www.anardentlife.com/">www.anardentlife.com</a><br />
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05097842736401320914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5296841300984142934.post-64015981313961044442014-10-17T07:54:00.000-07:002014-10-17T07:54:07.887-07:00Obsessing About Teeth: A Journey Toward Natural Oral Care<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My toothpaste...yep...it's green.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have always been diligent about my teeth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was constantly paying attention to my
parents brushing their teeth to see how long they brushed, whether they kept
all the foam in their mouth or spit it out regularly, were they brushing in
circles, up and down, or side to side.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Even with my complete obsession about the right way to brush teeth, I
was still the only kid in the family who got cavities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was my first visit to a dentist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was seven.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I was mad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My two older siblings
made excuses why they didn’t brush, or did a quick rush job and then left.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was diligent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was unfair.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had one full cavity and two sliver cavities
on the sides of my teeth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were all
filled.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I cried during the appointment
because my jaw ached so bad only a short time into the procedure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Luckily this was the only time I would have
to deal with fillings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t believe I
went to the dentist again until I was seventeen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It wasn’t because of fear or avoidance; the
dentist was just something we couldn’t afford.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The cleaning was unremarkable when I went in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The hygienist cleaned my teeth and then the
dentist let me know I had perfect teeth and would never need braces and that
was that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All other visits were about
the same. I never thought there was an alternative to the system of brushing,
flossing and dentist visits.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I thought the article needed teeth.<br />
Taking a picture of your teeth is weird.<br />
Looking at the picture is even weirder.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have always been interested in herbal health and the
natural way of things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I was pregnant
with my first child, I was working at a health food store, gaining more
knowledge and learning about new ways to do things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I started to look at ingredients and deciding
which ones I could accept and which were too over the top.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the years went on, the list of things I
could accept grew shorter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finally
looked at the ingredients of my Tom’s Toothpaste and asked myself if toothpaste
was even needed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did some reading, and
found that toothpaste is for the most part unnecessary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is the brushing that is helpful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For over a year I ditched the paste.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Near Christmas I had some tooth pain and made
an appointment with my dentist to get it checked out, thinking one of my
fillings was loose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He gave my mouth a
clean bill of health and sent me on my way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">It was a few months later that I started noticing a change
in the color of my teeth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were
discolorations on my front teeth that I didn’t recall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I started to worry about the state of my
teeth and the connection to my health.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This led me down the path of writings by Ramiel Nagel and Weston A.
Price and his followers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The inner scientist in me cringed
at all the assumptions made in the articles I read.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t read it all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> I haven't even read Price's book yet, just sections and what Nagel talked about. </span>I read enough to decided that, though I wasn’t
going to delete wheat and beans from our already very whole food diet, I was
going to add cod liver oil, but only the green Carlson bottle kind, not the
fermented paste that is all the rage. I have my reservations about the logic behind fermented cod liver oil, but I will leave that
point for another discussion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My teeth
did start to look better. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I still thought
I could be doing more. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJHmBJxdx6RaWRzxIXYX59PLAi8G8OBbGSFebKwzj7de6lmeBWES9AJv15EIHDWnc0rrG4vJacRnNZzLrgi4dtP67mKGcEZfYK0BL83IG5ouCsViDutX7X52jH6mZQAJO93YaqwMN6itc7/s1600/10172014_04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJHmBJxdx6RaWRzxIXYX59PLAi8G8OBbGSFebKwzj7de6lmeBWES9AJv15EIHDWnc0rrG4vJacRnNZzLrgi4dtP67mKGcEZfYK0BL83IG5ouCsViDutX7X52jH6mZQAJO93YaqwMN6itc7/s1600/10172014_04.jpg" height="140" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I found </span><a href="http://www.keeperofthehome.org/2012/04/rethinking-oral-health-care-a-homemade-toothpaste-recipe-for-tooth-remineralization.html"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Calibri;">a
remineralization toothpaste</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> recipe from Keeper of the Home as well as a </span><a href="http://www.keeperofthehome.org/2012/10/homemade-clay-toothpaste.html"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Calibri;">clay
toothpaste</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> recipe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I decided to give
it a go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I liked it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My mouth felt clean and minty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Was it doing anything?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I already had a healthy mouth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Around the same time I found an article about
