This Post is Dedicated To Jimmy Arrington

As it takes years for our soil to be depleted of nutrients, so does it take years for our bodies to be depleted of nutrients, to keep us sick. At a time of crisis, extreme measures are taken, and they will take us out of crisis, but we must, follow up with the rebuilding so to speak, the renourishing to survive those extreme drugs that have taken us out of crisis. Look at what our so loving mother earth has given us to provide us with those answers.

The Austrian word for sick, is "what are you missing".

I support you in your life saving actions and I love you, Kate

photo by G.A. Jarrell

First Step in Organic Gardening

A simple effective thing that you can do today:

Begin a compost heap. Find an out of the way place in your garden and make a pile of leaves and grass. Save your coffee grounds and filters, fruit peels, tea bags,fruit cores in a milk carton and mix them with the leaves. Throw a handful of dirt on top of the pile and stir it with a shovel. Nature will do the rest.

Each day I will give step by step instructions on how to have an organic garden to feed you and your loved ones.

The Depletion of Our Soil

I ran into a good friend the other day. We live in the same neighborhood. We are also the only ones in the neighborhood that have our own organic gardens. We discussed how our gardens did this year, and how great it would be for the environment, if everyone had an organic garden. Of course that discussion lead to starting a business of putting gardens in for people, and helping them maintain it, and Gaffney named the business "Sun Spots". It will be great someday, when our priorities will be on our health and our children's future health as well.


"In the future, we will not be able to rely anymore on our premise that the consumption of a varied balanced diet will provide all the essential trace elements, because such a diet will be very difficult to obtain for millions of people."
Dr. Walter Mertz, U.S. Department of Agriculture, told to congress in 1977.

Dr. Linus Pauling the two-time Nobel Prize winner states that: "You can trace every sickness, every disease, and every ailment to a mineral deficiency.

Dr. Charles Northen, MD researcher reports that, "In the absence of minerals, vitamins have no function. Lacking vitamins, the system can make use of the minerals, but lacking minerals vitamins are useless."

1992 Earth Summit Statistics

1992 Earth Summit Report* indicate that the mineral content of the world's farm and range land soil has decreased dramatically.

Percentage of Mineral Depletion From Soil During The Past 100 Years, By Continent:
North America 85% **
South America 76%
Asia 76%
Africa 74%
Europe 72%
Australia 55%

* You may remember the 1992 Earth Summit by the fact that President Bush wouldn't sign any of the treaties.

** Some US farms are 100% depleted and some are 60% depleted, the average is 85% depletion as compared to 100 years ago. This is worse than in any other country in the world because of the extended use of fertilizers and "maximum yield" mass farming methods.


Mineral nutrient depletion continues to be a problem in U.S. farm, forest and range soils. This depletion is caused by natural processes, such as weathering and erosion, particularly in the sensitive soils of the southeastern United States. More significantly, throughout the United States, human accelerated depletion is caused by the production of high yield crops and livestock grazing. Those activities cause nutrients to be removed and organic matter to be depleted from the soil's natural cycling system. Moreover, when commercial growers attempt to replenish the soils of only some mineral nutrients by fertilization they may exacerbate mineral nutrient imbalances. While methods exist to replenish the soil of its mineral nutrients there is a relative lack of knowledge on how to identify all deficiencies and to fully correct them. In addition, the lack of an economic incentive to implement long term, soil-building solutions perpetuates the relative fragility and inconsistency of US soils' nutrient supplying power.

Michael Karr, Ph.D.

ARCPACS Certified Professional Soil Scientist

Baby Juan Pablo

Juan Pablo came into this world very quickly. His mother barely made it to the hospital, before he was born. He was hearing impaired, could not nurse, did not respond to anything, rarely cried, had trouble swallowing, and would frequently stop breathing for no apparent reason. Many tests were run, only to show, Pablo was a very healthy baby boy.

I found his first thoracic vertebra, first cervical, and fifth cervical were misaligned, his left jaw, his occiput, temporal, and parietal cranial bones were also misaligned. His stomach was up applying pressure on his sternum, causing him much distress while eating.

Five minutes after Pablo's chiropractic adjustment, and cranio-sacral therapy, he immediately started to nurse, could move his head from side to side, smiled, responded to sound, and had a bowel movement.

I attribute Pablo's problems to a very aggressive birth. Chiropractic care and
Cranio Sacral therapy should be a part of every childbirth. Pass this story to all, so that every child will have the opportunity if needed.

Please say a prayer for Juan Pablo.

Thankyou to LMT Jennifer Bogan for her help with Baby Pablo

Parenting

As I follow Cate Ryba's Blog on her life with Winnie, I find myself thinking, if I only had the technology to blog about my son's life. I think it is beautiful beyond words. My son, now 24, has asked me to let go, and think positive about his endevours. He is celebrating being alive, and traveling the world, I here, wait for his calls, and emails, to know he is ok. I love him with my heart and soul. I remember, as I watch Cate with Winnie, changing diapers, and lacking sleep, thinking, when will I be me again, and now that I have "me" again, I long for those intimate days of snuggling, embracing, holding, and reading to my child the books that would make him smile.

My message to all, is to love the present time, for it will pass, and as you look back, you will know, you have loved.

La Menque By Idrissa Ouednago

A Misdiagnosis

A 44 year old male, teacher and coach, fun loving full of energy, father of 2, and wonderful husband. His trouble started after the holidays one year. It began with a sore throat, followed by a decrease in energy, his legs ached, and he just did not feel like himself. He went to the doctor, and had tests run, only to find after a variety of tests, nothing was found. His doctor informed him it must be depression and sent him to a Psychiatrist.
The Psychiatrist prescribed anti depressants, and sent him home. Two weeks on the drug, he began having panic attacks, another drug for that was prescribed. Three weeks on those two drugs, and his blood pressure sky rocketed, head aches, and he began to slur his words. More drugs for high blood pressure, and of course pain medication for the headaches, and oh yes, anti siezure medication for the slurring. Let's see, that would be 5 drugs prescribed.
The principal of the school threatened to fire him, his wife threatened to leave him, his life was falling apart. One of his fellow workers suggested he make an appointment with me. Out of desperation, he did, a year later.
I found mono. Yes, mononucleosis. It makes sense doesn't it. I mean, he was a teacher and coach at a high school. Mono is highly contagious and only shows up in a blood test about 15% of the time.

We treated the virus, strengthened his adrenal glands with nutritional supplements, and he began to get his life back. The hardest part was getting off the drugs his body was now addicted to, after all, it had been a year.
The great news is, he succeeded in weaning off the drugs in about 6 months, and is doing just fine.