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“Parenthood is a clumsy yet majestic dance in the flames. When you parent, you fall in love with a person who is always changing into someone else, and who you know will leave you.” —Elizabeth Lesser, “Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow,” now in paperback.

A reader asked how Tibetan prayer flags work. Well, here’s a nice explanation of what they are and how they are believed to bestow positivity and reverence for the Dharma (the Buddhist path). And here are some wonderful photographs of them from FourGates.com. Here’s FourGate’s answer: What are Tibetan Prayer Flags? The Tibetan word for…

“The angels told me that the invention of the lightbulb marked the onset of new diseases in the human race. Artificial lighting spurred us to extend our waking hours, as we tried to create an endless period of daylight. Lightbulbs allowed us to bypass our natural circadian rhythms of waking and sleeping with the sunrise…

Last week The New York Times teamed up with Environmental Defense to produce this helpful guide to eating fish “with no environmental issues” a.k.a. low contamination levels.

Whenever I go to South Carolina, I tell my brother that “everyone” up north is thinking about their health and buying at least some organic products. And my brother just shakes his head and says, “That just won’t go over down here.” Well, in fact, it will. And it’s about to. Because Wal-Mart will soon…

When Beliefnet.com was launched in 1999, Mr. Chattering wanted to allow anyone to talk about religion and spiritual development. He figured that if our producers got Hollywood celebrities to delve into these subjects, others would follow. Gossipy Hollywood interviews about flamboyant homes and designer handbags were plentiful in “Vanity Fair” or “People” magazine. Beliefnet set…

Hmmmm. Another sign of the times? The Company Store’s bed linen catalog features brightly colored goose down comforters in a manner strikingly similar to a row of Tibetan Prayer Flags. Coincidence? What do you think?

“Hey! There’s a rat back there the size of a cat!”I said this to a stranger walking towards me on the sidewalk near the Brooklyn Public Library where the city has been doing some construction lately. “Really?!” the man exclaimed. “Dead or alive?” “Alive, I’m afraid.” I said, looking back. It was broad daylight, and…

“Religion has suffered when orthodoxy is more regarded than virtue–at the last day we shall not be regarded by what we thought but what we did to our fellow creatures.” —Ben Franklin

We’re nearing the end of the school year, that time when parents and kids must decide what the heck to give the classroom teacher, that devoted man or woman who works a hard day and is always underpaid. We Chatterings have hit upon a solution: hand-decorated candles are always a hit. And there’s that little…
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