Sometimes you plan and God laughs. Was all excited to start painting the shop and Raleigh got record rainfall after months of drought. 8+ inches. The plants are happy and the paintbrushes will keep for a few more days while our city is filled with people laughing downtown. Families and groups of friends out for a nice meal. Birthdays. It’s really nice to sit and have adult philosophical conversations about life, the universe, and everything else.
There’s a Revelation theme in the 3rd seal/famine horseman going around, but it seems to more mindful eating and drinking. Got to try new fruits called Spanish limes and Amish style orange watermelons. Perfect with salt. Speaking changes for the better, about two years ago discovered that many popular drinks contain bull’s blood in them for color and switched to water and local herbal mint tea. Grape wine is traditionally blended with bull’s blood during the finishing process which is called “fining.” Dried dark black teas made overseas in Asia and Africa often have bull’s blood added in the finishing process. Conspiracy people point out that Coke and many sodas have “Substance X” added to them which in the Occult is women’s menstrual blood. Shudder.
Other cultures around the world make blood pudding and may drink it in ritual religious ceremonies, but wow....cutting it made such a positive difference to personal energy levels and brain fog. Stopped getting random headaches. Wish did it decades ago. As a reminder, there’s some GREAT American tea brands, especially mint, and as a Christian, you shouldn’t be drinking blood anyways. Foodie life tip for the summer. What’s yours?