As the year comes to a close, some of us are celebrating Yule in our own special way. We may be overindulging or healthful, observant of the passing solstice or unaware of such celestial events … None of that really matters. Traditions need not be fixed for
Read more →There are few truths more unassailable than this: Mother Earth sustains us. Without her “health and well-being”, humankind has little chance of surviving. Many of us conceptually know this, but we don’t act in a fashion that helps to sustain that well-being. I’ve spent a fair bit
Read more →Today’s image is a little larger than normal. As I listen to the Remembrance Day Special, I find myself being moved more than perhaps at any time in my life. Two minutes of silence. The silence is shattered by the guns’ salute. The bagpipes begin to drone.
Read more →In a very short period of time, an important electoral race will have come to a close, a winner decided and the political tide of a superpower will continue moving in its current direction or it will shift. The world is watching with interest. The outcome is
Read more →California is coming down to the crunch over the next few days. The issue of knowing whether GMOs is present in a certain food is up for grabs. As a voter, are you going to believe that somehow Americans’ rights to know about GMO in products is
Read more →As the United States nears its always important election day, one of the more pressing issues has been percolating on the West Coast. Californians are facing an epic decision regarding food labelling and GMOs. Proposition 37 is all about the right for consumers to know what’s in
Read more →On most Thursdays between my morning and afternoon client visits, I enjoy a lunch buffet of Southern Indian food. The restaurant, Nirvanam, has a great selection of dishes, the food is delicious and the price is very reasonable. I’ve been a regular there for some time now.
Read more →What is the true nature of healing? That question has been on my mind a lot lately. This October marks the 6th anniversary of the passing of my mother from a combination of cancer and Wegener’s Granulomatosis. As this anniversary crawls closer and closer, I find myself
Read more →Lately, I’ve been amused by the recurrence of several issues I thought I’d adequately dealt with over the course of my self-work. In fact, I’m not alone in this discovery. Recently, a client wrote to me, “I don’t know what that was all about – so many
Read more →Part of the big picture of a Utopian future must include efficient use of resources. Efficient use of resources often is depicted as limiting our use of fossil fuels and preserving our forests. These are both important elements of efficiency, but they aren’t the whole picture. Food
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