#i know it's been longer than expected but it's also about 200+ pages so ill have lots in store very very soon

[of-pride-and-pestiferous-pathos]

We've hit over 5,000 on AO3!!!

Thank you ALL!

(For anyone wondering.... YES!!! We're still working on Cht. 7!!! Thank you to everyone who has stuck with us and also the lovely people who take time out of their day to send us asks and comments?!! You're all wonderful. 😫✨

Hang tight! We're trucking on it and I've officially finished moving!!)

[watchyourbluesturngolden]

the exact opposite of weak

This is a story entirely based on my experience with a chronic illness. Everyone’s experience is different, and everyone’s experience is valid. 

Here is the link to the Cleveland Clinic’s page about POTS, just in case you want some more information :)

also yes, there is another mention of grey’s anatomy in this, there will probably be lots more, because that show is one of two things keeping me alive rn, I think you can guess who the other one is

word count: 1.3k

warnings: fainting and chronic illness

in your opinion, POTS is the worst chronic illness. Of course, you may be biased. Especially since it happens to be the one you suffer from. But really, it is pretty bad. 

You were one of the luckier ones who could still live a mostly normal life. You had been diagnosed when you were still a teenager, so you'd mostly figured out how to deal with it.

For you, it caused headaches, stomach pain, rapid heart rate, poor circulation, and heat intolerance (meaning you couldn't have too hot of a shower without your heart feeling like it was going to jump out of your chest).

Despite all this, you hadn't told Harry yet. You kept your symptoms under control well with a few medications and a lot of self care. You didn't want to burden him or make him think you were weak. So, you just didn't tell him. The longer your relationship went on, the more you worried about what you would say and how he would react.

You had been together for just over a year when you decided to tell him. You just felt bad keeping it from him any longer, so you made up your mind. Now all you had to do was figure out how. How were you supposed to tell the love of your life that you had a chronic illness you had just neglected to tell him about?

The opportunity arose sooner than you expected. It was the middle of winter, so you didn't have the summer heat to worry about. You did, however, have the shower to worry about. Since your circulation wasn't great, you always had freezing feet and hands. On days like this where you were just chilled to the bone, you wanted nothing more than to turn the water as hot as you could stand and bask in the steam.

So, you did just that. You stepped into the burning hot water, sighing as it washed over your cold limbs.

You noticed how bad you felt pretty quickly. Your head spun and you were overcome with nausea when you reached up to grab the shampoo. You quickly leaned against the wall, the cool tile soothing your skin. Soon you were shivering again, so you stepped back into the stream. After a few minutes, you started to feel worse. You turned the temperature cooler, but it didn't seem to help. Black spots started to cloud your vision like they did every time you stood up. You knew this was a bad sign.

You could feel your heart smashing against your ribcage and put a finger against your neck. Your pulse was so fast you could barely count it. It was getting harder to breathe as your heart seemed to speed up, even after you stepped out from under the water.

You stepped out of the shower, promptly laying on the floor with your legs propped up against the vanity. You pulled a towel over you before calling for Harry.

You heard his quick footsteps in the hall before he knocked.

"Y/N? Are you ok? did you forget a towel?"

"No- can you come in here?"

Harry opened the door, peeking his head inside. His brow furrowed when he saw you laying on the floor, legs up on the sink, with your fingers on your neck.

"Uh... what're we doing?"

His confusion was obvious, but he wasted no time getting down on the floor and laying next to you.

"Everything... everything alright?"

  "Can I see your watch?"

"Uh, sure," Harry said, sticking out his arm to you.

You grabbed his arm, focusing your eyes on the second hand ticking around. After a minute, you dropped his arm, sucking in a deep breath.

"Y/N,  what's... what're you doing? Are you ok?"

"I'm fine, my heart is just beating really fast and I don't feel well at all," you said, closing your eyes.

"How fast is really fast?" He asked, reaching over to feel your wrist. "Woah, you meant, like, really fast," his eyes widened as he counted her pulse.

"Y/N, your heart rate is over 200. I'm not a doctor, but you've made me watch enough Grey's Anatomy to know that's not good," He said eyeing you nervously.

  "No, it's ok, I just had the shower water too hot," You reassured him, keeping your eyes closed.

"Uh, again, not a doctor, but I don't think hot water is supposed to make your heart beat this fast."  

Oh boy. Here it was. Time for you to explain.

"Maybe not for most people, Harry, but for me, it's-" You tried to move your legs and sit up, but as soon as you did, your vision started going dark.

"Nope, back down, can't do that yet," You sighed, sinking back down.

He laid back down beside you, his fingers still on your wrist. After a few more minutes, you finally felt like you could get up.

Harry stood first, holding out his hand to help you. You got to your feet and instantly knew it was a mistake. Harry looked at your glassy eyes with concern before you went limp. He let out a surprised sound, catching you and lowering you back to the floor.

Your towel had nearly slipped off, so he readjusted it to keep you covered. Then he just sat there with your head in his lap, stroking your hair and watching the seconds tick by on his watch. After a few minutes, he started to get worried. He patted your cheek gently.

"Y/N, wake up," he spoke softly, still cushioning your head.

Your eyes snapped open and you tried to sit up. Harry held his hand on your shoulder, keeping you down.

"Woah, don't try and move yet. You scared me there," He said, smiling.

You looked up at him, then around at the bathroom. You closed your eyes, sighing again.

"I passed out, didn't I. Did I hit my head?"

"Of course not, I have excellent reflexes," Harry scoffed, pretending to be offended.

"Right, sorry," you laughed. "Sorry I scared you, that doesn't happen very often anymore."

"What do you mean, anymore?" Harry asked, confused.

"Ok, here it goes," You mumbled under your breath. "So... I have this condition, it's called POTS. That stands for postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome."

You could see the gears turning in Harry's head, trying to figure out what this meant.

"So, when you stand...?"

"My heart rate increases a lot, yeah. A lot more than it's supposed to. It's been better for a long time since I found the right medicine, but I still have bad days. The other day when I got up from the couch, remember how I almost fell? Yeah, this is why. I told you I just tripped, but I checked my pulse when I got to the kitchen and it was at 150. When it goes up that fast, it makes my vision black out and I feel like I'm about to faint."

"Does it happen every time you shower?"

"No, but it does get a lot worse with hot water. POTS causes poor circulation, and a whole bunch of other things, but anyway that's why my feet are always freezing. I like hot showers because I'm usually cold, but they make me feel terrible. I just must've had it a little too hot today, which is why... we're... sitting on the floor right now," You said, blushing and looking away from him.

"Hey," Harry said gently. "it's nothing to be embarrassed about, Y/N. I just wish you'd told me."

Y/N tried to sit up again, but Harry's hand was still pressed against her shoulder. "I swear, this time I'm ok," She smiled.

Harry eyed her suspiciously before helping her sir up against the wall.

"I know, I should have told you. I just didn't want you to think I was... weak or something," Y/N said, looking at her lap.

"Weak? Y/N, you just told me your heart tries to kill you every time you stand or take a hot shower, and that’s just your  everyday life. That's kind of... the exact opposite of weak, I'd say."

"Well, it definitely doesn't try to kill me," You laughed. "But yeah, I guess I am pretty strong for dealing with this, huh?"

"Absolutely, you are," He smiled. "Now, tell me everything about this, so I can know how to make you feel better."  

[fishylife]

Spoilers for Death’s End up to Bunker Era, Year 11 Halo City (like half way through the chapter)

- I just finished reading the part where Cheng Xin told Thomas Wade to stop the rebellion and to cooperate with the Federation. The last line was so chilling to me, when Thomas Wade told Cheng Xin “You see, I’ve kept my promise, little girl.”

- It hadn’t occurred to me until the beginning of this chapter that Cheng Xin was so young, not even compared to the other humans, but just in general. She was only 33 years, but she had been given sooo much responsibility in the time that she was awake.

- I love this character of Thomas Wade. In the Dark Forest, we had a lot of characters that were a bit sinister (such as Zhang Beihai and a few of the wallfacers). Thomas Wade is unapologetically sinister, but it’s actually to his benefit that he is, because it helps him get what he wants.

- I am just how starting to think about this centuries-long showdown between Cheng Xin and Thomas Wade. Cheng Xin is the sympathetic side and Thomas Wade is the cutthroat logical side. Cheng Xin’s thing was always that she was too soft hearted and always thought of the people, whereas Thomas Wade would think of humanity as a whole.

- But there is a mutual respect between them. From the first time they worked together to send Yun Tianming’s brain into space, Cheng Xin has seen Thomas Wade as this otherworldly figure. I think she understands how he thinks and that he gets shit done, but she doesn’t sympathize with him at all, in the sense that I don’t think she sees him as a person but as a set of principles. Even though Thomas Wade had literally tried to kill her, she doesn’t see him as a repulsive guy, because she knows why he did what he did.

- On the other hand, I think Thomas Wade respects Cheng Xin because he acknowledges the social currency she holds. She was well liked by people because they saw her as sympathetic, and while he doesn’t agree with her, he understands that she holds power because of it. Cheng Xin had a lot of stumbles early on in her career, but I think she’s gotten better at standing up for her beliefs, including now, when she insists that she will not let Halo City destroy the Bunker Cities.

- That last line from Thomas Wade makes me think that he’s got more up his sleeve though. He had promised her that he would comply with her decision, but now this means that whatever deal they had between the two of them is now done. Cheng Xin now no longer has anything to hold over Thomas Wade. I bet Thomas Wade had a plan B all this time because he expected Cheng Xin to stop his rebellion, and I’m really wondering what it is.

- This is just such an interesting relationship and rivalry. The relationships in this book are just a lot more interesting compared to the Dark Forest.

- I actually felt that Cheng Xin and Yun Tianming’s relationship was rather cute. You could even call it a romance, maybe. In a very courtly sort of way. Basically, they care for each other’s well being but they know that they can’t ever really be together. That was the case before they sent Yun Tianming off to space. Yun Tianming was suffering from an illness and he just wanted to give Cheng Xin a gift, and Cheng Xin had always remembered Yun Tianming. Their reunion scene when Cheng Xin was sent up a space elevator and Yun Tianming was in a field somewhere on Trisolaran territory was so interesting because they wanted to say so much but could say nearly none of it. It was really sweet.

- I also want to say, a LOT has happened this book. Every time Cheng Xin wakes up it’s a whole different world lol. I’m like less than 200 pages to the end and I feel like there is so much story to be told. I’m excited to see where the story goes!!!!!!

[ghostsofmemories]

Problems I’ve Been Having With Writing // How I Plan To Fix Them

Before reading this post, consider checking out the Teespring Shop with designs by myself and my friend Alexx, where 100% of the proceeds are donated to the Black Lives Matter organization.

It’s no secret that lately, working on my novel has been a struggle. I used to be able to write entire books with 80k+ words at 14, and now I’m struggling just to hit 10k in a project I’ve been working on for 3 months.

Some of this could be attributed to COVID-19, my crazy school schedule (with thankfully is over now), and my job. However, my main issues are with motivation, self-confidence, and remembering how prose works after over a year of writing only poetry. I did this under a cut because, well, it’s long.

Problem 1 - Motivation, Mental Illness, & Activism

Finding motivation these days is more than just difficult. As someone with chronic illness and also OCD, the urge to do things only when I’m feeling up to them and the desire to have a daily schedule (with writing included) are always at war, and neither of them winning. It’s impossible for me to do the same amount of work every day or week, but also hard to cope with the lack of stability.

On top of that, I’ve been trying using my platforms on social media to promote, donate to, and educate myself on the Black Lives Matter movement. As someone who uses social media (especially Tumblr, with its tagging system) to organize my thoughts on, and hold myself accountable for my writing, it becomes really difficult to manage both activism and writing on my social media - especially when the movements going on are more significant than what I have to say about my WIP. 

The solution to both of these problems, as difficult as they are to manage, is finding balance. For OCD and chronic illness, I’m trying to figure out which parts of the day I’m feeling the most energized and motivated so I can schedule my writing around those chunks of time - which I think fall between 10am and 12pm.

For balancing activism and personal social media stuff, it’s a little more difficult. So far, I’m thinking the best way to deal with it is to link my main contribution to the movement so far (mine and Alexx’s Teespring shop) to all the posts that might lean on the personal/writing side, and continuing to uplift Black voices when they come across my dash, and actively seek them out when I have the energy to do so.

By no means will these completely solve the problems, but hopefully they’ll help me find time and energy to write when I can.

Problem 2 - Self-Confidence

Every writer has issues with not believing in themselves from time to time, but lately mine have become overwhelming. This could have something to do with the fact that I can hardly get words down in the first place. My mind has been very stubborn in allowing me to come up with words that flow in a narrative way, and I usually spend a lot longer on one or two sentences than I’d like to. 

Similar with that issue, almost all of the writing I read is by, well, adults. Many of the writers I follow on Tumblr are also adults. I’m a month from seventeen, but I’ve always been told that I act or present as a lot older, so I guess I always expected my fiction writing would be as aged and confident as posts like this, my essays for school, and the research I put together for my own purposes. While my writing quality might read as a little older or more skilled than a sixteen year old, it still feels like it’s lacking in quality and like I haven’t progressed at all since my last novel (which directly ties into the next point, but I’ll get there in a minute).

