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Oprah’s O Magazine got Anne Lamott to write about aging, radiance, and beauty for the April issue (which was just squeezed through my mail slot). Here’s an excerpt, but get your hands on the whole thing. It’s a fabulous essay. “When Jesus was asked about beauty, he pointed to nature, to the lilies of the…

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…

We are in our school’s entrance hallway at 8:15 in the morning. I am carrying two large bags of books we no longer need. The younger Chattering and I culled through these books last night. We are excited because our school will donate these books to needy school libraries. I am so close to the…

The Dharma Seed Catalog now has the most fantastic online resource of audio meditations and teachings. I am so happy to link you to this exciting find! And everything is free (though Dharma Seed asks you to send a contribution if you can). Here, you’ll find “Internet access to the oral tradition of Buddha’s teachings”…

You know, I’ve been so taken with Fly Lady’s belief that it’s better to spend fifteen minutes every day de-cluttering than it is to spend half your Saturday doing the same. I’ve managed to lighten up our house by maybe two hundred pounds in recent weeks, sorting through books, newspaper clips and magazines for a…

This month’s “Health” magazine mentions a yoga website called AliveYoga.com, where you can purchase audio files of great yoga classes for $9 each. After purchase, they live in your hard drive, and you can re-use them whenever you like! Cool. All you need now is loose-fitting clothing, floor space, and a computer that sustains its…

Giving up white flour and refined sugar for Lent hasn’t been that rough, though I am reminded daily of just how frequently those two ingredients appear in almost everything desirable. One nice re-discovery: millet bread (it contains millet and brown rice flour). You can find it in the freezer case of most whole foods stores.…

When I blogged about psychics yesterday, I neglected to mention that wonderful bundle of articles on psychic phenomena ran here, on Beliefnet.com, last year. Good psychcs don’t really fortune tell, they can reveal to you what you already know, but may not be admitting. In that way, they can be totally legitimate and highly useful.…

Don’t sign important documents, or initiate large-scale projects for the next three weeks! Vedic astrologer James Kelleher has this to say in his newsletter about the Mercury Retrograde period we will remain in through March 25th. Interesting that this period encompasses a big chunk of Lent! “In this particular case, Mercury will spend nearly all…

Yesterday’s “New York Times” alerted me to the existence of a website and online support network for people addicted to psychics and their alluring, expensive forecasts. Founded by Sarah Lassez, an actress who was, at her worst, spending $1000 a month on psychic consulations, PsychicJunkie.net is filled with advice for the many who just can’t…
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