tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70706057137929234512024-03-06T03:19:56.656-05:00Healing TreasureBeyond Ordinary Health and LifeDoniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17292554755396847872noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7070605713792923451.post-2432456966356027622009-06-12T12:41:00.008-04:002009-06-12T13:16:03.428-04:00Heavy Petal<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOtZmrd7G3ZyDQEmr4ogHhby9bYAJxZGeJf39Kd6v7quUJJtr3JGUXwgrUsBlQ8l0TP3Csjltl0d4znrvgDp3wOk7LqRWwpWjLjG-ZOo9xKKyrWI5i18g6KEsT9GYbcSc5gVz9nL74r5Y/s1600-h/May+thru+early+June+2009+221.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346486852855497282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOtZmrd7G3ZyDQEmr4ogHhby9bYAJxZGeJf39Kd6v7quUJJtr3JGUXwgrUsBlQ8l0TP3Csjltl0d4znrvgDp3wOk7LqRWwpWjLjG-ZOo9xKKyrWI5i18g6KEsT9GYbcSc5gVz9nL74r5Y/s320/May+thru+early+June+2009+221.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div align="left"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Ok</span>, i borrowed the title from the post from one of the websites i frequent, <a href="http://heavypetal.ca/">Heavy Petal</a>. Find out about one of their covert <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">greeny</span> garden ideas <a href="http://zamuhealth.blogspot.com/2009/03/moss-graffiti.html">here</a>.<br /></div><div align="left">We finally got around to doing an <a href="http://healingtreasure.blogspot.com/2009/05/unplugging-my-kid.html">unplugged kid</a> project! The theme from a little bit ago was <span style="color:#cc33cc;">Petal</span>...</div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">i came across a brilliant use of the petal-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">ly</span> persuasion at <a href="http://resurrectionfern.typepad.com/resurrection_fern/2009/06/a-new-species-of-flower.html">Resurrection Fern</a>. I ADORE the beautiful treasures created and observed on this blog. It is deeply inspiring. So, for our petal project the lion cub and i deconstructed and reconstructed some flowers...it was perfect for a rainy overcast afternoon.<br /><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346486146819764706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6kN91n93WEHJf8ubspvxN3kbXCk_FGZTA0do5RAGTPPyV2gE3zoiDvDeMNdN9eYG_O8Zxt226O8EJVS9LEWWqyBBNRQeipIyx1iDLw6Oj6tKvasTgIfLtdjsZQSWfruF-PrF8TZMmSKc/s320/May+thru+early+June+2009+188.jpg" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346486152959997698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsN01zdyYvSuohUkkbwYv_Jp0BPEqCWceVkZmYopnSkEl6n9V9uyCttf3zBUh1YY30-WQs7cye5kmHktjtpVPn_67x5abNVrUiU1Ib85VkEFmmtz1i8_fc80gF8VZF0Wz4mZBbDsRgtGM/s320/May+thru+early+June+2009+190.jpg" border="0" /><span style="font-size:85%;">the materials have been gathered<br /></span><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346486158656313698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_0x3lHv-y3hSsrQfT7PDIkODT6RmCIb3lFDphZtGuyYvUYhzjFtyO0AT0ImFhgw1arY7oVF-aRr6Qg4bmpjBmSeYjra-UKs50aRm7YKNePDNU7y3BNprZflCutIfoBAPNBK33emzgSn4/s320/May+thru+early+June+2009+197.jpg" border="0" /><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346486159404693970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnNXG-feFPAIhJTvBGJJ9BAH35-sbWNn-KosgKha0GODOQ-P2rT87DOHBhuFGAAa5zg36ZI9mYumS-5TDMgYbd_L-CzY5od4YOTIUa33B9br0hFpOfKoENV80-bBZKxWQfIdX-v3Rpqrc/s320/May+thru+early+June+2009+198.jpg" border="0" /><span style="font-size:85%;">now for some fuel!</span><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346486162444676450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Lt1PEYyDjChHCfIDZ5G3nNyBmTbGBUykKRaeQo4_91wFPeT8grJ-y1842ZDzOkuPT6LfJWrh-CXyxto8-ODdoreF61uXfaKLBAmvKThJhzRQ9Sbe4N9oqO8omyOJVGFCUjj3SmiQ1Zg/s320/May+thru+early+June+2009+201.jpg" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346486528589557458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSwYbjR05Oj9QDgr1rkqAtIK-CiXExymrC6NSYRNgpqH51XGJUl-YZMYJwSC56rxG_R2IoJ_94fswwvxwZtmjn3yj3ZBKtSJYLWuD68TA6APvl9dIznKe2uDZyhHPAJoNqlPe5ZQfqwhc/s320/May+thru+early+June+2009+207.jpg" border="0" /><span style="font-size:85%;">yes, we made sure to use some recycled paper</span></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346486529104784882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9egM4CnBSikRvgeO9_2X0W_ptvp4k410HwPoTB5LN-HNViV-W4hReGgv-WnAYDJT1fniyBB5n5LKfg0MZ4ejSCTMc0W6Hqycz-G1x9KWygfbBBmcUBf3pHjsvwcJp-V1qFVgpQTYwsM0/s320/May+thru+early+June+2009+211.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346486531100681954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit4AfhPsTU3l1OmeJVbQm7bLTWenaSGsA7tnyBVnxswU_ys-1dOAEgyyo_M-HewJLcpqouRsuMVaiDKG3kfkyk-xjFUzf9NGgVKeuiCiTwKQqMIIrNOueLjb5cjg2hsW2ZtzkoQtBZgJE/s320/May+thru+early+June+2009+216.jpg" border="0" /></p><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346486857408985010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTnqNzd5ZpJ2mZY9RlbiV4J4QWq_B9ArhF-boGeZ3IIlUx_X9ARfpJygT5T4olvDrgGa2ZtyCVdF4mUfesBUNW-MtTxeyb9k-KsgyxkDB4yaWK2GpUY1a0HDaODswRb2rhYu8D1-93ems/s320/May+thru+early+June+2009+228.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346486862567124850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFhqg5wcZ5Fhzl51MbXOItY9EWvdFhZCR5r-bZvxCJKNXWfeXLsiKmqx4DbSzjFB9MrTJ9kLdL0D90N-IAxA7Ve0W0sfpp35ids0xB9SfDk3Jsr2lShREFPRKVASxoNSWB5rFOecCauOk/s320/May+thru+early+June+2009+229.jpg" border="0" />Doniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17292554755396847872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7070605713792923451.post-67630421989321890072009-05-27T17:05:00.003-04:002009-05-27T17:13:23.830-04:00A Fantastic Book on Natural Health<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340614712766887906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD5EGeIXuvwZIUwu3CK8bSuOdVDNtSMT2Rzk1VeW2xQ4C_xUMWlHKAbChafl8ElKe4Mkuob0d7641E3sVwaRiK6_Vv7hTT7Yu67UzZI0Frk-tv55O2fKh1fww9jYrqDkfKMs75lsOqyqg/s400/417srqjS6HL._SS500_%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div>I cannot recommend this book enough! It has helped tremendously when my little sprout has not been well. <a href="http://www.avivaromm.com/about">Aviva Jill <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Romm</span> </a>is a thoughtful, knowledgeable, experienced <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">herbalist</span>, midwife, and momma. </div><div></div><br /><div>It makes for a good present, too! </div>Doniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17292554755396847872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7070605713792923451.post-23828209876680144662009-05-27T16:47:00.003-04:002009-05-27T17:05:31.956-04:00Unplugging My KidThe lion cub leads a pretty unplugged life, as is...<br /><br /><br />When i came upon <a href="http://unplugyourkids.com/">UnplugYourKid.com</a> i thought what they do is fantastic. Here is the basic idea: Every week a theme is selected and you have full freedom to explore that idea creatively with your child. You take pictures of the process, progress, results, etc. and post them then link to the main website so others can see and enjoy. <a href="http://www.unplugyourkids.com/unplugged-project/">Here</a> are some more details...<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340611993878326386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtgw5Tj-WYbJSrYliENu-Eh1Ge9CgtlEtAfKIXneYdSSeWEfYAj3pPd15_dqwW3zhczHb4K6Ul0oTnfucmOlLxHSngQNdzn0S1MTIF2p3wC3IwHb3YFAChj_PcQ10O2cvsw0U55hmK2J4/s320/cover_2213172112008%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /> This week's theme is <em>Dark. </em>We are going to have a go next week with <em>Petal. </em><br /><br /><br />There has been much <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">jubilation</span> since the <a href="http://www.noaloha.com/breeders/index.php?page=17&item=506">iris</a> and <a href="http://www.thegrowspot.com/know/f7/all-about-peony-53551.html">peonies</a> started blooming so it should make for some really fun petal-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">ly</span> projects.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340612005813315250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6IHFqHwxIdvFxcBMfNSUOSN_3Dy3AINRSlJGumGbvDKRQ4EMRYwwE1C0b0gINKV5O_JDZP4Za-bM1QVPOOtA2h3isY87J4GNbFULfZl9Vw-G5xUZuTXsALePMfrVdETanA2fWmJPFv_E/s320/peony2%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /><br /><blockquote></blockquote>Doniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17292554755396847872noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7070605713792923451.post-21270716238500248842009-05-21T04:51:00.000-04:002009-05-21T16:56:11.450-04:00Running with Rumi<div align="left"></div><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwmpD7fhmka6fJTcj7M_Z_Dm-RJBlxqIeXlOK_gVMQvxTMbgN1aW7kKqtSMZszPvvkN7tZlbrp490ITCTSLl6BBWJUUk9UwD-1J7nn0lTWzSsNQeMlGPmZDb-xo2hUbQ_mlpPRvwVUtqE/s1600-h/3%20Sufi%20Tale%20Illustration%20Water%20color[1].jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338379565563733250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwmpD7fhmka6fJTcj7M_Z_Dm-RJBlxqIeXlOK_gVMQvxTMbgN1aW7kKqtSMZszPvvkN7tZlbrp490ITCTSLl6BBWJUUk9UwD-1J7nn0lTWzSsNQeMlGPmZDb-xo2hUbQ_mlpPRvwVUtqE/s320/3%2520Sufi%2520Tale%2520Illustration%2520Water%2520color%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;">by <a href="http://www.peterszasz.com/Books%20and%20Fine%20Art/booksandfineart.htm">Peter Szasz</a></span></div><em></em><br /><em>(i started this entry on the 22nd of April. then the fun began and continued and continues...i took a lot of shelter in the insights and inspiration of this beloved poet. his writings have provided a lot of strength and assurance and catalysts of introspection this past month.)</em><br /><br />My mind and heart are being run through by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumi">rumi</a>...<br /></div><div align="left">here are some gems from today...<br /><br />_____________<br /><br />When I am with you,<br />we stay up all night.<br />When you're not here,<br />I can't go to sleep.<br /><br />Praise God for those two insomnias!<br />And the difference between them.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">- Coleman Barks, <a href="http://www.harpercollins.com/books/9780062509598/The_Essential_Rumi__reissue/index.aspx">The Essential Rumi</a></span><br />________<br /><br /><div align="left">Love is the cure<br />Love is the cure,</div><div align="left">for your pain will keep giving birth to more pain</div><div align="left">until your eyes constantly exhale love</div><div align="left">as effortlessly as your body yields its scent.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">From </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?link_code=ur2&camp=1789&&creative=9325&path=ASIN/0142196126/qid=1124051010/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1"><span style="font-size:78%;">Love Poems from God</span></a><span style="font-size:78%;">, by Daniel Ladinsky</span>. </div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338379558409113554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 269px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF0k6BlPAXmwOy1tPPHaBKhOMyswEzIWtod7oNqRDoZP4gZkV1ef-6564-8P2ZDFiYMdaj6ZmAgp6ykDvSOY4s04AUUJwXjspXI6VTgh8ps86QQcoTaev3kVvp_k7mjk_YCNWnTDlGfqo/s320/Sufi-performance%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /> <div align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://www.manjarisufikathak.com/">Manjari Chaturvedi, creator of Sufi Kathak</a></span></div><br />___________<br /><br /><br />Ode 1823<br /><br />I don't get tired of you. Don't grow weary<br />of being compassionate toward me!