Appreciate all things given to me & done for me, here, now.

Thank you.

This post acquired a number of typos – the “word gnomes” of IRC all over again. I have corrected a number of small typos as of today, June the 3rd (2021).

Vegetable juicing is one of the healthiest things I know – literally.

After juicing for years – beyond using a masticating juicer ((or better)); beyond using fresh, organic produce; beyond juicing dark leafy greens because they’re usually healthiest; beyond storing it for 24 hours or less preferably-in-glass in the fridge; beyond using volumizers like celery and cucumber to make the bitter greens tastier; I came up with 3 of my own ways of making juicing healthier, tastier, & easier:

Juicing Idea #1: Extend the life by adding fermented brines.

I don’t have lab equipment, but you can taste when a juice has gone bad usually, & I was able to extend the life of my juices by about 3x by adding 1oz of lactofermented brines like homemade pickle juice or homemade fermented cherry tomatoes with basil leaves’ brine per serving of juicing I kept in the fridge. This helps quite a bit when you otherwise have to juice every day or every other day.

It’s also pretty healthy.

Idea #2: Extend the life & deliver more nutrients into your cells by adding Himalayan salt to your juices, & make your juices taste better.

Sodium is an important electrolyte, & it helps deliver more nutrients into your cells. 

It also is one of the world’s oldest preserving agents, & Himalayan salt is all natural (as is sea salt).

Adding to that, this makes your juices taste better, when salted    to taste. That is one of the barriers to juicing often.

Which brings me to: 

Juicing Idea #3: Make your juice palatable *healthily* by adding mint. 

I just tried this. My juices go from about a 7 for flavor to about a 9 or 10.

That’s it! Enjoy your 50% life-chance increases!

Joe.

Debussy all-around but this Debussy specially is the gentlest music I’ve ever found.

We, the countries infighting, are just doing a thing – as partners in a loving relationship might say, we are working thru a challenging time – it is a time of personal growth for us.

Joe

P.S. I can just hear a grace-filled fellow person say, because I want more jewels in my crown, I must earn, not take, them.

Such is acquirement.

(Updated October 24th, 2017.)

America; my favorite country:

Land of  Joseph Mercola. Of Bob Dylan. of e.e. cummings . . .  Of Helen Keller. Of Jack Kerouac.  Of Thomas Edison. Of Martha Stowe. Of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Of hippies & bohemians . . .

Land of New York City. ‘Frisco Bay. Boulder, Colorado.

Land of democratic republicanism. Land of rock & roll. Land of freedom of religion, land of freedom of the press, land of free love.

Land of cars, planes, power, phonographs, phones, washing machines, computers, internet, social media, pizza.

& The land of thousands of years to come. Bless us & bless the world.  

Happy Columbus Day.

Greetings.

The recent hurricane activity provides us a grounds for gathering some of the necessities of life for ANY kind of foreseen or unforeseen disaster.

I have studied the philosophy of life enough to have some basics familiar to me, that are used by possibly every person I’ve ever known.

Things like bodily health & also heartfelt happiness are needs & therefore interests of possibly every person I’ve ever met; actualizing those basic desires with food & principles, respectively, are arts that are some amount known. This is my collection of obvious essentials meeting our desires. Copying this checklist or browsing a shopping site at the same time is probably a good idea.

□ A water filter & water. “LifeStraw” makes a family unit that serves a family of four 3 years’ worth of filtration for clean, drinkable water. There is a “community” one for about 22 people for 3 years, for 429 dollars. The family water system is 75; water jugs can also be delivered & stored for drinking, washing up & doing dishes.

□ A generator & enough fuel. Store your fuel safely, some fuels require certain procedures for safe storage, such as gasoline.

□ Money. A supply of money will help pad & in some cases wholly protect against problems.

□ Transport & fuel supply for it stored safely. You would need water, food, fuel, & health supplies that will not always be nearby.

□ Fuel. From generators to transportation to furnaces, fuel would be in demand.

□ Seeds, long-term storage food (such as rice, canned soups & vegetables), grocery money, & even chickens & fishing poles (& lures & hooks) & mushrooms are also potentially lifegiving things in the event of a catastrophe. Sprouts & herbs can be grown indoors in inarable climates. A greenhouse could be like Mecca were you able to pony up the fuel. Hens can each produce up to 300 eggs per year. It is possible a fish farm would be viable. A wise investment also could be a manual vegetable juicer (one you turn with your hand, say) for keeping healthy.

□ Portable heaters, and/or fans, and/or blankets, and/or ifrestarter, and/or firewood, and/or tinder. Warmth, or in air with heat, soothing cool, is basically a necessity for us. The generator & fuel (stored safely) show up here too.

□ Health supplies like oral care products, soaps & cleaners, band-aids, birth control & tampons, natural antibiotics, fermented probiotic foods, anti-inflammatories & pain pills, disinfectants, medications, stress relievers & sunblock, as well cosmetic tools like scissors & razors, are mostly-all cheap & in the case of helping us prevent & treat tooth abcesses & kidney infections, essential.

□ Lights, such as flashlights, lamps, & candles, & fuel for them as well as lighters and/or matches, and/or firestarter.

□ Clothes & bedding. Warm; cool; washable & durable. Consider bedding & pillows that are easier to wash, such as those made from certain synthetic materials, were washing to become difficult.

□ Books, data, communications, & paper.goods Survival handbooks would be great to keep 2 copies of: one for you & one for a friend. Computers – & if internet, power were down, data and/or power – radios & phones offer a backbone of resistance against disasters & needs created thereby. Paper, pens, files & the like can be used for budgeting, garden plotting, medical records, communications & recreational thinking. The software organization “Kiwix” offers up Wikipedia, Wikinews, medical media, & advice forums for topics offline. Having these books, communications technologies & data would mean you wouldn’t be shut off from many strangely-needed items of knowledge. The data would be great as a harddrive (for sale).

□ Data backups of survival, personal, & other valuable information across drives, offline & also off-site is advised. Consider M-Disc technology & also micro- or normal print-offs.

□ the Bible or preferred religious work. Tempests require great – & also smart – strength & wisdom. Some of the most time-tested wisdom is a great resource for any man, woman, or child.

□ Having a plan to make money in the event of an extended disaster, & other sketches of plans to cope without power or other essentials, would probably be a reasonable investment of your time.

□ Condoms, scents, & make-up may be life essentials we are accustomed to that with a rapid forethought & preparing, you do want.

□ Community teaching supplies – paper, pens, white or chalk board, to teach others survivalism methods & discuss ideas are extra-curricular that some people, somewhere would have to take up. That is something you’d know, & could prepare for: having something to share.

Prioritize, invest, & take a minute to get your ducks in a row. Your family & even community could thank you.

I appreciate your reading.
Joe.