i was given a massage the other day with a hand held vibrating massager that made me itchy from the tingling...so i had a scratch...hard but no that hard and not for long...and a coupla hours later i noticed that i have spotty bruising on my arm and back where i scratched. wasn't too concerned as i figured it was just due to the extra bloodflow to the area due to the vibration and that i'd busted some small blood vessels.

Then, in the middle of the night i hada scratch of a spot on my thigh (barely even scratched it...not hard scratching and only for about 3-4 seconds) )and this morning i noticed that i have the same pin point spotty bruising all over the area i scratched.

so i'm thinking i'm iron deficient. any ideas or anyone else experienced this too? BTW i'm 33 and am breastfeeding my almost 7mo daughter (second child).

I find Tasmainian people are like British people...traveling more than 30 mins is a long way to go for anything. Where I grew up in North Qld we traveled between 1 and 6 hours each way to play sport every weekend and 30kms there and back for school everyday Amazing how it's all about perspective isn't it!

Hope you have a nice day Patricia and Co...I'd come if I were in Tassie!

I'm thinking of a trip to ADelaide with the kidlets in early January. Who will be around then. When you coming to Qld Neet? I wanna meet rawbies and have some fun

Are you going to Adelaide Free, are ya? are ya? huh? huh?

thanks for the inspiration Free and Co

Be gentle and loving to myself and others always.

Trust in myself knowing.

mmm, mangoes! I just brought home a 10kg box of ripe, juicy, yummy organic mangoes from work today...just $42!! I'm in heaven. Bhala and I devoured 3 as soon as we got home from work. Ok, well, I devoured them and Bhala was throwing herself at them as I was eating them sucking her little heart out with a deliciously wicked grin on her face. She'd sink her mouth into the flesh so far it was almost going up her nose and then start this snorting, wicked laugh she does! It was so funny I also got a ctn of ripe cavendish bananas...13kg for $32. Heaven, I'm in heaven...

Can't wait for you two to come visit us up here in Sunny Qld Eve and Neety. Will have to bring a box of my magoes to the beach for a mango madness beach party

Thanks Jen

And yes J, Jarrah is a cutie...such a clear energy...healthy kids are so lovely to loo at...well done!

Hey MEgs,

Sounds like we're on a similar path at present

Glad to hear you enjoyed your friend's visit.

See ya round here or JB xo

Show us pics of your kids enjoying fruit in Summer Style...being eaten as nature intended

I've sent Jen two pics to post for me coz i've no idea how to 

Bhala enjoyed her first tastes of black sapote...lots went down to as was evidenced with her black poo that night 



Malakai enjoying a couple of ripe mangoes last summer...and we've just gotten the first tray of this season's organic mangoes so i'm sure there'll be more of this action again this summer 

 

HI Matti,

I may well be up for the first 2 months of this journey! I was planning on packing up and traveling with my daughter during December while my son is at his dad's for 4 week's, then traveling for another month with him also when I get him back on the 2nd January (would fly him to wherever I am in Oz to meet up with us). Don't know how you feel about kidlets on this trip. My two are pretty awesome little souls...very friendly and outgoing so love meeting new people and doing new things. BOth raw in my presence (son eats cooked at his dad's). I understand that some people may not want to travel with children but I hope that raw folk would understand the essence of community is for all ages to be valued and respected.

Anyway, let me know and hopefully we can get this happening and get some other folk onboard

Hey Frangipanni,

You can only listen to them for free within 24hrs of the original broadcast in America. So if you want to listen at your leisure, then you'll need to pay for the download's or DVD's. Check out their site...www.rawkathon.com

Women Who Run WIth The Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes (getting in touch with my essense as a woman)

The 7th Anastasia series book

Unconditional Parenting by Alfie Kohn (best book...i think every person, not just parents, should have to read this book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Buddhism for Mothers by Sarah Napthali

Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior by Chogyam Trungpa (Rinpoche) ...brilliant book

Don Tolmans Farmicist's Reference books

ORganic Gardening by Brisbane Organic Gardening INc

Saghama and N-F...I am so bummed I missed the translator's talks...I've really enjoyed this series. I have all nine books.

Jen...I'm with you on The POwer of Now book...I couldn't be present in the moment enough to read it and would realise i'd read the same paragraph 10 times as my mind had wandered 

every time i ate custard apples when pregnant with Bhala, I would vom them back up about 1/2 hour later! i LOVE custard apples so kept trying and it happened EVERY time...about 10 times all up

Hi Mati,

Welcome It is a great place on this forum isn't it!? I don't hang out here quite often enough...but when I do I love it. I just answered your other thread about a couch to sleep on in Brissy. Hopefully we'll get to meet you in real life next month Till then, enjoy the rawsomeness that is raw foods and enjoy NZ and we'll see you round these parts

Georgia

Hi Mati, We're in Brissy. And may have an empty couch for a rawbie if i am still living here. How long you thinking you'll be in town for?

i really enjyed Karen Knowler's talk...i got lots from it and could really connect with her