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• I think I just need less sleep, but I’m so used to getting a lot more sleep that it’s messing with my mind. And bitt is right – kava is wonderful if you can’t sleep and you need to sleep. I may try that this week, actually. I haven’t had a good nigh…

  in I am going crazy: insomnia and low fat diet? Comment by littlebirdie
• me, too! I just figured it was something else, perhaps stress, but I’m wide awake, it’s 3:30 a.m. and I’ve been tossing and turning all night… as usual. I just am not sleeping well. Now I wonder if it’s the low fat.

  in I am going crazy: insomnia and low fat diet? Comment by littlebirdie
• Here’s a link to the Waldorf Conference I’m taking: http://www.informedfamilylife.org/waldorf_confe… Anyone else want to go? It looks like a blast!

  in Raw Homeschooling Comment by littlebirdie
• mamamilk – thanks for the tips! I’m going to take a Waldorf Conference in Boulder this October, I just signed up. I’m excited about it! I am definitely in the “unschooling” camp – as a trained Expeditionary Learning teacher (the school comes from Ou…

  in Raw Homeschooling Comment by littlebirdie
• Bitt, I wish we could have taught in the same school this past year, it sounds like we have similar beliefs and styles. My students loved me, and the parents did, too. When I gave my resignation at the end of the year, the entire 7th grade student b…

  in Raw Homeschooling Comment by littlebirdie
• Hi, I have two boys, ages 13 (grade 9) and 11 (grade 6). I am a certified teacher who taught 8th grade in the public schools last year. I will be homeschooling my boys for the first time this fall. I’m excited about it, and they are, too. I was my o…

  in Raw Homeschooling Comment by littlebirdie
• Righty

  in Handedness... Comment by littlebirdie
• It’s been hot here, too, in the 90s, which is unusual for my area of New Mexico. I’m at 6500’ elevation, in the northeast quadrant where the Rockies dip down to the Great Plains. Usually it doesn’t reach higher than 75 in the summer. We’re all enjoy…

  in Raw Moms Comment by littlebirdie
• mamamilk – they are coming out of the system… with a twist. My son, 13, is going into 9th grade. He skipped a grade and is extremely book smart. So is my youngest, 11, who will be going into 6th grade. I was 13’s teacher this past year, so that work…

  in Raw Moms Comment by littlebirdie
• Homeschooling – yay!! I’m going to be homeschooling my two boys, both now raw, one 13, one 11. I was teaching 8th grade in the public school until this June, and now am writing full time. : ) I’m a single mom, been raw for 5 months, and am currently…

  in Raw Moms Comment by littlebirdie
• bitt, I have wondered that, too. They are so cheap right now in my area. I am wondering if they are okay to use, or if there is something odd about them.

  in mature coconuts Comment by littlebirdie
• Also, my two boys are now 100 percent raw. :) We did it! So yeah, they are learning the fine art of bartering and mono-meals, ha ha ha ha!

  in Man, this raw foods diet is expensive... Comment by littlebirdie
• When I first went raw, I had serious sticker shock, too! I am a single mom, working my butt off to provide for my family. I am all raw, and high fruit. I don’t do well with nuts, they make my tummy hurt. I made a few ground rules, maybe they will he…

  in Man, this raw foods diet is expensive... Comment by littlebirdie
• I’ve been on a three week (so far) juice fast/feast/fest, but I’m with everyone in spirit! I stuck to 80-10-10 for all of July until I started the fast, and I never felt better. It wasn’t even that difficult to switch to it, as I had found that I wa…

  in august 80/10/10 support group Comment by littlebirdie
• Moth, RawKidChef is right. Coconut water has no fat. Here’s the nutritional breakdown: http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts/nut-and-seed…

  in august 80/10/10 support group Comment by littlebirdie
• Poor baby! I hope your finger is feeling better this morning, Bitt. I had a nasty run-in with a blender a few months back now, and I was cut up. Raw food IS dangerous! Dangerously fun! So. What was the meal?! We must know! Did you eat the sliced bit…

