A light exists in spring Not present on the year At any other period. When March is scarcely here A color stands abroad On solitary hills That science cannot overtake, But human nature feels. It waits upon the lawn; It shows the furthest tree Upon the furthest slope we know; It almost speaks to me.…

The drug counselors are back at our school. They come as a privately-hired group to discuss the hazards of drugs with the 4th through 8th-grade kids. “They told us not to eat anything in the medicine cabinet,” says the younger Chattering. “Yeah, but they haven’t said anything yet on the really interesting drugs like marijuana,…

I don’t want to be East-Coast-centric, but the Omega Institute holds an important conference March 31 through April 2 in New York City called “Being Fearless.” Click here for details. Among the speakers: Caroline Myss, Malcolm Gladwell, Wayne Dyer, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Byron Katie, Dennis Genpo Merzel, Martha Beck, and James Van Praagh. “Obviously, facing adversity…

The whole foods publication “Macrobiotics Today” has a new Q&A column by someone calling herself Shiitake Jones. I am an instant fan of this fine and funny food writer (who is also a yoga teacher), but the people coming to her for advice have such refined and specific problems that I find myself captivated by…

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