A while back, Holly created a wonderful gallery we’ve posted about, The 15 Hidden Health Secrets of Lemons. It was such a huge hit that the folks at My9, a local NYC-based station, wanted to included it in their Power of Faith series. So, with Holly not living in NYC, Valerie (me) went on camera…

When Holly was telling me about how she’s staging her home to sell (check out her great home staging tips), she mentioned having to de-personalize it by taking down “lots of photographs of people we love.” This made me re-realize that I have, er, just about zero photos of people on my walls or shelves, or anywhere…

“One in 8 Million” is a gorgeous series of audio/photo portraits of ordinary New Yorkers co-created by my incredibly talented friend Sarah Kramer on the New York Times’ website. The latest episode is about May Wong Lee, an assistant principal of a public school in Chinatown who lives in a four-story building with her father, brother, and sister-in-law, plus her husband…

The other night I went to the release party for author and Beliefnet blogger Victoria Moran’s latest book, “The Love Powered Diet: Eating for Freedom, Health and Joy.” It was held at the gallery of Peter Max, the visionary artist best known for his “Cosmic 60’s” paintings. Victoria’s inspiring book encourages us to examine the…

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