Walk to William Penn House Class (Tuesday Nights @ 6:30pm)
More About Eating Local
Some great reminders and interesting new tidbits of information in this article/book review about globalization and Columbus. With a little help from our friends, some dedicated scholars, and a willingness to learn, we can have a better understanding of the… (READ MORE)
Before the Rain Was Truly Earnest
The rain started when I was about half way to Union Station to catch the metro to Takoma Park to teach the noon gentle/therapeutics class at Willow Street. Thanks to all the regulars, make=up students, and drop-ins for coming to… (READ MORE)
“Do you have an umbrella?”
As I was headed out at lunch, a co-worker in another office whom I know only from the hallway, asked, “do you have an umbrella?” “Yes, I do, how are you?” I replied, knowing that she was trying to be… (READ MORE)
The Garden Thrills to the Thunderstorms
Magical Mushrooms
Have You Noticed
It’s About the Money (and Solar or Wind Power for Home and/or Business)
This anecdote is a powerful incentive for those who could not care less about consequences of fossil fuel consumption. Total electric bill this late spring/summer by month so far: May 2011: $6.92 (PEPCO carrying charge); solar output exceeded usage June… (READ MORE)
Living Mindfully in a Heat Wave, Ahimsa, and “Opening to Grace”
Ahimsa, which is the first of the yamas in Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, and thus is the first practice or principle of the eight-limbed path, is usually translated as non-violence or non-harming. Over my years of practice and study, I have… (READ MORE)