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Mares Eat Oats

Mares eat oats
and kids eat oats
and little lambs eat ivy.
Kids’ll eat ivy, too.
Wouldn’t you?

Say it fast and you’ll wonder what you’re saying!

Best of health, naturally,
Nina

Peter Piper’s Peck of Pickled Peppers

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers;
A peck of pickled peppers, Peter Piper picked.
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
Where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

Best of health, tongue twisting,
Nina

Fasting

St. Jerome, A.D. c 342 – 240 said

A fat paunch never breeds fine thoughts.

And

When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.

Best of health, naturally,
Nina

WordPress can Predate Articles

The fact that WordPress can predate and backdate posts has pros and cons.

It’s great, for instance, when you go away on holiday, because you can schedule posts to appear on your blog while you’re gone. You can also backdate a post, so that it appears on the day that it happened, like the day a [...]

Laundry and Dishwasher Nuggets Healthier

The Savings, Naturally webstore is now selling Nellie’s All Natural Laundry dishwasher nuggets and laundry nuggets. We’re using them in our home and really like the way that we no longer have to avoid breathing in dishwasher powder when we shake the box into the dishwasher cups or avoid breathing in laundry powder when we [...]

Mardi Gras aka Pancake Tuesday aka Shrove Tuesday

Shrove Tuesday, Pancake Tuesday, and Mardi Gras are all the same day: the last Tuesday before Ash Wednesday when Lent begins. This is the day we’re allowed to have a feast (sweet and savoury pancakes), a wild party (Mardi Gras), and indulge ourselves. Then, the next day, everything changes.

Lent is the holiday that signifies the [...]

Experimenting with Calcium

For the last little while, my toes have been cramping through the night. I’ve woken up in the mornings and realised that they are sore. I didn’t do anything about these cramps and basically ignored them! Not sensible I now realise.

Then I realised that I wasn’t taking calcium and magnesium with my daily supplements. When [...]

Which is More Hygienic? Intincting or Imbibing?

If you’re a church goer, and a church goer where communion is regularly celebrated, do you intinct or do you imbibe? Aren’t those interesting words?

I’ve been intincting, i.e. I’ve been dipping my wafer into the wine at communion, rather than sipping from the communal chalice. It was a choice based on what I thought I [...]

Why Meditate?

Pema Chodron says:

We don’t sit in meditation to become good meditators. We sit in meditation so that we’ll be more awake in our lives.

page 16, When Things Fall Apart.

Best of health, naturally,
Nina

My Littlest Granddaughter’s Favourite Song

Here’s a link to my littlest granddaughter’s favourite song to go to sleep by!

Best of health, naturally,
Nina