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Our former Chattering Mind blogger and BFF of Beliefnet Amy Cunningham sent me this incredible video of Amma, or Mata Amritanandamayi, or Ammachi, or the Hugging Saint, embracing all kinds of people all around the world. And Amy wrote: “Everybody keeps saying that no one will surpass Michael Jackson’s celebrity, but if Amma keeps hugging, she’ll…

I’m staring out my window at gusting sheets of horizontal rain. It’s cold. The sky is white. And give or take some precipitory drama, it’s been like this for more than a month. What day is it? Yep, July 2nd. It’s happened, we done did it, we broke the weather. Last week’s New Yorker had…

I’m not sure it’s really anything so grand as kindness, but I cannot kill a mouse. Though I could probably have a mouse killed on my behalf, no problem. Where are the vermin mafia? Can I hire someone who will slip a trap in my kitchen, catch the squeaker, and whisk him away without me…

Are you going to celebrate the 4th of July with a cookout?  If so, I have two questions for you: 1.  What are you making? 2.  What grill are you making it on? I ask because I’m always looking for yummy ways to use the grill, but also because we’re in the market for one…
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