<br /><br /><br />All this thirst equipment<br />must surely be tired of me,<br />the waterjar, the water carrier.<br /><br /><br />I have a thirsty fish in me<br />that can never find enough<br />of what it's thirsty for!<br /><br /><br />Show me the way to the ocean!<br />Break these half-measures,<br />these small containers.<br /><br /><br />All this fantasy<br />and grief.<br /><br /><br />Let my house be drowned in the wave<br />that rose last night in the courtyard<br />hidden in the center of my chest.<br /><br /><br />Joseph fell like the moon into my well.<br />The harvest I expected was washed away.<br />But no matter.<br /><br /><br />A fire has risen above my tombstone hat.<br />I don't want learning, or dignity,<br />or respectability.<br /><br /><br />I want this music and this dawn<br />and the warmth of your cheek against mine.<br /><br /><br />The grief-armies assemble,<br />but I'm not going with them.<br /><br /><br />This is how it always is<br />when I finish a poem.<br /><br /><br />A great silence comes over me,<br />and I wonder why I ever thought<br />to use language.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">-From Coleman Bark's <a href="http://www.poetseers.org/the_poetseers/rumi/odes_of_rumi">Like This</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">________________</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338379560298392802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjONF5bMHqkjHohhOMQ7NZ8mJtq5ArwZVwwzxNnqd-54KNs_-XJ2V-D88Gh4khlhUSaqPXUNqECa3OsnP7IlfFTJs9JdQ8_sV5vvyxV_e4QldpVI9BBTtspUl4DKMfmwDRvHf827yallvY/s320/28-rumi_quote_bracelet%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /></span>For those who have a pretty penny to spare and want to wear their love for Rumi, you can check out what <a href="http://dellfoxjewelry.com/Detailed/24.html">these people</a> have to offer. I think i shall stick to memorization and internalizing.</div>Doniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17292554755396847872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7070605713792923451.post-65779593611798081912009-05-20T04:20:00.000-04:002009-05-20T16:24:27.006-04:00I Spy Raw Fruit Cake!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdHH99eAX2spcSVwBsv1D-GTgKXHqzLM9mTbD_x215V9gNMk6XqlKpEoNDKi4dUFM1AUevK6cNqbnuHBBGoctzt8pwGQ02AQ0MQukK3EdSdf0pIf_C5JAv8VckP0uvurvD1UvfDuJsDS0/s1600-h/more+april+2009+009.jpg"></a>Okay, it wasn't me spying it...it was our dear family friend, Anand, visiting from DC. *Full disclosure* He wasn't really spying the fruit cake, this was part of the outdoor playing fun...but i thought it would be a cute and clever-ish intro to showing the raw goods...there you have it...honesty, the best policy! Albeit, not necessarily the smoothest policy...but he and his family did <strong>love </strong><a href="http://zamuhealth.blogspot.com/2009/05/powerballs-part-duex.html">these</a>! They thought i should market them!<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFvID4nkstkNAk91E1J6g7d8uf1G-o-pJZnhxpOITOp0S5hE9yzxLHzSjFAlFFp1eON9CcFfGBZV9ZpnGwiQeEupchU5Sm_wX1JxU9OR-5bG1RL7X_zy-IAFkYpPQ1dfINdEXU4CfHoig/s1600-h/more+april+2009+008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327206997194932466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFvID4nkstkNAk91E1J6g7d8uf1G-o-pJZnhxpOITOp0S5hE9yzxLHzSjFAlFFp1eON9CcFfGBZV9ZpnGwiQeEupchU5Sm_wX1JxU9OR-5bG1RL7X_zy-IAFkYpPQ1dfINdEXU4CfHoig/s400/more+april+2009+008.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Y9zKZSBfKFf3YjF0VOYvDfYplDSKrl8Rc6TtUyvCS8POPYsjchHYiQb9_JdbbVIyj2CB7oPNJx0OlQMqw7DLiUiRgx_uJPWb3UdYhnDHA6_uksmeyDMuAp70JYnx7IH9jIBZoEsUEfU/s1600-h/more+april+2009+039.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327206995229623698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Y9zKZSBfKFf3YjF0VOYvDfYplDSKrl8Rc6TtUyvCS8POPYsjchHYiQb9_JdbbVIyj2CB7oPNJx0OlQMqw7DLiUiRgx_uJPWb3UdYhnDHA6_uksmeyDMuAp70JYnx7IH9jIBZoEsUEfU/s400/more+april+2009+039.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> Yum! (modified recipe from </span><a href="http://search.half.ebay.com/complete-book-of-raw-foods_W0QQmZbooks"><span style="font-size:85%;">The Complete Book of Raw Foods</span></a> <span style="font-size:85%;">- will share later)<br /></span><div><br /><div></div></div></div>Doniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17292554755396847872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7070605713792923451.post-81191636286267600082009-05-12T16:58:00.002-04:002009-05-12T17:02:59.544-04:00My Body's In-cyst-ingi have been off-line for a spell due to powers beyond me...<br /><br />first the lion cub was under the weather (more on what helped with that later)...<br /><br />and then my ovaries decided they wanted to have a party...the right one in-cyst-ed on inviting two friends...fun for the whole family!<br /><br />just been resting and restoring energy. and eating some iron-filled green smoothies!Doniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17292554755396847872noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7070605713792923451.post-77722832492083484182009-04-21T13:33:00.005-04:002009-04-21T13:54:45.126-04:00unblockingdoing a lot of cleaning these days - both inside and out. a lot is being unearthed and excavated.<br /><br /><br />i suppose this is a rite of the season.<br /><br /><br />now i come back rearranged, and yet the same, to share again and again.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327201545502684338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 225px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFOUeFDYiPCFb8pMQuTKSXSuEcGpO61BbAH4elh6mGOwlCVuscZvFAci9lQXqjnEywvRIJgyoPE_FM4yLReLhIxFK9Dye_KlWHQjM7GH1IaUuKy8nGBjgld-NeRjQE5zyjeGErTljjA8U/s400/Girlsdig%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;">from </span><a href="http://www.indiamike.com/photopost/showphoto.php/photo/18559/ppuser/15002"><span style="font-size:78%;">here</span></a><br /></p>Doniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17292554755396847872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7070605713792923451.post-44561495126539947022009-04-08T13:18:00.002-04:002009-04-08T13:38:26.075-04:00Bowl-Lickin' Un-Cookin'! Seriously!I really love the blog <a href="http://greenandcrunchy.blogspot.com/">Green and Crunchy</a>. I find Sheri and her <a href="http://greenandcrunchy.blogspot.com/2009/04/kale-popsicles-and-kale-ice-cream-yes-i.html">Kale-<span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Popsicle</span></a> toting crew with their raw recipes and adventures deeply inspiring. They are probably really fun neighbors.<br /><br />A couple of days ago she put up a post on making <a href="http://greenandcrunchy.blogspot.com/2009/03/raw-vegan-parmesan-cheese.html">Raw Vegan <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Parmesan</span> "Cheese". </a>We had all the ingredients in hand so...viola! a few food-processing moments later we were sprinkling the stuff on everything!<br /><br />Not only is it delicious, but you get tons of B-vitamins, protein, and Omega fatty acids <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">from</span> the delightful combination of Nutritional Yeast and Walnuts. (i am not totally sure that Nutritional Yeast is Raw, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">btw</span>. i have heard its not.)<br /><br />here is the recipe according to her daughter, "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Annaya's</span> Parmesan Method: She placed 1 cup of raw walnuts in the food processor and ground them until they were in small chunks. Then she added 1 cup of nutritional yeast and ground it some more. Lastly she added a pinch of sea salt and ground to a nice powder. Done!"<br /><br />And here is a little person i know eating it sprinkled on organic multi-colored heirloom popcorn.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322371445838680482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj02XpZfJKoxQif70QmBnsM-1V-moyyf_3IImC1pB-r8SQJ5PgXoKHJUxbgSfHFO917Pv6UNcayDgMHrAqlfpbg-CQGQ07Pz8CttUzlmDr4pn4En1oeUCGT5C5aS_MfNcru1y_oBzYewYM/s400/Early+April+2009+008.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji9kGA4hT7ukkq0NpTaicAZ6l7VHxuFwaRIlW6A2XkRhv7Dlaro-9LVHD7TiK_AuTP1tD2Y7moUxgxWpRoypvXyb-idgQoD0gg421_VYZ1OZSoTYS6Bgwzw9aOHm4oZVmFs78q2aoC-Qc/s1600-h/Early+April+2009+003.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322371441335168850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji9kGA4hT7ukkq0NpTaicAZ6l7VHxuFwaRIlW6A2XkRhv7Dlaro-9LVHD7TiK_AuTP1tD2Y7moUxgxWpRoypvXyb-idgQoD0gg421_VYZ1OZSoTYS6Bgwzw9aOHm4oZVmFs78q2aoC-Qc/s400/Early+April+2009+003.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhciC8W6RvApIOLIoDK9MpWfUjCpmxAB7LraxOGlqXx8-3rTfdr6L2nRual36uhMZ6IQe5kCfaONc8JlUe3MZLpvze35_fPUhO-aF5W-FDzdx2T_TypK_FU7F1P2HM9_7fKH4kmLFQKk1I/s1600-h/Early+April+2009+001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322371434869160994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhciC8W6RvApIOLIoDK9MpWfUjCpmxAB7LraxOGlqXx8-3rTfdr6L2nRual36uhMZ6IQe5kCfaONc8JlUe3MZLpvze35_fPUhO-aF5W-FDzdx2T_TypK_FU7F1P2HM9_7fKH4kmLFQKk1I/s400/Early+April+2009+001.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div> </div></div></div>Doniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17292554755396847872noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7070605713792923451.post-78809930411693537272009-04-06T17:26:00.005-04:002009-04-07T14:47:14.875-04:00If You Care About Organics, You Must Read This!I received this from a dear friend. Please share with others.<br /><br />Please tell everyone who wants organic foods.....<br /><br />US House and Senate are about (in a week and a half) to vote on bill that will OUTLAW ORGANIC FARMING (bill HR 875).<br /><br />There is an enormous rush to get this into law within the next 2 weeks before people realize what is happening.<br /><br />Main backer and lobbyist is Monsanto - chemical and genetic engineering giant corporation (and Cargill, ADM, and about 35 other related agri-giants). This bill will require organic farms to use specific fertilizers and poisonous insect sprays dictated by the newly formed agency to "make sure there is no danger to the public food supply".<br /><br />This will include backyard gardens that grow food only for a family and not for sales.<br /><br />If this passes then NO more heirloom clean seeds but only Monsanto genetically altered seeds that are now showing up with unexpected diseases in humans.<br /><br />There is a video on the subject <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epXNJNjYBvw&feature=related">here</a>.<br />And another one <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeWVkTU1s1E">here</a><br /><br />The name on this outrageous food plan is: The Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009 (bill HR 875).<br /><br />THIS IS REAL, FOLKS! PASS THIS ALONG TO ALL CONCERNED ON YOUR MAILING LISTS & CALL YOUR SENATE REPRESENTETIVES TODAY!<br /><br />Get on that phone and burn up the wires. Get anyone else you can to do the same thing. The House and Senate WILL pass this if they are not massively threatened with loss of their position.... They only fear your voice and your vote.