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AN OPEN HEART: Compartment-alization is the enemy of being human

lotus-mud-comfort

Sometimes all it takes is one second for everything in your life to come crashing down. Once you’ve been alive long enough you know this—perhaps too well. Everything changes, and sometimes…

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WALK WITH AWARENESS: Our actions move us together or apart

Walk with awareness: Each action moves us together or pushes us apart.- image echiton burchelli ants forming a bridge

Come. Walk with me. Weld yourself to me and together as one, with multiplied senses, let us invade opened fields. Ecology takes creation and breaks it into a study of each organism in its…

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INNER INERTIA: Overcoming internal obstacles to stop climate change

INNER INERTIA: Overcoming internal obstacles to stop climate change

Humankind is stuck. We haven’t acted with conviction on climate change. We haven’t devoted the less than one per cent of income needed to eradicate…

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PARKS CANADA AT 100: The Successes and the Threats

Cabot Trail - Cape Breton National Park

Parks Canada is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. Established as the Dominion Parks Branch in 1911, it is the oldest and one of the largest national park services in the world…

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LOVE YOUR BODY: An analysis of Eve Ensler’s Dramatic Activism

Analysis of Eve Ensler's

In her preface to The Good Body, Eve Ensler responsibly explains her choice to write a play about her stomach when compelling world issues such as…

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HOLY: A prose poem by Max Reif

HOLY: Prose poem by Max Reif

The word Holy had lost its way. It was speaking on a soapbox in the park. People passed by, oblivious. A few stopped to gawk or jeer. Only one little boy stood listening, enrapt…

MY DENNY’S “AMERICANA” ADVENTURE: Two essays by Max Reif

My Denny's Americana Adventure - two essays by Max Reif

Americans know Denny’s, the chain of so-so diners that in many areas are the only places to go after a night of carousing or, conversely, upon very early rising, as the only places open all night…

GHEE: A healthier alternative to butter (with ghee recipe)

To Ghee or not to ghee: Clarified butter - a healthier alternative

To some it’s known as clarified butter, to others the golden elixir of healing—ghee is a staple ingredient in Indian cooking and Ayurvedic healing known for its versatility, great taste, and many…

BANGALORE: One foot dangling in the future, one hoof rooted in the past

BANGALORE: One foot dangling in the future, one hoof rooted in the past - image roadsigns

Sadar Patrappa Road is commonly abbreviated to S.P. Road, nice and short for those wanting to save some time saying the extra syllables. This is Bangalore after all—the hub of India’s fast-paced…