The only way to get over this issue is to write and not stop because I think it’s bad. I know that. It’s easier said than done, of course, but I think that with time and a lot of forcing myself through is going to help. 

Problem 3 - The Super Long Break I Took/Poetry

The last time I finished a novel was in December of 2018, so I’ve taken a break that lasted well over a year. I was still writing during this time, but it was pretty much all poetry, besides a few attempts that never got past a few pages and a WIP intro post (sorry about that, everyone). 

Basically, I’ve forgotten how to write prose and storylines. That can be re-learned, though, which is why I’m sticking to OITW even though I’m beginning to realize I don’t love writing fantasy as much as I used to (I will still very gladly read it, though).

There’s another problem that came with that one, though, which sort of ties into my issues with confidence in my writing:

Poetry comes easily to me. I hear some novelists talking about their short ventures into poetry and how they would spend forever on a poem and how difficult it was, but that’s not what poetry is like for me. I grew up with my mom, my aunt, and for a short time my great grandma who were all poets. I was always exposed to poetry and felt a deep connection to it, which makes it simple (most of the time) to write.

Plus, due to the internet and me being me, I was exposed to the art of slam poetry when I was 13 (it’s something I daydream about, but my insecurities surrounding my stammer kind of stop me there. Plus I live in the middle of nowhere). Poetry is everything to me.

So you can imagine it’s a little frustrating that I can bust out a contest-winning poem in three minutes but struggle to write 200 words a week when I’ve been writing novels longer. This has honestly been one of the hardest parts of writing OITW - it’s harder than I expected it to be. The words don’t flow like they used to.

Combating this issue, while it’s taken a blow to my confidence, has actually been a little easier than I thought. I have to make myself write, of course, that one’s kind of obvious. But the one that I missed for so long was reading.

I’ve been reading almost nothing for the past year, minus a book I got for Christmas that, surprise surprise, got me inspired to write again. My best friend talked me into reading Carry On by Rainbow Rowell and not only is it awesome, I read the 500+ page book in under 48 hours. I can’t remember the last time I read a book that quick.

I’ve also been slowly making my way through A History Of Wolves by Emily Fridlund, but I think I need to re-start it because when I first started reading it, I was working a full time job, doing 5 classes for school, and struggling with my physical health (more than I usually am).

Reading isn’t going to make my prose read like water or anything, and neither are any of these other “solutions”. However, despite being a lot more easily said than done, I feel like they’re going to help. And let’s be real, I need all the help I can get.

Want to check out that shop but don’t want to scroll for a million years to get to it? Here it is again! We’ve raised over $100 for BLM and plan to continue selling these designs for donation indefinitely, unless we specifically take them down (though I can’t think of any reason we’d do that).

[romanceconsumer]

Out Of Focus by L.A. Witt, 2011

tags: mmm, BDSM, established relationship, leads over 30

I picked this up because I just want more mmm and I really loved Extra Whip by L.A. Witt. But this one was just meh honestly. Maybe it’s because I can’t keep reading mmm books by the same author and expect to love them since repetition is to be expected. I had read some L.A. Witt in the past but Extra Whip was the first one I picked up from her in some time so I might have loved it the most because it was the first. But I think it’s also the brevity of this book which was barely over 200 pages while Extra Whip was over 400. I don’t know why romance publishing is so hell bent on keeping books this short. I so fucking enjoy when I get a really long book in my hands. It’s so fucking worth it. Especially when we have a menage and the author feels the need to give all three leads POV chapters. The longer I read romance the less I enjoy the double (triple) POV writing. Let me quote Alexis Hall here: “Plus, not knowing exactly what the other person is thinking while you’re falling for them is kind of part of the experience of romance for me and I think first person helps create that feeling for a reader.”

Don’t really know what to say here, except that the book was simply too short. We have a couple that has been together for more than a decade and have an open relationship, but a strict no polyamory rule. E.g. no falling in love with the third, but of course that is what happens. Everyone happily falls in love and we just have to overcome for a second the angst of the third feeling like a third and the couple stressing about breaking their rule. It’s really almost zero angst. Also owed to the established couple having a strong, functioning relationship. Which I always enjoy reading. I wish there was more established couples in romance. Although of course I know why we don’t have them. Rend by Roan Parrish is a good example if you also crave reading that.

I normally like angst but I was also reading Hiatus by L.A. Witt which has a not functioning relationship and undiagnosed/untreated mental illness which put me on edge so much, I appreciated this book with a couple that was simply solid. I don’t think I can recommend this book. It’s just missing substance? I swear if the author had been able to write a longer book it would have been great (see Extra Whip) but yeah, this one didn’t do it for me and basically was just read because I am such a sucker for reading about polyamory and there isn’t enough of that out there. I really tempted to go reread Misfits by Garrett Leigh again. Sigh.

[hydrus]

Version 310

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I had a productive week. A bunch of stuff is fixed, and I finished a first version of multi-file url downloading.

multi-file support

A limitation of the old download system is that it always assumed a single 'post URL' could only ever produce a single file. This week, I have added full support for multi-files-per-post-URL to the new downloader. If a new parser generates multiple 'downloadable' URLs, the file import queue will generate and insert new download objects for each. Tags and associable URLs should all be passed along to the children as appropriate.

As a result, I can finally roll out support for several sites that provide files in this way. I've updated the inkbunny post parser, and added twitter tweet and artstation post parsers, so all these should now be drag-and-droppable onto the client. The twitter parser only supports images--no videos yet. The inkbunny parser may put its multi-files slightly out of order, and in one of my tests it pulled the artist profile picture as well, so it may need some tweaking. IB have a proper API, but it requires some login stuff, so I will look at that again when I have the new login system done.

And of course I have added a pixiv manga parser, which has been highly requested for a long time. This was fairly complicated, but I think I got all the referral URLs and tags lined up correct. It can even add 1-indexed page tags. Unfortunately, pixiv just changed my test login to the new (currently broken) JSON/javascript layout just today, as I did final testing. If it turns out pixiv have switched everyone over to the broken layout on the very day I finally roll out manga support, I think my head is going to explode, but even if so, I am confident the javascript layout is parsable--it'll just take a bit more work. I expect to have a fix for all pixiv users for v311 if another user doesn't post one sooner.

This multi-file parsing is a first version. There may be bugs, so please let me know. I also don't really like how the initial post URLs' file import objects get counted as 'successful' like a regular file, so I may make a new 'successfully parsed' type to distinguish them a bit and alter the file progress counts appropriately.

misc

The new 'x% in' video thumbnail generation works better and fails better now, including some better workflow and error-reporting when regen is manually started by the user. If you had some videos that failed to import or regen last week, please try them again and let me know if you still have problems.

The multiple watcher now has a 'check now' button.

I added a semi-crazy prototype checkbox to options->gui that puts all your page tabs on the left. It needs a restart to kick in. Test it at your own risk.

The new download system now informs the new network engine of file limits in your 'file import options'! So, if you say 'don't get gifs bitter than 32MB', and the server clearly identifies a newly started download as a gif with size 50MB, the download will be abandoned and a veto/ignored status set immediately! It also works with the regular min/max filesize as appropriate. Let me know if it goes wrong!

I cleaned up some file repository thumbnail sync and display code all around.

github

Github got bought by Microsoft, so I am considering migrating somewhere else. I only use Github as a file/code host and the workflow of syncing there is easy, so I may or may not go, or may just put it off and see what happens during the transition. I am interested in your thoughts on the whole deal and what you think of the alternatives.

full list

updated the inkbunny file page url class to acknowledge that inbunny pages can have multiple files

updated the inkbunny file page parser to handle multiple file urls (although they may be out of order and possibly sometimes include the artist profile image--this was not super easy)

added a parser for twitter tweets (only images supported atm, but it can handle multiple!) (hence tweet drag and drop now works!)

updated the artstation file page url class to redirect to a new api url class

wrote an artstation file page parser that also handles multiple file urls

updated/added pixiv file page, manga page, and mange_big url classes

updated pixiv file page parsers to be ok with manga links

wrote parsers for pixiv manga and manga_big pages to fetch manga files (with page tags)!

file import objects can now create semi-duplicate children for multi-file post urls and insert them just after themselves in the file import queue.

file import objects can now receive and remember referral urls. this referral url is associated with the file if appropriate. the watcher and simple downloader now uses this in addition to the multi-file post system

jumbled around some parameters and merged the two new file import url commands (import 'file' vs import 'post') into one single simple 'work on this url, thanks' call that is now used across the program

the parsing system's 'content parser' no longer fetches file urls and post urls, but 'download urls' and 'source urls'. this helps some pipeline logic and also lets post urls be download urls

when file import objects parse post urls as the urls to download, it now creates 1-n new import objects, just like if multiple file urls.

improved some file import object file association code

the new parsing system will de-dupe parsed urls

refactored the 'seed' code, which handles all basic file import objects, to the new ClientImportSeeds.py

added a new string transformation type, 'integer addition', for shifting page number tags up and down

fixed thumbnail generation for some videos that failed to do the new x%-in generation--it reverts more reliably just to the old frame 0 method

file reparsing popup now has a stop button

fixed an issue where extremely thin or wide (ratio > 200:1) images would not generate a full-size or resized thumbnail

the file reparsing/re-thumbnailing now reports errors better (including with full path) and does not abandon the larger job as it works

misc thumbnail generation code improvements

improved some thumbnail and file regeneration/moving code when the existing file has read-only status

the multiple watcher now has a 'check now' button

added a checkbox to options->gui that will put new notebook page tabs on the left

for all file download network jobs working in the new download system, the file import options for min size, max size, and max size (gifs) are now applied _during the download_! if the server tells the client the exact file size in the response headers, it will test max and min size before the content is actually downloaded--otherwise, it will test the max size as it downloads. if the server clearly says the file is a gif, the max gif size rules will also be tested in the same way

cleaned up some bandwidth announcement code--now, if bandwidth is due in less time than override time, that will now correctly be the status text

the bandwidth status no longer says 'in in' typo

fixed up some tag repair code from last week

the 'print garbage' debug function now dumps a whole bunch more data to the log

the thumbnail cache should now be a bit more stoic about missing repository thumbnails--it should now just present the hydrus default backup without error popup spam

the repository thumbnail sync will now get as thumbs in blocks as high as 10k at a time, rather than the old 100

hydrus network requests no longer generate web domain network contexts (and so won't have a default one-request-per-second bandwidth limit and should stream through thumbnails a bit faster)

hydrus network services are now willing to wait longer for bandwidth, so big thumbnail queues should keep working even if other bottlenecks pause them for a bit

hydrus network services will no longer sometimes have double-sync popups if synced from the advanced 'sync now' button in review services

changed the default global 'stop-accidents' bandwidth rule of 120rqs per minute to 512MB per minute. this only affects new users, but users trying to sync to large file repos might like to make a similar change manually

doing giant full file delete (i.e. purge from trash) jobs should now be a bit gentler on the gui

improved how the client deletes paths, clarifying in the code when and when not to allow recycle (usually disabled for thumb disposal)

switched the hacky text widgets on the popup system to a newer object. seems to still render ok, so lets see if it fixes some unusual layout issues some users have seen

if the temp folder cannot be created on boot, the client will continue anyway

fixed some url-domain text handling in db storage that was also breaking v309 update for some users

fixed some additional domain generation error handling at the db level

the list of url classes in the system:url panel is now the list of all url classes that are considered associable (before, it was file and post urls)

if a url class now api-links to itself or otherwise forms a loop with n other api url classes, the client will now throw an error (rather than lock up in an infinite loop!)

in the parsing ui, tag parse test results are now cleaned before being displayed

fixed misc url matching error reporting bug

when consulting the current file limit, the gallery page downloader will now try, when it has that number, to consult the total number of urls found it the current search (old behaviour is to only consult the number of _new_ urls, which lead to some bad edge-case workflows)

misc refactoring

next week

I am going to take a light week next week so I can shitpost E3. I will try and keep up with messages, but I'll only do a little fixing work. I will get back to regular schedule on the 16th, which means v311 will be on the 20th. I will make a 'No Release Tomorrow!' post on the 12th.

I am a little ill and completely exhausted, so an easy week is coming at a great time.

I am still really enjoying making hydrus. Thank you for all your continued support!

[bevelle]

Where the Sun Shines: Part 4 (END)

i can't believe it's over...! i was surprised at how emotional this part made me, to be honest. their final conversation made me legit cry. also, for those of you who were curious as to how hiraga and roberto met, that's included here! mushy commentary at the end.

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

That day came very suddenly.

Roberto heard a conversation that caught his attention. During their break, Roberto’s classmate Carlo came up to him and asked him a question.

“Hey, you’re close enough with Saint Josef that you have lunch with him every day, right?"

Carlo had always been one of Josef’s admirers.

Thinking that he was jealous again, Roberto answered with a noncommittal “yeah, I guess.” Carlo leaned in closer.

“Then do you know why Saint Josef has been sitting out for gym lately? Is he sick?”

“What? He has?”

Being the first time he had heard of that, Roberto was surprised.

“What, you didn’t know? You must not be as close to Saint Josef as you say you are. Whatever, I’ll go ask the upperclassmen.” Carlo frowned and walked away.

