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2004 -- May's snippets Sunday 9th May -- Ah, we've had a great few weeks. First we did the Harmonious Living retreat, so great big thanks to Ruth for organising that, and massive thanks to Louis for stepping in at such short notice. He was wonderful, and looked after this pregnant lady, so well, too. Ta, Louis. Then we did the North West Vegan Festival. We had a stall there and I did a talk, too. Loads of mates came over -- Rosie and Richard, Jood, Sara and Alex, Pat, Alan, Sarah and Jenny -- and loads of people who I knew but hadn't met. Wow. A great friendly day all in all. I didn't get chance to look round any of the stalls, my only break was baby-on-bladder loo breaks. Mum did have a quick shufty round and then didn't have a break either. Blimey. So that's my last event of the year. Now all I have to do is finish off one or two projects and put my feet up and make Tiny happy. What a fab life! Big thanks to Mary for organising the festival, she did a wonderful job. What's your beef, Walshy? Oh, this is so funny! When I did my talk at the vegan festival I talked about lots of stuff and mentioned the usefulness of Udo's Oil. I did a Q&A session and this funny looking trainspottery man in a green anorak type-thing jumped up from his seat in the back row, started waving and flapping his arms about and ranting at me that Udo's Oil is a rip-off and why am I recommending it when flax will do? And of course when I tried to answer he wasn't interested, he just ranted even more about there being no papers on the matter (er... who publishes papers on absolutely everything, especially branded non-pharm products??). I smiled at him and thanked him for his opinion. Then he got up in a huff and flounced off. He did unnerve me a bit, I've never been heckled before like that, though I've seen it happen to others. I just thought "What a rude man". A bit later, on my stall, loads of people came up to me, laughing about his behaviour and saying I handled it really well. Nah, looking back on it, I should have said something about him perhaps needing maca to balance his hormones as they're obviously disturbed. Then one guy comes up to me, laughing about that situation and goes "You know who that was, don't you?" Well, I didn't have a clue, except I thought it was someone who obviously has no social skills, can't conduct themselves in public, and wants centre stage when it's someone else's turn -- but no, I was clueless... "That was Stephen Walsh". Well, you could have blown me down with a feather ;-) He's the nutritional voice for the Vegan Society, and he treats people like that? I'd be very concerned if he was a spokesperson for my company! You know, regardless if he disagreed on the usefulness of Udo's Oil, we're all vegans, we all have a common cause. Shouldn't we show a united front, especially in public? I've seen this with other so-called professionals in this field -- and it just befuddles me so much. There are billions of people eating animals in this world. There are billions of people poisoning themselves and this world. If anyone wants to get mad, then getting mad at that unconscious mass would be the most logical thing to do, wouldn't it? Personally, I don't see the point in getting mad at all, far too negative, that. Oh, and the funniest part was that the title of my talk was "Healthy and Happy Vegans!" Well, I know I feel healthy and happy! And do you know what? Regardless of what anyone said in a talk, I would never ever start heckling them, ranting, flapping and waving my arms. Surely it would have been better for both of us for him to have a friendly word with me after the talk and say what his information is? I certainly would be more receptive to that, rather than someone projecting their aggressive testosterone overload onto me. As well as being extremely rude and bad mannered, that kind of behaviour is unprofessional and just causes the audience laugh at you when you flounce off. And you know what, over the years, I remember Dave saying in lectures "If you're going to listen to a health expert, check to see if they look healthy first." Aye, after seeing that one, I reckon the lad's right. Apart from that strange episode, everyone was wonderful, and it really was great to meet people we've nattered to and not seen, as well as to catch up with the Madleys. Oh, big congrats to Phil Madley, BTW! Wow!!! (Addition to above. Someone mailed me with this link. Apparently, Walshy makes a regular habit of heckling people! He did it to Robert Cohen, too. Wow. What big issues, this guy has.) You do not feel pain. You do not feel pain. You do not feel pain. Me and Matt are off to a hypnobirthing class down in the Forest of Dean. This means we can use the techniques to have a pain- and drug-free birth. Cor! Wanted to go to one that's quite local, but it clashes with my cousin's wedding. Then we mailed two different ones in London and I got no reply from them, and they don't have phone numbers on their site (they're probably sitting there thinking "I wonder why we have no business??") then I contacted the ones down south-west, and the were v. helpful. So, we're having a holiday at the same time, seeing as I'm grounded, can't fly, just like an Emu, and can't go abroad now. Don't quote me... (for they are not mine) Love these, off of Uri's CD that he gave me... "Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be, or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities. Always see them, for they're always there." -- Norman Vincent Peale "Man's mind stretched by a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions" -- Oliver Wendell Holmes Smoothe me Friday 21st May -- Ah, I've finally devised the most satiating pregnancy smoothie of all. This is the best smoothie to make me and Tiny feel totally cosmic all morning long. Wow. 3 bananas 1 sharon fruit (persimmon) 2 dessertspoons maca 2 dessertspoons goji berries 1 dessertspoon raw chocolate 1 dessertspoon ionic Water of Life (84+ minerals) 1 capful of goji juice (you can't get this in the UK yet!) 2 dessertspoons of Udo's oil 2 dessertspoons of Pure Synergy or NLS (depending on what I feel like) Half a pint of water Then I just blend it all up in a jug, and drink. Honestly, it satiates me for hours. I feel so great with it. Tiny loves it, too. I've been looking into the link between chocolate and pregnancy. Get this... "The babies born to women who had been eating chocolate daily during pregnancy were more active and "positively reactive" - a measure that encompasses traits such as smiling and laughter.... they speculate that the effects they observed could result from chemicals in chocolate associated with positive mood being passed on to the baby in the womb." (From an experiment done by Katri Raikkonen at the University of Helsinki, Finland). Also, pregnant women have an increased need for magnesium, and chocolate is supercharged with that. I have also been taking ionic magnesium, and if I get a cramp (very common in pregnancy), I have a sip of that and it goes. AND! There's also some speculative links between chocolate and pre-eclampsia (a life-threatening disease). Apparently, if you eat chocolate, you can "prevent or moderate the shift towards metabolic disturbances associated with this life-threatening disease". Amazing how these things come to us, and we (as pregnant women) lean towards chocolate. It's just such a shame that most chocolate in the world is cooked and mixed with "bad" sugar and fat. Ah, but it's so great that it doesn't have to be!!! So, we're enjoying our mega choccie-super-smoothie like nothing on earth. Fab... Next

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