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Hey guys, I’m wondering why nobody responded to that William B. Yeats quote I posted a few days ago. It made my week, so I was hoping it would leave you similarly dazzled. The fact that the great Irish poet writing a friend in the last letter before his death could say that he was…

Nina Utne has a good article in the July/August Utne Readeron how Mathew Sanford, then 13, survived the trauma of losing a father and a sister and becoming paralyzed himself in the same car accident. Twenty years later, Sanford is a paraplegic yoga instructor who “pays close attention to the mind-body connection.” His book “Waking:…

Last night, I drove the kids from Brooklyn to Western Massachusetts where Mr. Chattering’s parents(my inlaws) have a house in the woods. The plan was to say here and blog for the next two weeks while the kids attend an arty day camp set on a farm that was once a bed and breakfast. The…

My best Acquaintances are thoseWith Whom I spoke no Word—The Stars that stated come to TownEsteemed Me never rudeAlthough to their Celestial CallI failed to make reply—My constant—reverential FaceSufficient Courtesy. Oh MatchlessEarth, Weunderrate thechance todwell in thee. —Emily Dickinson

It is nice that you are reading me. But when you stop, will you be going off to do something you don’t want to do? As I was posting that Joseph Campbell quote yesterday, I looked over his foundation’s website. And I was reminded of the Campbell story about the father telling his son to…

The wondeful blog Vegan Lunchbox has posted an interview with Dr. Joel Fuhrman, author of several books on plant-based nutrition, including “Eat To Live” and “Disease-Proof Your Child.” In this conversation, Dr. Fuhrman points out that too many vegans are now dependent upon sodium-saturated soy cheese and fake meat. He also says that if you…

Beliefnet.com recently ran an interview with spirital author and teacher Doreen Virtue. Here’s my favorite passage of her “Lightworker’s Prayer,” which is printed in its entirety at the end of the article. “I accept a steady diet of love and joy, knowing that I deserve happiness and health. I willingly and lovingly release all ego…

Speaking of diet, here’s a great guide to how the world’s religious traditions view consuming meat. Pretty fascinating. I personally feel that the meat I eat must be humanely raised and butchered. And I’m getting stronger in my resolve not to eat conventionally raised beef and chicken in restaurants, whereas in the past there have…

Don’t miss Newsweek’s cover story “Going Green,” currently on the stands and online. I’m taking Newsweek’s full-page photo of San Diego’s hydrocarbon-free dry-cleaning store to my own dry cleaner. He’ll probably say he can’t swing it, but I know the neighborhood would support him in such an effort. For a great explanation of trends in…

If you will think of ourselves as coming out of the Earth, rather than having been thrown in here from somewhere else, you see that we are the Earth, we are the consciousness of the Earth. These are the eyes of the Earth. And this is the voice of the Earth. —Joseph Campbell
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