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Happy Fourth of July!!!

I can hear the sound of fireworks popping like food exploding in a microwave. The blasts fill the night air.

It’s the fourth of July, Independence Day.

Happy Fourth!!!

Carol Chapman

Happy Canada Day!!!

What can I say? This is Canada Day! A day for families, picnics and celebrations in Canada.

Happy Canada Day!!! Have a great time!

Carol Chapman

Brine Pickles and Nourishing Traditions

My family used to like to make brine-pickled cucumbers. These are delicious traditional pickles made by my grandparents, the recipe handed down for generations. The liquid or kvass is considered a medicinal drink.

My mother always said that she did not know why, but the cucumbers would not turn into pickles unless you used organic cucumbers.

I learned the hard way that she was right. When I put together brine, cucumbers, garlic, and fresh dill as she had instructed me, it turned into a smelly, slimey mess.

“Did you use organic cucumbers?” she asked me.

“Honestly, Mom, I didn’t think it could possibly matter,” I said.

“Now you know,” she said. She was right.

I’ve just discovered why non-organic cucumbers don’t work. The explanation is in Sally Fallon’s excellent cookbook, Nourishing Traditions. Organic pickles have more enzymes and cucumbers will not ferment if they don’t have enough enzymes.

This is a fantastic cookbook, full of nutritional advice and explanations for the nutritional basis of our grandparents’ wisdom in the kinds of foods they prepared.

You can read more about research into traditional nutrition on the Price-Pottenger Nutrition Foundation web site at:

http://www.ppnf.org.

They also have a number of free downloadable articles.

Carol Chapman

Just Do It!

Today, in my Edgar Cayce Search for God Study Group meeting, we discussed a passage that comes from the New Testament in which we are told that is it our job to sow the seeds knowing that some will fall on poor soil and will not thrive, some will fall among brambles and get choked out, and some will fall by the wayside and will not germinate. However, we are assured that some will fall on fertile soil and produce fantastic results. We are reminded that God gives the increase, not us.

I find this very helpful when I need to undertake new projects and when I meet with new groups. I wonder, will my ideas be helpful and appreciated? Will my ideas be welcomed? Will people accept me? Will my suggestions be of benefit to others? Well, the above passsage tells me not to concern myself with the outcome. The results are with Creative Forces. Just do it!

Bye-bye to B.C.

I’ve had a wonderful week and a half in British Columbia taking beautiful nature photographs for next year’s Edgar Cayce Divine in Nature calendar. This really is a stunningly photogenic part of the world with its waterways and mountains. Now, it’s off to home . . . and the lovely beaches of the East Coast.

Photography on the West Coast

I’m in British Columbia now and will be taking photographs for the 2010 Divine in Nature: With Inspirational Quotes from Edgar Cayce wall calendar. The scenery here is gorgeous.

More Images for the Edgar Cayce Calendar

Here are three more thumbnails I may or may not use in the calendar pages of the 2009 Divine in Nature: with Inspirational Quotes from Edgar Cayce by Carol Chapman. I love these pictures:

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A.R.E. Visit

Today I visited some lovely people at Edgar Cayce’s A.R.E. in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Had a great time!

Carol Chapman

Photographs for Edgar Cayce Calendar

Today I’ve been working on the thumbnails that go on the calendar pages of the Divine in Nature: with Inspirational Quotes from Edgar Cayce 2009 Calendar. These images are excerpted from the full page photos accompanying each month of the calendar. I feel so happy with these beautiful images. Here are a sample of a few that I may or may not use:


Sea Lion	Sunflower	Azaleas

Carol Chapman

"Divine in Nature" 2009 Calendar

Today I’ve been working on the “Divine in Nature: With Inspirational Quotes from Edgar Cayce” 2009 calendar. The images I worked on included:

An Alaska water scene
A wild honey bee flying past yellow flowers
A lovely sunflower
A graceful swan
A winter snow scene along the waterfront
The Meditation Garden at Edgar Cayce’s A.R.E.
Denali (Mtn McKinley) with golden-leafed aspens

Carol Chapman

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