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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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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On Global Warming & the Holidays

Three decades or so ago, I came to this country totally in shock at how much waste we, as humans, produce. That realization, prompted me to reuse stuff I acquired and recycle whenever possible. At that time, you were hard pressed to find recycling bins anywhere. I remember using blank pages of junk mail as [...]

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Due Respect

Respect – due regard for the feelings, wishes, rights or traditions of others.
So self-respect then means one’s due regard for his/her own feelings, wishes, rights or traditions?  But wait. The dictionary defines ’self-respect’ as “one’s pride and confidence in oneself; a feeling that one is behaving with honor and dignity.” The trouble with definitions is [...]

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Growing nettles, wheatgrass and sunflower sprouts!

 I sit in front of my computer checking email and my gaze wandered off to ‘my garden.’  I see  Stinging nettles leaves and blades of wheatgrass glisten in the morning sun, dew drops perched  at the tips of each blade of grass, defying gravity. The first leaves of the sunflower patch are  just beginning to [...]

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