<br /><br />The best thing to do is go to <a href="http://www.house.gov/writerep" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.house.gov/writerep</a> all you have to do is put in your zip and it will give you your congressperson and how to get in touch with them. When you call their office someone will answer the phone, just tell them (politely) that you are calling to express your views on HR 875. Tell them your views, they'll take your name and address and pass your comments along to the congressperson.<br /><br />The following link is a list of the U.S. senators and their contact info: <a href="http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm</a>Doniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17292554755396847872noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7070605713792923451.post-70343153492316508732009-04-03T17:27:00.008-04:002009-04-03T17:39:14.681-04:00The Treasure of Reconnecting<div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqxV3XDTrj7f2AK5rRoQcJnrxpK4BobxIkRburblxTe7avkOfYV2QyWwrD8hcSExHrvOp0ETAMTaWZb2ld3UMW_9RvQBt1OaWvO3aquuEF12M2XMmN5PuXRJjBaRKrs4IufFhKSJQPuVI/s1600-h/fellini[1].jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320581813101462434" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 153px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqxV3XDTrj7f2AK5rRoQcJnrxpK4BobxIkRburblxTe7avkOfYV2QyWwrD8hcSExHrvOp0ETAMTaWZb2ld3UMW_9RvQBt1OaWvO3aquuEF12M2XMmN5PuXRJjBaRKrs4IufFhKSJQPuVI/s200/fellini%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div align="left">Its so good to see dear friends after a long absence, no? </div><div align="left"><br /></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">Dare i say it is a Healing Treasure? One that soothes the soul? </div><div align="left"><br /></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">Today we awoke nourished and inspired because of said reunions...and because these fellows and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federico_Fellini">fellinis</a></span> are gracing us with their <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">optimistic</span> visages.</div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320582292949488450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 326px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3RGJQLP96foYtdq3UkveDeqQob8buDuqQdpGCw8ACF8PdDxs1s2SR68uObYNWtOWOtXfl326i4GqwBCOZy14IhS6AoW8gsGN0TqA4euy39dEhJAZ-pG5PPsC29y0s6OY4wiVGZlvYQgQ/s400/daffodilcare%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /></div><p align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;">from <a href="http://www.flower-garden-bulbs.com/daffodil-care.html">here</a></span></p><p></p>Doniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17292554755396847872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7070605713792923451.post-37609173886439715992009-04-02T12:20:00.004-04:002009-04-02T12:24:47.513-04:00ProvocateurCheck out a come-hither <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrot">daucus carota</a></em> on my <a href="http://zamuhealth.blogspot.com/2009/04/sultry-veggies.html">alterna-blog</a>!<br /><br />Trust me...you won't be able to resist!Doniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17292554755396847872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7070605713792923451.post-42598139658099231282009-04-01T00:10:00.002-04:002009-04-01T00:12:42.926-04:00Zamu in the News!!!For Zamu Tour info, check out my website...<a href="http://healingtreasure.com/">HealingTreasure.com</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoZpO7IkHzhNwxjSYBdIWhKnIpw20_7waL0iZxZY3upSMlon8EivEjqzIw3Xhm0WfBrSUWtqDPEWYfGTUGWNtclkzRD6w7LpvOZ28eHMVpoOmd7AskqlxPjcldst5KbIDIkVWAAiQOcTs/s1600-h/244.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 136px; height: 165px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoZpO7IkHzhNwxjSYBdIWhKnIpw20_7waL0iZxZY3upSMlon8EivEjqzIw3Xhm0WfBrSUWtqDPEWYfGTUGWNtclkzRD6w7LpvOZ28eHMVpoOmd7AskqlxPjcldst5KbIDIkVWAAiQOcTs/s320/244.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319570947294333922" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 28px; color: rgb(153, 51, 51); line-height: 40px; font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">ZAMU<sup><span style="font-size:85%;">TM</span></sup> In The News</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 7px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 22px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Special TV & Radio Appearances By 'Amazon John' and Olivia</div> <div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 18px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:#000000;">In just a short couple of days, ZAMU<sup><span style="font-size:78%;">TM</span></sup> On Tour will kick off in New York! 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The man across from was a real gentleman.<br />He sat with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Guruji</span> and discussed philosophy and various ancient prayers. </div>Before sleeping the second night we had a picnic of salad and chickpeas with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">puris</span>.<br /><br /><div>He wouldn't let us wash our plates afterwards.</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJYbsF8sQlADpOidaU1ew53WTdX5tqmd86LPiFFr_i-ISOLRoEVt8N_BLjLEcFMn-CMspdcqHzv7an-dqAfwDQqs5vFM0oKVMN4c5GMeetsvdffMMQ7Dm16Z53DF7QeEJUv36LqWzYLTw/s1600-h/train.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJYbsF8sQlADpOidaU1ew53WTdX5tqmd86LPiFFr_i-ISOLRoEVt8N_BLjLEcFMn-CMspdcqHzv7an-dqAfwDQqs5vFM0oKVMN4c5GMeetsvdffMMQ7Dm16Z53DF7QeEJUv36LqWzYLTw/s400/train.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319532282572973506" border="0" /></a><em><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Bhubaneswar</span> Jan 6-9<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">th</span> -</em><br /><br /><div><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Mint Chocolate Chip</span></strong></div>My little room with cool green walls, brown door and ceiling fan (reluctant to work). Wealthy in its simplicity. Austere but not uncomfortably so. Rooming with weavers who ride their webs, clinging tightly. At the mercy of the wind and their own creation when the shutters are open...patient, waiting, waiting, waiting when outside airs do not come in. The sounds of the neighborhood drift in, especially the slap of feet on concrete as dance practice convenes next door.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEDVLYJ8avvEwpQe4zat3GR43879RVKfDGvGiD-IwIikGwObVEQXW6ZZCiVgdaSOWKRSZsMo0KCVXYk81bjwwISgp-ySEGeyW8O8hdsxMilpBS_V5D9V5_AGWDF2VTM6J6FhhnWIMjzsc/s1600-h/meera_das_(feet).213193950_std.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEDVLYJ8avvEwpQe4zat3GR43879RVKfDGvGiD-IwIikGwObVEQXW6ZZCiVgdaSOWKRSZsMo0KCVXYk81bjwwISgp-ySEGeyW8O8hdsxMilpBS_V5D9V5_AGWDF2VTM6J6FhhnWIMjzsc/s320/meera_das_(feet).213193950_std.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319533800063177506" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">This beautiful picture is by Anne Whitman. It can be found <a href="http://annewhitman.com/">here</a>.</span><br /></div><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><strong>The Search for Sweet Grass and the Short Cows</strong></span><br /><div>In <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Vrindavan</span> my home is a peninsula -</div>cows on three sides.<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Orissa's</span> cows are short<br />(2/3 the size of others)<br />with big tummies,<br />as though big cow parts were put in<br />little cow bodies.<br />They chew cud with distended bellies<br />even if underfed.<br />They seem a bit more adventurous<br /><div>than the average bovine.</div><br /><div>Out the back window i see a group grazing.</div>one leaves, walking towards me and longer grasses<br />her legs sink into marshiness,<br />she continues despite great difficulty.<br /><br />Riding on the back of a scooter that evening<br />I see 3 other cows stuck and eating<br /><div>as the light was leaving.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.nikkeiportal.com/nikkei/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/022609-1243-buildingabe3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 411px; height: 473px;" src="http://www.nikkeiportal.com/nikkei/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/022609-1243-buildingabe3.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;">from <a href="http://www.nikkeiportal.com/nikkei/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/022609-1243-buildingabe3.jpg">here</a></span><br /></div> <div></div><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Annie</span></strong><br />From the front window i see and more often hear a raggedy version of Sandy. He - always tied up, never knowing grass - only a half moon of concrete - walking in circles, never touched or softly talked to, only teased by a 5 year old boy.<br /><div><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><br />Old Friends</span></strong></div>Next door at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Guruji's</span><br />A treasury of poems,<br />not recognized as such by his daughter.<br />But for me,<br />a meeting with old friends<br />Blake, Keats, Wordsworth,<br />and good old Will.<br />Poignant and powerful<br />encountering them here. </div>Doniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17292554755396847872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7070605713792923451.post-88951843689563867432009-03-28T10:30:00.002-04:002009-03-28T10:36:25.145-04:00Making Good on a PromiseRound about Christmas time (ok, it was actually on Christmas, there was no round-abouting about it) i gave my mom a present. Actually, it was a picture of a present that i intended to give her.<br /><div><br />When my brother saw that she was receiving a postcard with a picture of said intended present, he groaned a little, recalling the year i presented all of the family with booklets of "i owe you" coupons to be redeemed at my discretion. I assured him that this was different. What our dear momma held in her hands would indeed manifest itself in the very near future...and<span style="font-size:130%;"> <strong>now that time has come</strong>!!!</span></div><br /><div> </div>So, what was the picture of, you ask?<br /><div><br /></div><div> </div><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>A Composter</strong></span>, of course!<br /><div> </div><br /><div>Our family has been composting in more free-form kind of way until now. We have had bins that do not rotate, piles of compostables along the wooded edge of our property, and have contributed to more official compost piles of others.</div><br /><div> </div>I have been researching different compost bins - both ready-made and DIY. But it wasn't until a couple weeks ago that i had my composty "Aha" moment...<br /><div> </div><br /><div>it came by way of this...</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjjJ_HKJpU1OBBoVhDPiHEzWSN6mX_-YRg71TNGoshW0cWx-B9k_hqrkYhdJEq9Ie5iOsJ7Efe6KhCjxozPWsdaKiDvoh8-384GGFE0CdKyaLA4_p3UXhpIIEkbMS-fKhJO4Af24KHxF4/s1600-h/earth+move.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 251px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjjJ_HKJpU1OBBoVhDPiHEzWSN6mX_-YRg71TNGoshW0cWx-B9k_hqrkYhdJEq9Ie5iOsJ7Efe6KhCjxozPWsdaKiDvoh8-384GGFE0CdKyaLA4_p3UXhpIIEkbMS-fKhJO4Af24KHxF4/s400/earth+move.