Recommendation: If you are free of nut-allergies, buy two handfuls of almonds and soak them overnight in a jar of water. Rinse the next day. Also, cut up some fresh ginger root, bring to a boil, and simmer for at least 30 minutes, longer if you have time. Then pour the ginger water on top of the almonds in a blender (the ratio should be 3:1 almonds:H2O) and blend until the almonds are chopped up entirely and the liquid is white. Strain out the almond and ginger remains and mix with dried fruit and nut-butter, honey, spirulina and flax and whatever else you want to include and roll into balls. Then use the almond-ginger milk as a milk substitute and tasty beverage, especially with a bag of tea and some raw honey, hot.
Yes friends, life is wonderful here. As intense as I can stand, but truly transformative. I am learning so much and doing so much that I won't have time to absorb much until I leave, (please don't ask what I plan to do when I leave. The only definite plan is Italy in September, but beyond and before that I really can't say, and will tell you when I know.)
Beyond the information that I'm collecting-which is too much for me to continue writing in detail-some highlights include:
A pool and a hot-tub that we can use anytime, especially popular on the way home from work and at dusk when the stars begin to appear.
Free tinctures
An amusing and loveable farm crew
A bond that will be difficult to part from. Our group lives as an organism, each of us an organ within the whole. When one of us isn't feeling well, the rest of us feel it. It has been a great lesson to learn to maintain my own well-being amongst so many other moods.
Unbelievably beautiful bike rides-including a 40 minute ride home in the dark with just 2 headlights for 4 people. The roads are so empty that we didn't have to worry about traffic, and all that could be seen were the stars up ahead and the light in the distance, following the silhouette of the person in front. It was magical.
Hope your list of good-things is just as long!
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