While Roberto was worried, he was also shocked that he knew nothing about this. And so, on that day, Roberto visited Josef at the library as usual. When he reached the reception desk, a different upperclassman was standing there, and Josef was nowhere to be found.

“Excuse me, do you know where Josef is?”

“He should be organizing the shelves over there.”

Roberto headed to where the upperclassman pointed. In the gloomy space between the bookshelves, Josef was on a ladder arranging books.

“Josef!”

Hearing Roberto call for him, Josef turned his head and came down from the ladder.

“Hey, Roberto.”

“Um, there’s something I want to ask you…”

“What is it?”

“Is it true you’ve been sitting out for gym?”

“Oh… That, huh…”

“No, not that. Are you feeling alright?”

“You don’t need to worry.”

“Then, you aren’t sick?”

“I’ve just been a little anemic.”

Josef casually leaned against the bookcase.

“Anemic? Josef, you don’t look too good.”

“No, I’m… fine…”

Josef’s body seemed to go limp, and he fell to the floor. Roberto rushed over and saw that his face was pale and his forehead was sweating slightly.

“Someone! Please help!” Roberto shouted without thinking.

Several students rushed over and the library was thrown into a frenzy as Josef was taken to the infirmary. An ambulance then arrived, and it seemed that Josef had been taken to the hospital.

Not knowing how Josef was, Roberto spent the next few days filled with unease. It rained relentlessly, as if it were indicative of a dark prophecy. He felt as if he would drown just hearing the sound of the rain. The school buildings started to smell musty, and the air became stagnant.

He had a nightmare.

A massive wall towered in front of Roberto. He could hear the scream of a terrified woman. He felt as if his heart was going to burst open. He wanted to run to the other side of the wall, but there was nothing resembling an exit. A light illuminated the wall and ominously expanded and contracted. The figure of a person was reflected in that light.

Roberto was horrified.

The figure jumped up and down as if dancing and grew larger. Roberto’s entire body shook in fear and he was covered in goosebumps.

What the figure was soon became clear.

A demon…

“Help me!” Roberto yelled as he awoke in his dorm, the other boys breathing quietly in their beds as they slept.

5:00 A.M. It was raining as usual.

Unable to fall back asleep, Roberto headed to the library in search of relief.

When he entered the library, he saw no one.

Of course…

Roberto sighed and sat in a chair in the same place he always sat. He rested his chin in his hands in a daze, and heard the faint sound of something rattling.

What was that? Is someone here?

Feeling a bit timid, Roberto quietly walked to where he heard the noise come from. There, in the corner where the difficult books the upperclassmen read were, Roberto saw the slender form of a boy from behind, slipping something in between the pages of a book.

“Josef…?”

The face that turned around at Roberto’s voice was undoubtedly Josef’s.

“You came back?” Roberto ran up to Josef like a puppy that had been waiting for its owner.

“Yeah. Last night. But I’m surprised. I didn’t expect you to be here at a time like this. I was actually writing you a letter.”

“A letter?”

“That’s right. I can’t be with you anymore. I’ll be leaving here before classes start.”

“W-Why? Do you hate me?”

“Of course not, Roberto. I love you.”

“Then why are you leaving?”

Hearing Roberto’s question, Josef’s gaze became distant. After a moment of silence Josef opened his mouth, as if he were about to say something extremely difficult.

“I’m being hospitalized.”

“Hospitalized? So you really are sick? But you’ll get better.”

Josef shook his head.

“Roberto, I probably won’t live much longer.”

“Y-You can’t be serious. You’re only sixteen. There’s no way you can die.”

“I’m serious. It’s a miracle I lived to be sixteen.”

“But… That’s…”

Roberto’s face went completely white. His lips trembled and he couldn’t speak. Josef tenderly embraced him.

“It’s alright, Roberto. I’m not scared of dying at all.”

“Why? Because the priests say you’ll go to Heaven? Heaven might not even be real.”

“That might be true. But I still believe in God’s teachings, and my faith makes me strong. Roberto. My life may be ending, but I experienced a lot of lives, so I don’t have any regrets.”

“Lots of lives?”

“Yeah. I read a lot of books here, and those books were full of so many lives. When we’re reading books, we can become pirates, or medieval aristocrats, or spies… And not just that. We can come to understand how lots of people think and how the universe works. My actual life may be short, but when I think of all of the books I’ve read, I might have lived more lives than there are people.”

“But… But… Now we won’t be able to do anything together.”

Without realizing it, Roberto had begun to sob.

“That’s not true,” Josef said, and showed Roberto the beautiful golden bookmark he had placed inside the book. “Dear Roberto” was written on the bookmark.

“I wrote things on the back of this bookmark, like what I thought of the book, so I want you to look at it once you’ve finished reading the book.” Josef said this and placed the bookmark back in the book.

“I put these bookmarks in the books in this library that I’ve read, that I want you to read, and that I wanted to read. What books they’re in is a secret. We’ll play a really long game. You have to find every book that has a bookmark in it. We’ll meet after this, and we’ll talk to each other through these books. If you want to…”

When Josef said this, the sound of the rain stopped.

After that, Josef really was hospitalized and left the school without telling anyone the name of the hospital. That meant no one could send him letters. Roberto thought that was surely him being considerate. It would have hurt him if he were to send letters back and forth and people learned of his condition and death, whether he wanted them to know or not.

That’s probably what Josef was thinking.

Of course, since the day Josef disappeared from the library, Roberto began reading all the books he could get his hands on at the library. Sometimes he would find a gold bookmark, and he could feel a part of what Josef was thinking and feeling.

The months and years continued, and before he realized it, Roberto had become a library committee member. He stood at the reception desk that Josef once stood at, and recommended books to the students who visited the library.

When it was decided he would go to the University of Rome, near the time he was to graduate, he picked up a book called The Manifestation of God’s Love.

A single bookmark sat between the pages, with words written to Roberto on it in Josef’s gentle handwriting.

Dear Roberto,

When you read this book, I won’t exist in this world anymore. You’ll be older than I was, too.

This book is really difficult for me, so I only read half of it and can’t give you my opinions on it, but it’s a good book. I recommend it.

Roberto, how many books have you read since then?

I hope you’ve read a lot.

You said you don’t have any memories from your childhood, right?

I imagine that’s extremely painful for you. Having a big, blank space in the memories in your heart and your memories.

Sometimes, I can tell that it’s hurting you.

But did reading books fill in that blank space a little?

I was able to fill up the time up until I’ll lose this life by reading books.

So I think you’ll be able to fill up the time that was lost with your past by reading books, too.

That’s why I started this ill-spirited game of you finding my bookmarks.

I’m probably meddling far too much, but, Roberto, the time I spent with you was so fun.

Roberto remembered being overcome with emotion.

Josef had written over 200 bookmarks, at least.

When did he come up with this plan, and how long did he spend putting his heart and soul into writing these words?

Tears of gratitude streaked Roberto’s cheeks.

It’s been six years since then.

Now, in Roberto’s hands is that book with the bookmark between its pages just as it was back then.

The fourth Monday of April was the day Roberto went to Josef’s house and was given his cross—a very special day. Every year on this day, Roberto visits his alma mater, picks one of the books he remembers at random, and reads it.

After reading approximately one chapter in the book and reading the bookmark, Roberto felt deeply moved, and looked up at the sky from the spaces in the tops of the trees. The clouds slowly passed by and the light filtering through the trees swayed, just like back then. He felt as if he were returning to the past.

Roberto, who had been spacing out, saw the form of someone, slim and gentle, enter his field of vision.

Their black hair was swaying in the breeze.

Their black eyes were watching Roberto intently.

“Josef!” Roberto called out in shock.

“Ah, yes. What is it?”

“It’s really you, Josef. It’s me, Roberto. You’re alive!”

Roberto hastily got on his feet, only to be perplexed the next moment. His looks were similar to Josef’s, but it wasn’t him. The person in front of him was clearly a young, Asian man.

“You’re… not Josef…”

The young man looked at the completely crestfallen Roberto and blinked.

“No, you’re correct, I am Josef… I’m Hiraga Josef Kou. Why is it that you know my name?”

“Oh, uh… I see. No, I just mistook you for someone else. I had a close friend named Josef. By the way, um… Why are you here?”

When Roberto asked this, the young man seemed troubled.

“I seem to have lost my way, actually. I was trying to get to the Vatican…”

“The Vatican? Then why are you here?”

“Ah, yes. I mistook this place for the Vatican.”

“That’s a pretty impressive mistake. But you need special permission to enter the Vatican, you know.”

“Oh, it’s fine. I’ve started working for a department of the Vatican.”

“A department? That’s a coincidence, I’m actually working for one of the departments, too.”

“Is that so?”

“If you want, I can show you to the Vatican.”

“Yes, I would be very grateful if you could do that.”

Saying that, the young man glimpsed at the book Roberto was holding.

“I read that book very often as a child. It’s a good book, isn’t it?”

“You did? Hm, do you like books?”

“Yes, very much.” The young man smiled pleasantly.

He felt that something in his smile truly did resemble Josef.

“First, let’s get out of here. Follow me.”

“Ah, yes.”

Roberto and Hiraga began walking together.

thank you all so much for bearing with me through this, and thank you for your support! i'm sorry my health really delayed this final part... i hope it was worth the wait! i'm kind of in limbo right now job-wise, because i'm going through a really long process for a potential job that i won't hear back about until march or so. i have a lot of free time on my hands, but unfortunately a lot of that time is spent resting because of how my health has been lately. still, i want to keep translating for you all...! i've met a lot of great people through my translations and i really want to keep giving back to everyone. i don't have a big translation planned soon, but i'm hoping to go back to posting excerpts and any odd facts i come across. the next excerpt i plan on translating is the end of fandango, which i'll post with a summary of the whole story! if you like julia, you'll really enjoy that excerpt. thank you again everyone! i hope you have a wonderful evening!

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Neil’s Reflections

Who would have guessed it would come out? A lockdown-busting 200 mile trip. An eye-sight testing jaunt to Barnard Castle.

But it did. And it broke things.

It was a community-breaking action made worse by a determined refusal to apologise.

Have you ever done something similar? Lied to your friends and got away with it? Cheated on someone you loved but no one found out? Given the impression that you’re better than you are and found that people believed you?

It’s a strange feeling, isn’t it?

There’s relief that no one knew. But the shame in case some time in the future they do discover that you were never who you said you were. The fear of having to hear someone say, ‘I can’t believe what you did. I don’t think I ever knew you.’

You might get away with it – but it’ll cost you a lot.

On Sunday we will read about Ananias and Sapphira who found fame for being the church members who lied to their family and friends, refused to own up and dropped dead on the spot. That’s quite something to be remembered for:

Here lies the bodies of faithful church members who left the church building earlier than they expected…

Their problem was that the Spirit was working among the church and making people outrageously generous. People like Joseph were giving away their inheritance to the poor in a way that showed total disregard for their own futures. It was impressive. It still is. So impressive that they gave Joseph a nickname that stuck for the rest of his life. No longer Joseph, he would be known as Barnabas, the Son of Encouragement.

Maybe it was hard to see this outsider getting all the attention. Maybe Ananias and Sapphira had long felt overlooked and under-valued. Maybe they wanted someone to notice them. Maybe they were just sad people looking to be loved.

So they lied. It was a small lie. They had sold the property. It was generous. It just wasn’t the full amount.

A cautionary tale in the book of Acts that some might think is a harsh story. But what if they had got away with it?

What if they had broken the community’s trust? What if their lies had meant that they would have had to continue with the secrecy? What if their desire for status had won? What would have been lost?

Every lie you tell breaks things. Things that are precious. Things that matter to God so much that he acts in ways that are severely gracious. He loves us too much to let us get away with it so he gives you a way out. For them it was the direct question: ‘Is this the price you got for the land’.

That answer could have changed their lives. If they lied, they would die. If they owned up and told the truth, a whole new story would begin. It still does.

Interview

This week’s interview is with Chris and Dave Swindells. I’m always delighted to hear how God gets our attention so that we take him seriously. Their story is an amazing example of this.

News

Photo by Adi Goldstein on Unsplash

1. Governing Body Changes

As you might remember, three of the present members of the Governing Body will step down in the summer. They are Gill Oldham, Pearl King and Frank Walsh. They have served the church really well by supporting those employed by the church and helping us become the church that we believe God is calling us to be.

We have already agreed that Judith Thompson and Charlie Blundell will replace them, but as we said at the time there was another space to be filled.

We are delighted to be able to tell you that Jumi Isobor has agreed to be proposed as part of the team. If you want to know more about Jumi you can see her here being interviewed with Emmanuel…

As is our custom, if you have any concerns that you think are really significant please get back to us by Wed 3 June.

I’d like to thank Jumi for being willing to allow us to put her forward to you. We think Jumi is the right person for the team. She is younger than the rest of us (!), comes from a different ethnic background, loves the church, asks great questions and has a heart for the growth of the Kingdom of God. 

2. Our Gatherings

Sunday Gathering

The link to this Sunday’s Gathering is here:

Join our Sunday Zoom meeting

https://us04web.zoom.us/j/836810848 Meeting ID: 836 810 848

Small Groups

A chance to reflect on life and scripture together. We are using this resource at the moment. We are in the third week.