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318235949359628018" border="0" /></a>Do you remember me talking about this little gem of a volume as part of my wish-list from Acres USA? You can refresh your memory <a href="http://healingtreasure.blogspot.com/2009/02/hearing-eco-agricultures-voice.html">here</a>...<br /><br />Wishes do come true (music swells in the background)!!!! A few weeks ago our dear friend Cecilia gifted me this volume while expressing her love and admiration for the denizens of the ground beneath our feet (and houses, gardens, parking lots, etc.)<br /><br />In reading Stewart's book, my own admiration for the wormy-sort grew tremendously. They are an extraordinary sort - the real movers, shakers, and sculptors of the planet. Feats quite extraordinary for a critter that is deaf, dumb, and blind.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amystewart.com/earthmoved.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Earth Moved</span></a> was surprisingly engaging. It drew me in and left me wondering about soil and what lies beneath all day. Stewart's enthusiasm and knowledge are contagious. This is true especially when she speaks of the worms she has at home. The ones she has come to know and love. The ones in her......................<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" >WORM COMPOSTER</span><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">!</span></span> (of course i added <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">red</span> for dramatic effect. <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Red Wigglers</span> are more often than not the resident of choice in ye ole' worm composter.)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6-8Y4WAV8x4obNNiHMiSynk1CkQ3rZLlw3Y9AVTGbuCWfmWEm8xGjy-HGzfIvQl1wHA7ceiZS8xQFcPSTRlHAUmjU-gQOVJGtE9UvsA4VbqMDpprVRjMRGqfDPj85OMmoYdPShlha7-U/s1600-h/redwiggler1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 147px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6-8Y4WAV8x4obNNiHMiSynk1CkQ3rZLlw3Y9AVTGbuCWfmWEm8xGjy-HGzfIvQl1wHA7ceiZS8xQFcPSTRlHAUmjU-gQOVJGtE9UvsA4VbqMDpprVRjMRGqfDPj85OMmoYdPShlha7-U/s200/redwiggler1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318242265886458690" border="0" /></a><br />The worm-composting world is pretty darn enormous. I am digging through slowly. But we are getting a worm composter. Hope my mom likes it. And soon these hands will be mine...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyB1-EAQchvWUjES9b0J7h4Phrc2aGjZcTqyNZ6df5IsdPQsgR1LgA-fMwAFXJl1RfchW5J8GZzPNkAS4yTsFDozM-cHXmYpShEvuPT9CCxdZdTS2w2_THztLCRwnd_2l5d11Jxavx6pE/s1600-h/red_wigglers1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 256px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyB1-EAQchvWUjES9b0J7h4Phrc2aGjZcTqyNZ6df5IsdPQsgR1LgA-fMwAFXJl1RfchW5J8GZzPNkAS4yTsFDozM-cHXmYpShEvuPT9CCxdZdTS2w2_THztLCRwnd_2l5d11Jxavx6pE/s320/red_wigglers1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318243432589481154" border="0" /></a>Doniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17292554755396847872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7070605713792923451.post-19252659993244894352009-03-23T13:05:00.014-04:002009-03-26T13:42:58.860-04:00Selections from My India Travel Diary, circa 2005<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316444394794174418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 286px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9CCAgm26I_DK8LMAYgO1e6wMiB6kuAm7au6YlfgC8DS-VCJ29hexG6Sqapx-b3Ngu3Fu6v2XAcTj79nvGeZ9j9Y0lamzWZJOX8rM-piNtyy7zRyQikrUceotDP_1LScBxJdT2RSM-7tM/s400/19%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div>Last night while speaking to a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/meghnad23">dear friend</a> of mine about India, <a href="http://jagannatha.net/dance.html"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Odissi</span> Dance</a>, creativity, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life,_the_Universe_and_Everything">life, the universe, and everything</a>, a small <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">remembrance</span> kept on tugging at my brain...</div><div></div><br /><div>Hadn't there been some travel notes that i had shared with family and friends while dancing in India one time? Didn't i still have that email some where?<br /></div><br /><div>So today i looked and found what i had written. So, i am sharing it in installments here, 'cause why not?</div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316444131779074610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 294px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguVONohe9gYYxpcXpciBEkiNRhN8P4Qabfwp1tR8rbo99kjfAgUlKvXPHyZ1LBuOdXy9v3hivUvnzNV8JzFK0Boay2wZ67vbjysIg_jXxx-bvkr_TIekz4CffoHG7Mhu-R8VfGr4OKd10/s320/india_with_orissa%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /> </div><div><blockquote>Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 11:31:38<br />If you travel through America, states tend to blend into one another, of course there are distinguishing features between them in the form of regionalisms and topography. But going state to state in India can be like traveling to different countries. Nearly every state has its own language with a unique script. Cuisine, style, favored <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">deity</span>, customs and even truck art are all quite distinct.<br /></blockquote><br /></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316444150645178930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 237px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnOA2zP9KH8ZX8V4xTtNwX12teASlKlkDjXGcfLQSBbklQZ0hrVrZL8ubsMuJ3kAk0L33d68SI5ny-myajrm6OY-MVXketYpUEp18RkjAv3WMyBf0V_1Hc_HbyrdZDkx-RWRBy-Uj_i9M/s320/Lingaraj_temple_Bhubaneswar_11007%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /></div><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316444141685255650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTAoicOgVXwiGFdvtgjzmEJ7Guyz2hlAj8_5pGnml9z1psw0ra7GTNtoe-CBrQuiO3Hvb6IOUE9snTORSDTMUl-cH1gQCrdq7k7jDAmjTiqc_rFv2yILTJdN1j3qPObqZpz3m8_cNQR3g/s320/lingaraj_gate01_75a40%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /><span style="font-size:78%;">Two shots of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Bhubaneswar's</span> famous <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Lingaraj</span> temple</span></div><div align="left"><br /><blockquote><div align="left">For the next three weeks i am a resident of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhubaneswar"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Bhubaneswar</span></a>. This city, the capitol of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Orissa</span> (an eastern coastal state - partially affected by recent tsunamis but before i arrived and not in his area) is famous for its many temples dedicated to Shiva (in the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Hindu</span> trinity - the demigod in charge of destruction). Some ancient texts say that at one time there were 10 million <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">deities</span> of him worshipped here. Apparently, it is not uncommon to find remnants of old temples while digging here. Actually, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Bhubaneswar</span> is another name for Shiva.</div><div align="left"></div><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Orissa</span> is particularly famous for is arts: textiles, <a href="http://www.indian-art.net/pattachitra/index.html">painting</a>, and dance<br />are its specialties.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR99nqYkU70L-jiatO0_xxIEeaxn9-AsbXPUFdbdi6xNQFjNmsWhwBg0MEpKxOm38EmrFfwv0zWqix5SWVCEyY3avhHFinOoCHGYIvWewbDZR6wvyMv_6h0oIzUO7y_y3K7R57uKPKF8A/s1600-h/art-craft-orissa[1].jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316444544963390882" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 176px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR99nqYkU70L-jiatO0_xxIEeaxn9-AsbXPUFdbdi6xNQFjNmsWhwBg0MEpKxOm38EmrFfwv0zWqix5SWVCEyY3avhHFinOoCHGYIvWewbDZR6wvyMv_6h0oIzUO7y_y3K7R57uKPKF8A/s200/art-craft-orissa%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /></a></blockquote></div><div></div><div>The latter is why i am here...to study <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Odissi</span> dance intensely (much to <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjczrF6ovZZ5WtOVG_DS3FPi5y7DznZuDukxvcnodK3edVvJ4MFrakznT52jC5lbzfXb34YhfaUWQAbq5mW4TPwXYeLSDsc1zGr7m7BbvfHh77F5yxEWPykkwAzf3ZkwgIuXg9F0CvXT0Q/s1600-h/Braj%20Sundri%20Saree%20of%20Orissa%20(1).thumb[1].jpg"></a>the dismay of all my muscles, who have become sore to the touch). There are 7 more forms of Indian classical dance. All of them are based on an ancient text called the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natya_Shastra"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Natya</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Shastra</span></a>. Originally, they were all exclusively performed in temples and the dances would elaborate on devotional themes. </div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBX-X9nwP47xwhz-ivZeVpIcpvdEblJP_Yhti2cH8rEWeLFU1tzcrAZdo0x7f0gJHUpB83kTYrEUf6tWpevPj-_N5qCY3dfSlyUP3vUaCp5EirxP4H1oEaVTOmDT0WRpZNvcpfvv10MNs/s1600-h/18[1].jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316447565925194034" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 219px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBX-X9nwP47xwhz-ivZeVpIcpvdEblJP_Yhti2cH8rEWeLFU1tzcrAZdo0x7f0gJHUpB83kTYrEUf6tWpevPj-_N5qCY3dfSlyUP3vUaCp5EirxP4H1oEaVTOmDT0WRpZNvcpfvv10MNs/s320/18%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Here are some pieces of my mind these days...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx4nOxynTC98YlGFzj521jTxgpaddUcwb-BaQ6bHw2g2RV1L3utkTKTIRouEzUdac9_v8AzTWgaQolpYbqHSYMv9SumSLr4O-4SrpkM_S_bJTyW42bBiD0g7GVQeLFbTXPbHHF1fwXiTk/s1600-h/18[1].jpg"></a><br /></div><br /><div><span style="color:#009900;"><strong><span style="color:#33ff33;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Noida</span></span></strong> </span>- a town with all the letters needed to make me</div><div></div><div>Dec. 31 - Jan. 4<br />Here - near Delhi - for five days with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Guruji</span> (my dance teacher) </div><div></div><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><blockquote><p><strong><span style="color:#33ff33;">Can't buy me love</span></strong>:<br />in a big house with love<br />locked in a mirror<br />like moisture-sucking wall paper<br />makes you pull away quick<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">nauseous</span> and eager for the sun's water</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color:#33ff33;">The Sweet Smell of Poison</span></strong><br />Teeny, buzzing, whining, biting aggressors.<br />Better to tolerate them<br />and maybe tolerate malaria<br />or experience a "Good Knight" with the friendly <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">perfumy</span> household insecticide. Itching to choose the latter (the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">citronella</span> oil from back home isn't holding up)<br />I wonder what my lungs think of the decision.