by Julieanne New | Dec 3, 2011 | Health, Inner & Outer, Interests, Youth & Vitality
I’m a foodie. Seems like I’ve been one forever so maybe I came out of the chute that way. I know I bugged my working single mom to teach me to cook and soon I was making home cooked meals at age 11 or 12. I never stopped cooking. My love of food continued and grew. So it’s no surprise to anyone who knows me that any vacation is going to include great food, preferably gourmet food. Luckily my husband loves food too. He’d have to love food or I wouldn’t have married him. I stopped dating a guy because he didn’t eat onions! read...
by Julieanne New | Nov 13, 2011 | Energy Healing, Health, Inner & Outer
I’ve had an overriding thought for several days. Some of you may know I’m one of hundreds of Reconnective Healing practitioners. And a few of you also know how powerful this work is even though you may not understand how it works. I have some news for you. Many of us who do this work including Dr. Eric Pearl and the scientists who study this work can’t fully explain it. One of the things we are taught in the training is to learn to say “I don’t know”. read...
by Julieanne New | Sep 18, 2011 | Health, Inner & Outer
While reading the paper this morning, I noticed an article about a new wine tasting event here in Ventura. I thought it might be fun to check it out but I knew Ron was working on a big project so I said nothing. He stopped for lunch and saw the article. He tells me what’s going on and asks if I want to go? Of course, I say, with a big grin. Soon we headed out. Always better when it’s his idea! The winery is located in a warehouse unit. The reception area was nice. We were greeted immediately by one of the owners who gave us an introduction to Four Brix Winery. The name came from their travels and their love for four major wine areas of the world: France, Italy, Spain and California. These were considered their 4 sweet spots. They chose brix since measuring brix is part of the wine making process. read...
by Julieanne New | Aug 15, 2011 | Health, Inner & Outer, Youth & Vitality
Markets have always been a driving force in our economy, has it not? So why are the various government bureaucracies doing their best to shut down businesses that came about because a need developed that these small businesses are working to fill. What might that be you ask? Good question. The need is simply families and individuals who want healthier food for themselves and their families and in this particular case, raw milk. I received a blog today that really upset me. I had been thinking about writing a blog on this subject for a couple of days. This solidified the urge. read...
by Julieanne New | Aug 13, 2011 | Health, Inner & Outer
The day was becoming increasingly hotter and hotter. This was by the far the hottest day I had experienced here. As we drove to the next winery, we passed a couple of single horse drawn carriages being driven my Amish men, saw an Amish girl in her blue dress and white bonnet on her bike and another young Amish woman jogging. The country side was full of beautiful looking farms. Soon we were at our last stop. This time the winery was a much bigger enterprise, Raven’s Glenn Winery. It was big and to be honest, I didn’t like the look of it enough to take a picture of it. What a little photo snob I am! We went inside and saw a very long tasting bar. They also had racks and racks of wine. Ray and I went to the bar and Loretta and Rose decided to relax on the porch in the white rocking chairs. read...
by Julieanne New | Aug 10, 2011 | Health, Inner & Outer
Part 3 continues at Rainbow Hills! A pretty pool of water with a fountain in the middle stood in front of buildings and a gazebo shading some picnic tables. Behind the gazebo was a little bed and breakfast I was told. From the wine tasting room to the B&B structure was a open wooden structure that had more picnic tables under the canopy of trees that surrounded this sight. We climbed up the stairs to this funky building. Inside looked like an old time bar, small, wooden. But at one end, there were refrigerators that kept the wine cool for tasting. It was getting hotter. The lady had a German accent. Ray said on Fridays and Saturdays they have steak dinners. They hand you the raw steaks, you pick a table, barbecue it yourself and they bring you the rest of the food to your table. Yellow Butterfly also offers steak dinners on the same nights. read...
by Julieanne New | Aug 7, 2011 | Health, Inner & Outer
I’d been visiting with family, playing with my great nieces, going places with my nieces and my sister, sorting through family photos, attending a funeral, and visiting with high school friends. Monday of my trip was a day to play a real tourist in Ohio! My cousin, Ray, (he’s really my step-cousin but I’m upgrading him to real family because I really like him!) is taking myself, Loretta and Rose (Ray’s mother) to go on some winery tours. When I had told my husband what our plans were for Monday, he chuckled and said “Well, that will be a waste of time!” Guess he felt that Ohio had little to offer in the way of wines! I was going to give Ohio the benefit of the doubt and tour some of the country around where I was born and raised and the best part was I didn’t have to be anywhere near the drama. Selfish you say? Hell, yes, and that was what I needed, a break. I had the morning to myself, got up, made breakfast, had a shower and was ready. read...
by Julieanne New | Jul 5, 2011 | Health, Inner & Outer
So what do you do when you get a call that your niece and great niece that you haven’t seen in several years may be in your almost vicinity for a day or less? There is no question that you want to see them. They are driving in from Ohio. However, making plans isn’t going to work because You aren’t positive you will get a chance to see them. You don’t know if you are going to get an hour or a day They will be one hour away from you and you need to go to them. You only know that the ocean is an important stop to the youngest member. So I start thinking, ok, how long will it take for me to get them and drive to say Santa Monica beach or Malibu? Google to the rescue. With construction on the 405 and times varying from 35 minutes to 1 3/4 hours, I must come up with another plan. read...
by Julieanne New | Jun 19, 2011 | Health, Inner & Outer
Food is important to me. It always has been. I love really good food and I choose not to eat food that I know is not of good quality. Why waste the calories? I have enough problem watching what I eat. Why give my body calories from foods that don’t taste great? If I’m going to gain weight from eating. it better be the best tasting food I can eat. So we like to have our salads made with romaine lettuce leaves, sweet red bell peppers, onions, great tasting quality tomatoes and Persian cucumbers. We make our own salad dressing with salt, pepper, extra virgin olive oil, raspberry vinegar and a good balsamic vinegar. read...
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