COOKIE HEAD

My sister Wendy and I are making some cookies for Christmas this year...here are a few of mine that I have made so far.

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  Pfefferneusse


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  Orange Almond Shortbread


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  Christmas Cookies


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  (Ice Box Cookies)


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  Finnish Nut Logs

It was fun and seems like it's the beginning of a new hobby...or something!

It had to happen...

Yes, it did have to happen...personal cleansing of my innards.

So after a strange journey, Lithotripsy, and having a stone blasted, the ensuing collection of specimens...very weird, I felt the time had come to take action. Always interested in nutrition but of late very half hearted application. I knew the value of fasting, the value of reducing red meat, sodium, fats, sugars, processed foods, etc., but until I was diagnosed with Kidney stones it didn't seem to hit home. So, no time like the present for a good old fashioned Kidney flush. The more I read, the more amazed I am that it took me so long to get straight! Yuck, what I've been eating...how could I.

So, I'm now on the third day of cleansing and am rapidly detoxifying...the only side effects so far is a mild, underlying headache...have to increase my plain water intake I'm told, so will do.

I thought it would be crazy, no food, but guess what? No hunger pangs at all...mind you I am keeping to a pretty strict regimine and schedule, so sure that helps!

The photos are of the ingredients and how I do it is prepare the days glog in the morning, one container for am and one container for pm, keeping the one for pm in the fridge until I am ready to use it. So lets see how it goes, I'm feeling pretty good so far!

gone again?

So I opened the door and there was no one there.

I wondered...was there ever anyone there?

I decided no.

At that juncture a feeling of calm descended over the garden. Stepping out, the fragrance of the earth filled the space with calm. Breath deeply, this is a moment...just that, a moment.