Within/Without

Peace! It is nearly March. And the March magazines are out. That is significant for the fashion industry. The March and September issues are the biggest magazine issues for fashion magazines. (September is bigger than March, but only by a little) Within the magazines you will find all the the fashions and trends for the coming season. Take into consideration that there are 2 major fashion weeks (in the USA); mid February and mid September. Each week showcases the next season and no the current. That means that in September, designers roll out their Spring collections for the next year and in February the roll out the fall collections for the same year. This is all business organized. There is nothing ragtag or flighty about the fashion industry and how it does what it does. I ALWAYS buy Vogue (fashion Bible) in September and March. ALWAYS. A few years ago I was shopping with a friend and saw the September Vogue on sale. I got excited... very EXCITED... over having the mag in my han...

Peace. Folks call me a conspiracy theorist. They might be right. But I don't trust ANYONE who might think that I am one to be made a profit on. Read this article..... http://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/supermarket-swindle/supplement-swindle-supplements-found-frauds/ And this is the reason I don't like to take things... buy things... drink things.... etc.... That I didn't make. As much as possible, I make my own. If I can't make it, I treat it to remove as much extraneous crap as possible. It's a hard road I've chosen, but I'm okay with the difficulty Peace

Peace! Yesterday's Build haunted me. I am not one to bitch with no solution. But I did just that. That had me to do some serious soul searching to flesh out the root of my issues. I started watching testimonials to see if I could revive the spark that I had for this annual activity. I kept coming back to the question, “Why do I want to do this?” and by this, I mean long term raw food veganism. I've tried before. I've tried every year since 2008. I've only managed to maintain maybe a month at the most 2..... I 1st blamed it on not having enough variety, but I constantly have been purchasing books and dl-ing recipes enough to fill a binder. So variety is not the issue. Another reason was I didn't have all the toys. I currently have all the gear in my kitchen needed to make whatever I want. AND... I have plans to get a vitamix SOON. The last excuse was I didn't want to have to cook 2 meals. Since I have a man who has no intention of going raw I'm going to h...

Peace. I Built that I was going to do my fast a bit differently this year. I said I was going to fast for only 2 weeks then spend the next 31 days raw. That's 45 days... almost 6 weeks... of focused and purposeful eating. Here's the thing... for some reason I'm scared. I don't like when I'm eating differently from the people I have to feed. It's too much temptation. I'm good at not being tempted but don't want to have to deal with it like that. What happens if during a hormone imbalance I GET tempted. That's just very not cool. So this is what I did.... I cooked about 30 meal portions for Precise. My kitchen looked like a catering space yesterday. I made things I know he likes and he can eat the same thing over and over and be ok with it. He has lasagna, ziti, red beans and rice and tuna casserole. Clearly our trips around the world are temporarily over.... Cise is taken care of, yet I'm still inside nervous. I've been doing this for 15...