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I can almost hear the voiceover… “Are pale, stumpy, thin lashes undermining your confidence and destroying your life? Ask your doctor about Latisse to see if you have Low-Bat Syndrome (LBS). And blink your way back to life.” From an actual press release about the prescription solution in December: “‘LATISSEâ„¢ fulfills a significant and previously unmet need…

A recent study from Britain’s Royal Horticultural Society has found a link between women’s voices and plant growth. Over a month, tomato plants spoken to by women tenders grew significantly faster than those chatted up by men. Some of the men’s plants actually grew at a slower rate than those left completely alone. Researchers don’t know…

Thanks to reader “foufou” for posting this tasty–and easy–recipe on my picnic post last week.  I can’t wait to try it…and to figure out how to spell tabouli (tabbouli?  tabouleh?).  Anyway, this vegetarian salad is packed with protein courtesy of our grain-y friend bulgur, plus all kinds of fresh herb and lemon goodness.  Enjoy! TABBOULI…

Sharing these soft/spiky redonkulously cute guys. (I can’t find the source–let me know if you know who photographed these little balls.)

What color wakes you up?  We just published a fun gallery on how color affects emotions and energy, and here are some options for your best wake-up color.  Use these colors on your bedroom walls, bedding, PJs, teddy bears, etc. Yellow projects love, light, warmth, and wealth, enhances communication, learning, mood, and energy level. Green…

With Holly asking for some good summer reading, I put together a little list of some new and perennial favorites in the spiritualish-but-not-religious realm. Herewith: 1) “Enlightenment for Idiots”  by Anne Cushman I keep re-reading this funny, moving novel about an American woman’s spiritual journey in India. Out in paperback on July 9th. 2) “Holy Cow”…

Remember when we were in school and we got lists of books we had to have read by September?  Invisible Man, Siddhartha, As I Lay Dying–some years the list was longer than others, some years (oy, Faulkner) were more challenging than others.  But every summer, I read. So here, at the official start of summer,…

“Be free all worthy spirits, and stretch yourselves, for great and for height.”      — George Champman

Wade Davis has the coolest job title–and job–ever: Explorer-in-Residence at National Geographic. He just gave a talk here at the LOHAS conference about all the many indigenous cultures he has studied, lived with, and loves. He talked of their spiritual connections and obligations, their relationships with plant medicine, and more–without treacly romanticizing. And I paraphrase:…

More and more mind blowing stuff at the LOHAS conference today. First we have Hunter Lovins, her real name. She runs a company called Natural Capitalism that helps small businesses go green. She’s also a professor, author of nine books, and world-wide speaker. Some of the many things I learned from this large-presenced woman in…
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