using charcoal to whiten teeth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Amazingly, the charcoal cleaned the discolorations and proved to me that
they were just stains (most likely coffee and red wine.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Then my daughter came down with cavities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were a good five or six of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the size of pin pricks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All in baby molars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was devastated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Was she brushing? No.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I took a bit of time to freak out, thinking about
all the things we could change, and then I calmed down and realized we had some
time to experiment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We talked about how
important it was to brush our teeth and I mixed up some of the new toothpaste
for her to use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She also started on the
cod liver oil.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the toothpaste hadn’t
made a difference, we would have taken other measures, but luckily within a
week the cavities had started to lighted and within a month or so they were barely
noticeable, if at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think there is
a bit of staining left over and intend to brush her teeth with charcoal once or
twice to alleviate that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Clay Toothpaste<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">2 tablespoons Coconut Oil (I used the stuff from Costco for the first batch and Trader Joes for the second one.)<br />
2 tablespoons baking soda<br />
2 tablespoon calcium magnesium powder (I used pulverized whole food cal/mag
tablets)<br />
½ tablespoon birch bark derived xylitol (I used <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0033ZDN3A/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0033ZDN3A&linkCode=as2&tag=ardentphotog-20&linkId=OXR6TQKLE5BL2JBU">Xylismart</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=ardentphotog-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0033ZDN3A" height="1" style="border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />)<br />
1 ½ tablespoons bentonite clay (I used <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000UY8738/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000UY8738&linkCode=as2&tag=ardentphotog-20&linkId=JGGWOWPJWMNGUCBX">Frontier Bentonite</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=ardentphotog-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000UY8738" height="1" style="border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
but I also have some from <a href="https://www.mountainroseherbs.com/">Mountain Rose Herbs</a>)<br />
2 tablespoons real sea salt (I used regular sea salt, but I bought <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000SWTKV0/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000SWTKV0&linkCode=as2&tag=ardentphotog-20&linkId=YMYFJKM7UHP573H7">Celtic Sea Salt®</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=ardentphotog-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000SWTKV0" height="1" style="border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> for next time)
<br />
10 drops trace minerals (I used <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0019LW35E/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0019LW35E&linkCode=as2&tag=ardentphotog-20&linkId=6DSKNCTHRRKGI3PP">Source Naturals ColloidaLife Trace Minerals</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=ardentphotog-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0019LW35E" height="1" style="border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />)
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20 drops Essential oil of your choice but peppermint is a good choice (I like Aura Cacia oils)<br />
½ teaspoon clove extract (I used <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000WUCBCS/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000WUCBCS&linkCode=as2&tag=ardentphotog-20&linkId=5HYMVP4PBH325VQA">Herb Pharm Clove Extract</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=ardentphotog-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000WUCBCS" height="1" style="border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />)<br />
½ teaspoon myrrh Extract (Again, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000155MFM/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000155MFM&linkCode=as2&tag=ardentphotog-20&linkId=24R5TQKTGMR5HVKH">Herb Pharm Myrrh Extract</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=ardentphotog-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000155MFM" height="1" style="border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Mix together and put in container of your choosing, but this is thick so I wouldn't suggest anything that you have to squeeze. I have mine in small glass jars, with wood popsicle sticks for scoops (they are actually from Haagen Daz ice cream bars). Scoop some onto your toothbrush and brush as per normal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><u>For Further Reading</u></strong></span><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0916764206/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0916764206&linkCode=as2&tag=ardentphotog-20&linkId=OUOPUNBCQ2J537UN">Nutrition and Physical Degeneration</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=ardentphotog-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0916764206" height="1" style="border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
by Weston A. Price (I've only read excerpts but on my todo)<br />
<a href="http://www.livingthenourishedlife.com/2011/05/what-price-said-about-carbs-and-grains" target="_blank">What Price Said</a> by Elizabeth Walling (Will make you want to read the book above)<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1434810607/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1434810607&linkCode=as2&tag=ardentphotog-20&linkId=N4ELT4Z6JHQGETBV">Cure Tooth Decay</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=ardentphotog-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1434810607" height="1" style="border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Ramiel Nagel (Read most of this one but had issues with it)<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1583947205/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1583947205&linkCode=as2&tag=ardentphotog-20&linkId=VRC7XN57DWIEC5UB">Holistic Dental Care</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=ardentphotog-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1583947205" height="1" style="border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Nadine Artemis and Victor Zeines DDS
(This one I just started reading and I learned more about the structure and function of the teeth in the first three pages that I have read in all of my reading.)
