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How Plants Have Influenced Me
My interest in plants began with my upbringing, as my mother was a Lithuanian immigrant farmer’s daughter. There was always a garden to be grown, plants to be harvested, and relationships with all aspects of nurturing, protecting and enjoying plant life of all sorts filling my memory as early as I can remember. Of course,…
Read MoreApa Sherpa — One-of-a-Kind Man from Nepal
Apa Sherpa’s life has been devoted to service. His smile betrays only the joy, the passion, and the complete satisfaction of his life. We should all be so lucky to exhibit such peace, after achieving our goals. Like all sherpas, spa takes a photo of the Dalai Lama with him for each summit, leaving it atop the mountain, because of their esteem and great love for their spiritual leader.
Read MoreThe Magical Dream of Three Bulls
… he was also an expert dream interpreter.
Read Morea slice of stewardship
dear friend, here is an excerpt from “More Than Dust,” the book i’m writing. enjoy! Timote and I traveled to Jamaica, our trip funded by a grant to discover a feared-extinct medicinal plant that researchers desperately needed, for a possible cancer-killing alkaloid they’d isolated from an old specimen, in a lab. Tim and I…
Read Moremakin’ do with what you’ve got
excuse me while i chuckle. just got an email from my friend terry, who has just moved to moloki, hawaii, to caretake a 2,000 acre health/wellness/meditation complex with her hub, om-tom. she was writing me how hard it is, how things are just not running right, equipment breaking down, computer stolen when they went in…
Read Moreblessings on our new president!
hi friends, no matter how each of us votes today, i pray Great Spirit will guide the best choice (along with each and every one of us…all a part of Great Spirit, too!) to make the best candidate win the necessary votes. who am i voting for? well, that’s an interesting question. but fortunately for YOU…
Read Morefollowing your passion … whichever way the wind blows ya
hello friend, i’ve been sailing and motoring the inways, byways and channels around st. augustine this week! in between nursing others in my family, and attending to bizness as usual, i had to do something to blow out the steam, and … sailing, being on the water, is one of my passions, as well as…
Read MoreDare to be Spiritually Correct … huh?
Hi Friend, Just back from Boston where we spent a pleasantly gentile weekend attending a gathering of old college friends. we got to share stimulating thoughts, discussions, symposiums, dances, exhibits, and most importantly, the sharing of life’s sweet laughter. as i’d mentioned in an earlier post, i’m starting a new awareness about all of us catching ourselves…
Read MorejaZZ and raZ-a-ma-taZZ, TIA-style
friends, last weekend i attended the savannah jazz festival up in savannah, to honor and support our good friend and world renown congo player, mr. Big Black. in case you’re wondering, Big Black is very big, and yes, he’s very black. Black, as he’s known to his friends, has played with most of the “old…
Read Moregroovin’ with the newfies
hi everyOne, we’re baaaa-ck! back from sailing the gorgeous, wild, mystical, mysterious, and oh-so-weird southern coast of newfoundland. two weeks away! many books read: my third read of “Eat Pray Love” — enjoyed it even more this time around “A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night,” the Dalai Lama’s interpretation of an ancient text…
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