Lessons From Animals: In an online post regarding the council meeting yesterday proposing a Therapeutic Community for the homeless on Woodwynn Farms in Saanich, this quote from an upset...
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Book Review: One-Minute Mindfulness
“One-Minute Mindfulness: 50 Simple Ways to Find Peace, Clarity, and New Possibilities in a Stressed-Out World” by Donald Altman, New World Library, ISBN 978-1-60868-030-6 “Live...
The Value of Food
It is a myth that eating healthy costs more money. A healthy, whole food diet is surprisingly inexpensive. Potatoes are cheaper than fries, whole chicken costs less than strips, and...
Public Hearing Presentation
This was my presentation to the Lantzville Council majority at the Urban Food Gardens Bylaw Public Hearing, October 24th, 2011 (of which approx. 200 people attended and about 60 presented). This...
Bringing Mindfulness to Eating
Being alive during a time of overwhelming planetary crises can sometimes mean waking up with existential angst. At these times, I always come back to how I can be most useful in the...
The Human Dance
He walked up to me as I sat on the bench, enjoying the sun and the people watching. He was a thin man — “all bones” mom would say — wearing loose, well-worn clothes, dirty sneakers...
Fear: A Friend or Foe
Quite some time ago I lived much of my life with fear being the basis for my decisions. I wasn’t consciously aware of it: fear had become ingrained in my way of being as a very young...
Humanity Man: Time
Time. Is there anything more mysterious or paradoxical in our lives than time? Time is both friend and foe. It is loved and despised. It’s yours and it’s mine. Time will leave the...
The Shadow Side of the Well-Feds’ Relationship to Food
According to the World Health Organization, one-third of the world is well-fed, one-third is under-fed, and the final third is starving… experiencing gnawing, daily hunger. Nearly...
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