Tag Archives: Eating

LIFE SWALLOWED WHOLE

Posted on May 26, 2018 by elainedanforth

Best not to go hasty and gulp things whole. . . No rest. . . No flow, when you’re tempted and think tasty to scarf stuff down and attempt like so, to learn, get done, produce, create, or nurture, to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry | Tagged All at once, Day, Eating, Feeling, Gentleness, Life, Play, Sleeping, Thought, Time, Work | Leave a comment

CHEWSDAYS (song)

Posted on February 24, 2016 by elainedanforth

To be sung to the tune of “School Days” by Will Cobb and Gus Edwards (1907) Chewsdays, chewsdays. . . chew your food on Tuesdays. Chomp on your food till its mashed to bits Then chew it more till it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in CHEWING, Chewsday, Medium Length Poems, Poetry, Song lyrics | Tagged Appreciation, Eating, Feeling, Food, Health, Love, Macrobiotics, Satisfaction | Leave a comment

THE WAY TO A MAN’S HEART

Posted on November 14, 2015 by elainedanforth

If the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, take care to give not so much as will stick to his ribs and spread them wide apart– for then, the state of his healthy, happy heart could plummet. … Continue reading →

Posted in Medium Length Poems, Poetry, Prayer | Tagged Cookng, Eating, Happiness, Health, Life, Love, Satisfaction, The way to a man's heart is through his stomach | Leave a comment

CHEWING IN COMMUNITY

Posted on August 4, 2015 by elainedanforth

Chewing in community a haven to have companions for the yum-yums to relax from this fast world’s tensions and its lunacies. . . By itself, that act seems fit, but maybe we can stop to add and ask, what if, … Continue reading →

Posted in CHEWING, Poetic Musing (Longer Poems) | Tagged Body, Charity, Chewing, Compassion, Eating, Feeling, Giving, Heart, Mind, Poetry | Leave a comment

CHOMPING AT LIFE

Posted on July 28, 2015 by elainedanforth

She who chomps the chance to feed on life seems quite the champ, with food in bite. . . for there’s no stewing obstructing her clear path to chewing, so, to the degree the fierce, wild cat within will purr, … Continue reading →

Posted in CHEWING, Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry | Tagged Appetite, Benefit, Brain, Brawn, Chewing, Eating, Feeling, Flow, Living water, Mind Body, Seeing, Self-Knowledge, Thanks, Universe | Leave a comment

BREATHE MORE, CHEW MORE

Posted on March 9, 2015 by elainedanforth

Breathe more. . . Chew more. . . and you’ll eat less– You will see rewards galore when you try out this simple test. . . And further pleasures, brilliant vistas are in store, if you continue this mindset– Each … Continue reading →

Posted in CHEWING, Medium Length Poems, Poetry | Tagged All you've got, Appreciation, Better, Breathe, Brilliant, Chew, Chewing, Confidence, Continue, Core, Deeper, Eat less, Eating, Feeds, Feeling, Further, Galore, In store, Life, Mind Body, Mindset, New, Opening, Pleasures, Poetry, Rewards, Satisfaction, Seeing, Simple, Soak, Test, Thought, Time, Try, Vistas | Leave a comment

CHEWERS OF THE WORLD, UNITE!

Posted on February 10, 2015 by elainedanforth

Chewers of the world, UNITE! You have plenty to lose, but much more to gain! And some sorts of loss are really quite right, so sit down, and smile wide with those great big teeth white, dig into your food, … Continue reading →

Posted in CHEWING, Medium Length Poems, Poetry, Prayer, Thoughts on Macrobiotics | Tagged Chewing, Confidence, Determination, Eating, Gain, Great big teeth, Invite, Loss, Mind Body, Opening, Poetry, Reaching out, Smile, Unite, World | Leave a comment

CHIRP! THE CALL TO CHEW

Posted on May 13, 2014 by elainedanforth

CHIRP! The peep from one of many summer birds importuning me to chew. . . this, unlike us, they cannot really do. . . each kind of bird wears a beak designed unique for its own circumstance and breed from … Continue reading →

Posted in CHEWING, Poetry, Seasons, Summer | Tagged Appreciation, Beaks, Birds, Brain, Call, Cheer, Chewing, Chirp, Curiosity, Eating, Fish, Food, Humanity, Jaws, Life, Mind Body, Poetry, Seagull, Teeth, The Call, Watching | Leave a comment

CHEWING IS FUN

Posted on April 22, 2014 by elainedanforth

Hello Readers, Many thanks to Jessica Porter for this Chewing Tutorial Video at the link below. I decided to look at it again yesterday, and it is informing my method of attending to the practice– as I have also found … Continue reading →

Posted in CHEWING, Thoughts on Macrobiotics | Tagged Appreciation, Awareness, Chew-A-Thon, Chewing, Chewsday, Eating, Food, Fun, Health, Jessica Porter, Mind Body, Opening, Receiving, Satisfaction, Thought | Leave a comment

A PRAYER TO EAT

Posted on March 4, 2014 by elainedanforth

Dear God, Please help me now to eat– not more +++++than I need. . . not less +++++than what will nourish me, according to your will, to live the best life that I can, as you shall grant. Please bless … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Prayer, Quick reads | Tagged Appreciation, Awareness, Confidence, Eating, Feeling, God, Hope, Life, Mealtime, Need, Nourishment, Opening, Poetry, Prayer, Purpose, Quick Reads, Reaching out, Receiving, Satisfaction | Leave a comment