Good Morning, God! Apparently NASA has a new project called IceBridge — keeping an eye on Earth’s polar ice. On October 14, 2011 they noticed this crack on Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier. You can barely see the crack in this…
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A really BIG iceberg is coming!
Tagged with: climate change, icebergs, NASA's IceBridge
Posted in a matter of scale, Changing, choices, climate changes, web of life
Posted in a matter of scale, Changing, choices, climate changes, web of life
Making our way back to non-industrial food
Good Morning, God! Sometimes, God, I feel like this cat as I try to get us back into non-industrial food. Tradition used to set our tables. Mothers used to make sure their children ate their “greens.” Not just vegetables but…
Tagged with: eat your greens, experts and studies, frankenfoods, traditional food, what to eat
Posted in choices, food questions, The difficulty of changing, traditional food patterns
Posted in choices, food questions, The difficulty of changing, traditional food patterns
Et Tu, Fructose?
Good Morning, God! How long ago was it, God, that I read about how superior fructose was to regular sugar? Am I imagining that? Anyway, the news coming out about the dangers of fructose is unsettling. At first I thought…
Tagged with: dangers of fructose, Dr. Weeks, fructose and fiber, fructose as a liver toxin
Posted in adoring Easy, choices, food questions, Uncategorized
Posted in adoring Easy, choices, food questions, Uncategorized
Into the Abyss — A Tale of Death, A Tale of Life
Good Morning, God! Suz was lucky enough to be given tickets the night I arrived to an advanced preview of a documentary film Into the Abyss by Werner Herzog. It’s about a triple homicide in Texas and the execution of…
Tagged with: capital punishment, Into the Abyss, pre-premier, visceral knowledge, Werner Herzog
Posted in choices, daughters
Posted in choices, daughters
NOW, because Later is So Close to Never
Good Morning, God! So often, when I have to do something, I tend to think that I’ll do it later. The thing about LATER is that so many things can be stored in it. Later is endlessly expandable. But, NOW…
Orphaned Elephants in Kenya — and Hope
Good Morning, God! I’ve been reading more National Geographic magazines, God. It comes with sitting in waiting rooms. Yesterday I learned about an orphanage for elephants in Kenya. It’s the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Nairobi. There’s a lot of…
Tagged with: compassion, orphaned elephants in Kenya, sharing the planet with fellow creatures, understanding
Posted in Changing, choices, growing toward up, Help me to see, hope, Understanding
Posted in Changing, choices, growing toward up, Help me to see, hope, Understanding
Spark! Reading, Thinking and Running
Good Morning, God! I’m listening to the book, Spark, for the second time and am realizing I need to hear it several more times. In fact, I have ordered a hard copy. I want to be able to copy and…
A Strange Craving
Good Morning, God! I have developed a craving for seasoned seaweed. I had some at a friend’s home on Thursday and loved it. She told me it was on sale at Longs so I went right out and bought the…
Tagged with: a craving for seasoned seaweed, a moment with God, Dr. David Servan-Schreiber, healthful food, processed food
Posted in choices, food questions, health
Posted in choices, food questions, health
Food Stamps and Farmers’ Markets
Good Morning, God! Yesterday, after a trip to the Farmers’ Market I stopped at Whole Foods. They had lots of local produce — which was great. But, the prices were significantly higher. I can’t imagine anyone who uses food stamps…
Chained! It is so EASY to stay chained
Good Morning, God! There is something about this photo that delights me — but also makes me uneasy. It makes me think about how inexorable Life is. And how easy it is to get stuck — figuratively chained to old…
Tagged with: Anticancer, chained to old ideas, Changing small subroutine by subroutine, changing the way we eat, habits as subroutines, Incognito: the Secret Lives of the Brain, repeated wake up calls, the Law of Inertia
Posted in Changing, choices, choosing HARD, self care as self compassion and humility
Posted in Changing, choices, choosing HARD, self care as self compassion and humility
A Moment with God 