</p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316443288500733874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 140px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7-aG0rsVr653XYopOUqMZ5Z5FSjHKhorh_iSWhhTkBH7rlHujydTRMwpBth4zSwTt0RYnriHlYRQ9BgfW6bAMxmhiAH_Z8r3KNYoSXmu78pmI1Qi6N1vsesDEkZjXYCoqCbfSc_UI444/s200/3_1023brands%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /><br /><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color:#009900;"><span style="color:#33ff33;">Bird watchers Delight</span><br /></span></strong>You cannot imagine the variety...</p><p>In <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">Vrindavan</span> (the "hometown" of Krishna, 90 km from Delhi, where i just was for three weeks):</p><p>The green feathered red-mouthed parrots travel around town at 4 pm chatting about the day. </p><p>One full moon night i got up, stepped outside and heard the peacocks meowing, as is their habit when nights resemble days. </p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316443285214568050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheycBu8YhMQ6yKe_HCQEmzfclEDKnnIdu3c6ZAdMBKOL_2V5t8PnGxV_ZxlMP1hs071Tg2gaRz2mBVK1dJIh1_0b3HxLVpVpV3msYDizEYnmngMR4U84d-gAo0ETVhXnHaHPD8ERZ9vP0/s200/Garden_Stake_with_Peacock_Design%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /></blockquote><blockquote><p>A shock of blue on the clothes line and the king of fishers returns to his court. Of course, there still are crows and pigeons, there always are... <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316443300377139218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 162px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIEbDFkECeDQYQs_B5-DDMOQeSAzri1caswoUiF3uDZKWKD7gvFO9nnb-ZzqY65s3yaza5HYw71TsvbLlqkiQN9xvsQhgKxx4M5AUR8ZdfZM-yoyM_2KWcnNbkR0pBm6-DGYcOQ9LlSuM/s200/68494877.aVkzQ7p3.11%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Noida</span> has a bird previously <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">unbeknownst</span> to me. It sings only when a car is put in<br />reverse then its song resounds - like a parakeet on steroids. And there are auto<br />rickshaws that quack when their horns beep.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316443279466520578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUwE9wFd0eMbeUzxV-VnhO6YLxfPyB4uD68nXzH2rTUPiKdAw1JA6yrDjyFSbiIga4W7ZbxFXIKycSHh7u5m9b2WhyphenhyphenPpmfC7pLbPIi2PlXZlolPD4gw_qsqUKGuiY7b0G294k9gXMU05k/s200/auto-rickshaw-india%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /><strong></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color:#33ff33;">Nostalgic confusion</span></strong>:<br />In the 6<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">th</span> grade i was under the impression that my statue was just that, impressive. my illusion was sustained by the thought that if you could see some of the top of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">someone's</span> head then you were taller than them. A class walk past a reflective window clarified my short status. Here the reverse has <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">occurred</span>. Assuming myself among the smallest, the dance studio mirror has revealed otherwise.<br /><br /><strong></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color:#33ff33;">The Oldest and the Youngest</span></strong>:<br />Dancing<br />All the other students call me Didi (older sister)<br />asking me how long i have been studying<br />Smiling, i call them Didi.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color:#33ff33;">Good Care</span><br /></strong>At the art center - where <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">Guruji</span> stays and classes are held is one humble uncle. He maintains the place. Pious, unassuming, and attentive. One cold evening he gave hot herbal tea and peanuts. Three times he walked me home not wanting me to go unaccompanied. On the way, speaking sometimes in English sometimes in Hindi he told me about his hometown, the site of one famous ancient university (he will travel the 1600 km there in February), remembered his one visit to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">Vrindavan</span> and spoke of when he lost his mind for a time after being suddenly rejected from the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">airforce</span> academy because of a defect with his ear.</p></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Doniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17292554755396847872noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7070605713792923451.post-4394897467194796902009-03-19T16:10:00.007-04:002009-03-19T16:54:06.562-04:00Collaborating with Yo' Momma!<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315001181600332514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 316px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF7p1hs7TFr04RiEtiEs0IcKQ8H6eVWQNYJEUb4AJsD-K83kx4xXbZtaJw094qzYr198TdsiNPNZG1Di71fU0EmQvH_bjw8QWXae_vR7yTcFhIQsWwV0m511iyZ8ZUBuZU4LMu84suWlE/s320/ag-river%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" />Just found out about a very cool artist/naturalist who muses with Momma Nature to create his works. His name is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Goldsworthy">Andy Goldsworthy</a>. Check out <a href="http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1610464,00.html">this interview</a> with him for Time Magazine.<br /><br />Here is more of his words, "I enjoy the freedom of just using my hands and "found" tools--a sharp stone, the quill of a feather, thorns. I take the opportunities each day offers: if it is snowing, I work with snow, at leaf-fall it will be with leaves; a blown-over tree becomes a source of twigs and branches. I stop at a place or pick up a material because I feel that there is something to be discovered. Here is where I can learn.<br /><br />"Looking, touching, material, place and form are all inseparable from the resulting work. It is difficult to say where one stops and another begins. The energy and space around a material are as important as the energy and space within. The weather--rain, sun, snow, hail, mist, calm--is that external space made visible. When I touch a rock, I am touching and working the space around it. It is not independent of its surroundings, and the way it sits tells how it came to be there.<br /><br />"I want to get under the surface. When I work with a leaf, rock, stick, it is not just that material in itself, it is an opening into the processes of life within and around it. When I leave it, these processes continue.<br /><br />"Movement, change, light, growth and decay are the lifeblood of nature, the energies that I try to tap through my work. I need the shock of touch, the resistance of place, materials and weather, the earth as my source. Nature is in a state of change and that change is the key to understanding. I want my art to be sensitive and alert to changes in material, season and weather. Each work grows, stays, decays. Process and decay are implicit. Transience in my work reflects what I find in nature.""The underlying tension of a lot of my art is to try and look through the surface appearance of things. Inevitably, one way of getting beneath the surface is to introduce a hole, a window into what lies below." from <a href="http://www.morning-earth.org/ARTISTNATURALISTS/AN_Goldsworthy.html#ownwords">here</a><br /><br />There is a documentary on him called, "Rivers and Tides". Part of it can be seen on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TWBSMc47bw">YouTube</a>.<br /><br />And now just a small sampling of his work. All the sculpture and photography is by Andy Goldsworthy.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdUCNDC4P24urUaVYQVyW20qiBbKY2P5kfy5uZYr5gpgiw7kKsffTJ_lkyhV8psIqk7Rho9I5YsZRFwnjUziadYLjBe1PrrYTajNHKmSNOELaP2T0IrDII6-XwNVrYmx-NqA-gNLGA9Oo/s1600-h/gold_snowslbcircles[1].jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315001385891938290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 310px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdUCNDC4P24urUaVYQVyW20qiBbKY2P5kfy5uZYr5gpgiw7kKsffTJ_lkyhV8psIqk7Rho9I5YsZRFwnjUziadYLjBe1PrrYTajNHKmSNOELaP2T0IrDII6-XwNVrYmx-NqA-gNLGA9Oo/s320/gold_snowslbcircles%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdCB7O2aPQr3le5tLrGPRfX3lJSl5m6fHNAdem31spoIYpuxb6WgOI5U87KhDUV5VPMTmauHFowqsNzS0tzIWsoF1VcbZncHEPF2Pjbfy34O21Y3riI6A-g7HRUXS9nhXF_4t0bcUw5Ks/s1600-h/gold_rowanlevs[1].jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315001385839759170" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 253px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvwBXc4UWt1ndpqeSd5gyDHe2maxVcVYsgEPTGAKI6yMrf9RFgT3X7RxyHprugyg52cBGFV0MUSkt1FzFqVO2c3RKbSqQ87Rqn44gJKBExviJfP4LNDdajLFFLMPK_YmfDn2CS8Lz8-Qw/s320/gold_dande%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAnKfGpVJZLhHGoerqzGEzPOVPpE8P4lcTPs1q6GpFlSmsv6vx-OqxOJDvj3M2P2KrmscG0wgMy_TQ8-wnyyfQWI_1DU0cBDf5yxf0p64VmxAj8krEgx3reQ9gIjoOZnO5_l8ZCBk0QDY/s1600-h/andygoldsworthy2[1].jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315001194036772002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAnKfGpVJZLhHGoerqzGEzPOVPpE8P4lcTPs1q6GpFlSmsv6vx-OqxOJDvj3M2P2KrmscG0wgMy_TQ8-wnyyfQWI_1DU0cBDf5yxf0p64VmxAj8krEgx3reQ9gIjoOZnO5_l8ZCBk0QDY/s320/andygoldsworthy2%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWyaShpxFcpSSt4o5PeUDvQbJbSU18gpTIEabv1oODOjWD3hxlLTMEhIXa2h1LSvsAWv30ZEMkwxQMEv_kHAG_oYtBVgK9BtB36twBCCmYlsF1tuvxDomBzXy-2qJssAIv9Jvk-ad4Flk/s1600-h/Andy_Goldsworthy_Sticks_Framing_a_Lake_sculpture[1].png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315001190896658098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 305px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWyaShpxFcpSSt4o5PeUDvQbJbSU18gpTIEabv1oODOjWD3hxlLTMEhIXa2h1LSvsAWv30ZEMkwxQMEv_kHAG_oYtBVgK9BtB36twBCCmYlsF1tuvxDomBzXy-2qJssAIv9Jvk-ad4Flk/s320/Andy_Goldsworthy_Sticks_Framing_a_Lake_sculpture%5B1%5D.png" border="0" /></a> </div></div></div></div></div></div>Doniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17292554755396847872noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7070605713792923451.post-44255314946301827132009-03-18T17:14:00.004-04:002009-03-18T17:23:18.778-04:002, two, too, toTaken on the eve of 2 (yesterday). The "on the eve of" is borrowed from a <a href="http://malasutra.blogspot.com/2009/02/on-eve-of-thirty.html">sadder post</a> on a dear friend of mine's <a href="http://malasutra.blogspot.com/">blog</a>. here is a happier eve.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNO9yzkY3sRzMAB1-vc9jF1JiNJI8vpg7WV2_B5domrC-FtUKaDd8U91SL3HMqNylsicYawWxXQ99pq7Ci-LB39NFU8QJN5rb6XUqdY3CVSmHcp30JYD8vEaK0yYQUMPbM8CKK0rmAUKM/s1600-h/Donia"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314639532267901634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNO9yzkY3sRzMAB1-vc9jF1JiNJI8vpg7WV2_B5domrC-FtUKaDd8U91SL3HMqNylsicYawWxXQ99pq7Ci-LB39NFU8QJN5rb6XUqdY3CVSmHcp30JYD8vEaK0yYQUMPbM8CKK0rmAUKM/s400/Donia's+Camera+on+eve+of+2nd+bday+024.jpg" border="0" /></a> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314639539964087650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_MLaFr184NumX4WYFmCYOZvEy1Owgyq2Ajz6UqYsZFBUEVxVMs5jq7YzjBCn5GrntPCWsR29AhXWKCnvLu9zPR5Li0fkq950h1g8neECl32J0fz2OMPuQ6ctf-VF1iFPkmt6uWuP2nCQ/s400/Donia's+Camera+on+eve+of+2nd+bday+029.jpg" border="0" /> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnmAs93GifYRwkiu4fiZa_tp1myuSPqotmgpe7jYrWKL7ioPUyJpiSJFk4FedfonytnF-bt4pq8tmXQgY8hFhNGwSmDsqO9j3pbAFqZqGwKyBwfr1gi_CvjXt8F-H8LOlHxs8HlJBxf2g/s1600-h/Donia"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314639529768143794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnmAs93GifYRwkiu4fiZa_tp1myuSPqotmgpe7jYrWKL7ioPUyJpiSJFk4FedfonytnF-bt4pq8tmXQgY8hFhNGwSmDsqO9j3pbAFqZqGwKyBwfr1gi_CvjXt8F-H8LOlHxs8HlJBxf2g/s400/Donia's+Camera+on+eve+of+2nd+bday+021.