  in warning: raw food diet dangerous Comment by littlebirdie
• I live in a place with a harsh, long winter. I live in the mountains. I am looking into getting a grow dome so that I can have year-round fresh, local produce. Most of our produce comes from Mexico, of course, which is just six hours south. I am wor…

  in Sustainability and Raw diets Comment by littlebirdie
• Pain is the reason I got into raw foods. Three years ago a drunk driver hit my Miata. He was traveling over 90 miles per hour. I was spun off the road, rolled, and landed upside down in ditch. I walked away from the wreck, a miracle, but had two sha…

  in Raw Foods and Pain... Comment by littlebirdie
• I am a mushroom hunting expert! I have given classes on how to safely look for edibles. The key for new hunters is to look for those mushrooms that don’t have poisonous look-a-likes. Some mushrooms are easy to identify, and safe. I wouldn’t recommen…

  in Be Careful Foraging! Comment by littlebirdie
• Bitt, I am having this problem a few times a week. :) Not with my family, but with other folks. Since I write for the local paper, I often meet interview subjects “for lunch” or “for tea.” I didn’t know how to handle it. In this New Mexican cowboy t…

  in family...supportive but misguided a little Comment by littlebirdie
• I made a great solar dehydrator. I found plans online – it was pretty easy to build. It only cost me 5 dollars to make. I used salvage materials and only had to buy some small hardware. There’s no timer, but nothing beats free energy. :)

  in Food dehydrator??? Comment by littlebirdie
• Okay, I’m actually doing this so far. I thought I would cave today. My daughter and her partner are visiting, and I took them out for brunch. I ate fruit! I did it! I didn’t make a big deal out of it, either, just ate fruit. They had other stuff, an…

  in 100% raw for 30 days...whose in with me??? Comment by littlebirdie
• Can I join in? I”m a little late to the party! I’ve been having trouble accessing the site. My daughter and her partner are arriving today. They’re road-tripping from California. I’m nervous, because when I attended her graduation last month I went …

  in 100% raw for 30 days...whose in with me??? Comment by littlebirdie
• Moth, hope you’re feeling better today. You’ve been doing incredible things – keeping a solid raw diet, transitioning to an 811 lifestyle, and moving through the ordinary things in life that bog even the most buddha-like person down. You’re doing gr…

  in Slight relapse into drugs Comment by littlebirdie
• I love this thread. I am new to raw. This is my forth month or so, with some serious cheatin’ episodes here and there. For me, it’s been trial and error. The first week of raw I thought I needed a dehydrator, a high speed blender, a this, a that. As…

  in The Good Ole Days of Raw Food. Comment by littlebirdie
• I’ve been reading this topic all month. :) And I’ve stuck to it, myself, but haven’t been posting because I wasn’t keeping track of calories. All I’ve eaten is watermelon since the challenge began. I am doing Richard’s Fruitarian Fitness boot camp, …

  in the 'brand spanking' new july 31-day 80/10/10 experience Comment by littlebirdie
• 1/2 medium-sized watermelon two apples 1 mango huge salad with mixed greens, cukes, tomatoes a basket of raspberries a peach Exercise: I walked for two hours straight, not sure how many miles

  in the 'brand spanking' new july 31-day 80/10/10 experience Comment by littlebirdie
• Thanks, el-bo. I’ve been reading these threads with interest. I don’t have the book, and can’t afford the book at the moment as I’m a single mom/public school teacher/writer. But I think I’ve picked up enough here and there to know what to do.

  in the 'brand spanking' new july 31-day 80/10/10 experience Comment by littlebirdie
• Happy 1st of July! I’m IN! I have been eating 811 for two weeks, since I returned from The SAD Binge To End All Binges, ugh. Been feeling pretty darn good! : )

  in the 'brand spanking' new july 31-day 80/10/10 experience Comment by littlebirdie
• nycgrrl, congratulations!! That is wonderful news, and worthy of major kudos! And getting down to the weight you were before kids – wow! I’m sure not there, yet, ha ha. It sounds like you have been making some great, positive changes in your life.

  in Almost clean, and so happy Comment by littlebirdie