A better world is now

It is important to keep your electric toothbrush clean.About 6 years ago I noticed that I was getting a chronic sore throat and could not understand why.It never occurred to me that it was caused by my electric toothbrush.

I always cleaned the bristles on the toothbrush head and I replaced the head when it became worn and ineffective.I kept noticing a bad smell in my bathroom which I thought was coming from the drain in the sink,so I would pour some bleach down the drain periodically,but it didn’t’ seem to make any difference.One day I was on a mission to find out where the smell was coming from and get rid of it forever,when I narrowed it down to my toothbrush.Yuk!I removed the head of my toothbrush and discovered that there was nasty slime inside the toothbrush itself.I was horrified! I thought that washing the bristles every night was sufficient,but did not realize that bacteria was building up inside the toothbrush itself. The brush has openings under the bristles that allow drainage into the rest of the toothbrush.

After doing a little research on what kinds of things can grow in a toothbrush. I found out that yeasts and molds, and bacteria such as strep, staph,salmonella, and E. coli can easily grow on and in your toothbrush.No wonder my throat was sore!It doesn’t take long for these kinds of things to grow so, I not only clean the bristles of my toothbrush daily,but I take it apart at least once a week and sterilize the inside of the bristle head and the inside of the handle that it fits into.I have found that rubbing alcohol does not work as well as bleach and a cotton swab.After I clean it really good inside and out, I rinse it with water to remove any of the bleach and let it dry really good over night before I use it again.

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A sign of the times is the GMO’s,Genetically Modified foods,that we are consuming today.Monsanto is one of the biggest offenders.Pesticides are built right into our foods and these pesticides are killing ,bees,birds,and other creatures as well.The subject of bees becoming extinct is for another blog post,but lets just say that without them we won’t be around.Corn originated here on what Native Americans call Turtle Island and what others know as the Americas.The original unmodified varieties have complex nutritional value, unlike the GMO corns that we are seeing in the grocery stores and fields today that are mostly starch and sugar.Ever wonder why corn was such an important staple to so many Native American people? Can you imagine living off of the corn that we buy in the grocery stores today?Many of the indigenous varieties of corn are still available thanks to the efforts of Native American nations preserving their ancient corn varieties and also other individuals who are “seed savers” that not only save the seeds,but also grow the seeds,in order to preserve them for the future.If our food becomes so modified that it becomes dangerous for our health as well as losing its nutritional value, just so big business can mass produce more of it in order to make money,we will be signing the death warrant for the whole planet and future generations to come.

This is happening and many people are either not aware of it or do not realize the impact of it.This is not the legacy that we want to leave for our children, grandchildren and the next 7 generations to come.

Try the inside of a banana peel!

When I was a child there was a nurse who lived down the road from us who taught us to rub the inside of a banana peel over our poison ivy outbreaks.For years I forgot about that remedy until I started noticing that my cuts and scrapes didn’t heal up as fast as they used to.I am a Massage Therapist and the last thing I need is any open cuts on my arms or hands.

I buy organic bananas and usually have one every morning with my breakfast.I started using the inside of the peel of the bananas on any cuts that I have and I was amazed at how quickly they heal up.

The inside of the banana peel is soothing,coats the area,seals it,and heals it with just a couple days.

Tick season is almost here.
This is a good way to safely remove them.

A School Nurse has written the info below — good enough
to share — And it really works!

“I had a pediatrician tell me what she believes is the best
way to remove a tick. This is great, because it works in
those places where it’s some times difficult to get to with

tweezers: between toes, in the middle of a head full of dark
hair, etc.”

“Apply a glob of liquid soap to a cotton ball. Cover the tick
with the soap-soaked cotton ball and swab it for a few
seconds (15-20), the tick will come out on its own and be

stuck to the cotton ball when you lift it away.  This
technique has worked every time I’ve used it (and that
was frequently, and it’s much less traumatic for the
patient and easier for me.”

“Unless someone is allergic to soap, I can’t see that this
would be damaging in any way.