Thursdays at 7.45pm is the time to log on.

Join our small group Zoom meeting

https://us04web.zoom.us/j/998857193?pwd=Ni9ZY2pSSWdQcWRvellMWXJYbG5rZz09 Meeting ID: 998 857 193

3. Quiz Night – Friday 12th June, 7.30-9.30pm

After the success of our first online quiz night, we are doing it again!

Our host, once again, will be the wonderful Andrew Gordon.

You can come on your own of course or you might want to come as a team – there might be folks in church that you want to team up with but it’s also a chance to extend an invitation to those who don’t come to church with you regularly.

If you know that you want to come with friends and family you can form a team of up to 4 screens. But you must register that team with Ian by Thursday evening (11th) at 10pm.

He needs to know the names of who will be in your team (email addresses if you have them will be helpful) and the team captain’s mobile number (the team captain will also need to have WhatsApp installed on their phone).

If you have no clever friends (!), come along and we will create teams on the night – no one will be alone. But please turn up on time!

Join our Quiz Night

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83415960953?pwd=WE5jSU5UejVFS1lVVktraWFMbzZ2QT09

It should be a fun night.

4. Virtual Vine Wednesdays

Like most businesses, we had to close The Vine Cafe a couple of months ago and we are not sure when we will be able to open again. In the meantime, we want to offer a few ways of connecting with us, starting on Wednesday the 10th of June. These are great opportunities to invite friends, family and colleagues too.

‘Virtual Coffee Morning’ – Wednesday 10.30-11.30am

Since closing we’ve missed chatting to people and we know some of you have missed popping in for a brew and a catch up too. So, whilst it’s not as good as the real thing, we thought we would try meeting up online instead. So, grab yourself a brew and join us. There may even be games and live music!

Join our Virtual Coffee Morning

https://zoom.us/j/94930624852?pwd=dlI0SnhwY3RaNnUrUGpSMTkrWm5hZz09

Virtual Prayer Room – Wednesday 1-2pm

The current crisis has affected everyone in one way or another. It’s often during times of crisis, pain and confusion when people reach out to God. You may feel anxious and just need someone to pray for God’s peace over you. You may be ill or be concerned about someone who is sick; we can pray with you for God’s healing. You may feel low or confused; we can pray with you to know God’s joy and guidance in these strange days. Whatever your reason, we would love to pray with you and for you.

Join our Virtual Prayer Room

https://zoom.us/j/91853590251?pwd=ZnFPWkNWOTZoK3p4eTgxY0Zxc3ZwQT09

Virtual Vine Alpha – Wednesday 2.30-4pm

The current crisis has raised questions for many people; not least about what is most important in life. The Alpha Course is a great opportunity to explore the bigger questions of life and faith such as ‘Is there more than this?’, ‘Who is Jesus?’ and ‘Does God guide us?’. No question is ‘out of bounds’ and everyone is welcome to join us without pressure. 

Join Virtual Vine Alpha

https://zoom.us/j/92458850833?pwd=UmZXUEJOTi9ZeEc3RG5KZDJaS0Rqdz09

Inviting Others

During these strange days, we want to stay growing as church. You might have friends and family who might be interested in staying in touch with us as a church. Ask them to fill out the form on our church website and we will add them to our mailing list.

Sign up for updates from Salford Elim Church

This may be an easy time to invite friends and family to our Gatherings, after all they can be with us from the safety of their own homes. You have nothing to lose, they have a lot to gain!

We are going to be streaming the service via the church’s Facebook page now – if that is easier for people to access.

If in doubt…

All the links to the meetings are in our ChurchSuite app and on the Calendar section of our church website.

Visit our Events Calendar

5. You’re not alone

If you need prayer, or need to talk, don’t hesitate to contact folks in your WhatsApp group, or Neil – his number is 07771 558058.

6. Hardship fund

We set aside some of church’s money so that we can respond to needs that we become aware of in church. You might want to give to that fund, if so, let Bev Walsh know, or you might be in need yourself. If you would need help, don’t be embarrassed to talk with Charlie Blundell. We want to help.

Links and Resources

Children’s Resources

Morag and Ian have put together a couple of films for children at different ages. Having said that, whatever your age you might want to take a look!

But if you have children that fall into these groups, I know that they will really value your feedback.

You can watch them here:

This week’s Kids Resources

[primeetime]

Why Don’t I Write More

It’s been too long since my last post. A lot has changed in my life, but at my core, I’m still the same. I want to be a great writer so I read. Some days I read a lot. Some days I read a little. But every day I read. If I can find one good quote, one good metaphor, one good simile or just one way to improve my writing, whatever I was reading was worth my time. Eventually I’ll write more, but for right now I focus on reading. 

So what I’m I reading right now. Well, next to me on my bed I have 3 books. I have Ta-Nehisi Coates powerful new book “The Water Dancer,” Leo Tolstoy’s epic masterpiece “War and Peace,” and I have Frederick Douglass’ 3rd autobiography, “The Life and Times of Frederick Dougalss.”

It’ll be a long time before I really commit to writing because I feel like so much of writing is based on reading other writers and slowly but surely coming up with your own style.

There are so many writers that I want to read and break down and analyze that I just know that right now writing is on the back burner. I want to read Zora Neale Hurston and W.E.B. DuBois. I want to read Colson Whitehead and Imani Perry. I want to read Langston Hughe’s short stories and August Wilson’s plays. I’ve already read the vast majority of James Baldwin’s non-fiction but I want to read his novels. And that’s only talking about the Black writers. 

From the 200 pages I’ve read of “War and Peace” I want to read, at the very least, Anna Karenina and Crime Punishment. I also want to read Oscar Wilde and some other British authors. Lastly, I definitely want to read the great American writers, so as you can see I have no shortage of authors to read. But in the meantime Ill write here and there. I might make a couple more posts in the next coming days because there are a couple burning issues that I want to write about. 

I don’t know if I’ll ever get around to it (heck, I don’t even know if anyone reads this lol), but the two topics I want to write about are the different forms that love can take (as Americans our understanding of love is so limited but I read this paragraph from the NYTimes Modern Love section and it inspired me to write something...“I flunked Chem II, which was especially humiliating for the daughter of a renowned scientist. “I’m not worried about your grade,” my teacher said, smiling. “I know that someday I’m going to have your books on my shelf.” I was stunned by his gift of faith. I felt as if I were flunking life, but he had seen my writing in the school paper. Twenty years later, I sent him a copy of my first published book. “I used your book in my retirement talk,” he wrote back. “Then I went home and put it on my shelf.””) and patriotism. 

I’ll leave you with a quote from James Baldwin and a powerful video that every American should watch. The quote is from “No Name in the Street” and it’s probably the most despairing line I’ve ever read from James, 

“I don’t think that any black person can speak of Malcolm and Martin without wishing that they were here. It is not possible for me to speak of them without a sense of loss and grief and rage; and with the sense, furthermore, of having been forced to undergo an unforgivable indignity, both personal and vast. Our children need them, which is, indeed, the reason that they are not here: and now we, the blacks, must make certain that our children never forget them. For the American republic has always done everything in its power to destroy our children’s heroes, with the clear (and sometimes clearly stated) intention of destroying our children’s hope. This endeavor has doomed the American nation: mark my words.”

The video I leave you with is of MLK’s funeral. I decided to watch it after reading Baldwin’s description of both the service. This post is getting longer than I expected, but I also want to add in James Baldwin’s description of the funeral service.

The church was packed, of course, incredibly so. Far in the front, I saw Harry Belafonte sitting next to Coretta King. I had interviewed Coretta years ago, when I was doing a profile on her husband. We had got on very well; she had a nice, free laugh. Ralph David Abernathy sat in the pulpit. I remembered him from years ago, sitting in his shirtsleeves in the house in Montgomery, big, black, and cheerful, pouring some cool soft drink, and, later, getting me settled in a nearby hotel. In the pew directly before me sat Marlon Brando, Sammy Davis, Eartha Kitt—covered in black, looking like a lost ten-year-old girl—and Sidney Poitier, in the same pew, or nearby. Marlon saw me and nodded. 

The atmosphere was black, with a tension indescribable—as though something, perhaps the heavens, perhaps the earth, might crack. Everyone sat very still. The actual service sort of washed over me, in waves. It wasn’t that it seemed unreal; it was the most real church service I’ve ever sat through in my life, or ever hope to sit through; but I have a childhood hangover thing about not weeping in public, and I was concentrating on holding myself together. I did not want to weep for Martin; tears seemed futile. But I may also have been afraid, and I could not have been the only one, that if I began to weep, I would not be able to stop. There was more than enough to weep for, if one was to weep—so many of us, cut down, so soon. Medgar, Malcolm, Martin: and their widows, and their children. 

Reverend Ralph David Abernathy asked a certain sister to sing a song which Martin had loved—“once more,” said Ralph David, “for Martin and for me,” and he sat down. The long, dark sister, whose name I do not remember, rose, very beautiful in her robes, and in her covered grief, and began to sing. It was a song I knew: “My Heavenly Father Watches Over Me.” The song rang out as it might have over dark fields, long ago; she was singing of a covenant a people had made, long ago, with life, and with that larger life which ends in revelation and which moves in love.

She stood there, and she sang it. How she bore it, I do not know; I think I have never seen a face quite like that face that afternoon. She was singing it for Martin, and for us. 

And surely, He Remembers me. My heavenly Father watches over me. 

At last, we were standing, and filing out, to walk behind Martin, home. I found myself between Marlon and Sammy. I had not been aware of the people when I had been pressing past them to get to the church. But, now, as we came out, and I looked up the road, I saw them. They were all along the road, on either side, they were on all the roofs, on either side. Every inch of ground, as far as the eye could see, was black with black people, and they stood in silence. It was the silence that undid me. I started to cry, and I stumbled, and Sammy grabbed my arm. We started to walk.

Baldwin, James. No Name in the Street (Vintage International) (pp. 156-157). Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

https://www.c-span.org/video/?443156-1/martin-luther-king-jr-funeral-coverage-1968

For me, the most moving part was the march. All the despairing Black faces that lined the street from Ebenezer Baptist Church to Morehouse College was just haunting. The assassination of Dr. King is probably the most devastating event in the history of Black America. Yes Dr. King was just a man, but for many African-Americans he had come to be the physical manifestation of hope. When he died, for African-Americans, hope died and we’ve been trying to recover ever since. 

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12 Ways to Be Prepared for Anything While Traveling

