I imagine myself, when I’ve lived out my time on this planet, sorting through my souvenirs. Of the treasures I shall hold in my heart, none will be more precious than the many relationships that have...
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What are your dreams and how do you dream them? Take a moment to sit and feel into yourself. Drop this question inside and notice what shows up in response. What aspects of you dream when...
After two exceptionally dry years and record low water tables, the word "xeriscape" is becoming a new buzzword. Many assume that it means growing only cactus and yuccas and covering the soil...
Even if you live in a city, you can compost indoors and create something from which your houseplants, bulbs, or container gardens will benefit. You will be using food scraps to enrich the plants’...
I AM is a non-fiction film that poses two practical and provocative questions: what’s wrong with our world, and what can we do to make it better? The filmmaker behind the inquiry is Tom Shadyac, the creative force behind...
The body is a dancer’s instrument, but is it attuned to the mind? A study from the University of California, Berkeley, suggests that professional ballet and modern dancers are not as emotionally in sync with their...
Mindfulness is at the core of Buddhist meditation and is found in a number of European philosophical and spiritual traditions because it's believed that it is an inherent human capacity. The current Western, psychological notion...
Movement: a progression from one location to another. Something we do every day, at the breakneck speeds required of us in this world. But it's rare that we ever stop to reflect on these movements...
I always loved turning. Why? Because I was good at it. So when the lanky young Russian teacher, only three years my senior, glared at me critically after a pirouette combination, I froze...
The benefits of natural and landscaped green spaces are not just limited to the environment, say officials at Landscape Ontario. According to research gathered by the not-for-profit organization...
Women recently diagnosed with breast cancer have higher survival rates than those diagnosed in previous decades, according to the American Cancer Society. However, survivors continue to face...
"I was born with music in me." So said Ray Charles, and I believe it of myself as well. My music is a melody of "fragrant" chords, the essence of plants. They are music for my nose, mind and spirit...
Enoughness" doesn't mean voluntary poverty—it means discovering who you really are. At a conference on alternative economics, I happened to sit at dinner with a man who had done our New...
Within the last century, Western science and physics have made a startling discovery. We are part of the world we view. The very process of our observation changes the things we observe. As an...
Dear Grocery Store Checker, I bought several of these reusable bags at your store. I have two sets of them, in two different colours. One for each car, so I can be environmentally responsible no...
In life we're often challenged by situations, our emotions, our work and other people. We struggle to make things the way we want them to be, or struggle to be comfortable with things that aren’t...
Always use the word “Africa” or “Darkness” or “Safari” in your title. Subtitles may include the words “Zanzibar,” “Masai,” “Zulu,” “Zambezi,” “Congo,” “Nile,” “Big,” “Sky,” “Shadow,” “Drum,” “Sun” or...
There are many reasons why someone might want to eat a plant-based diet, whether for allergy concerns, health reasons or more variety. But nagging doubts often come up. Are plant proteins...
I recently received a phone call from a man in town responding to an article that appeared in a local paper about our four-acre vegetable garden at Sunrise Ranch. He asked, quite politely, whether...
Voluntary Simplicity has become a “modern classic” because it advocates ways of living that are vital for building a workable and meaningful future. As we awaken to an endangered world, people...
I wear a necklace that spells out the word vegan. People peer at it and ask me, “Are you vegan?” It seems like an odd question, but people find vegans odd. When I respond that I indeed am a vegan...
Get Satisfied: How 20 People Like You Found the Satisfaction of Enough” recently landed on my desk. It caught my attention not just because of the topic but because one of the essays—the first...
Though edible flowers are ordinarily associated with haute cuisine and wedding cakes, you may have some tasty varieties sitting right in your own backyard. Adding flowers to your meals will not only...
Hope shuttles us off to a mythical future. But what do we miss while we’re away? I had a strained relationship with hope before my wife was diagnosed ...
