Jessie Davenport

This is so cool. Has anyone heard of/experimented with the magnifying effects of old rear projector TVs? Apparently, you can take the screen and magnify the suns rays up to 2000 degrees F is the claim from one YouTube video.

I’ve never fact checked any of this, but I was wondering if that concept could be used to heat a core of some kind, or a water tank for thermal mass. Perhaps its already being done?? If you could mount the screen on something like a solar panel tracker it could potentially charge something quite large.

Here’s the link to the video. Like I said, no idea if its legit but it seems pretty cool.

This may qualify as unsolicited advice, but I’ve recently stumbled upon this guy Anthony William aka the Medical medium, and he’s helped soooooo many people overcome all types of illnesses from allergies to thyroid issuse, auto immune, lyme, etc. he focuses on plant foods to cleanse heavy metals, pathogens, viruses…

Honestly, he’s a little wooey and far out for my taste sometimes (and I would consider myself very alternative and holistic) but I’ve actually started feeling lots better physically since I’ve been following his work, albeit, not too strictly.

I guess the bottom line that I come down to is that detoxing and plants probably can’t hurt! And his cleanses aren’t as extreme as some of the Apple cider vinegar or Epsom salt cleanses or whatever that are out there. I’ve really been enjoying a heavy metal detox smoothie that has wild blueberries, a few different kinds of seaweed, cilantro and barley grass and some other stuff . I have a little baby boy and keeping us both safe and healthy from a preventative standpoint is very important to me this type of diet is also very gentle for children.

Anyways! Hope this helps!

I love roasting any type of squash seed, even cantaloupe seeds are great.

I just took some roasted pumpkin and topped it with butter, peanut butter, maple syrup, salt, cinnamon, lime, cayenne and whole peanuts to make a killer spread the other day. Almost like thai-ish but also pancake vibes?

Earlier this evening i mix mashed pumpkin with rice flour and grated zucchini, onion, celery etc and fried it in in a touch of oil to make a crispy cake thing- topped with a dipping sauce of sesame seed oil, soy sauce, lime, chilis, ginger, garlic, cilantro… watermelon radish was a pretty touch.

You can also cube and steam pumpkin like 3/4 of the way and then smash them and bake into crispy little bites that can be seasoned any which way… curry powder or whatever. They are really good with a dip of roasted eggplant, greek yogurt, lemon zest, herb, za’atar, salt etc

Another thing is to cook the pumpkin with golden plums in cocococonut butter and mash together, spread onto baguette, top with goat cheese and sliced pear and serrano peppers.

I also like roasting beets inside any squash because then when i cut it into crescents it has this beautiful ombre pink to orange to yellow thing going on. I often put that on salads and pair with honey coated whole cranberries that pop in your mouth.

Looking for Paul.

Hi there, my name is Jessie and I ordered a Mongolian Ger (yurt) from Flagstaff international relief effort. they are delivering mine and my friends on Monday in Missoula and they just reached out to me and asked if I knew Paul wheaton or Samantha lewis because they said they haven’t been able to reach you regarding your ger delivery.

I subscribe to the permies newsletter so i thought I would give this forum a shot… I would also love to maybe chat up about what your plans are for the Ger. I am hoping to do a thermal mass bench that i saw Uncle Mud do with a Gamera stove.

Best,

Jessie