Updated: 9/2/2019 | September 2nd, 2019 When I was a kid, I was a Boy Scout. I made it pretty far too, but then I became a teenager, decided it was “lame,” and quit. As a Boy Scout, I learned how to tie knots, camp outdoors, be a good citizen, play with knives, and got to have cool sleepovers. One of the most important things you learn as a Boy Scout is their motto to always “be prepared,” and as I’ve grown up and traveled the world, I’ve found this to also be a travel truism. You never know what might happen on the road. Stepping out your door into the unknown is what makes travel so exciting. Each day brings endless possibility, but that possibility is for both good and bad. You may end up enjoying a day sightseeing in Paris — or getting robbed in Berlin. You may spend an amazing day on the beaches of Thailand — or suffer food poisoning in Costa Rica. But if you’re prepared, you’ll be able to face whatever happens to you on the road: 1. Take Multipurpose Gear Packing multiuse gear ensures you can easily adjust to changing conditions and helps reduce the amount of clothing you need to take. For example, I like pants that zip off into shorts, walking shoes that look nice enough for an evening out, and using my swim trunks as a pair of shorts. This saves room in my bag while money since I don’t need to buy as much stuff. This always ensures you are dressed for any occasion (after all, who knows when you’ll suddenly find yourself invited to party?!). Here are some posts on gear that can help you: How to pick the reight backpack My suggested packing list (and a women’s version too) 2. Carry a Small First Aid Kit While we live in 2019, not 1919, and you can find modern medicine anywhere in the world, I always carry a small first aid kit with me with a few essential items to be safe. I take Tylenol, stomach illness medicine, eyedrops, Band-Aids, scissors, hydrocortisone cream, antibacterial ointment, and a small supply of doctor-approved antibiotics. I’m usually able to find a pharmacy when I need one, but in case of an emergency, it’s good to have these items handy. Here’s a detailed guide on putting together a first aid kit. (And, on a similar note, here are 10 ways to avoid getting sick on the road.) 3. Pack a Small Flashlight You’d be surprised how many travelers don’t carry one, but a flashlight will prove to be invaluable when you suddenly decide to go caving in Panama, when your hike lasts longer than expected and nightfall sets in, or when the electricity goes out unexpectedly, which is not uncommon in a lot of places. I carry a small, waterproof pen flashlight when I travel. 4. Carry a Reusable Water Bottle (with a Filter) Water is life, and while it’s unlikely you’re going to be lost out in a desert or the jungle, it always pays to be prepared. Carrying a reusable water bottle and filter will not only save you money as a traveler, but it will also prevent tons of single-use plastic from ending up in landfills or the ocean. And yes, should an emergency arise you’ll be prepared. Most people can survive for 3 weeks without food — but you’ll only make it 3 days without water. Never leave home without a reusable bottle and filter, such as a SteriPen or LifeStraw. 5. Learn Basic Phrases Locals don’t expect you to be an expert in their language, but knowing how to say “hello,” “goodbye,” and “thank you” go a long way in endearing yourself to locals. After all, wouldn’t you be annoyed if someone came to your home and expected you to know their language? Knowing a few key phrases will not only make interactions easier, but it will also help you when you bargain for goods, order food, get lost, or need help. Lonely Planet makes excellent pocket language guides for just about every language spoken, and Benny Lewis wrote this excellent guide on learning languages. 6. Study Nonverbal Communication Most people interact using both verbal and nonverbal communication, so paying attention to facial expressions can help you appropriately read a situation, even if you don’t understand the verbal part. When you don’t know the language or might take words out of context, keep calm and take a moment to read the feelings of the person. This has helped me defuse tense situations with taxi drivers, vendors, and hotel owners. Understanding nonverbal communication doesn’t happen overnight. It takes practice, but these websites offer: A Guide to Non-Verbal Communication How to Read Body Language Tips on Non-Verbal Communication 10 Websites for Non-Verbal Communication Tips 7. Keep Emergency Cash with You While there is almost always an ATM around these days, you never know when emergency cash might come in handy. You could end up in an airport (like I recently did) and find that none of your ATM cards work and you are stuck without any money. I recommend having a stash of $200 USD for emergency situations. I don’t carry this money around but leave it in my hotel room safe in case something happens. It will be useful if you get robbed or lose your wallet. 8. Have Backup Credit and Bank Cards I always keep one backup credit card and bank card with me in case of emergencies. You never know when one bank might decide to lock your account for suspicious activity without telling you (yes, that has also happened to me) or when you might get robbed. I recently had my bank account information stolen while I was traveling in Europe. My bank had to deactivate my card, and if I hadn’t had a second one with me, I wouldn’t have had access to any money. Here are some helpful blog posts on credit cards and banking for you: How to Pick the Best Travel Credit Card (With Suggested Favorites) How to Avoid ALL Bank Fees When You Travel 9. Make Copies of Your Passport and Important Documents Keeping copies of your documents can come in handy during an emergency, especially if you lose your originals. If you get robbed or lose your passport, having copies ready for officials can make filing police reports and obtaining new documents much easier. When I lost my passport, my backup copies helped with my police report and served as my proof of identity at the American embassy. Copy your passport, your health/travel insurance paperwork, and your credit cards. 10. Carry a List of Emergency Contacts If something happens to you, having a list of emergency numbers on you will help medical professionals know who to contact. I also keep a list of my allergies with me so if I need treatment and can’t answer questions, doctors know what I’m allergic to. I keep two copies: one with me and one in my bag in my hotel room. Because having backups are important! 11. Have Travel Insurance The ultimate form of preparedness, having travel insurance will be a blessing when you have to go to the hospital because you popped an eardrum scuba diving, get sick on the road, or break a leg. Chances are nothing is going to happen to you while traveling, but for when it does, you are going to want to have insurance. Only a fool travels without it. Here’s a list of suggested articles on how to pick the best travel insurance: How to Buy Travel Insurance The Best Travel Insurance Companies The Best Backpacker Travel Insurance Why I Love World Nomads the Best! 12. Read Before You Go There’s nothing more important than knowing about the place you’re visiting. Head to a library or bookstore and get a few books on what life is like where you’re going. If someone came into your home and ignored all your rules, you would get upset — the same guidelines are applicable when you travel overseas. Knowing basic rules and etiquette can help you avoid any misunderstandings and leave a favorable impression in your host’s minds. Otherwise, you could end up like this British couple who were jailed for kissing in public in Dubai. (That’s a big no-no in Middle Eastern countries.) *** You never know when you might face the unexpected, and if there’s one thing I’ve learned from my years of traveling, it’s that even the best-laid plans can go awry. You may not use these items all the time, and, hopefully, you won’t ever need some of them, but the point is to be ready when you do. After all, a scout is always prepared. How to Travel the World on $50 a Day

My New York Times best-selling paperback guide to world travel will teach you how to master the art of travel save money, get off the beaten path, and have a more local, richer travel experiences. Click here to learn more about the book and pick up a copy today!     Book Your Trip: Logistical Tips and Tricks Book Your Flight Find a cheap flight by using Skyscanner or Momondo. They are my two favorite search engines because they search websites and airlines around the globe so you always know no stone is left unturned. Book Your Accommodation You can book your hostel with Hostelworld as they have the largest inventory. If you want to stay somewhere other than a hostel, use Booking.com as they consistently return the cheapest rates for guesthouses and cheap hotels. I use them all the time. Don’t Forget Travel Insurance Travel insurance will protect you against illness, injury, theft, and cancellations. It’s comprehensive protection in case anything goes wrong. I never go on a trip without it as I’ve had to use it many times in the past. I’ve been using World Nomads for ten years. My favorite companies that offer the best service and value are: World Nomads (for everyone below 70) Insure My Trip (for those over 70) Looking for the best companies to save money with? Check out my resource page for the best companies to use when you travel! I list all the ones I use to save money when I travel – and that will save you time and money too! The post 12 Ways to Be Prepared for Anything While Traveling appeared first on Nomadic Matt's Travel Site.

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Lord of Shadows Review & Analysis! SPOILERS AHEAD, READ AT YOUR OWN RISK

On another note about spoilers, I get that seeking out spoilers as well as snippets, are a product of waiting so long for the next book… but I don’t know that I will treat them the same way going into QOAAD because I almost felt, while reading, that I had read 35% of the book already! I can’t promise that I won’t seek out spoilers or snippets, but I do hope that less are released over the next two years (I know that sounds ridiculous, but I would prefer a surprise!) With Regards to Individual Characters: • Emma: a feminist badass, growing into being the best shadowhunter of her time but not there yet. Her sarcasm and skill has improved since LM, and I literally laughed out loud during her POV’s and while reading her quotes. The scene with her and Diego and the fire ants= pure gold. Her scene with Manuel and calling out the cohort for being fascists= pure gold. • Julian: a sweetheart and I want to cry thinking about how much he has been through. I know “Dark Julian” has been referenced several times throughout the fandom but I really didn’t see too much of a change until- actually- the steamy scene with Emma where he demands that she calls him only Julian. Very sexy, very dark too. • Cristina: deserves better and I am dying for more of her POV’s. I am always amazed by her class and maturity. • Diego: not perfect. I am mad at him. • Kit: surprisingly likeable. I am so glad they included POV’s with him and Jace!! • Livia: underrated as hell, so sweet, so caring, so selfless, her charm and sarcasm= gold. • Ty: I AM SO GLAD WE ARE FINALLY STARTING TO SEE T Y B L A C K T H O R N AND HIS TRUE SELF-A M E N. • Dru- her crush on Jaime is fitting for a first crush and I’m glad he gave her the confidence to speak up. I want to hug her literally all the time. • Tavvy- irrelevant but cute. SHIPS: • I surprisingly loved Mark and Emma’s dynamic. Their relationship reminded me of a mundane high school sweetheart kind of relationship, because you can tell they absolutely care about each other, I just don’t see them as anything more than a bromance. I will however agree with the sentiment, "maybe in another life" because maybe, in another series, in another world, they would have been perfect for each other. • Kieran/Mark/Cristina: I find it significant that no choices were made in terms of canon relationships, which I interpret as a canon friendship because if any of them were going to be romantically involved, a decision would be made by now. I enjoy the friendship they have, I surprisingly forgave Kieran, but I do not expect any of the Blackthorns or Emma to forgive him also. His actions in QOAAD will definitely define how I feel about him going forward. • JEMMA: You all know I am 100% a Jemma shipper, but this time around I was glad that their relationship did not overshadow the rest of the book. I liked how private their relationship was, which is a funny word to use because people become more privy to it in LOS and because it was extremely private in LM, but the fact that they were literally in a different part of their country on their own made me all happy. • I am also glad that I got the B&N copy with the extra scene, which I waited to read because it is right after the ending of the book and I did not want to read anything after finishing LOS, lol. • Kitty: No canon romantic relationship yet, still very cute scenes… Ill talk about this in theories. • Kit/Livia: I am glad that Livvy’s first kiss was Kit, and not some random boy who won’t treasure the memory or look back and think “oh she was sweet, it’s a shame what happened to her”. Kit will always treasure the fact that he was Livia’s first kiss, and will cherish the friendship he had with her. It was platonic, but still special. I know people on tumblr were upset with this but I hope by the end of the book they understood. PROFOUND THINGS IN LOS • Lets talk about the fact that Emma Carstairs literally doesn’t cry….. but she cried over Julian literally 400 times in Lord of Shadows. If that doesn’t show you how much she literally loves that boy idk what will. • CLARY SHIPS JEMMA. During their conversation Clary literally says “who I pictured you with [not Mark or Cameron] doesn’t make sense….” This goes back to my question to CC about whether or not Simon knows about Jules and Emma, since he noticed something off during the parabatai ceremony. She responded “he knows something, he just doesn’t know what he knows”. I think the same applies to Clary, maybe she has even had premonitions about it, and that is so so significant. #jemmaisendgame • Kit and Livia and Ty’s friendship: so sweet and pure and is literally the reason why Kit decides to stay. How will Ty and Kit function without their third musketeer? • DRU & JAIME: Thank you Jaime for giving Dru the confidence to confront her family over her role as a Shadowhunter… but the witchlight you left behind that literally portals to another dimension: WTF? WHO IS ASH????? That scene is messed up because it is so short and therefore, subconsciously everyone looks over it because of how chaotic everything else is. I can’t help but feel like this is going to play a MASSIVE role in QOAAD. • Diana & Gwyn: Thank you CC for trans representation and a beautiful story. The fact that Gwyn accepts her wholeheartedly made my chest ache, and I hope that no one will use it against her please please please. • Jules & Emma’s Decision to tell the Inquisitor: Not sure why they did this tbh, but now that Robert is dead, what are their options??? Did he mark it down somewhere? Will they become so irrational that they consider the Seelie Queen’s offer? Livia’s Death • Months ago I received an anon message from someone about Livvy, which literally said that they felt something was going to happen to her and I completely dismissed it…. Thinking we haven’t seen enough of her storyline yet and it was too soon. I AM SO SORRY, and it’s literally all I have been thinking about for days. • Livia was so so selfless, down to her core, the last moments of her life were spent trying to save the people she loves. • I discussed with a mutual that the fact that Annabel did it was both cruel and also extremely fitting. • When you think about it, Livvy was the 21st century version of Annabel. From their appearance, which was remarkably similar, to the way that they treated outsiders taking refuge in their family (Livvy with Kit, Annabel with Malcolm) down to their deaths, both innocents killed trying to protect the ones they love. • The fact that the Mortal Sword shattered to me symbolized the end of the truth and trust within the Clave. • The amount of guilt that each character will carry following these deaths is heartbreaking… • i sincerely hope her death is not tossed to the side, discussed for 150 pages then only mentioned 4-5 times after that because she deserved better, the entire Blackthorn family did, and peace was completely ripped away from them Which brings me to my first theory: I believe there was a reason that Jessamine was introduced to TDA, not only to highlight Kit’s Herondale-ness, but also as a foreshadowing of another character who is not at peace, feels that there is unfinished business, and a group of people needing to be protected: Livia. Because it was made clear in the book that necromancy and raising the dead is forbidden, and because QOAAD takes place a week later, Livvy’s chances of being raised are very very very slim. I sincerely believe that she will come back, but not to life. It would be fitting of her to come back as a ghost (not at first but definitely later in the story) and for her to protect her family, and give Kit and Ty the OK to do whatever they want to do (whether its be a couple or become parabatai, or go to the Scholomance) More theories: • Though I predict a dark Julian, I do not predict a dark/irredeemable Julian, who digs himself into such a big hole that he can’t climb out of it. Remember he has two anchors: his family, and Emma… • The Rosales brothers, especially with their plans to overthrow the Cohort and fool Zara are going to play a massive role in QOAAD. • I think that Jemma are going to have to confide in Jem and Tessa, and they will end up helping Jules and Emma with the parabatai curse. I am also sure they will play a big role in the next book. • Unpopular Opinion: I do not think Clary will die. I know she thinks she will, but CC did say QOAAD is lighter (in regards to themes) than LOS, and I just do not think it would be a lighter book if Clary, a significant character, dies. I think she will become close to death, and people will become concerned, then she will tell Jace of her fears and say yes to his proposal. However, I could very well be wrong!! •i do predict the Cohort being in power for a short amount of time….. because they represent members of our society, I do not think they will be shut down so easily because that’s not realistic. Despite this, hope and love always win. I trust that this will remain true in the next book. • I do predict the end of the Cold Peace, it was never ever a good idea and no one likes it. • I predict that Drusilla will be a hero, now that her older sister has passed away and she has finally decided to step up as a Shadowhunter, I do not doubt that the role she plays will be significant, it just seems to be a reasonable underdog story. • Kitty: parabatai or lovers? An important decision, because Kit does reference his thoughts about being parabatai with Ty, and Ty finally says yes to being parabatai with Livvy. I think it’s a possible “that’s what Livvy would have wanted” trope, but I could also be wrong and think its about as equal of a chance of them becoming lovers. • Who will the new head of the LA Institute be? I sincerely doubt it will go to someone the Blackthorns do not know or trust. They have had so much taken from them, the Institute does not deserve to go next. Possibly Cristina? Will Jules or Emma be of age? Jem or Tessa following the end of the Cold Peace? We have to see! • ASH… I am just frustrated that we do not know more about him… I don’t even have a theory I just needed an excuse to talk about him again. Questions and Theories from my mutuals!!!!! • Anonymous: Its 3 am and I am literally just crying on my bed because of the book. ​ >> Relatable!! I cried hours after I finished because I was so sad. The ending really got me! • Anonymous: Do you think Jaime and Dru are endgame? She is 13 and hes like 17 but he thinks she’s 16. Idk, they seem to have a nice friendship but not a romantic relationship in my opinion.. ​ >> Agreed! I honestly think CC included this first crush idea as a way of introducing Dru’s further character development, not necessarily to introduce them as a couple… But also think about Cecily and Gabriel!!! They were about the same ages at the time, even though that was a different time period… anything is possible, but I do not ship them romantically! • VirginaNewman: I loved LOS, however I was indeed disappointed that Helen + Aline make a debut in the LAST chapter! ​ >> I definitely thought Helen and Aline would play a larger role in LOS, they were barely mentioned, barely had any scenes… I was disappointed by their small role too, but I am interested to see how hard they fight to stay in the next book. Ps- the scene where Aline basically tells Zara to shut her fucking mouth is GOLD. • Betweenshadesoftessagray- Since Robert’s dead, its going to be a race to get that spot, with probably Zara’s father trying to become Inquisior. And since Robert was the one who could help Emma and Julian with the exile thing, they really don’t know what to do with it. I think the powers will continue to grow, and since I think the main battle of QOAAd is going to be a battle where the warlocks and nephilim cannot use their runes/warlock magic, maybe their parabatai magic will still work and that’s how they win. I have already stated that I think there is going to be a battle in QOAAD without being able to use rune magic and the warlocks not being able to use their magic, but this didn’t fit in my other ask I just realized something that made my theory more solid: in the beginning, Zara says she went to Hungary because they were claiming their weapons were not working and she said it was incompetence, so the blight is already spreading not only in Idris but everywhere else. ​ >> This is such a well thought out theory and I wish I could give a formal response but I definitely need to go back, reread, and analyze this… I didn’t even realize the significance of Shadowhunters and warlocks including Magnus losing their powers!! Wow! Is this because of the Black Volume? I definitely think Emma and Julian’s parabatai/love powers will play a huge role in QOAAD and maybe even save the day during this second Dark War. Maybe that’s how they will become heros, their bond will be broken as a reward or something and everyone can live happier ever after? AHH! • Share your theories and thoughts in the comments below or inbox me (not on Anon so I can respond privately!!!)

