The Spirit of Health: Learning to Love Winter
The snow here in New England will soon fly, inspiring my French-Canadian wife to dig out the snowshoes, cross-country skis and ice skates.
Holiday Gifts That Help Transform The World
The holidays are only weeks away and it’s time to start thinking about shopping. Not! When you consider it’s likely that few people you know actually remotely need anything, why bother?
Musings: Animal Stories
I’ve shared my living space with companion animals for almost all my life.
Cultural Crossroads: The Genetically Modified Bomb
Imagine a bomb that only kills Caucasians with red hair. Or short people. Or Arabs. Or Chinese.
Meat, Land And Lifestyle: The Ethics of Eating
When I was much younger, my grandfather gave me some sound advice that has always stuck with me...
Fall Harvest Healthy Eating Recipes
All foods have their season, their time to display themselves in all their glory. And each season contributes a unique energy to these foods. Summer brings an expansive energy to foods to help cool us.
Animal Stories
I have had many experiences of “knowing” what my dog was thinking but there was one episode when communication went beyond knowing and it transformed our relationship…
Musings: The Earth Is Our Mother
Molten lava. Tree frogs. A fertile valley. Our green-blue marble in space. These are some images that come to mind when I think of Mother Earth.
Heart to Heart Resuscitation
It's evident that we are living in interesting times, and I think we're feeling that we understand better every day why that was considered a curse by the ancient Chinese.
Third Rock from the Sun
When I was growing up I formed my feelings about the Earth in several ways: 1) childhood experiences in Nature, 2) the cultural bias of my youth 3) somewhat scientific information available through various channels. Luckily Nature won out.
Letter: Eating Animals Contributes to Animal Cruelty
To the Editor, To continue the dialogue about eating “free-range” farm animals, I want to submit some thoughts about whether this is, in fact, humane enough.
Cultural Crossroads: Clarence Thomas and Our Right To Privacy
In 1789, Thomas Jefferson wrote a note to James Madison about the future possibility of a president who didn’t understand the principles on which America was founded.
Former Vice President Al Gore: Remarks To MoveOn.org
To all Americans who love America...who believe our country has gone astray in becoming something other than the land of freedom, justice and equality for all...
A Holistic Approach To The Common Headache
Almost nobody has escaped the experience of a headache. In fact, nearly half the world’s population has a headache so severe that they are disabled at least once a year.
Menopause — It’s Not Just Hot Flashes
Menopause in all its glory is coming out of the closet and into the mainstream of conversation, sometimes even in mixed company.
Healthy Cooking: Tempting Tempeh
Now here is one powerhouse of a food! If you’re looking for ease of preparation, versatility and great taste all rolled into one healthy food choice, this one’s for you.
Healing Wombs: The Arvigo Techniques Of Maya Abdominal Therapy
The Arvigo Techniques of Maya abdominal therapy are practiced and taught by Dr. Rosita Arvigo, D.N., who has spent the last thirty years studying and teaching Maya medicine.
"Impossible" Environmental Revolution Has Already Begun
espite little action on many critical issues at the recent World Summit for Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa, the beginning of 2003 reveals fresh evidence of humanity’s capacity to respond rapidly to unprecedented environmental and social threats.
Clarity Through Cancer
In March of 2002, I did what many people who are closing in on their 40th birthday do -- I took inventory of my life. After a short deliberation, I decided I needed a new home because I felt stifled by the warren-like floor plan and low ceilings of my ranch-style house.
Enemy Within
I would like to share some thoughts about what helps me deal more positively deal with the impressions and feelings about this increasingly ugly war against Iraq
Daily Astrology
November 26, 2025
Love is in the air. Venus, now in Scorpio, can be prone to jealousy and dramatic scenes. However, the Goddess of Love is part of an amazing Grand Trine configuration featuring Mercury, Saturn, Neptune and Jupiter...
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