“On days when warmth is the most important need of the human heart, the kitchen is the place you can find it.” ~ E.B. White Have the rich foods and rushed pace of the holiday season made your digestive system less than comfortable? Has your stomach been actively protesting 2017? Is your skin in […]
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Take Comfort
December 11, 2017
Be Thankful for…
November 20, 2017
Though you may not drive a great big Cadillac Gangster whitewalls, TV antennas in the back You may not have a car at all But remember brothers and sisters You can still stand tall Just be thankful for what you’ve got ~ From “Be Thankful for What You Got” (1974) Songwriter: William DeVaughn Thanksgiving day […]
Night of the Sleeping REM
October 31, 2017
“By night, Love, tie your heart to mine, and the two together in their dream will defeat the darkness.” ~ Pablo Neruda, Soneto LXXIX The romantic longing of Pablo Neruda’s passionate poem may actually hold a scientific truth. A study of young adults recently published by the Society for Neuroscience suggested that dreaming more can […]
Keep Going…
October 14, 2017
Frodo Baggins: I can’t do this, Sam Samwise Gamgee: I know. It’s all wrong. By rights we shouldn’t even be here. But we are. It’s like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo; the ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. And sometimes you didn’t want to know the end… because how […]
Raining, Cats & Dogs
September 29, 2017
“We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don’t know.” ~ W. H. Auden The recent hurricanes in Texas, Florida and the Caribbean, and Puerto Rico affected many people, destroyed homes and businesses, separated pets from their families, and left already homeless pets in crisis. […]
Occam’s Popsicle
August 22, 2017
“That is better and more valuable which requires fewer, other circumstances being equal…” ~ Robert Grosseteste (1175 – 1253) As a native Californian who also has Italian citizenship, I spent yesterday’s eclipse in decidedly laid-back fashion. The local library ran out of eclipse glasses early yesterday. So, as the Moon began to step in front […]
Uno
July 17, 2017
“I say to you all, once again – in the light of Lord Voldemort’s return, we are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided. Lord Voldemort’s gift for spreading discord and enmity is very great. We can fight it only by showing an equally strong bond of friendship and […]
Take a Cooling Breath
June 25, 2017
“Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes.” ~ Walt Whitman Summer has arrived, and with it our first summer heat wave. In honor of these longest days, full of sun and warmth, I thought I would share a simple yogic breathing technique that helps to release excess heat. Called Sheetali Pranayama […]
A Moon by Any Name
June 10, 2017
“Three things cannot long be hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.” ~Buddha Jupiter’s four largest moons (it has 64 total), discovered by Galileo in 1610, are named Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. How unique and romantic each name sounds. Our own moon, on the other hand, is simply called “The Moon”, an egotism […]
Interesting Times
May 22, 2017
“There is a Chinese curse which says, ‘May he live in interesting times.’ Like it or not, we live in interesting times. They are the times of danger and uncertainty; but they are also the most creative of any time in the history of mankind.” ~ Robert F. Kennedy The Chinese curse referenced by Robert […]
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