Freedom does not mean damage. It does not mean harm. No form of harm, physical, physiological, or psychological is a part of freedom. Harm is not normal. Violation and violence are not normal, and are not acceptable as part of the fabric of everyday life. A lot of people have a difficult time when it…

Don’t become less pure. Become more pure. Don’t dilute: Purify. As I wrote not long ago here about the use of silicone compounds in hair products, and how they always insidiously seem to keep appearing over and over again in products, even ones which are touted as being great, one has to learn to always…

Chickadee in front of my building. It is a sin to harm these fragile, precious creatures in any way. The sick asswipes with their leafblowers, with their loud vehicle exhaust systems, and with their boom stereos are harming not just the humans who have to be exposed to their disgusting shit, but precious little creatures…

Cook organic brown basmati rice mixed with a little bit of wild rice, a dash of toasted sesame oil, and a pinch of sea salt. When finished add scallion, kale, pieces of organic mango, Thompson raisins, Atlantic dulse flakes, crumbled walnuts, Bragg’s Organic Apple Cider Vinaigrette, organic extra virgin olive oil, a little bit of…

Lately I’ve really been enjoying a new thing with tea: Having my favorite organic white peony tea with unsweetened soymilk and a tiny pinch of stevia powder for sweetening. Adding the soymilk to tea really changes it. It is gentle and calming. I also prefer to wash my tea bags before using by dipping them…

Once the rice is cooked it only takes seconds to make. Organic brown basmati rice with some wild rice mixed in. Also added a few drops of toasted sesame oil and a pinch of sea salt when cooking the rice. I put in half an organic avocado, chopped scallion, and some organic salsa fresca from…

Its now late Spring and I wanted to make an updated post to mention the latest and greatest from the world of cosmetics. It has been a great year for cosmetics and I will start with the basics: Foundation I have tried many foundations over time, at times approaching it almost as a job. I…

One of the natural food stores near me is now carrying bulk dried organic jackfruit. It is now my favorite dried fruit (except maybe for raisins which are almost a daily staple [EDIT: ok and perhaps also for dried mango, unsweetened banana chips, and dried blueberries]). Unlike many other dried fruits, eating a lot of…

When you boil it down to the essence of what makes life unique, what do you come up with? In the Cosmos there exist myriad configurations of matter an energy of which life – and us humans in particular – are just a part. But is there – or what is there – that makes…

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