Path to Freedom

This family inspired me to grow my own wheatgrass, sunflower sprouts, stinging nettles and a few herbs INSIDE my very small apartment! So yes, I’m growing some of my own food, supplemented by trips to the local farmers’ markets.

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Mark Morford’s Wednesday Rant: Hello, Poetic Justice!

(A friend of mine sent this to me)
 
Hello Poetic Justice: OJ goes to prison, CEO’s beg and mope, Hummers are STD’s, where are we?
By Mark Morford, SF Gate Columnist, Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Baby, you gotta take it all in.
Firstly, the dark side. Plethoric and astounding are the horrors and miseries, twists and swings of a brutal [...]

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The Spirit of Giving

A few days ago I got a call at 3am from my sister in law telling me my brother just had a heart attack.  I have an instinctive response to pick up the phone when it rings in the middle of the night. Not always a good idea because there are a few out there [...]

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Happy Daily Thanksgiving!

I wrote a list of things I am thankful for and then got sidetracked by life. My son needed tending these past few days and so I went. He’s a grown man, married and has a life of his own, but mothers will always be mothers so while his wife was at work I [...]

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On Being Fearless …

I just got back from a weekend meditation retreat. Yesterday I heard my teacher talk about fearlessness. I’ve used the word ‘fearless’ to refer to people I know who bravely venture forth into life undaunted by what lies ahead. Of course, my view implies that the fearless person knows no fear, has no fear.  It implies [...]

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On ‘Healthy’ Juices …

I just made some juice out of kale and wheatgrass. I must admit it is NOT appealing at all! I’m sure it’s good for you, but I can’t drink it.  In the first place, a little wheatgrass just goes through my head. Even a teaspoon of pure wheatgrass does that to me. I mostly use [...]

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Letting go …

A friend called me yesterday and asked, if you were in my shoes, what would you do? The question had to do with her daughter who is flunking from school. The daughter is smart and there is no reason she should be flunking all her classes. They’ve tried private school, counseling, tutoring, strict rules, lax [...]

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Cool Thanksgiving: Will you join me?

Cool Foods Campaign works with the Center for Food Safety in helping us identify ways we can reduce our carbon imprint on the planet by making food choices grown with sustainable practices AND thus much much healthier for you!  So here’s an email I got from the site recently.  Thanks for reading!

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Getting Back to our [...]

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Life in the Woods

My Dream Cottage

I’ve always wanted a cottage in the woods ever since I can remember. I grew up in the rain forests of the Philippines and it was paradise to me. The only other dwelling on the 40 hectares of land my family owned was half a mile away where a family who worked for [...]

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A Moderator’s Role

The dictionary defines moderator as someone who presides or arbitrates issues; a leader of a group meeting, one who mediates disputes and avoids violence, someone who makes less extreme or uncompromising; a negotiator who provides a link between parties. Given that, clearly the role of the moderator is not about making a stand on [...]

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