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Doniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17292554755396847872noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7070605713792923451.post-78342264765897802772009-03-18T16:03:00.004-04:002009-03-18T16:23:34.426-04:00Protein and Veggies<div align="center"><a href="http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/static.do?p=general_information/news_publications/press_releases/press_20020117.html"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314623623719203090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Ix15UXzNJfZlLqeUpzSiDMRIPpvQn6Ws8325a-MLgVw2HIeC7nmmdfuwWc_dP9Eiky3FdWeJxlDYV47B9QaYEm_lrnmSNBsmEWU61cy2r1xxDYX9HarZF7a9pxwKtuOnLp0I8MBbuZ0/s320/protein-art%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/static.do?p=general_information/news_publications/press_releases/press_20020117.html"> Protein Art </a>by David S. Goodsell,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;">Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;">at Scripps Research Institute</span></div><span style="font-size:78%;"><div align="center"><br /></div></span><div align="left">I was asked a question recently about which Veggies have the most protein...</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="left">I came across this article by <a href="http://www.drfuhrman.com/">Dr. Fuhrman</a>. It is a selection from his book, <em><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=o2SwL-zK6O0C&dq=disease-proof+your+child&printsec=frontcover&source=bn&hl=en&ei=jVTBSe2wI6TQMvXeubAN&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=5&ct=result#PPR9,M1">Disease-Proof Your Child</a></em>. Thought it was share-worthy.</div><div align="left"><br /></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><blockquote></blockquote><blockquote></blockquote><blockquote><div align="left">When you eat to maximize micronutrients, your body function will<br />improve; chronic illnesses like high blood pressure, Type II diabetes, and<br />high cholesterol will likely disappear; and your youthful vigor will last<br />into old age. Heart disease and cancer, the major killers of modern<br />societies, would fade away and be exceedingly rare occurrences if the<br />population adopted a cancer-preventive diet style and lifestyle. And we<br />would hardly ever see any overweight children.<br />Maintaining a population of normal-weight individuals can be efficiently accomplished only by eating more high-nutrient foods, foods with higher nutrient-per-calorie ratio. The foods with the most nutrients per calorie are vegetables and beans.<br />Vegetables are also very rich in protein and calcium. Most vegetables have<br />more protein per calorie than meat and more calcium per calorie than milk.<br />Nobody can consume too little protein by eating less animal products and<br />substituting vegetables, beans, nuts, and seeds. </div><div align="left">The focus on the importance of protein in the diet is one of the major reasons we<br />have been led down the wrong path to dietary suicide. We were taught to equate<br />protein with good nutrition and have though animal products, not vegetables,<br />whole grains, beans, nuts, and seeds, are our best source of protein. We bought<br />a false bill of goods, and the dairy-and-meat-heavy diet brought fourth a heart<br />attack and cancer epidemic. </div><div align="left">If we hear something over and over since we were young children, we just accept it as true. For example, it is myth repeated over and over that plant proteins are "incomplete" and need to be "complemented" for adequate protein. In fact, all vegetables and grains contain all eight of the essential amino acids (as well as the 12 other nonessential ones).1 While some vegetables have higher or lower proportions<br />of certain amino acids than others, when eaten in amounts to satisfy one's<br />caloric needs, a sufficient amount of all essential amino acids are<br />provided. Because digestive secretions and sloughed-off mucosal cells are<br />constantly recycled and reabsorbed, the amino acid composition in the<br />bloodstream after meals is remarkably complete in spite of short-term<br />irregularities in their dietary supply.<br />It is interesting to note that peas, green vegetables, and beans have more protein per calorie than meat.<br />But what is not generally considered is that foods that are rich in plant protein are generally the foods that are richest in nutrients and phytochemicals. By eating more of these high-nutrient, low calorie foods we get plenty of protein, and our bodies get flooded with protective micronutrients simultaneously. Animal protein does not contain antioxidants and phtyochemicals, plant protein does. Plus, animal protein is married to saturated fat, the most dangerous type of fat.<br /></div><div align="left">Protein Content From<br />Selected Plant Foods<br />Food Grams of Protein<br />Almonds (3 oz) 10<br />Banana 1.2<br />Broccoli (2 cups) 10<br />Brown Rice (1 cup) 5<br />Chickpeas (1 cup) 15<br />Corn (1 cup) 4.2<br />Lentils (1 cup) 18<br />Peas--frozen (1 cup) 9<br />Spinach--frozen (1 cup) 7<br />Tofu (4 ounces) 11<br />Whole wheat bread (2 slices) 5<br /></div><div align="left">Even a professional body builder who wants to build one-half pound of extra muscle<br />per week only needs about an extra seven grams per day over a normal protein<br />intake. No Complicated formulas or protein supplements are needed to get<br />sufficient protein for growth, even in the serious athlete. Exercise<br />increases hunger, and as the athlete consumes more calories to meet the<br />demands of exercise, they will naturally get the extra protein they need.<br />Many world-class athletes thrive at world-class competitions on vegetarian<br />and vegan diets.<br />When you reduce or eliminate animal protein intake and increase vegetable protein intake, you lower cholesterol radically. Vegetables, beans, and nuts and seeds are all rich in protein, and they also have no saturated fat or cholesterol. But the clincher is that they are higher in nutrients than any other foods. We must structure our diets around the foods that supply the most micronutrients.<br />The cholesterol-lowering effects of vegetables and beans (high protein foods) are without question. When adult subjects are feed a vegetable-based diet, cholesterol levels drop radically, much more than with the most powerful cholesterol-lowering<br />drugs.2 These foods also contain an assortment of heart disease-fighting<br />nutrients independent of their ability to lower cholesterol, and they fight<br />cancer, too. </div><div align="left">1. Young VR, Pellett PL. Plant proteins in relation to human protein and amino acid<br />nutrition. Am J Clin Nutr 1994;59 (suppl 5): 1203S-1212S.<br />2. Jenkins DJ, Kendall CW, Popovich, et al. Effects of a very-high-fiber vegetable fruit and nut diet on serum lipids and colonic function. Metabolism 2001:50(4);494-503.<br />*Got this from <a href="http://www.diseaseproof.com/archives/healthy-food-vegetables-deliver-protein-with-micronutrients.html">here</a>*</div></blockquote></div>Doniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17292554755396847872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7070605713792923451.post-57929363777249283292009-03-18T15:10:00.008-04:002009-03-21T12:31:31.366-04:00Smoothie Report and An Easy and Yummy Raw Pie!<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXOXbNA394IJie56ZwWEoS3bhjlsMHywK7RAnfw_XIP_oIW_qwLObJoKBkT7RO47Myiof_coDvA_EqWc89msgdYxE_mExlJwwo20lS_Yr6YySimiUpeaIZUDtR7cA92fCFJQTNPRf_SP8/s1600-h/critic%5B1%5D.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314619495065289042" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 200px; height: 199px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXOXbNA394IJie56ZwWEoS3bhjlsMHywK7RAnfw_XIP_oIW_qwLObJoKBkT7RO47Myiof_coDvA_EqWc89msgdYxE_mExlJwwo20lS_Yr6YySimiUpeaIZUDtR7cA92fCFJQTNPRf_SP8/s200/critic%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div><div><div>Didn't get to make the <em><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Green and Gone</span></em> smoothie mentioned in the <a href="http://healingtreasure.blogspot.com/2009/03/couple-green-drinks-for-st-pattys.html">St. Patty's day post</a> yesterday (Instead, i got busy making a <span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Sweet Green Pie</span> for dinner with friends. For this recipe see my <a href="http://zamuhealth.blogspot.com/2009/03/sweet-green-pie-clear-and-bright-recipe.html">Alterna-blog</a>!) We got to the smoothie today with some modifications.</div><div></div><br /><div>Here is the original recipe:</div><div> </div><div>1 quarter to 1 half fresh pineapple<br />3 leaves of Kale - I use deep green "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">dino</span>" kale,<br />1 ripe banana deveined (can use frozen)<br />4 fresh mint leaves,<br />optional-to taste1 quarter to 1 half inch of fresh ginger root (can use dry),<br />to taste2 to 4 cups water<br />Preparation:This makes from 32 to 64 fl oz.Place all ingredients in blender.<br />Start out with only enough water to cover everything about half-way (allows it to blend to a creamy <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">consistency</span>)<br />After all creamy, add more water to get to the thickness you prefer</div><br /><div></div><div>Here is what i used:</div><br /><div>1/4 fresh pineapple</div><div>1 pretty ripe banana </div><div>2 big handfuls baby organic spinach</div><div>1/2 inch fresh ginger root</div><div>1 TBS Hemp seed protein</div><div>4 caps <a href="http://healingtreasure.amazonherb.net/ProductInfo.aspx?ItemID=5014"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Aquazon</span></a> (blue-green algae)</div><div>2 cups water</div><br /><div></div><div>Blend and enjoy!</div><br /><div></div><div>*<em>Full Disclosure and Review</em>*</div><br /><div>1. it was delicious, fresh, revitalizing and had a bit of kick to it because of the ginger.</div><br /><div></div><div>2. i just now realized that i forgot to add the mint!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3s2kvQRANZIwyPINhevE10VbhdXSpuAQceBHygiL71Lxt5muAXVlcapz_z9HWQC4g7WvR9u_62jJ9T50HCODeJBBnuvAkwXvWa8Jj0tLQANEF5zACyJWpX3VzOr5rXdiky_lhjID0pec/s1600-h/chunky%5B1%5D.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314620014477127330" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 200px; height: 123px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3s2kvQRANZIwyPINhevE10VbhdXSpuAQceBHygiL71Lxt5muAXVlcapz_z9HWQC4g7WvR9u_62jJ9T50HCODeJBBnuvAkwXvWa8Jj0tLQANEF5zACyJWpX3VzOr5rXdiky_lhjID0pec/s200/chunky%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>3. it is better to use a traditional blender with this recipe instead of a hand-held blender with a low battery because a lot needs to be broken down to get the right consistency (trust me on this...we had more of a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"><em>chunky</em></span> than a <em>smoothie</em>!)</div><br /><div>4. Looking forward to trying this with kale and other greens.