Valerie, I love your description of the Facebook iPod Shuffle game as “high-tech divination.”  So here’s what my iTunes tarot had to say. (I must say I’m a little alarmed that “my life’s purpose” is “Lies,” and I danced at my wedding at “Up Where We Belong,” thank you very much!  But wow, I’d be…

There are environmental, economic, and logistical things to consider when deciding how much of a locavore to be.  But is buying local spiritual? Our Beliefnet blog brother Gus diZerega has a fascinating post over on A Pagan’s Blog about this very question.  He says: “Spiritually, buying from [a] larger perspective recognizes we are anything but…

Reader jestrfyl posted on The Health Secrets of Lemons that limes are just as healing as lemons–and more intensely flavored.  I say amen, J – which brings me back to chicken soup. Seriously!  Vietnamese cuisine has long paired limes (and basil, yummmm) with chicken soup.  So next time you want to mix it up a…

As Friday night approaches, homes across America will fill with the soothing aroma of chicken soup.  It’ll cure what ails ya – they don’t call it “Jewish Penicillin” for nothing!  Everyone has their family traditions and secrets (my Aunt Minnie put parsnips in hers, and that spicy, earthy flavor really sends me).  If you think…

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