How to Make Sushi

If thoughts of raw fish don’t tempt your palate, don’t worry. Sushi is rice seasoned with rice vinegar and a sweetener that’s formed into small “cakes” either topped by, or wrapped around all types of fillings.

Kucinich Envisions A Department Of Peace

If you believe that humanity has a higher destiny; if you believe we can evolve, and become better than we are; if you believe we can overcome the scourge of war and someday fulfill the dream of harmony and peace on Earth, let us begin the conversation today. Let us exchange our ideas.

Silence and Massage for Newborn and Mother

In 1986, Tiffany Field, Ph.D. at the University of Miami, showed that premature newborns who were massaged for fifteen minutes three times daily in the hospital following delivery regained their birth weight and left the hospital stronger than control babies who weren’t massaged.

Glorious Grains

In celebration of this season's warm weather and our desire to spend more time savoring outdoor activities, we're going to explore the world of grains.

Planting The Future Through United Plant Savers

These eastern deciduous forests were a different world from the ancient redwood groves of Northern California where I'd grown up. The first thing I noticed in the earliest days after my arrival in New England was that there were few truly old trees in the forest.

High Ideals: The Story Of Industrial Hemp

In February of 1938, Popular Mechanics ran an article about industrial hemp entitled "The New Billion Dollar Crop." This article spoke of a new machine called a decorticator that separated the woody "hurds" from the fiber, thus making the fiber readily available for use without prohibitive amounts of human labor.

Planting A Medicinal Herb Garden

Why go to the drug store for medicine when you can have many medicinal remedies for a wide variety of ailments growing right in your own back yard?! It's easy. It's fun. It's inexpensive. It's very rewarding. And you don't have to be a master gardener to do it!

Questions about Quality Herbal Information

Quality is essential to obtaining the desired results from using any healing remedy — herbal or otherwise. The problem with assessing the quality of herbs is that when we purchase herbs or herbal products, we do not have a good way to evaluate the relative quality of different products.

Operation Terra: Restoration Of Planet Earth

In addition to the overwhelming losses of life, property and security sustained through the shattering world events of September 11, 2001, many have also described the attacks on the United States as a wake up call to all of humanity.

Daily Astrology

October 18, 2025

Fixing up the house, doing mundane chores, running errands and day trips are encouraged by the morning’s lunar sextile with Jupiter. Yard and estate sales as well as flea markets provide interesting finds. Brunches and...

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