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><a href="http://www.crunchybetty.com/dazzle-whiten-your-teeth-with-activated-charcoal" target="_blank">Dazzle! Whiten Your Teeth With Activated Charcoal</a> by Crunchy Betty</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Give it a try and let me know what you think.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Thanks for reading,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sarah McTernen</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">*Disclaimer: I am not a dentist, a doctor, a nurse and I don't play one on TV. I am just a person who has been studying health, herbs and the like on my own for over twenty years. Anything I write is my own synthesis of the information I have found. There may be errors. There may be things I don't know. Before trying anything, do your own research.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05097842736401320914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5296841300984142934.post-75411866887184055612014-10-08T08:19:00.004-07:002014-10-08T08:19:41.198-07:00Building Strength
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">You cannot fix bullying with an ad campaign.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You cannot fix bullying by convincing the
mean kids to stop it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You cannot fix
bullying by only punishing the kids who are doing the bullying.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You know what kids who are bullied need?
Those kids who are constantly brought down by sarcastic comments, barbed
insults, shoves in the hallway, internet smears, etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They need one person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They need one person to look at them, find
their passion, and foster it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It takes
someone building them up in a way that is stronger than those tearing them
down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is much harder than writing a
PSA for the morning news.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It takes a
lifetime commitment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It takes someone
canceling out the negativity in this world with a bit of positive influence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It takes grown people viewing children as
human beings instead of chattel or worse, blocks of clay to mold and
manipulate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">You cannot stop the bad things in this world and you will
never rid it of the bad people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only
thing you can do is build strength: in yourself, in others, in your personal
community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Sarah McTernen</span><br />
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September<br />
September always flies by without anything really getting done. I don't know how, but it happens every year. I feel like I am constantly playing catch up; sitting down and falling behind. Then October hits and the fog clears. Life seems to make more sense, but I have to prepare for one of the busiest months in my house. I mean, we have four birthdays and Halloween (which is a medium size holiday for us but still very important).<br />
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I have a few goals that I would like to hit by year end. One is to finish the book I have been working on. No, this isn't the awesome story that none of you have heard about because I believe in the mantra that you shouldn't talk about the book you are writing but write it, it is not the cook book that yes is still on my plate and I am <em><strong>hoping</strong></em> to get the rough draft done by 2015, but it is a photography and poetry book that I began putting together in June. Summer was full of show prep and the like, so the book was pushed back in the pile, and then the aforementioned September slump, but after I get the senior portrait session developed and the photographs from my trip to central Washington, I am getting right on that.<br />
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I am also going to attempt to build both Etsy shops up to 200 or so items in the next month. Really it is only adding about 50 items to each shop, but it will be a feat to accomplish. Etsy is making a lot of changes that may or may not be good for sellers like me, but for now they are were I am selling, so I am going to put more effort into listing and updating.<br />
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I also am going to post more, because why have a blog if you don't write in it. Silly me.<br />
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Talk to you soon,<br />
Sarah McTernen<br />
Photographic Artist / Jewelry Designer<br />
<a href="http://www.anardentlife.com/">www.anardentlife.com</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05097842736401320914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5296841300984142934.post-92172327588090634882014-08-20T07:51:00.000-07:002014-08-20T07:51:36.056-07:00Salmon Spice Rub<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Garamond","serif";">For years, salmon was salmon. Good, but really when the only meat you eat is fish, it gets a little boring. My husband tried different ways of cooking it and different spice mixtures until one day he found it...well almost. He found a salmon rub that was tasty, but contained MSG which I wasn't too happy with. So I made my own and have been very happy ever since.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Salmon
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Garamond","serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05097842736401320914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5296841300984142934.post-7416142071779091652014-08-12T15:03:00.001-07:002014-08-12T15:03:41.736-07:00A Little Rant About Life, Death and Depression<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Robin Williams died…killed himself supposedly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> This is sad. It is sad because someone died. It is sad because he left behind family. It is to some extent none of my business because I didn't know the man, or his family. I just watch a couple dozen movies and TV shows he acted in. This is more than the death of an actor though. </span>The world wants all of the sad, depressed
people out there to know that they can talk to someone; to the he or she who is
writing the post or article.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The news
wants to tell us that there is hope, and to talk to someone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The pseudo-compassionate talk about freedom
