1. "Quoting geneticists, Guy Murchie says we're all family. You have at least a million relatives as close as tenth cousin, and no one on Earth is any farther removed than your 50th cousin.
Murchie also describes our kinship through an analysis of how deeply we share the air. With each breath, you take into your body 10 sextillion atoms, and--owing to the wind's ceaseless circulation--over a year's time you have intimate relations with oxygen molecules exhaled by every person alive, as well as by everyone who ever lived. Right now you may be carrying atoms that were once inside the lungs of Malcolm X, Christopher Columbus, Joan of Arc, and Cleopatra."-- from PRONOIA Is the Antidote for Paranoia: How the Whole World Is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings by Rob Breszny.
2. Found on Facebook: http://www.youngandraw.com/. Go to our website for raw, cooked and plant based recipes! 21 Day Raw Food Reset Cleanse now available! So I had a wonderful salad for breakfast: fresh organic greens, organic raspberries, organic avocado slices, and homemade lemon-mint dressing (using olio santo!!)
3. Found on "The Writers Almanac" for May 25, 2013. Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote:
"Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense." OK....I'm ready for that, but I'm still on my regular schedule. No changes there so far.....
4. From my email:
"Ann will be on the NPR news show 'On Point' next Tuesday May 28th. She will be with 2 other guests on the hour-long show discussing the effects of the sequestration on medical research and research training. If you want to hear it, go to the On Point website and it tells you how.... You can check to see if your local NPR station carries the show and what time. You can also stream it on the website or listen to it later (I think) on the website." Ann is a brilliant longtime friend from XE's Iowa City days. Now she's the Chief Scientific Officer of the American Association of Medical Colleges. Can't wait to watch this!!
5. From my mailbox: Cranberry Oat cookies can diminish hot flashes! I don't know if this recipe from The Little Things is the one the Prevention ad is talking about, but it is vegan and sounds easy and tasty. And if they don't help with hot flashes, so what? They're COOKIES, anyway......maybe there's some tea with black cohosh in it....you could enjoy tea & cookies while you swelter.
Cranberry Oat CookiesIngredients
- 2 ½ cup (200 gr.) rolled oats
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- a pinch of salt
- 2 tablespoons (30 ml) coconut oil, melted
- 5-7 tablespoons honey (depending on your taste)
- ½ cup (120 ml) warm water
- 4 big tablespoons dried cranberries
- optional: handful of chocolate chips or nuts
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375F (190C).
- Mix oats, baking powder, salt, melted coconut oil and honey in a bowl. Add the water and combine until the mixture resembles dough. Add more water if necessary.
- Mix in the cranberries (and optional chocolate/nuts) and form 20-24 round balls with your hands. Flatten these and place on a baking sheet covered with baking paper.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until golden brown. Leave to cool. Store in an airtight container.
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