</div><div> </div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314618888491190658" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 134px; height: 200px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZmHiVI5mGP2khDzhAtLrCdGKxMsNO1djSufKz0ga_rpVF1T9BB6yQ1vF7SCQgby4qe0Coy_UTODGumk07qVtctah6R5dtkbtYEasshcpaK0G8v-fizuuZUdmCehcgz9m_706-wECLvWU/s200/Kale2%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /></div></div></div></div>Doniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17292554755396847872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7070605713792923451.post-24528350320024562452009-03-17T16:04:00.006-04:002009-03-17T16:39:24.440-04:00A Couple Green Drinks for St. Patty's<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxAu2HnEFplVxYz3weay_t1P9czSjV21wXe7KfPVYoopo24g627N1EN3pqJw2OphwVnJrBHTjyYrXZGyIL07LaFVATaumJcHCiXaz3PkVB7l0m1mlkTHI7KLIbQgte7dv_Mljw25nbEmU/s1600-h/drink_till_yer_green_mousepad-p144538112824548598trak_400[1].jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314258555694351106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxAu2HnEFplVxYz3weay_t1P9czSjV21wXe7KfPVYoopo24g627N1EN3pqJw2OphwVnJrBHTjyYrXZGyIL07LaFVATaumJcHCiXaz3PkVB7l0m1mlkTHI7KLIbQgte7dv_Mljw25nbEmU/s320/drink_till_yer_green_mousepad-p144538112824548598trak_400%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div>I am a big fan of green. Especially, green by way of Chlorophyll (see my earlier <a href="http://healingtreasure.blogspot.com/2009/01/bosom-friends-when-i-was-pregnant.html">blog post</a>). So in that spirit, here are a couple of Verdant-hued beverages. </div><br /><div></div><div>Here is a <a href="http://nicolerawawake.blogspot.com/2009/03/st-patricks-day-shamrock-smoothie.html">Green Shamrock Smoothie </a>courtesy of Nicole of the blog, <a href="http://nicolerawawake.blogspot.com/">Nicole Raw and Awake</a></div><div></div><br /><div>"You will need:</div><br /><div>1 Apple</div><div>2 Frozen bananas</div><div>Handful of fresh cilantro</div><div>4 Leaves or more of Romaine lettuce</div><div>1 date1 tsp of vanilla</div><div>1-2 TB of Nutiva's Hemp protein powder (mine has fiber too)</div><div>A little water to help blend</div><br /><div></div><div>Blend and Enjoy!"</div><br /><div></div><div>And the 2nd Green Drink is a recipe i came across recently while browsing through <a href="http://goneraw.com/">GoneRaw</a>. i am planning to make a modified version of it this evening. i am going to add some of <a href="http://healingtreasure.amazonherb.net/ProductInfo.aspx?ItemID=5163">this</a> and a scoop of <a href="http://healingtreasure.amazonherb.net/ProductInfo.aspx?ItemID=5002">this</a>. Will let you know how it turns out.</div><br /><div></div><div>Here it is, the <a href="http://goneraw.com/recipe/green-and-gone-smoothie">Green and Gone Smoothie </a>(recipe courtesy of Christine):</div><br /><div></div><div>"Ingredients:<br /></div><div>1 quarter to 1 half fresh pineapple</div><div>3 leaves of Kale - I use deep green "dino" kale, </div><div>deveined1 ripe banana (can use frozen)</div><div>4 fresh mint leaves, </div><div>optional-to taste1 quarter to 1 half inch of fresh ginger root (can use dry), </div><div>to taste2 to 4 cups water<br /></div><div> </div><div>Preparation:<br />This makes from 32 to 64 fl oz.<br />Place all ingredients in blender.<br /></div><div>Start out with only enough water to cover everything about half-way (allows it to blend to a creamy consistancy)<br /></div><br /><div>After all creamy, add more water to get to the thickness you prefer<br /></div><br /><div>YUMMY!NOW, DRINK UP!!!<br /></div><div> </div><div>Except for the color, which is an intense green if you use dino kale, you would never know it had greens in it !! Your body will love you for it !!"<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314258709997093538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 142px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0y4Db6nfx49hHGxrfoeBh6F5F3IzmdTWlgInScpe_7AgzDfEEsmUArUfh0g9r3enJhfjSElY9z0jrUWsq5n78xu7LsOuaz4eZsIhbm012qsv9KoARqBi_lst9qGQxbQIyqI6Gd24hRPM/s200/green-earth-main%5B1%5D.png" border="0" /></div></div>Doniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17292554755396847872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7070605713792923451.post-70846385666064200592009-03-16T16:34:00.007-04:002009-03-16T17:40:29.648-04:00Horti-SculptureJust came across a course i would love to take...<a href="http://www.hort.cornell.edu/art/"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#009900;">The Art Of Horticulture</span> </a><span style="font-size:85%;">(at Cornell University).</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">Now i just have to get into Cornell.</span><br /><br /><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:100%;">Really, it looks like a fantastic course. and they get to do <a href="http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/May08/Turfwork.cc.html">living horti-sculpture</a> as a final project!</span></div><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313901722319479058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 145px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ9SKnnZbZhQM0HnsXhrbmV1gctbEDUZ2KJ0Mwozf2bLupAVlnXGQ0BKMStUespvHJXaDJzAnXWVRa9jOvfZQqprW8_g9DgYG8Kj_KElu9XN2bBXiynMAnaQv2APYlQwBOYSofAWXDC3c/s200/turfworkSim%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">Simulation</span></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313901826938137218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIhsNT6myMfPcEgk5qZKb5J8q7OjOBCBtR3f9MuP68JvQTnxwwqMtbTaLDor1jIJJLt4DKew-t2EmzlIOy-gkd0v9o-5J2txpEiZwULX2xbfMEO9MRirNtCQAX0stuWwhmQGp5d4ZQttY/s400/turfwork1%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">Reality.<br /></span><br /></p><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><br /><p>And check out their tasty reading list (they are just required to read 2):</p><p>Ackerman, Diane. 2001. <em>Cultivating Delight: A Natural History of My Garden</em>. NY: HarperCollins. (This lady keeps on showing up in my life! see <a href="http://healingtreasure.blogspot.com/2009/03/mad-book-dash.html">Mad Book Dash!</a>) </p><p>Druse, Ken. 2003. <em>The Passion for Gardening: Inspiration for a Lifetime</em>. NY: Clarkson<br />Potter/Publishers. </p><p>Kingsolver, Barbara. 2007. <em>Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life.</em> NY: HarperCollins. </p><p>Masumoto, David Mas. 1995. <em>Epitaph for a Peach: Four Seasons on my Family Farm</em>. Harper San Francisco. </p><p>Mitchell, Henry. 1981, 1999. <em>The Essential Earthman</em>. NY: Houghton Mifflin. </p><p>Orlean, Susan. 1998. <em>The Orchid Thief</em>. NY: Ballantine. </p><p>Pollan, Michael. 2001. <em>Botany of Desire</em>. NY: Random House. </p><p>Stewart, Amy. 2007. <em>Flower Confidential</em>. Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books.</p>Doniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17292554755396847872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7070605713792923451.post-49055157500962546452009-03-13T11:25:00.002-04:002009-03-13T11:29:57.123-04:00Mad Book DashEvery year our local library has book sale. There are beautiful and unusual (plus plenty of usual and not-so-beautiful) volumes a-plenty. The sale lasts a week and as it gets closer to the end, the prices drop. By the last day you can get a box of books (as long as you can carry it) for 4 bucks! Shocking, i know...<br /><br />We were out of town for most of the <a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/brouhaha">brouhaha</a>. But at 3pm on Sunday, my mother reminded me that it was the last day. My little sprout and i headed on over ('cause we don't have enough books as it, and you never know when you are going to find a gem). By the time we arrived there was an anouncement that the booksale would end in 15 minutes.<br /><br />Needless to say there was a MAD BOOK DASH made by yours truly. In that short time span i managed to wrangle in 28 books...yes, i am serious...28 books.<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfc5uR4myFw6CcPY8P19y0TMmWnyDggIGpDfHXTBjyFZDIlmaAScgmaMqAjuw3aIoIK_1MpV9yF0P3RyY3tqRHKI4eU0q0GAeTcn9GrbTQYpZYPrHTv5PitJPEFWVWllMGKfn7yhxDPKE/s1600-h/Cancun+and+amazing+videos+2009+320.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311670190518233266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfc5uR4myFw6CcPY8P19y0TMmWnyDggIGpDfHXTBjyFZDIlmaAScgmaMqAjuw3aIoIK_1MpV9yF0P3RyY3tqRHKI4eU0q0GAeTcn9GrbTQYpZYPrHTv5PitJPEFWVWllMGKfn7yhxDPKE/s400/Cancun+and+amazing+videos+2009+320.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:78%;">my offspring overwhelmed by the fruits of his momma's Mad Book Dash!!!</span></div><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></div><div align="left">Here is the bounty of our library sweep (and my analysis after actually looking at the books at home):</div><br /><div align="left"></div><div align="left">1. <u>Guide to New Medicines of the Mind</u> - ed. by Jeffery Berlant and Ira Extin <em>(this was a dud for me, i thought it was going to be cool alternative techniques for caring for the mind. instead, it is a very pharma-centered volume.)</em></div><br /><p>2. <u>The Tale of a Pond</u> - by Henry b. Kane (<em>awesome kids book with great descriptions, cool old black and white pics, and neat illustrations - a good catch!)</em></p><p>3. <u>A Natural History of the Senses</u> - Diane Ackerman (<em>a guide to the senses - interesting and intriguing. i totally dig the optical nerve, don't you?)</em></p><p>4. <u>Hand Analysis the Diagnostic Method</u> - by Edo Sprong (<em>Palmestry with thorough photos and illustrations. Good Find)</em></p><p>5. <u>Black Hawk</u> - by Black Hawk edited by Donald Jackson (<em>Autobiography by Native American, my mom was really happy with this addition)</em></p><p>6. <u>Iambic and Dactylic</u> - by Floyd W. Jefferson <em>(a dud that seems to be redeeming itself. i grabbed this one thinking it was penned by Thomas Jefferson, not Floyd. But the poetry seems read-worthy.)</em></p><p>7. <u>The Buildings of Byzantum</u> - by Helen and Richard Leacroft <em>(Great kids book with terrific illustrations. Neat Architechtural food for the brain)</em></p><p>8. <u>Essays on Prayer</u> by A.W Jozer and others <em>(the dimensions of the book and cover photo caught my eye. the essays? not so sure.)</em></p><p>9. <u>Social Studies for the Young</u> - Asia Book House (<em>a dud, an already filled out notebook. i picked this up because there was an indian dancer on the cover. )</em></p><p>10. <u>Gods, Demigods, and Demons - An encyclopedia of Greek Mythology</u> - by Bernard Euslan (<em>Couldn't pass this one up. Who doesn't want to know this stuff???)</em></p><p>11. <u>A Bengali Book</u> (<em>i don't know what the title is, i don't know what it says in side, i don't know what i was thinking!!!)</em></p><p>12. <u>The Sands of Kalahari</u> - by William Mulvihill (<em>The title got me, has anyone read this?)</em></p><p>13. <u>An Intro to Native North America</u> - by Mark Q. Sutton (<em>Good Find!)</em></p><p>14. <u>Lullabies</u> - by F.E. Budd (G<em>reat stuff to read to my munchkin at night.)</em></p><p>15. <u>Mother and Child</u> - Edited by Sheila Pickles (<em>Lovely pictures and many nice selections although some make me sad.)</em></p><p>16. <u>The Moon is always Female</u> - by Marge Piercy (Cool<em> title, right? That's what got me. i hope the poems are good too.)</em></p><p>17. <u>Ten-Minute Field Trips</u> - by Helen Russell (<em>Lots of good ideas and ways to get little ones engaged and thinking in the world around them.)