I love summer sooooo much—heat and humidity and all—that I’m afraid it will be gone too soon and I won’t have enjoyed it enough. I’m trying something new this year in that I’m not planning any major summer vacations away from home. So the burden is going to be on me to have self-made fun. Here’s my wish list:
Random Thoughts
9 Rules That Are Meant to Be Broken
by Maria and Maya Rodale. Blind obedience leads to stagnation; daring to ask questions and searching for answers makes life far more interesting. “What if” questions can keep us up all night, but any innovation started because someone wondered if it could be done, and tried to do it. Here are nine rules that you should never obey.
Where Do Strawberries Come From?
This year I am blessed with an EPIC strawberry crop. This is the second year of them. Last year they were too young to produce much. And I know that they won’t be this productive forever, but holy cow, these babies are beautiful and perfect.
Treasure and Bond:
An Awesome Store
I have a hard time shopping for clothes. But what makes Treasure and Bond awesome isn’t just the fact that it carries all sorts of unique and often organic clothes designed very creatively, but that all the profits go to different charities.
The Cleaning Games
by guest blogger Maya Rodale. I don’t have children, but I do have an abhorrence of mess, two younger sisters, and a husband who is not a neat freak. I also have this weird thing about not wanting to clean up after everyone all the time. So, taking a cue from Mary Poppins, I invented The Cleaning Game. Here’s my step-by-step guide to getting things clean…with help!
Point Phillips Perennials:
Selling Hope
Yes, yes, I know I raved about Terrain a few weeks ago. But there is a different sort of nursery that I love even more. It’s the kind of nursery that’s nurtured by people who have faith in the future, love, love, LOVE nature, and have a passion for plants.
5 Exercises for a Blissful Heart
y guest blogger William Douglas Horden. Every spiritual tradition I am aware of agrees that it is essential to quiet our mind in order to concentrate fully on the moment at hand. I would like to recommend a few exercises that many of my students have found useful in reaching this goal.
Scratch
Raised on America’s first organic farm, Scratch author Maria Rodale learned how to make everyday favorites from, yes, scratch — the way you remember them; the way they turn out best.
Order NowOrganic Manifesto
Drawing on findings from leading health researchers as well as conversations with both chemical and organic farmers from coast to coast, Maria Rodale irrefutably outlines the unacceptably high cost of chemical farming on our health and our environment.
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