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March 16, 2011 • in Random Thoughts

Expo West Grows Up

Every year when I go to Anaheim, California, for Natural Products Expo West, I have a ritual: I rent a car (this year I got a cute white VW Beetle), turn on K-ROCK (106.7) real loud, get on the highway, …

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March 01, 2011 • in Random Thoughts

Can You Make Your Sexuality Organic?

By guest blogger Pamela Madsen, founding executive director of The American Fertility Association and author of Shameless: How I Ditched the Diet, Got Naked, Found True Pleasure…and Somehow Got Home in Time to Cook Dinner (Rodale, 2011). I love this …

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February 22, 2011 • in Random Thoughts

Why Is There Never a Bird Around When You Need One?

by guest blogger Rick Chillot, senior editor, Rodale.com Well, we’re into the final week of our plastic-free challenge at Rodale.com. One thing that’s become clear to me is that each of us has different challenges when it comes to cutting …

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February 16, 2011 • in Random Thoughts

How to Start a Fire (Fast and Furious, and without Fuss)

We’ve all been there—either as individuals trying to start a fire, or worse, watching someone else trying to start a fire and not succeeding. There is the fussing, the prodding and poking, the elaborately shaped structures, and blowing and huffing …

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February 14, 2011 • in Random Thoughts

Living (Briefly) without Electricity

It’s not a real winter in these parts without one good ice storm—the kind that covers all the trees with a clear-crystal-candy coating, stops all the traffic, and invariably, knocks out the power for a while. Which is an important …

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February 07, 2011 • in Random Thoughts

Why Women Love Cats

This morning, I was sitting on my couch drinking my coffee (happiness!), and my cat Pumkin came over for her morning love. We have a thing in our house where I sit in Baddha Konasana (cobbler’s pose) on the couch—completely …

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January 17, 2011 • in Random Thoughts

The Power and Persistence to Create Change

While today we celebrate Marin Luther King Jr., and the change in the world he helped create, sometimes I can’t help but feel depressed about how long the change process takes. More so than a salmon who swims upstream (who …

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