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Gauging the Benefits of High Dosage CBD

I know it’s bad form, but I’ll start this blog post with an apology to my readers: my posts are typically a page or less, but some topics cover so much territory that it commands more space.

I’ll be the first to say I’m not a doctor. I don’t give medical advice and have no medical training whatsoever. The FDA requires that we say that our products have not been evaluated and can make no claims that we can treat or cure any medical problem; as much as I dislike the FDA, I agree with that statement.

There is, however, a big BUT; as a CBD products manufacturer, we receive requests all the time from people who think more is better and they may be right. There is research to support the benefits of conditions that traditional medicine doesn’t have a good solution. Please understand that CBD is not a cure-all or a silver bullet that fixes everything, but it may have its place as an affordable alternative medicine capable of helping people manage symptoms like pain, anxiety, sleep disorders, migraine headaches, and other neurological issues and that’s what we’re here for.

The reason people ask about high dosage CBD is that they generally have, or know someone who has a nerve degenerative disease, like MS, for instance. It’s tough to narrow the scope of this paper because the subject matter is so broad, but I’ll start off by saying I have MS so I have firsthand experience. MS is a serious problem and I won’t gloss over the seriousness of it; there is no cure but catching it early and seeing a specialist will improve your odds of coping with it.

I have what’s called late-onset MS; I got it after age 50 which is fairly rare, so lucky me!

https://www.verywellhealth.com/late-onset-multiple-sclerosis-3972555

No one knows the exact cause but it’s generally believed to be related to your immune system, genetics, infection or environmental issues like geography, which contributes to lack of sunlight or vitamin D, toxins, or chemical exposure.

So, what does CBD have to do with MS you ask? Well, since there is no cure, the Big Pharma options are limited, expensive, and generally have bad side effects like attacking your liver. I did an Interferon based drug called Avonex by Biogen for a year and a half and it’s an ugly, massive depressant. They say it has no other side effects other than what they call “flu-like symptoms,” which means you feel like absolute crap for 6.5 days and then on day 7, it’s time for another shot!! Doing that for the rest of your life, in my experience, is not a good option.

As a side note, I got depressed enough that I started reading books on the power of positive thinking and I found that happiness is a choice. If you don’t believe it, I suggest reading Tony Robbins book, “Awaken the Giant Within.” I promise it will be worth your time and is mostly fact-based research. My wife started calling me Peter Pan because I only think happy thoughts and I’m good with that!  It changed my perspective forever.

These are the four basic types of multiple sclerosis:

RRMS or relapsing-remitting ms

SPMS or secondary-progressive ms

PPMS or primary-progressive ms

PRMS or progressive-relapsing ms

These four categories describe the course that MS typically follows during a persons’ lifetime. Within each of these four types of multiple sclerosis, there are varying degrees of severity. With that said, no two MS patients will ever be exactly the same. MS can be unpredictable but it generally does not produce big changes overnight; it can take months or years to see noticeable changes.  You’ll need to be prepared to deal with it for the rest of your life, so the goal should be to manage it in such a way that you still have a decent quality of life. For me, I’m not wired to sit around and do nothing, so staying active is the key to longevity.

The research continues, especially on autoimmune disorders and neurological issues like MS, ALS, Parkinson’s, Crohn’s, etc. The website, https://www.projectcbd.org/  has an incredible online reference library of conditions that you may be interested in to research for yourself.  I like this site because it’s based on science and facts and not speculation or BS.  After you click on the links below, look to the right under “Browse Conditions” and see what’s out there.

https://www.projectcbd.org/cbd-for/can-cbd-help-me or https://www.projectcbd.org/multiple-sclerosis-ms

I don’t have a definition of high dosage, because for me, it’s anything above a daily maintenance dosage of 20-60 mg CBD per day.

However, there is an approved CBD prescription for epilepsy and you can be assured there are more in the pipeline that can give ideas of dosage on particular medical problems.

https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/consumer-health/expert-answers/is-cbd-safe-and-effective/faq-20446700

There is also a website for dosing recommendations:

https://cbdoilreview.org/cbd-cannabidiol/cbd-dosage/

There has been some research done by legitimate research clinics like the Mayo Clinic and more needs to be done. The following provides a simple guideline for dosage recommendations:

Mayo Clinic Weighs in on CBD - Offers Dosage Suggestions

The Mayo Clinic suggests CBD dosages based on scientific research, publications, traditional use, and expert opinion. Cannabinoid dosages and duration of treatment depend mainly on the illness (and countless other factors).

The following chart from Mayo Clinic provides specific dosage recommendations for various illnesses:

Loss of Appetite in Cancer Patients: 2.5mg of THC (orally), with or without 1mg of CBD for six weeks. [S] 

Chronic Pain: 2.5-20mg of CBD [with or without     THC] (orally). [S]

Epilepsy: 200-300mg of CBD (orally) daily. [S]

Movement Problems Due to Huntington’s     Disease: 10mg of CBD per kg of body weight daily for six weeks (orally). [S]

Sleep Disorders: 40mg-160mg of CBD (orally). [S]

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) symptoms: Cannabis plant extracts containing 2.5-120 milligrams of a     THC/CBD combination daily for 2-15 weeks. Patients typically use eight sprays within any three hours, with a maximum of 48 sprays in any 24-hour     period. [S]

Schizophrenia: 40-1,280mg oral CBD daily. [S]

Glaucoma: A single sublingual CBD dosage of 20-40mg (>40 mg may increase eye pressure). [S]

 Doses up to 1,500 mg per day has also been shown to be well tolerated by humans:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22129319

Just for fun, do a search on “CBD Dosing chart” and see what comes up; you’ll be surprised.

Here is another good explanation:  https://www.whatiscbd.com/cbd-multiple-sclerosis-treatment/

I don’t recommend high dosages but it may be a good alternative to opioids or other narcotics. We do not produce or sell any THC products. Our goal is to get you healthy, not high. Therefore, we only produce CBD products made from pure hemp-derived CBD isolate to guarantee purity and quality.

This means that, as opposed to THC, CBD oil will not impair your:

·        Consciousness

·        Reaction time

·        Perception

·        Sensory awareness

Although many have tried, it is NOT possible to overdose on CBD. There are no records of any fatal overdoses with cannabis, including CBD oil. In fact, one study suggested that to die from cannabis, you would have to smoke the equivalent of 15 lbs of MJ in 15 seconds! However, it is possible to over-medicate and with that said, taking high amounts of CBD may increase the risk of a few known minor side effects of CBD.  These include:

·        Dry mouth

·        Low blood pressure

·        Lightheadedness

·        Drowsiness or wakefulness

According to the National Cancer Institute, you cannot die of a marijuana or hemp overdose and here’s why:

“Cannabinoid receptors, unlike opioid receptors, are not located in the brainstem areas controlling respiration, lethal overdoses from Cannabis and cannabinoids do not occur.”

So, back to our topic, are there benefits to a high dosage of CBD?  At this point, it’s safe to say that even the FDA agrees that CBD is a natural anti-inflammatory agent; this is important because what causes pain is inflamed nerves and reducing the inflammation reduces pain.  Even athletes use CBD to help their bodies recover faster and it’s not considered a performance-enhancing drug, so it’s legal.

CBD oil has natural anti-inflammatories, which can go a long way in helping to treat chronic pain. It also contains muscle-relaxing properties that help ease pressure on sensitive nerves, reduce anxiety and help users sleep better.

A symptom I experienced from MS is leg spasticity; sometimes it appears as restless leg syndrome at night or muscle twitching in my quads.  For more information, see: https://multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com/2019/01/10/leg-spasticity-manage-ms-need-to-know/

I have found CBD to be very effective at relaxing the leg muscles enough to where it is no longer an issue. In conjunction with CBD usage, you might want to consider physical therapy to strengthen up muscles. I did because my knees were getting weak and the results have been good so far.

Clinical research into CBD oil for nerve degeneration diseases is in its relatively early stages, but most of it points to positive results. As researchers conduct more large-scale clinical trials of CBD oil, results are expected to demonstrate powerful and effective treatment of these diseases, so stay tuned.

Chronic pain has become an epidemic world-wide, especially as the Boomer generation approaches old age. For example, in Europe, chronic pain effects 1 in 4 elderly people. In Australia, this epidemic is of massive proportions, extending to over half of the elderly population, and as high as 80% of patients in nursing homes.

In the US, responses to an ABC News poll indicate as many as 38 million adults in the US deal with chronic pain on a daily basis, and as many as 12 million US citizens have used cannabis to help alleviate this pain. (http://abcnews.go.com/images/Politics/979a1TheFightAgainstPain.pdf)

The available medications for attempting to treat this pain are limited to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), opiates, and anti-depressants; all hard-core drugs with harsh side effects of their own, and limited effectiveness. It’s almost as though the patient is trading a half-cure for being put on even more drugs to deal with the debilitating side effects. My opinion here, but this system seems oriented towards making money for the drug companies and not dealing with the issue in a practical and humane way.

There are benefits to using CBD in nerve degeneration:  https://wakeup-world.com/2016/03/20/cannabis-as-medicine-how-cbd-cannabidiol-benefits-the-human-brain-and-nervous-system/  

Nerve degeneration diseases like Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, and Huntington’s have some of the highest disease burdens. According to the World Health Organization, disease burdens are the number of healthy years affected by disability and death. With little to no cure for these diseases, we can only be thankful for CBD, and its phenomenal medicinal qualities.  

I don’t have experience with those diseases but for me, it’s all about quality of life.  You have a choice in the matter: it can rule your life if you let it or you can suck it up, control the symptoms the best you can and take back your life.  

While it’s still a drug, CBD is a natural plant based non-addictive drug that can be a useful option to help you get through life and enjoy the good things.

Due to lack of clinical research, dosing quantities are a trial and error kind of operation and everyone is different, so I suggest starting small and dialing it up in small increments until you find what works for you.

I’m an engineer by schooling so I’m a little particular on being exact. We put an eye dropper in our tincture bottles that is calibrated in 0.25 ml increments up to a full 1.0 ml.  In addition, we design products to have a 30-day supply. For example, if there is a 1200 mg tincture, your daily dose would be 40 mg of CBD for every 1.0 ml (since 1200 mg divided by 30 days is 40 mg/day).  You can use the eye dropper increments to dial in the exact dosage, or if you want less or more than the suggested daily dose.  

If anyone wants a large dosage, then we’ll do something divisible by 30; for instance 4800mg/30 = 160 mg per dose and you may want to try it numerous times daily to get up to your desired dosage per day.  Say you want 1280 mg per day, that’s 8 times per day of 160 mg.