and illness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The righteous talk about
choice and sin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The notion that all of
these people who I can only assume have never dealt with clinical depression do not understand, is people
who suffer from depression think differently about the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are told our entire lives that we make our
lives more difficult, to smile and be happy, to make the best of a situation and
not always worry about what is to come.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We try. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We turn off our minds and
“live in the moment”. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In that trying we
are drained.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We accept this is
life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We find our ways to cope, some
methods healthier than others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We try to
talk, but the world does not speak the same language.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is not the, “I’m depressed and going to
kill myself” kind of talk, it is just talk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Trying to find someone who understands what you are saying without
caveats and explanations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Talk therapy doesn’t
work, because we know what you want to hear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Talk therapy doesn’t work because you don’t have the answers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only I have the answers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only I can change, or cope, or deal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">People who get to the point of suicide no longer care.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The ability to make decisions has been compromised
by a cloud of uncontrolled emotions, external input and misguided internal
chemical signals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t condone
suicide.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I agree that it is selfish. I
also understand how people get there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Depression
is not a disease and it cannot be cured.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is with you always. When it is at its worst you don’t realize how bad
it is, how off you are thinking, until you are on the other side looking
back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We tell people they can talk it
out, but you can’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You just have to
learn to live with it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will never go
away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is like going to the doctor and
getting a shot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He tells you it is not
going to hurt so you don’t brace yourself, but it hurts like hell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It hurts worse because he told you it wasn’t
going to hurt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Depression is worse these
days because we tell people it will get better. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We tell people life doesn’t have to be hard.
We tell them to be happy without knowing what that means.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And it hurts so very much more when we
realize that it is all a lie.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">A celebrity kills himself and the world is concerned.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A northwest mom does the same just last week
and I don’t hear a peep. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">When I was in first grade and our family was going through
the tumult of divorce, a lady who worked at the daycare I went to told me “life
sucks, and then you die.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are
words that bring me an odd sense of comfort. They were some of the most honest
words spoken to me, especially when I was young.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Be honest with people, with your emotions, with your words
and with you deeds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And remember…sometimes
life sucks, but sometimes it doesn’t.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Now off to go buy a copy of Richard Matheson’s <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0765308703/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0765308703&linkCode=as2&tag=ardentphotog-20">What Dreams May Come</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=ardentphotog-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0765308703" height="1" style="border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
because I think that is apt.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<em>Instant Room Décor 8x10 Designer Packs are on sale for $10 This week only!</em></h3>
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Looking to start your art photography collection, but not sure exactly how to do it? Looking to fill in that blank wall in your apartment? Ardent Photography has now introduced the 8x10 Grab Bag, a selection of<strong><em> 5 "Random" 8x10 Ardent Art Prints</em></strong>. Great for any room décor, but especially for dorm rooms, first apartments, that new guest room that looks a little bare. Photographs include landscapes, flower close ups, and my everyday objects style.<br />
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Why "Random"? The photographs are random-ish. I went through all of the photographs that I put in these envelopes and made sure the colors coordinated and the subjects where complimentary in my opinion, though they may still be completely random to you. They will look lovely in a mosaic on your wall or separate in different rooms.<br />
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All photographs are printed on Fuji archival paper by a professional print house with a 1/4 inch border for matting and packaged in a cello envelope with a backer board. <br />
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Come on, you know you want one.<br />
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<strong><em>11x14 packs are also on sale for $20.</em></strong><br />
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If you want specifically gun art you need to request it. I have only three 8x10 and one 11x14 gun art packs available. If you want a 5x7 or 4x6 gun pack, message me and I will make sure that I have enough to put one together for you.<br />