“Upon suffering beyond suffering; the Red Nation shall rise again and it shall be a blessing for a sick world. A world filled with broken promises, selfishness and separations. A world longing for light again. I see a time of seven generations when all the colors of mankind will gather under the sacred Tree of Life and the whole Earth will become one circle again.

In that day there will be those among the Lakota who will carry knowledge and understanding of unity among all living things, and the young white ones will come to those of my people and ask for this wisdom. I salute the light within your eyes where the whole universe dwells. For when you are at that center within you and I am [at?] that place within me, we shall be as one.”

- Crazy Horse

After reading the blogs about possible radiation making its way to the U.S.from Japan,I went to a local health food store and bought some kelp tablets.If I knew that I was really being exposed to a lot of radiation, I would be taking six times the dosage that I am currently taking.  I figure that if taking one kelp tablet a day makes me feeling like I am protecting myself from low levels of radiation, and it is good  for my thyroid anyway, than it is a good thing.

With so many extreme weather changes and the recent earthquake tsunami disaster in Japan, many of us are talking about how to be prepared.I have been reading various blogs.Some with knowledgeable nuclear scientists giving their assessment of the situation in Japan and whether they think that the U.S. is receiving dangerous levels of radiation as a result of the meltdown of Japan’s reactors.I know some people who have taken the fears about 2012 seriously and have been storing food, water, candles,medicines, etc. for some time.I really have not felt the need to think in full blown survivalist mode, at least not yet anyway.Everyone has their personal beliefs and ways of dealing with things and I won’t get into all that here.

This is my short version of how I look at it right now…the Mayans never predicted the end of the physical world, they spoke in terms of cycles.We know that we are in the process of a planetary alignment that happens every 26,000 years and that it brings great change.We know the polar ice caps and glaciers are melting and raising sea levels, we know that some of the recent big earthquakes have changed the earth’s axis.I could on on and on, but the big question is “what can we do about all this?”

I think at the most basic common sense level, we would all be smart to maintain a month’s supply of food that does not need refrigeration, water,long burning candles,lighters,first aid kit,duct tape,weather radio, and any other basic items that would help you and your family through a month without electricity,possibly heat,a grocery store, and having to stay indoors.FEMA has all this information on their website www.fema.gov/

There are some amazing healing plants growing wild that most people regard as weeds.I have always had great results with Burdock.Rule of thumb is to pick a leaf about the size of your hand.Make a strong tea out of it and it will boost your immune and cure what ails you.At least it always works that way for me.When I had a some healthy Burdock growing wild outside of my cabin in the woods, I would just go out and pick a leaf and make some tea whenever I had been around people who had the flu or a virus and by the next day I would be good as new, I never got sick.
When it comes to medicinal plants growing in the wild,you do have to be sure of what you are picking.Anybody see the movie “Into the Wild”? That was worst case scenario,but I had my own unpleasant experience once when I thought I had identified a plant correctly and hadn’t.I was visiting family and felt like I was feeling achy like I was coming down with something so I was looking for some plants on the property to make a medicinal tea out of. There was a huge Star Anise bush growing by the house so I decided to make a tea from that.I will have to say that it was one of the best tasting teas that I ever made, so I drank it all.I went outside to rake leaves after that and forgot all about drinking the tea until about an hour later when I started to feel dizzy and weird.By the time I got back in the house I was throwing up uncontrollably and hallucinating.I called a nurse friend who advised me to get some charcoal tablets and take them to absorb the poison.I didn’t feel like I was going to die or anything, but it was pretty unpleasant.The visuals were interesting though.
After that I did some research on Star Anise and found out that there is an ornamental variety that has shiny leaves and is poisonous. Well, guess which one I made my tea out of? Rule of thumb,stay away from plants with shiny leaves when it come to making medicine.I thought that I would never live that one down.Every time I would visit my nurse friend and his wife, he would say,”Hey! I have an idea.Why don’t you go out in the yard and make some tea?!” lol