On average, our experience has shown that the CBD effect lasts about 2-5 hours, depending upon body mass and metabolism, so I would suggest at a minimum, give yourself a dose in the morning and evening.  If pain is chronic, then use it a few times during the day as well. Your body will metabolize the CBD through your liver so if you find that the effect wears off after 4 hours, then take another dose at about the 3.5 hour mark so you have continuous coverage.

Like I said, it’s trial and error so you might want to keep a diary to help you make more accurate predictions on when and how much to take to dial in your dosage. This is an old school technique, but it works.

Although not confirmed, some clinical studies indicate the possibility of actual nerve regeneration for damaged nerves.  This will hopefully be a future topic of conversation.

If you have any comments or would like to see a high dosage CBD product, let me know at:

larry@pianissimocbdcafe.com or call me at 775-560-6171

Stay Healthy!  

Larry

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12 Ways to Be Prepared for Anything While Traveling

Updated: 9/2/2019 | September 2nd, 2019

When I was a kid, I was a Boy Scout. I made it pretty far too, but then I became a teenager, decided it was “lame,” and quit. As a Boy Scout, I learned how to tie knots, camp outdoors, be a good citizen, play with knives, and got to have cool sleepovers.

One of the most important things you learn as a Boy Scout is their motto to always “be prepared,” and as I’ve grown up and traveled the world, I’ve found this to also be a travel truism.

You never know what might happen on the road.

Stepping out your door into the unknown is what makes travel so exciting. Each day brings endless possibility, but that possibility is for both good and bad. You may end up enjoying a day sightseeing in Paris — or getting robbed in Berlin. You may spend an amazing day on the beaches of Thailand — or suffer food poisoning in Costa Rica.

But if you’re prepared, you’ll be able to face whatever happens to you on the road:

1. Take Multipurpose Gear

Packing multiuse gear ensures you can easily adjust to changing conditions and helps reduce the amount of clothing you need to take. For example, I like pants that zip off into shorts, walking shoes that look nice enough for an evening out, and using my swim trunks as a pair of shorts. This saves room in my bag while money since I don’t need to buy as much stuff. This always ensures you are dressed for any occasion (after all, who knows when you’ll suddenly find yourself invited to party?!).

Here are some posts on gear that can help you:

How to pick the reight backpack

My suggested packing list (and a women’s version too)

2. Carry a Small First Aid Kit

While we live in 2019, not 1919, and you can find modern medicine anywhere in the world, I always carry a small first aid kit with me with a few essential items to be safe. I take Tylenol, stomach illness medicine, eyedrops, Band-Aids, scissors, hydrocortisone cream, antibacterial ointment, and a small supply of doctor-approved antibiotics. I’m usually able to find a pharmacy when I need one, but in case of an emergency, it’s good to have these items handy.

Here’s a detailed guide on putting together a first aid kit.

(And, on a similar note, here are 10 ways to avoid getting sick on the road.)

3. Pack a Small Flashlight

You’d be surprised how many travelers don’t carry one, but a flashlight will prove to be invaluable when you suddenly decide to go caving in Panama, when your hike lasts longer than expected and nightfall sets in, or when the electricity goes out unexpectedly, which is not uncommon in a lot of places. I carry a small, waterproof pen flashlight when I travel.

4. Carry a Reusable Water Bottle (with a Filter)

Water is life, and while it’s unlikely you’re going to be lost out in a desert or the jungle, it always pays to be prepared. Carrying a reusable water bottle and filter will not only save you money as a traveler, but it will also prevent tons of single-use plastic from ending up in landfills or the ocean. And yes, should an emergency arise you’ll be prepared. Most people can survive for 3 weeks without food — but you’ll only make it 3 days without water. Never leave home without a reusable bottle and filter, such as a SteriPen or LifeStraw.

5. Learn Basic Phrases

Locals don’t expect you to be an expert in their language, but knowing how to say “hello,” “goodbye,” and “thank you” go a long way in endearing yourself to locals. After all, wouldn’t you be annoyed if someone came to your home and expected you to know their language?

Knowing a few key phrases will not only make interactions easier, but it will also help you when you bargain for goods, order food, get lost, or need help.

Lonely Planet makes excellent pocket language guides for just about every language spoken, and Benny Lewis wrote this excellent guide on learning languages.

6. Study Nonverbal Communication

Most people interact using both verbal and nonverbal communication, so paying attention to facial expressions can help you appropriately read a situation, even if you don’t understand the verbal part. When you don’t know the language or might take words out of context, keep calm and take a moment to read the feelings of the person. This has helped me defuse tense situations with taxi drivers, vendors, and hotel owners. Understanding nonverbal communication doesn’t happen overnight. It takes practice, but these websites offer:

A Guide to Non-Verbal Communication

How to Read Body Language

Tips on Non-Verbal Communication

10 Websites for Non-Verbal Communication Tips

7. Keep Emergency Cash with You

While there is almost always an ATM around these days, you never know when emergency cash might come in handy. You could end up in an airport (like I recently did) and find that none of your ATM cards work and you are stuck without any money. I recommend having a stash of $200 USD for emergency situations. I don’t carry this money around but leave it in my hotel room safe in case something happens. It will be useful if you get robbed or lose your wallet.

8. Have Backup Credit and Bank Cards

I always keep one backup credit card and bank card with me in case of emergencies. You never know when one bank might decide to lock your account for suspicious activity without telling you (yes, that has also happened to me) or when you might get robbed. I recently had my bank account information stolen while I was traveling in Europe. My bank had to deactivate my card, and if I hadn’t had a second one with me, I wouldn’t have had access to any money.

Here are some helpful blog posts on credit cards and banking for you:

How to Pick the Best Travel Credit Card (With Suggested Favorites)

How to Avoid ALL Bank Fees When You Travel

9. Make Copies of Your Passport and Important Documents

Keeping copies of your documents can come in handy during an emergency, especially if you lose your originals. If you get robbed or lose your passport, having copies ready for officials can make filing police reports and obtaining new documents much easier. When I lost my passport, my backup copies helped with my police report and served as my proof of identity at the American embassy. Copy your passport, your health/travel insurance paperwork, and your credit cards.

10. Carry a List of Emergency Contacts

If something happens to you, having a list of emergency numbers on you will help medical professionals know who to contact. I also keep a list of my allergies with me so if I need treatment and can’t answer questions, doctors know what I’m allergic to.

I keep two copies: one with me and one in my bag in my hotel room. Because having backups are important!

11. Have Travel Insurance

The ultimate form of preparedness, having travel insurance will be a blessing when you have to go to the hospital because you popped an eardrum scuba diving, get sick on the road, or break a leg. Chances are nothing is going to happen to you while traveling, but for when it does, you are going to want to have insurance. Only a fool travels without it.

Here’s a list of suggested articles on how to pick the best travel insurance:

How to Buy Travel Insurance

The Best Travel Insurance Companies

The Best Backpacker Travel Insurance

Why I Love World Nomads the Best!

12. Read Before You Go

There’s nothing more important than knowing about the place you’re visiting. Head to a library or bookstore and get a few books on what life is like where you’re going. If someone came into your home and ignored all your rules, you would get upset — the same guidelines are applicable when you travel overseas. Knowing basic rules and etiquette can help you avoid any misunderstandings and leave a favorable impression in your host’s minds. Otherwise, you could end up like this British couple who were jailed for kissing in public in Dubai. (That’s a big no-no in Middle Eastern countries.)

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You never know when you might face the unexpected, and if there’s one thing I’ve learned from my years of traveling, it’s that even the best-laid plans can go awry. You may not use these items all the time, and, hopefully, you won’t ever need some of them, but the point is to be ready when you do. After all, a scout is always prepared.

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Book Your Trip: Logistical Tips and Tricks

Book Your Flight Find a cheap flight by using Skyscanner or Momondo. They are my two favorite search engines because they search websites and airlines around the globe so you always know no stone is left unturned.

Book Your Accommodation You can book your hostel with Hostelworld as they have the largest inventory. If you want to stay somewhere other than a hostel, use Booking.com as they consistently return the cheapest rates for guesthouses and cheap hotels. I use them all the time.

Don’t Forget Travel Insurance Travel insurance will protect you against illness, injury, theft, and cancellations. It’s comprehensive protection in case anything goes wrong. I never go on a trip without it as I’ve had to use it many times in the past. I’ve been using World Nomads for ten years. My favorite companies that offer the best service and value are:

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Why We Drink Raw Milk

  The consumption of dairy products has been a mainstay for as long as mankind has been able to capture and milk animals of all kinds. Sheep, goats, cows, bison, water buffalo, donkeys and horses. All are still milked to this day. There may be others. These are the ones of which I am aware. I want to talk about this tradition that has helped our species thrive and develop over the centuries and millennia. 

But first, I want to take that blessed moment to say welcome to all the new listeners and welcome back to you veteran homestead-loving regulars who stop by the homestead every week. I appreciate you all so much. I’m so excited to share with you what’s going on in our neck of the woods this week.

Today’s Show

Homestead Life Updates

Why We Drink Raw Milk

Traditional Kefir Recipe

Homestead Life Updates

Oh my gosh, is it hot where you are? Whew!! We’ve been experiencing a real heat wave here. Temperatures that are normal for late July and August. Thank goodness that we will be back to normal for next week. Highs in the high 70’s and low 80’s. Today is great. The 90-degree days drained the energy right out of me. I expect that in the middle of summer. But come on, it’s still 3 weeks until the summer solstice.

Garden and Orchard

Speaking of draining energy. The garden is burning up. Well is would be if we weren’t diligently watering every day. The orchard too. And the weeds are still progressively taking over. This time of year I’m really pressed for time. Milking twice a day. Making cheese. Going to the Farmer’s Market and on and on. As I’ve said before, the garden gets pushed down the list of priorities.

This too shall change in the future. It takes a lot to get a business off the ground. Once we are more established, we can let up a little bit, I think.

Creamery

A little progress has been made on the creamery. It is still creeping along compared to the plan that Scott originally made, but it is what it is and we persevere. It’s the journey that is important. It’s the system that we are setting in place that is important. Goals come and go, but the system remains.

Animals

We still have a couple of baby bulls for sale. If you are looking to improve the beef and dairy genetics of your herd, the Normande cow is a good bet. Visit our website at www.peacefulheartfarm.com and go to the contact page and let us know of your interest. We also have a 1-year-old and a proven 2-year-old bull that are available. As we move to AI for our very small herd, we no longer need bulls. One less thing to keep up with.

We have our ground beef on sale $6.00 for one pound, $250 for 50 pounds and $500 for 100 pounds. We also have a few – very few – lambs available. Again, go to the website and let us know of your interest in a whole or half lamb. $380 for a whole lamb and $200 for a half. www.peacefulheartfarm.com

Alright that’s it for homestead updates. Let’s get on to the topic at hand.

Why We Drink Raw Milk

I’m going to talk about why we consume dairy products; the benefits. Our dairy products come straight from our grass-fed cows with no alteration from their live state. It’s all about the nutrition. Traditional foods raised using traditional methods produces that traditional robust health of days gone by. I’ll get to the specific health benefits in a moment.

If you’ve been told that drinking raw milk is dangerous, you’ll be surprised to know that you’ve been misled.  The truth about raw milk? An extensive look into research and claims made by the FDA and CDC related to raw milk being dangerous have been found to be completely unwarranted. It actually benefits your body in many ways, and although it might have earned a reputation among some for being dangerous, you shouldn’t miss out on all this amazing superfood has to offer because raw milk benefits are truly impressive.

What is “raw milk” exactly? It’s milk that comes from grass-fed cows, is unpasteurized and unhomogenized. This means raw milk contains all of its natural enzymes, fatty acids, vitamins and minerals — making it what many refer to as a “complete food.” Eggs fall into the “complete food” category also. Everything needed for growth and health is contained in the package. No need for sterilization or added sugar.

But can’t raw milk cause problems due to the risk of consuming bacteria? The risk of this happening is very, very low. In fact, according to medical researcher Dr. Ted Beals, M.D., you are 35,000 times more likely to get sick from other foods than you are from raw milk. Reference in the show notes. You can get sick from consuming any food. Your risk of illness from raw milk is quite small. The CDC reports that there are an estimated 48 million foodborne illnesses diagnosed each year. Yes, your heard that right. 48 million. Of these 48 million illnesses, only about 42 (about 0.0005 percent!) each year are due to consumption of fresh, unprocessed (raw) milk.

Dr. Chris Kesser did a thorough investigation to get the true impact of raw milk illness and death (as the CDC makes it sound inevitable). He found that your chances of becoming hospitalized from a bacterial illness caused by raw milk is three times less than your chance of dying in a plane crash.

The statistics indicate that most accusations and concerns over raw milk have been overstated, and because of that its health benefits remain underrated. Raw milk benefits are numerous and can help address a large number of nutritional deficiencies that millions of people, especially those eating the standard American diet, are currently experiencing. For instance, raw milk benefits allergies and skin, all while containing beneficial nutrients available in a living product.

