Ocean: Rhythms This photo is a shot of the ocean between Bronte and Bondi Beaches in Australia. The whole world has beaches because land around the world is surrounded by oceans, which connect us all through tides, waves, currents, and the sea life within. The ocean can be wonderful or deadly, but that in itself […]
Spirituality
14 Days of Summer, a Meditation:
Day Seven
The Forest: Intuition A forest can be both a frightening and a magical place. Why is that magic so frightening to people? Because there is power in it, the power to understand nature at its deepest. Spending time in a forest in summer reminds us that everything is a cycle of birth, life, and death. […]
14 Days of Summer, a Meditation:
Day Six
Rainbows: Healing Often after a rain in the summer comes a rainbow. The rainbow is a reminder that there is hope and healing after a storm and also a reminder that sometimes you need a storm before you can have a rainbow. The rainbow contains the entire spectrum of light, colors that also mirror the […]
14 Days of Summer, a Meditation:
Day Five
Rain: Replenishment Rain is essential to all our survival. Sometimes it forces us to stop our activities and just rest and replenish ourselves, just as it replenishes the earth. Think about it: We’ve all heard the statement “what goes up must come down.” But what comes down also goes back up again. Rain is the […]
14 Days of Summer, a Meditation:
Day Four
Clouds: Dreaming You can lie on the ground and look at the clouds at any time of year, but there is something about summertime—the warmth, the leisure—that makes it perfect. Clouds are like dreams, fleeting, changing, hard to hold onto but beautiful and fascinating. I’ve been told on good authority that the Aborigines call their […]
14 Days of Summer, a Meditation:
Day Three
Sunshine: Unconditional Love For some people, summer is a chance to complain about the heat or lock themselves into air-conditioned habitats. But our bodies need sunshine to survive and be healthy—in fact we wouldn’t exist without the sun! The sun shines on everyone with no regard for race, wealth, fashion sense, or religion. The sun […]
14 Days of Summer, A Meditation:
Day Two
Fruit: Nourishment Summer is the season of delicious, amazing fruit, which is the direct result of the desire of flowers. Is there a fruit that doesn’t start as a flower first? What seems frivolous from our standards (flowers everywhere!) is truly a purposeful and wonderful gift of nourishment, for people, for animals, for the earth. […]
14 Days of Summer, A Meditation:
Day One
Flowers: Desire Summer is the season of flowers. We enjoy them for their outrageous beauty. We give them as gifts to show gratitude, love, and appreciation. But why do flowers exist? Why do they bloom in summer? Flowers are nature’s way of expressing desire—the desire to attract pollinators, the desire to reproduce, the desire to […]
Scratch
Raised on America’s first organic farm, Scratch author Maria Rodale learned how to make everyday favorites from, yes, scratch — the way you remember them; the way they turn out best.
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Drawing on findings from leading health researchers as well as conversations with both chemical and organic farmers from coast to coast, Maria Rodale irrefutably outlines the unacceptably high cost of chemical farming on our health and our environment.
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