Interesting article from the New York Times that shed’s light on the organic food issue:
“In the six-and-one-half years since the federal government began certifying food as “organic,” Americans have taken to the idea with considerable enthusiasm. Sales have at least doubled, and three-quarters of the nation’s grocery stores now carry at least some organic [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Eating Food That’s Better for You, Organic or Not
Posted in Food on March 31, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Stand By Me—-or What about Life?
Posted in Need I Say More on March 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2539741
Need I say more?
Without a Subject is there an Object??? Well, is There?
Posted in Paradox, Poems & Quotations, thinking outloud on March 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“…without a subject, nothing at all would exist to confront objects, and to imagine them, as such. True, this implies that every object, everything “objective” — in being merely objectivized by the subject – is the most subjective thing possible.”
Medard Boss, The Analysis of Dreams.
is it? would it exist with a subject? without an [...]
The True Hero is Flawed
Posted in Books, How I See, Paradox, Perspective, tagged Art of Racing In The Rain, Books, dogs, Enzo, Garth Stein, Hero on March 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The True Hero is Flawed. The true test of a champion is not whether she can triumph, but whether she can overcome obstacles–preferably of her own making–in order to triumph. A hero without a flaw is of no interest to an audience or to the universe, which, after all, is based on conflict and opposition, [...]
Fears and such: Sometimes…
Posted in Perspective, Poems & Quotations, tagged fears, pain, quotes, the universe, understand on March 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes, understanding their fears, helps you to understand their actions, as well as their pain. Plus, understanding their fears sometimes helps you to understand your own. -The Universe
What is Numinous?
Posted in Perspective, Seeing IS a verb, Sharing, Something to think about, Spirituality, psychology, tagged carlos castaneda, divine mind, holiness, jung, numinous, ott, otto, psychology. divine, religious, spiritual on March 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
A friend posed this question to me when I told her I was studying Freud and Jung all weekend.
She asked me “hey, who was it that first discussed “numinosity”.
“hhhhmm.” i replied, followed it with my three favorite words “i don’t know”…and off i went to google. Here’s what I found on what’s now an intriguing [...]
What’s in YOUR Body Care Products?
Posted in Good Ideas, Something to Act on, Something to think about, Sustainable, World, health and fitness, tagged 4-dioxane, cancer, carcinogenic, green cleaning products, gren, organic, Sustainable on March 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Follow-Up Tests of Leading Personal Care and Household Cleaning Brands Reveal Improvements in Levels of Carcinogenic 1,4-dioxane
But New Study Indicates Some Products Mislabeled as “Natural” Should Have Cancer Warning
3/6/2009 ANAHEIM, CA – Today, a new follow-up study was released that assesses levels of the petrochemical carcinogen 1,4-dioxane in [...]
What are the statistics that statistics class will be called off tomorrow?
Posted in My Life, Sharing, tagged ice, Minneapolis, minnesota, snow, statistics, winter on March 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
We are in the midst of our March blast of Minnesota ice and snow. So beautiful, intense and treturous and a crisp reminder that we are not yet to the awakening of spring. I enjoy the deep breaths of clean crisp air–grateful to be alive, employed and awakened….and take very little and careful steps secretly [...]