Five Benefits of Raw Milk

1. Reduces Allergies

Studies now suggest that children who drink raw milk are 50 percent less likely to develop allergies and 41 percent less likely to develop asthma compared to children who don’t. A study published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology involved 8,000 children with various diets, and one of the conclusions that researchers made was that by drinking raw milk, children experienced “naturally immunizing” effects.

As documented on the Real Milk.com website, many other studies carried out over the past century have shown that raw milk benefits and supports children’s growth and development in other ways too. Examples are: increased immunity against infections, dental health boosted and support for skeletal growth. Again, reference in the show notes.

You might be wondering: How can raw milk reduce allergies, and isn’t dairy tied to high rates of intolerance or sensitivities? Nutrients like probiotics, vitamin D and immunoglobulins (antibodies) found in raw milk naturally boost the immune system and reduce the risk of allergies in both children and adults. Enzymes found in raw milk help with digestion but are often reduced or destroyed during pasteurization. Without those enzymes, lactose intolerance is much more likely.

2. Helps Improve Skin Health

Dairy might have a bad reputation when it comes to causing or worsening acne and skin inflammation, but this is far from the case with raw milk. As I’ve said, the benefits of raw milk are numerous, but surprisingly one of the most common reasons that people consume it is to benefit their skin. The success stories of people consuming raw milk to improve conditions such as psoriasis, eczema and acne are very widely reported.

Raw milk benefits the skin for the following reasons:

It contains healthy fats: Because raw milk contains large amounts of healthy saturated fats and omega-3 fats, it supports skin hydration. 

It supplies probiotics: Probiotics in raw milk can kill off or balance bad bacteria in your gut, which can dramatically affect the health of your skin. Research shows that inflammation and unbalanced gut flora contribute to skin issues such as acne and eczema.

3. Helps Prevent Nutrient Deficiencies 

According to the USDA, nearly 300 calories a day in the average American’s diet (out of a total 2,076 calories) can be attributed to added sugars or sweeteners. In comparison, nutrient-rich foods like raw dairy, fruits and vegetables only contribute about 424 calories.

One serving of raw milk contains about 400 milligrams of calcium, 50 milligrams of magnesium and 500 milligrams of potassium. These minerals are vitally important for cellular function, hydration, building bone density, blood circulation, detoxification, muscle health and metabolism.

4. Can Be Used to Make Probiotic Foods

Probiotics are microorganisms that line your gut and support nutrient absorption. They also help protect you from foreign invaders like E. coli and parasites. The best way to include probiotics in your diet is to get them in their most natural state, which includes raw milk products, such as cheese, kefir and yogurt. Real, raw and organic probiotic yogurt, cheeses and kefir have been consumed by some of the healthiest populations living around the world for thousands of years. Some disorders probiotic foods are known to help with include:

Diarrhea

Inflammatory bowel disease

Irritable bowel syndrome

Skin infections

Weakened immune system

Urinary track infections

Vaginal yeast infection

5. Doesn’t Contain Added Sugar or Synthetic Ingredients

In addition to pasteurization, conventional milk also usually undergoes a homogenization process. Homogenization is a high-pressure process that breaks down fat into tiny particles — however, fat subjected to high heat and pressure becomes oxidized and rancid. Many low-fat dairy products also have thickening agents added to make up for lost texture. Raw milk needs no added thickeners or shelf-stabilizers and also doesn’t contain added sugar or flavors.

Most foods have some levels of natural sugar, including raw dairy, which has the type called lactose. The natural sugar in dairy is balanced with other nutrients and therefore not a concern (even healthy for you in moderation).

Raw Milk Nutrition Facts

Raw milk is truly one of the most nutrient-dense foods in the world and has a nutritional profile unlike any other food. I understand if you’ve been cautious in the past about drinking raw milk because of all the negative media it might have earned. Let me help ease your mind. As a species we have been drinking this luscious, delectable beverage for thousands upon thousands of years. Today more and more people are drinking raw milk. We are slowly getting back to wholesome, unadulterated food that has served us for millennia. Over 10 million Americans now drink raw milk on a regular basis. They do so because of the benefits which include:

Healthier skin, hair and nails

Nutrient absorption

Stronger immune system

Reduced allergies

Increased bone density

Neurological support

Weight loss

Help building lean muscle mass

Better digestion

What exactly makes raw milk such an incredible superfood? Let’s take a look at its unique nutritional profile, and it will become clear.

Raw Milk Benefits: Nutritional Profile of Raw Milk

Fat-Soluble Vitamins A, D and K2

Because raw milk comes from cows or goats grazing on grass, research studies have shown that it contains a higher level of heart-healthy, fat-soluble vitamins than milk that comes from factory-farm cows. These vitamins support the brain and nervous system and are crucial for development, focus and brain function. Fat-soluble vitamins also support bone density and help naturally balance hormones.

Short Chain Fatty Acids, CLA and Omega-3s

In addition to being high in anti-inflammatory omega-3 fatty acids, raw milk from grass-fed animals is a rich source of butyrate, a short chain fatty acid that’s widely known to control health issues related to inflammation, slow metabolism and stress resistance. Additionally, raw, grass-fed milk is packed with conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), which according to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center has been tied to cancer prevention, healthier cholesterol levels and can even help reduce body fat.

Essential Minerals and Electrolytes: Calcium, Magnesium and Potassium

Raw milk is one of the highest sources of minerals and electrolytes, of which many people need more.

Whey Protein and Immunoglobulins

By far, the best-tasting curds and whey protein come from our raw milk. CHEESE. Also, whey protein is fantastic for anyone who’s looking to burn fat and build or retain lean muscle. Whey is high in the following enzymes: alpha-lactalbumin, beta-lactoglobulin, bovine serum albumin and immunoglobulin.

Probiotics: Kefir, Cheese and Yogurt

Probiotics are only found in small amounts in raw milk, but when you ferment raw milk to make foods like kefir, yogurt or cheese, the good bacteria dramatically increase. In fact, there are no other foods in the world as naturally high in probiotics as cultured dairy products.

And these are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to raw milk benefits.

Raw Milk Benefits vs. Conventional Milk

Let’s compare. Dairy products have gotten a bad rap over the years, but this is actually mostly due to the pasteurization process. When milk is pasteurized, it destroys many of the nutrients that make raw milk beneficial. Why is pasteurization even performed in the first place then? Because it exposes milk to very high temperatures, it can also kill harmful bacteria that are possibly able to make their way into the milk. However, as I mentioned before, it’s very rare for these types of bacteria to be found in milk to begin with. There are other options to ensure the bad bacteria doesn’t get into the milk in the first place.

Key nutrients and enzymes are greatly reduced during the pasteurization process. If you consider the fact that many of these nutrients are not only reduced, but altered from their original states, you can understand that some of these nutrients are completely unavailable for your body to use and can be very difficult to digest for many people.

Allergies and lactose intolerance are higher with pasteurization as well. Another major negative of pasteurization is that it destroys the digestive enzymes needed to break down and absorb certain nutrients. In the previously mentioned study, researchers found lactase (the enzyme in dairy) levels are greatly reduced with pasteurization, which is one explanation as to why so many people are lactose-intolerant. A survey conducted by the Weston A. Price Foundation found that of 700 families interviewed, amazingly about 80 percent of those diagnosed with lactose intolerance stopped having symptoms when they switched to raw milk.

Raw Milk Nutrients

To put things into perspective, according to medical studies, the following nutrients in raw milk are 100% fully active and during pasteurization they are altered or destroyed:

Vitamin A, 35% reduction; Vitamin C, 25-77% reduction; Vitamin E, 14% reduction; Iron 66% reduction; Zinc, 70% reduction; B-Complex Vitamins, 38% reduction; Calcium, 21% reduction; Enzymes, 100% destroyed; Immunoglobulins, damaged; Whey Protein, denatured.

Again, all of these nutrients are 100% active in raw, unpasteurized milk. Pasteurized milk is a lesser product. As I mentioned earlier, they end up adding stuff to a product that was perfect before pasteurization – unless contaminated by careless practices.

Our Herd Share Program

Want to have the freedom to consume raw milk? Join our herd share program. Own part of our cow herd and enjoy the benefits that we do every day. During the summer we have fresh milk, yogurt, butter and sometimes a bit of cream, while in the winter we have aged cheese and more butter.

The way it works is that you buy into our herd of dairy cows. We will care for them for you and we will gather the milk benefits for you. We will even process those benefits into fermented products such as yogurt and cheese. For a full share in the herd it is $60.00. A half share is $30.00 and you can also choose multiple shares. One and a half is $90. Two is $120.00 and so on. Once you own part of the herd, you simply pay us a maintenance and service/processing fee on a monthly basis. A full share is $44.00 per month, a half is $22.00 per month, 1 and a half is $66.00 per month, 2 shares is $88.00 per month and so on.

What you can expect to receive from your cows is milk, yogurt, cheese, and sometimes butter and cream. Every week I will let you know what is available and you choose how you want to receive it. Choose 1 item from the full share list or two items from the half share list.

We milk the cows seasonally which means your cows will provide you with milk and yogurt from the first week of May through the last week of October on a weekly basis. For the other six months we will continue to store and manage your cheese and butter. You can pick up your share twice monthly at the Farmer’s Market in Wytheville or from the farm.

That’s it. For more information, go to www.peacefulheartfarm.com/virginia-herd-shares. And feel free to call or email me with your questions.

How to Make Traditional Kefir

Kefir is a fermented milk drink similar to a thin yogurt that is made from kefir grains, a specific type of mesophilic symbiotic culture. The drink originated in the Caucasus, Eastern Europe and Russia, where it is prepared by inoculating cow, goat, or sheep milk with kefir grains. These instructions will be for cow’s milk kefir.

Milk kefir is not only easy to make, it is a delicious, probiotic-rich, versatile beverage your whole family can enjoy. This recipe uses the direct starter culture. You will not have to maintain kefir grains. Perhaps you can learn that a little later.

What You Need

Equipment:

Glass or plastic container

Plastic, wood, or stainless-steel stirring utensil

Coffee filter or cloth

Rubber band to secure the cover

Ingredients:

1-quart raw cow milk (Needs to be very fresh. Don’t wait as the competition between beneficial bacteria is quite fierce. 😊)

1-packet of Direct-Set Kefir Starter Culture (Google it to find a source you like. Remember “starter” culture, not kefir grains.)

What To Do

Pour 1-quart milk into a glass or plastic container

If milk is refrigerated liquid, heat to room temperature or 70º-75ºF

Add 1 packet kefir starter culture and stir gently until the culture is fully dissolved.

Cover the container with a coffee filter or cloth, secured with a rubber band, and place in a warm spot, 72º-74ºF, for 12-16 hours.

Cover finished kefir with a tight lid and store in the refrigerator.

The culturing process is complete when the milk thickens to the consistency of buttermilk or heavy cream.

Notes:

RECULTURING THE KEFIR

Kefir made with a direct-set style starter culture can often be re-cultured anywhere from 2 to 7 times. The exact number of successive batches will depend on the freshness of the kefir and hygienic practices employed. Be sure to re-culture within 7 days. Longer periods between batches may not result in successful batches.

Pour 1-quart milk into a glass or plastic container

If using a refrigerated kefir, heat to room temperature or 70º-75ºF

Add ¼ cup prepared kefir from the previous batch and stir gently.

Cover the container with a coffee filter or cloth, secured with a rubber band, and place in a warm spot, 72º-74ºF, for 12-16 hours.

Cover finished kefir with a tight lid and store in the refrigerator.

You now have a healthy probiotic drink. Enjoy!

Final Thoughts

The homestead keeps on keeping on. Things are moving so quickly these days. There are not enough hours in the day to do all the tasks that need doing. Every once in a while, we stop and “smell the roses” so-to-speak. It’s up to us to make that happen. When you have your own homestead, you are fully in charge of your life. It’s a wonderful thing.

We love our milk. It is produced from cows that have been grass-fed and raised in humane conditions. We drink our milk unpasteurized and it retains all of its natural nutrients and benefits.

Raw milk benefits include improved immunity, healthier skin, reduced allergies, healthier growth and development, lower risk for nutrient deficiencies, and much more. Your mileage may vary.

Real milk has been consumed safely for many centuries. We have a limited number of herd shares available. If you want the benefits I’ve described here, see me at the Wytheville Farmer’s Market or come to the farm during our store hours and talk with me about your needs and the needs of your family. 

You can use your wonderful milk to make that kefir and provide even more healthy benefits to your family.

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As always, I’m here to help you “taste the traditional touch.”

Thank you so much for stopping by the homestead and until next time, may God fill your life with grace and peace.

References

Ted Beals

CDC: Raw Milk Questions and Answers

Raw Milk Reality: Is Raw Milk Dangerous?

The protective effect of farm milk consumption on childhood asthma and atopy: The GABRIELA study

NIH: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of pasteurization on milk vitamins, and evidence for raw milk consumption and other health-related outcomes.

ABSTRACTS ON THE EFFECT OF PASTEURIZATION ON THE NUTRITIONAL VALUE OF MILK

What's in Raw Milk?

Influence of thermal and other manufacturing stresses on retinol isomerization in milk and dairy products.

ORG: Conjugated Linoleic Acid

Effect of processing on contents and relationships of mineral elements of milk

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Traditional Kefir

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