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By Valerie Reiss, filling in for Amy. Hi. I thought I’d take a moment and poll those of you reading about what you’d like from this blog. Technologically, it’s hard for us to tell which posts “work” and which fall flat. So we’d like to know what you’d like to see more of, and what…

By Valerie Reiss, filling in for Amy. Hi. So last night I went for my annual CAT scan to make sure that I still don’t have cancer again. I know Amy’s written about her fantasy of how hospitals should be–soothing music, healing, whole food, inspiring decor, etc. I’m with her. I walked into–the admittedly more…

By Valerie Reiss, filling in for Amy. Earth Day is upon us, Earthlings, and it seems like there is so much more happening now that in years past. I’m seeing a truly incredible upwelling of support, outrage, and determination to turn this thing around. One of the most mainstream signs of this is the 2nd…

By Valerie Reiss, filling in for Amy. I don’t know about you, but when I read about all the impending ecological doom, I feel pretty helpless. My heart clenches into a little fist of “No” so I don’t have to think about where the elephants will roam or the birds tangled in our grocery bags.…

By Valerie Reiss, filling in for Amy. I have two friends on a juice and salad fast this week, Organic Avenue’s touted five-day L.O.V.E. fast, based in New York City. You get small “meals” delivered all week. I thought their little exchange revealed a sweet, funny something about how people REALLY feel during a fast!…

By Valerie Reiss, filling in for Amy. Are you or someone you love suffering from cubicle-itis? That is, are they or you spending most waking hours in a little box o’ gray? I know, most people imagine the offices here to be perfectly feng-shuied and covered in sparkling rainbows with birds alighting on our shoulders.…

By Valerie Reiss, filling in for Amy. Have you ever had the unfortunate experience of seeing (and hearing) a bird crash into a window? While on a silent Buddhist retreat, Jim Kullander, Omega Institute’s editor-in-chief, saw two sparrows crash into his cabin’s giant glass windows, profoundly affecting him. After the second sparrow’s death, he covered…

By Valerie Reiss, filling in for Amy. Hi, so I’m bragging and sharing: Dr. Andrew Weil’s website just reprinted my B’net essay on my deep ambivalence about “The Secret.” As I was checking out my story there (the sight of my name in print or pixels, surprisingly, never, ever gets old), I realized that his…

By Valerie Reiss, covering for Amy. I’ve been wanting to share my fascination/disgust/happiness at the growing number of giant food companies coming out with organic versions of their products. The first shock was the box of Organic Oreos I saw the other day. No, not the Newman’s Own version, or the Health Valley kind, but…

By Valerie Reiss, covering for Amy. You may or may not be familiar with the song ragingly popular about a year ago, “My Humps,” by the Black Eyed Peas, featuring Fergie. It’s catchy, but about as irritating as someone chewing on a popsicle stick, plus misogynistic and materialistic without Madonna’s ironic campiness–oh and totally, deeply…
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