Humans used to be mice, or some other type of small mammal that liked to burrow away, hide during the day, and come out at night. It’s ok if you want to close your blinds, close the curtains, and take a nap during the middle of a long Summer day. Summer days are really long…

Millet is a superior grain. Pro-tip: Add oil such as olive oil to it and mix well. Optionally add walnuts. Season with sea salt.

There is life all around us. It’s sad that many people do not give thought to the life that is around them. I don’t mean macro organisms but rather all the smaller things such as the microbiomes which live in and on our bodies and even things like fruit flies or bugs that live on…

Recently, for the first time, I was at a club which I’ve been to many times in the past. Of course smoking cannabis was never allowed there and I remember people always used to go out to their cars to smoke herb. Sometimes people would try to smoke it covertly inside the club and inevitably…

Beans Potatoes Yams Squash Chia Wild Rice Tomatoes Peppers Cocoa Lemon Verbena Stevia Avocados Persimmons Strawberries Blueberries Pecans Walnuts When I think of veganism I think of evolution of human beings. I think of Earth in balance and harmony. I think of a planet based on love and wisdom, not cruelty and exploitation. As a…

I love it, but then I always feel a bittersweet kind of tinge. Because I want more. This is not enough. There needs to be more. I want to dance. I need to dance. Now! (I know it’s really not God controlling my stereo. It’s my brain…)

There is the concept of at-stakeness.  A synonym to this is to be invested in something.  To have an interest – more than just an interest in something, for an interest can be arbitrary.  At-stakeness implies a kind of inextricable integration into something. In thinking about this, and thinking about how the concept of at-stakeness…

One sees people who’ve lost hope – hope that they’ll never be sick – that their body will ever not be a prison rather than a joy to inhabit – an enemy to them instead of a good friend.  They’ve lost the will to change their lives.  They’ve given up. One sees people like this…

A few weeks ago I got cranberry beans from the farmers market.  They were out of my favorite cannelini beans and I asked the guy at the stand which ones he likes and he recommended the cranberries. One thing I notice about cranberry beans is that they cook much faster than other beans.  The cooking…

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