Brummet's Conscious Blog

-- Chatter --  Time Management - a funny thing, that. When you find yourself harvesting like a mad-person trying to beat the first frost (which may not happen until Oct 1, but the nights are getting too cold to take the risk). Cleaning crates of half ripe and green tomatoes, flats of peppers, heads of cabbages, bags of leeks, trays of herbs... and processing all of that... Well it is that time of year. Whew!  Here's what we've been up to: 2 huge batches of roja and pepper/tomato sauce were processed last week... and we ate far too many stuffed peppers! (burp!) ...Tuesday found us freezing nearly 40 jalopeno rilenoes for future meals, and a huge batch of pepper/sausage stew. Yesterday I made a huge batch of Italian style tomato sauce, froze a few more containers of pesto, and made a huge batch of beef/cabbage stew. Today I'll be making vegetarian lasagnas and tomorrow I'll be making a batch of eggplant gratin. (* Sure wish I could afford to hire a dish-washer to t...

 -- Quote of the Day -- “ I believe in taking full responsibility for my life on this planet. I don’t differentiate between work and play – I cannot do things that feel wrong to me and on the other hand I cannot do things that feel right all day long either. Whether that involves picking up garbage, volunteering… I believe that    we as a species are evolving to a point where taking responsibility for our surroundings, the planet and each other is becoming an essential way of being. …Life is full of paradoxes… there is so much more to this life, it is so much more complicated than this physical form, and when we realize that it is tremendously inspiring .” ~ Mikaya Heart -July 25 2010    This quote today was taken from a Conscious Discussions talk radio show interview that aired back on July 25, 2010 titled: Proactive Conscious Living - check out the archived interview at your convenience by clicking on the show title above, or visit the links for rec...

-- Quote of the Day --    " What usually happens in the educational process is that the faculties are dulled, overloaded, stuffed and paralyzed, so that by the time that most people are mature they have lost use of many of their innate capabilities. "         ~ R. Buckminster Fuller   -- Conscious Events --   Today, Sept 21st, we celebrate the International Day of Peace across the planet. Such a perfect holiday to bring awareness and education on communication and life skills to ease the effects of conflict. Of course we can never avoid conflict - it is a fact of every-day life, but we do need to be able to agree to disagree peacefully. www.un.org states that this year's theme is to reach out to youth groups, organizations, schools and others - and ask the question: "What are you doing for peace?" An interesting question for sure, and it brings home the fact that it is up to the individual to make this goal a reality. ...

-- Quote of the Day --   “I was taught not to sit back and wait for something to happen – but to make it happen. …Always try your best, and never – ever – give up… because somebody is always on your side. No matter how hard you think your life is, someone somewhere is rooting for you – so don’t ever give up.” ~ Brittany Crawford - July 13 2010 Today's quote was taken from a Conscious Discussions Talk Radio show that aired back on July 13 - re: Children with Disabilities - check it out by clicking on the hyperlinks here. Access recently aired episodes via the sidebar on this blog. -- Brummets In the Media -- Check out the pre-recorded interview with Lillian, released on Sept 20 & 21st, with The Business Authors Show - www.thebusinessauthorsshow.com -- Conscious Living Events -- Child Health Day - (Sept 20) this day was set aside to help people recognize the importance of child health care and to raise awareness to various projects going on to bring health care ...

 -- Quote of the Day -- " Writing is a great comfort to people like me, Who are unsure of themselves, And have trouble expressing themselves properly ." ~ Agatha Christi -- Conscious Living Events -- September is Be Kind to Editors & Writers Month ! Gotta love that! :) There are many things we can do at anytime during the month of September to honor this event. We can send an e-card or kind email expressing our gratitude for networking with others in the industry, pointing out what we appreciate about each individual we are writing to. One thing that I do often is after reading an article, poem or something written that I really enjoyed - I'll follow up on that writer's website, contact them if I can and let them know what I enjoyed about their piece. Writers love hearing from readers, even if you challenge something they've spoken about, or offer corrections, or just communicate with them about the topic - it helps them feel appreciated, respected an...

  -- Quote of the Day --   " A word is not the same with one writer as with another.           One tears it from his guts.   The other pulls it            out of his overcoat pocket ." ~ Charles Peguy   -- World of Writing Interview #28 -- DJ Ashton joins us today to share her experiences with writers groups and to offer advice for other writers in today's installment of the World of Writing interviews. *Find other writer interviews through the archived post index located in the side bar of this blog.   DJ is a fan of paranormal romance genres, but in her personal life she is passionate about the environment, animals and putting an end to domestic violence. During her down time, she enjoys hobbies like " cooking, crocheting, and holding the couch in place ". :) She holds an Associate in Science degree in the field of Criminal Justice, and is the proud mother of...

-- Quote of the Day -- " If you change the way you look at things, The things you look at change ." ~ Wayne Dyer -- Chatter -- Whew! Fall is such a busy time of year. Drum-it Percussion is starting up in full swing as of Oct 1st - and we are busily getting ready for that. The Trash Talk - It's Easy Being Green series is just about to be released, and our site has been getting upgrades for about a month now. These site upgrades will continue for a couple more weeks before we get the site where we want it to be. :) ...The garden's eggplant peak harvest is nearly over; the tomatoes are coming into their peak harvest now, as well as the peppers. Seed harvesting is also going on; planting for winter crops... and the huge messy task of processing the harvests :) Well, the freezer is filling up and we're in our bliss that is for sure. And I'm proud to say the garden shed extention is finally finished. Hard work? Sure! But a pleasure just the same... we garden...