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Good morning. If you start your day by watching this sweet video of students singing “Landslide” for their teacher, you will have a sunny day, I almost guarantee it.

I came across this “stop what you’re doing and watch this–twice!” vid on Mighty Girl.  It’s an exuberant musical take on the traditional wedding video, set to Queen’s “Don’t Stop Me Now” and starring the guests at what looked like a gorgeous British countryside wedding. Watching a video like this makes me think of what…

“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…

As I shared here and here, we’re gearing up to move into a new home.  Which means we have to sell our condo.  Which means we have to foray into the world of home staging.  Oy. I’m not an avid HGTV watcher, so I don’t have hours of programming under my belt to guide me…

What wakes you up?  The question could apply to what gets you motivated in the morning, what perks your spirit after the 3 pm doldrums, or anything in between.  It strikes me that most wake-up triggers are connected to the 5 senses:  the smell of brewing coffee, the sight of an invigorating color, the sound…

I’m a sprout farmer! What started out as a handful of mung beans are now nice, crunchy, protein- and enzyme-rich sprouts. Very exciting. And you can do it too if you haven’t before. Here are easy-peasy basic instructions for mungs and a few links in case you want to get fancier. 1) Get a Mason…

Asparagus: it’s a sure harbinger of spring, a green, nutritious purveyor of vitamins A, C, and K, plus folate, iron, and fiber.  Steamed, roasted, or grilled, skinny or thick-stemmed–its subtle, distinctive flavor is truly delicious. Until you have to go wee-wee, that is, at which point you are confronted with a harmless genetic abnormality that…

We all know that changing to energy-efficient, compact-flourescent lightbulbs can significantly lower our carbon footprints.  But did you know that these bulbs, while “green” in the energy-usage sense, actually contain mercury, a toxic metal? This makes the bulbs potentially dangerous to pregnant women, children, and others if they break–and if they wind up in landfills,…

Lately I’ve been waking up in the morning and just lying in bed for a while, listening. My ears fill with a rush of… nothing. Just a rich silence. I can almost see it. It’s like a dense meringue of nothingness. And it seems to help with my day to really drink that in first…
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