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 slouched, mind you, and covered in soft cashmere blankets—and make a “nest” for kids or […]
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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 at least gets to mate at the end of the swim), our efforts to […]
New Year’s: 5 Tips for Effective Resolutions
The last place you will find me on New Year’s Eve is at a party drinking champagne or watching fireworks (although one year I did watch the fireworks on the beach in Hawaii, and it was kind of fun). For a “woman of action” such as myself, New Year’s Eve and Day are the most […]
DIY: An Easy Holiday Hostess Gift
By guest blogger designer Mark Kintzel I think the great variety of little trees and topiaries available at local florists and nurseries make perfect holiday gifts. However, often, the containers they come in aren’t that attractive, so I’m going to show you how to dress them up. Here’s what you need: A nursery-potted plant (I […]
A Visit to My Kitchen: Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau from The Kathleen Show
Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau is in my kitchen today, talking about her warm and gooey food love, a massive media collection of great books and good music, and the current event she’s following most closely. Kathleen is a mom, filmmaker, and radio show host. She left a 10-year career as a drug sales representative to pursue film. […]
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.
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Organic 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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