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Since I am getting this out late this week (and because I already have a listing for the design packs), I am going to leave <a href="http://blog.ardentphotography.com/2014/07/monday-morning-special.html" target="_blank">last weeks deal</a> up for 1 more week! <br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/197139230" target="_blank">https://www.etsy.com/listing/197139230</a>.<br />
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Thank you for reading,<br />
Sarah<br />
<a href="http://www.anardentlife.com/">www.anardentlife.com</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05097842736401320914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5296841300984142934.post-26669036476512892332014-07-23T11:52:00.000-07:002014-07-23T11:52:10.772-07:00The Politics of Health
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I am not a fan of Western Medicine, this is well known, but
on the same token, I do not believe that there is a conspiracy to make everyone
addicted to prescription drugs and reliant on the system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I cannot believe that an entire system is
filled with people full of “a greed lust for power and money”<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></sup> as
put in one article. I am sure that there are horrible people out there in the
medical industry just as there are horrible people everywhere, but when you are
talking about the doctors, the nurses, and the people who deal with sick human
beings every day, I do not think that the majority are “drug pushers” and
willing pawns of a conspiracy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
truly believe what they are telling you based on the knowledge that they have
acquired.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>None of us fully understands how
the body works.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People accomplish physical
miracles because of sheer will, determination, or something along those
lines.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our knowledge does not included
the whole system.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">According to dictionary.com a miracle is “<span class="hwc">an</span>
<span class="hwc"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">effect</span></span> <span class="hwc"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">or</span></span> <span class="hwc"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">extraordinary</span></span> <span class="hwc"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">event</span></span> <span class="hwc"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">in</span></span>
<span class="hwc"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">the</span></span> <span class="hwc"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">physical</span></span> <span class="hwc"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">world</span></span> <span class="hwc"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">that</span></span> <span class="hwc"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">surpasses</span></span>
<span class="hwc"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">all</span></span> <span class="hwc"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">known</span></span> <span class="hwc"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">human</span></span> <span class="hwc"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">or</span></span> <span class="hwc"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">natural</span></span>
<span class="hwc"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">powers</span></span> <span class="hwc"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">and</span></span> <span class="hwc"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">is</span></span> <span class="hwc"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">ascribed</span></span> <span class="hwc"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">to</span></span> <span class="hwc"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">a</span></span>
<span class="hwc"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">supernatural</span></span> <span class="hwc"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">cause.</span>” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="hwc"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Doctors cannot bet on miracles and can only prescribe
what they have physical proof will work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>To be honest, because of these limitations, their ability to heal is imperfect.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The amazing thing about the country we live
in, is that we have a choice on who we get to listen to, even if this choice
has been threatened as of late with poorly thought out “health” legislation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am sending a call out there, to all the
people writing alternative health articles, to stop the mudslinging.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stop playing politics and just inform the
populace.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People need facts not emotions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Trust me, if they are sick or trying to stay
healthy, they have plenty of emotions already.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="hwc"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I read an article earlier this week from
Keeper of the Home<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">2</span></sup>, about being ashamed because her child had some
dental issues and needed substantial work done.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I have to admit that when my daughter needed surgery, and I could find
no reasonable alternative, I was ashamed as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of this is because I truly believe in
the body’s ability to heal and thrive without intervention, and I was thumbing
my nose at this belief by turning to surgery, but another part of it, is
because the crunchy community treats western medicine like Satan incarnate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I acknowledge the existence of both science
and spirit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will not close my eyes to
one in favor of the other. I think people should throw their hatred and judgment
out the window, and put out an open, helping hand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="hwc"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="hwc"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sarah McTernen<br />
<a href="http://www.anardentlife.com/">www.anardentlife.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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