The Return to All Natural and Organic - Essential Cane

Hi Followers.

I have neglected the feel good All Natural/Organic healthier way of life for a while. See I got this job where it is really hard to not stress - eat and not much offered in the store is good for me. That statement could be all encompassing, and I'm not the black sheep of my co-workers in this thought train either. I mean the poor ventilation in the building is reason enough alone to feel sick, and to have a daily headache from the inability to take fresh water breaks dries up your heart. Not to mention the fluorescent lights, the occasional mean comment from customers... oh boy I digress. I also have this mild allergy to nuts and basically if I want something semi good for me there, it contains nuts. (no pun intended, but highly amusing!) Happy health wise it's misery. The upside is I get to make pretty crafts all day, so until the "Biz" picks up for me again... here's where I am, most days, with an non intentional glue high.

I have decided to honor less of the paper tissues in the box crying it out, and to heathify my inner body tissues by flushing the toxic stuff I have let invade my body for the past year. I'm back on the organic/all natural hay ride of nutrition :) I never stopped buying Organic Sugar however, so there is the one constant. And without further verbose delay here is my new favorite thing:

It's an all natural cane sugar called "Essential Cane." Aye Ca rumba the Raspberry flavor parties on my tongue buds. It all started because I wanted to put a pure Madagascar vanilla bean in my organic sugar cane granules to make my coffee taste like "French Vanilla" in a real way. (OMG $25 for 8 oz!) And then I found this on the shelf at Market Basket (photo). For copyright issues I would like you to take a moment to check out their photo on their website since when I buy this sugar, it is gone before I think to take a picture.

They have plenty of flavors! Now, here is the drawback of this most delicious raspberry sugar. There is only one. The raspberry seeds floating at the top of your coffee. It TASTES amazing, and is well worth the skimming of the seeds off the surface. I found it works best if you skim before you splash in your half and half/creamer/milk/soy/Vario/Lactaid/eggnog/Organic Cow (now owned by Horizon). I'm not a seed snob, but it equates to crunching on coffee grounds in the bottom of your cup, only it happens at the top. FLOATERS!

Once you get past the seeds...

Oh sorry I zoned out in raspberry flavored coffee heaven.

Check out their whole deal here. Suggest to your local grocery to carry it, if you can still do that sort of thing these days. :) Until next time, love from me and Jasmoos Kitty. (who scarfs up Newman's Own wet catfood daily. NOM.)

P.S. I splash Horizon Vanilla small lunchbox size milks into my coffee when I make Starbucks Instant Coffee at work, just an FYI. So the good.

Blogs to come

Hello Monster of Some followers. I am gathering information on my next series of blogs which are going to be about film industry people and their passions off set. This business is one where it does us good to have time consuming hobbies. Otherwise, and I am speaking for myself here, we would go insane during the unwanted months of time off collecting funemployment.

I started this blog when I was recovering from what shouldn't have been, but turned into a life threatening case of gallbladder stones and attacks. Having the wrong health insurance in Massachusetts will get you killed. F the state health insurance, get yourself Blue Cross Blue Shield or they'll let you die. I am serious. I almost died. I would miss you, so switch your insurance TODAY. I could have blogged about that, but instead it was more fun while recovering to talk about what I was up to and my new found passion for all natural and organic foods. So my time-off hobbies include lots of connection with nature, because the Earth is my passion, this is why I live somewhere that there is the Atlantic ocean on one side and the sprawling Walden woods on the other. I'm so happy to be here.

So it's only NATURAL haha, that I would after almost losing it, reclaim my life and try to be true to sustainable practices in my own life, but celebrate others who do so also. I'm happy that all the opportunities that came my way this year were (are) positive, and those that were not so pleasant or easy to understand ended up being the fertilizer and sunshine to help me grow.

I have also become quite the survey taker in my time off, and deal finder. I soon will be heading to a rock gym to climb rocks, which I have ALWAYS wanted to do! I am making plans to visit Acadia Park this coming year and and stowing away money for both my Scenic Artist exam, so I can have my scenic card and for my life long dream of going on a South American rain forest tour with either the Sierra Club, World Wildlife Federation, or some other (portions of my cash go to conservation) club. I also would like to get more involved with the New England Aquarium again (I worked there for 2 years, it was the best time of my life, besides... you know... working in film alongside Hoyt Yeatman and David Goldberg in VFX...) My plan is to have the survey taking pay for at least the airfare or cruise fare... and scenic painting to complete my soul by making art, and the organic eating and research to feel better about reducing the toxins in my body, and of COURSE blogging so I can feel more connected to my friends, family and blog followers. I want to hear your feedback and I want to read your blogs and thoughts so don't forget to tell me about your stuff! And your life! Share!

Without further adieu ~ The first blog in this series is going to be about the passion of a dear friend of mine in the biz, Nicole Anderson (Local 481 Craft Service). I will be interviewing her soon about her unique violet jelly she makes by plucking violets from Claire Severence's (Producer/Set PA for the exposure) all natural backyard. It's going to be great so please check back... I am going to try to get it up this Thursday!

Three Wines, Six Hours Later. Part 1.

Forage into Organic Wine
Ever had a Cliff Bar? Ever taste its grain goodness? Oatmeal, soy, the general organic mish mesh of brownies or peanut butter, and nuts of all kinds? Ever have a Luna Bar? I live off those things. Candy bars with vitamins right? Well those Cliff Climber Lunatic Nuts also have a wine. (I know! I just found out too!)
I love white wine, so nach I chose The Climber vin 2007. Now I like my wine, but I’m not a fancy Sommelier, and don’t know the protocol or the verbage the wine tasters of the word use to talk about wine. The best I do is write it all down in a book I keep close by on wine tasting nights. Bear with me. If you would like to hear what Cliff says about it, click the above link before you are horrified by my description.
Non-snobs who are still reading… this is definitely for you. There is nothing snobby about this wine. It’s exactly the same flavorful experience you get with the bars. It more like Raisins meet Grape peels. Definitely on first sniff and sip you are tasting clean air, fresh oatmeal cooked slow, and next time I go climb say Mount Tom in Western Mass, or Mt Washington… I’m sneaking this up the mountain. Prolly go for the red wine for mountain top. Food takes you places. Why shouldn’t I return the favor. I feel like this wine should be experienced under the stars. It’s definitely crisp like a New England Fall night, clear, full of crickets and wind blowing through trees with a fire and a few of your best outdoorsy, don’t care if you washed your hair today friends. And it’s blended from four different varietals, so it’s already used to good company, and I bet it would love your company. Highly recommend.