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Punk rock legend Patti Smith is coming out with a raved-about memoir today, Just Kids, about her relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe and the downtown NYC arts scene in the 1960s and 70s. The two were friends, lovers, muses, and more–well before either one of them got famous. (The photo at left, by Gerard Malanga,…

Many years ago a friend who was starting to do yoga (yet to be anywhere near the everywhere-you-look phenom it is today) told me about her discovery: Start every day with warm lemon water. She said it had pretty much changed her life by answering her body’s need for something calming, cleansing, and refreshing. The…

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and discovery.” –Martin Luther King, Jr. Click here for more quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr. Need more morning inspiration?  Read our entire Fresh Morning collection!

It still feels like a miracle. One year after Captain Sullenberger famously brought Flight 1549 to an emergency water landing on the Hudson River, the fact that every single passenger, crew member, and first responder lived to tell the tale is still almost too fantastic to believe. Especially today, I think, as we’re all still…

Letting this one sink in this morning. So simple, and yet… But so essential and what we want most for ourselves, right? “The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find…

Yesterday we did a brief post on how to support survivors in Haiti after the 7.0 earthquake 10 miles from Port Au Prince that killed thousands and affected more than 3 million people. Today we’ve collected more charity links from trusted sources. Some of them are religion-centric (but help everyone) and some are not.  This is an excellent article by…

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For us tea-types, a little morning refreshment: ‘It is very strange, this domination of our intellect by our digestive organs. We cannot work, we cannot think, unless our stomach wills so. It dictates to us our emotions, our passions.  After eggs and bacon, it says, “Work!”  After beefsteak and porter, it says, “Sleep!”  After a…

Prayer and I aren’t always on speaking terms, especially lately, but as the Haiti earthquake images and death tolls slowly sink into my brain, I feel that tug that is the human instinct to pray. So here it is.  My prayer is for solid ground.  May the earth that crumbled beneath feet and homes and…

Haiti is hurting right now in the aftermath of an enormous earthquake. A friend just passed this bit of info along that I’ve verified: “Text ‘HAITI’ To 90999 To Donate $10 To American Red Cross- One small thing we all can do to help millions in need right now.” We’ll be adding more ways to…
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