</em></p><p>18. <u>Childcraft Vol. 4 - Nature in danger</u> (<em>a photocopied volume, not sure what i think of it yet. could well be a dud.)</em></p><p>19. <u>Women Rites and Sites, Aboriginal Women's cultural knowledge</u> - ed. by Peggy Brock (<em>Looks super interesting. Great Find!)</em></p><p>20. <u>Don't Let the Goats Eat the Loquat Trees</u> - by Thoma Hale (<em>Doctor's stories about his time in nepal. i have been to nepal, so i got this book.)</em></p><p>21. <u>Laughing at Gravity, Conversations with Isaac Newton</u> - by Elizabeth Socolow (<em>a collection of poems. it seems i was feeling very poetic sunday.)</em></p><div align="left">22. <u>Bible Picture ABC book</u> - by Elsie E Egermeier (<em>volume published in 1950s, quaint and kitchy pics, sweet stories, who could resist? Apparently, not me!)</em></div><br /><p>23. <u>The Way of All Flesh</u> - by Samuel Butler (<em>Had to have a counterbalan<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtNGzCo_OS7KsdOqp0FFQxhYr0w3xkqJuUmWkAZCpyFJ0_HlyW-TSncrGT9yvtKj4wpOFJcazKfHPYtyCQatt9QMPz5JXAt2HNUlcJJx9fq75vNg7Y8on7wPIn9p2s9P9rYzx8FrH-a2c/s1600-h/Cancun+and+amazing+videos+2009+315.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311669955245086290" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtNGzCo_OS7KsdOqp0FFQxhYr0w3xkqJuUmWkAZCpyFJ0_HlyW-TSncrGT9yvtKj4wpOFJcazKfHPYtyCQatt9QMPz5JXAt2HNUlcJJx9fq75vNg7Y8on7wPIn9p2s9P9rYzx8FrH-a2c/s200/Cancun+and+amazing+videos+2009+315.jpg" border="0" /></a>ce to the Natural History of the Senses...)</em></p><p>24. <u>Lets Explore Beneath the Sea!</u> - by William Knowlton (<em>Lovely drawings and pics)</em></p><p>25. <u>Women Who Run With Wolves</u> - by Clarissa Estes <em>(I had to get this. All about the wild woman archetype. Seemed like a totally <a href="http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080924133716AAP8lEr">tuff</a> book.)</em></p><p>26. <u>The Adventures of an Illustrator</u> - by Joseph Pennell (<em>Neat old volume with lots of drawings by various illustrators at the turn of the 20th century</em>.)</p><p>27. <u>Seeds of Change</u> - by Herman Viola and Carolyn Margolis (<em>Thought this would be about the history of seeds and agriculture. The cover photo - see below - seemed to indicate this with 3 men holding corn. At home i found out it is about the changes that occured with the meeting of cultures from Columbus on. Fantastic pictures. There was an exhibit in the Smithsonian with the same title that the book is based on.)</em></p><p>28. <u>Both Sides, New Works from the Institute of American Indian Museum</u> - by various authors (<em>Good find. Should be an interesting read.)</em><br /><br />So what do you think? Was it $4 well spent?</p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311670459536312178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijcrqZXJks7O38wqxz7rrE0UN_IKtbtPmK89ci9tKrWWJSvVvtsxdG0_Rk_GTfyBEAlaX4sKZErI81oTeD_-iDnkSkcGy553bFmhY6X1eocIfCWB-2ciMUcSTPw4z86SEpkEbQIKd1IPo/s320/Cancun+and+amazing+videos+2009+317.jpg" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311670454003911026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVUwU1K7lBCudY6wviLanA3RRgKnrabzjztAhyyAbjiKoyBOh5rSAGkZ_YaD2ZownKnPgk6ydxp1zSx2dLXIXx-10RbQO0MiPEFnsAab5F1gHGxwDJ8LjLFpVWK8g-pkZkBfv_9u8Nte4/s320/Cancun+and+amazing+videos+2009+318.jpg" border="0" />Doniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17292554755396847872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7070605713792923451.post-58361502602136083462009-03-11T14:35:00.007-04:002009-03-11T14:57:27.248-04:00Coming Attractions...Tonight and TomorrowThis evening i am attending a special yoga class taught by <a href="http://www.wahmusic.com/">Wah</a>!! It should be fantastic...<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312002100288484338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 219px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMmoOmS0yc-01CpkaXfEXAUllIxpdvTqVxBqzYKCks3zZqUK0vvQ78Yw23EHq2N9T55lt3xzVLspA86w-FCvm2QmVxKRMa0y300oG05F9O1jy6482A_xYchlaHveO_ccnUygZ5wT3fH_w/s320/wah%2520yoga%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /><br />Its happening at the <a href="http://iyiprinceton.com/">Integral Yoga Institute of Princeton</a>. Wah! is playing there tomorrow night...and my dear friend <a href="http://www.andreabrachfeld.com/">Kala Devi</a> (aka, Andrea Brachfeld) is accompanying her on the flute.<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312002095027258098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeyMStYhiZd48Q0vvTuWqbDao7NUHUx9pngd6CcV0K5xYLi8-LRV2kjYoSBqjKw5ZXLeEjjoPpmCJ339D8QCE-z9jd4wRF5s2sZ-6KOedq3EbmM_Xx170n0siSz4zIhyczu3IoF2Pkcyk/s320/Wah!%2520soft%2520b%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" />check it out if you are in the tristate area and are eager for upliftment!<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312002101848946466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 220px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_IOBIk_RGJFk_s2ojpyvPeOwCYtE9XF6lIHUjA_gltN5TXRX0JwJhgHxzWETm41VnI_MEOt7cfW3cuBESztUJ_ihbwZmFA9J9TkdlKa60uG-hSuZscqTvaKLiFmBkJSSDIPNQjvExO7k/s320/Uplifted_by_sango_chan89%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /> <p>And then tomorrow night, my dear Nalini (seen <a href="http://healingtreasure.blogspot.com/2009/02/splash-of-color-for-city.html">here</a> and <a href="http://healingtreasure.blogspot.com/2009/02/splash-of-color-for-city.html">here</a>) invited me to see the unbelievably talented, breath-takingly graceful (and hardworking) Odissi dancer, <a href="http://www.heritageindia.org/sujata.html">Sujata Mohapatra</a>!!!! This will be the first time i see her perform live. Super excited!!! You can find clips of her on YouTube.</p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312005071765382994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 226px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 350px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfBHcriCak8L2T7DeeUUQJZrexd6YKchSjit-nXXZTTKyXzJF9AdXkHqJQ1_XAo18vZJQodumYMHlcJ0aNNSJtGIZYLOjNJOURTxhX8tH4Lk3euWVHwTMsTiIX4OuS-zaBNxzu3R9zn2E/s400/Sujata+Mohapatra1%5B2%5D.jpg" border="0" /></p>Doniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17292554755396847872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7070605713792923451.post-59317484512687461782009-03-10T17:14:00.009-04:002009-03-10T17:47:32.060-04:00dispatches from not here...The shift back to the east coast has been relatively smooth. The sound of the ocean is missed though and my little one keeps on asking to go to the beach...who can blame him?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiegjxW4BHvD_hCWkhez8q9er0KSxXtE0HwSIYWzkrs0I8Riloohp2szwoJsoGnoh3HdsvWd08xmwNTdjgc54UCNP8tpT5j9qbNNcwNW5b2d-B5mTESmAHYOCMUoNly-DeUDqflK4ACmOQ/s1600-h/Cancun+and+amazing+videos+2009+288.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311674583081221762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiegjxW4BHvD_hCWkhez8q9er0KSxXtE0HwSIYWzkrs0I8Riloohp2szwoJsoGnoh3HdsvWd08xmwNTdjgc54UCNP8tpT5j9qbNNcwNW5b2d-B5mTESmAHYOCMUoNly-DeUDqflK4ACmOQ/s200/Cancun+and+amazing+videos+2009+288.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSF3712ZYTtJP4izIITNf_ihDtSCDsoV7C472AgAvH-Pbd3sDzvRaSYNBB9v0I_3wa9pzkueHzGWeU4Djop5P_-qARCVLehG-ygFuHWSxUeKx91LuY0q1fF5usUTBCeGJ1lNpofaa9isQ/s1600-h/Cancun+and+amazing+videos+2009+255.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311674575484374162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSF3712ZYTtJP4izIITNf_ihDtSCDsoV7C472AgAvH-Pbd3sDzvRaSYNBB9v0I_3wa9pzkueHzGWeU4Djop5P_-qARCVLehG-ygFuHWSxUeKx91LuY0q1fF5usUTBCeGJ1lNpofaa9isQ/s200/Cancun+and+amazing+videos+2009+255.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir-4Syq9T0dNLOW7aij6Hr2xYNG0leExt8TKShMc7sgIKqAIVFH8mswuI_x_A3GVWpmD00M9g1Hi35z07m1ASusngpd7NHUA7urV7TW56Y-LRT4LhBZtI3IlMq-kTsLnHi8iBqdIZZsTg/s1600-h/Cancun+and+amazing+videos+2009+242.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311674574055994658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir-4Syq9T0dNLOW7aij6Hr2xYNG0leExt8TKShMc7sgIKqAIVFH8mswuI_x_A3GVWpmD00M9g1Hi35z07m1ASusngpd7NHUA7urV7TW56Y-LRT4LhBZtI3IlMq-kTsLnHi8iBqdIZZsTg/s200/Cancun+and+amazing+videos+2009+242.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFnsJyzWzSbH32cx3zPdq7-LmRjGJjIcsKvkl0DDct2E2Byi0dYB-C9eZqswGYJMEnmeYZBNg_iqfv10ve1z-55O3UeKPwLEsbpEniFAj6ndaWCUCy90EjsVmzxEeHNPizojMrTneEvLM/s1600-h/Cancun+and+amazing+videos+2009+238.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311674280572077698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFnsJyzWzSbH32cx3zPdq7-LmRjGJjIcsKvkl0DDct2E2Byi0dYB-C9eZqswGYJMEnmeYZBNg_iqfv10ve1z-55O3UeKPwLEsbpEniFAj6ndaWCUCy90EjsVmzxEeHNPizojMrTneEvLM/s200/Cancun+and+amazing+videos+2009+238.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgapOKsbXhYy0C8C7etIzkq6p9NxVYgUWFIOUEYr8rat-i9iSuv2ZE6Wl84Q5HgUARVL7k4TIRbwQeEi00Dlwrrj6KMEYtaOGDgo2wnvIiwFqyYtSxrGFxAUsfe2c7vs1p-7q612Idc_ns/s1600-h/Cancun+and+amazing+videos+2009+230.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311674270313882498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgapOKsbXhYy0C8C7etIzkq6p9NxVYgUWFIOUEYr8rat-i9iSuv2ZE6Wl84Q5HgUARVL7k4TIRbwQeEi00Dlwrrj6KMEYtaOGDgo2wnvIiwFqyYtSxrGFxAUsfe2c7vs1p-7q612Idc_ns/s200/Cancun+and+amazing+videos+2009+230.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akumal"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311674275849160402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZX434lzQ8JjkRafuMW1mCEOvHZ8z_j5XeIwgmQAbzMlNWJh8bf8CxNIYqhrCZ-wyVQKvCdtTSX5ikbR8GU3NpVMFWjRMAW-J1aMirLJkTFs7Nf5vF23bb5a643mS87OJ_aLRSFIKujdw/s200/Cancun+and+amazing+videos+2009+224.jpg" border="0" /><span style="font-size:85%;">Akumal</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, the place of the turtles and this</span><a href="http://galerialamanai.com/"><span style="font-size:85%;"> amazing art gallery</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">!</span><br /><div><div><br /><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbnSTEnI_IlHeUBIe0LICAbns3u5uQXB0vYZe8mP2t50AElEMhirR-X7yWLrYfEQAoVp1gHL17et24P3nuZggRnyonuU0_ByUA0YO7HrX77nHFu5wsDfA_CbQ_Z945cFPL4_ffcWUW0CM/s1600-h/Cancun+and+amazing+videos+2009+204.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311673746476816978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbnSTEnI_IlHeUBIe0LICAbns3u5uQXB0vYZe8mP2t50AElEMhirR-X7yWLrYfEQAoVp1gHL17et24P3nuZggRnyonuU0_ByUA0YO7HrX77nHFu5wsDfA_CbQ_Z945cFPL4_ffcWUW0CM/s200/Cancun+and+amazing+videos+2009+204.jpg" border="0" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Doniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17292554755396847872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7070605713792923451.post-21709160687610489782009-03-09T18:01:00.004-04:002009-03-09T18:12:42.862-04:00Food for Thought about Travis the Chimp from the NY Times<em>Upon coming back from vacation, i read this interesting Op-Ed piece...the original can be found <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/06/opinion/06siebert.html?_r=1&sq=chimp&st=Search&scp=2&pagewanted=all">here</a>.</em><br /><br /><strong>Something Wild</strong><br />By CHARLES SIEBERT<br />Published: March 5, 2009<br /><br /><div>It's common to hear, in the wake of someone’s sudden lethal outburst, exclamations of shock along the lines of: “He seemed so pleasant and mild-mannered.” “She never bothered anyone.” But when those same sentiments are voiced in the aftermath of a chimpanzee attack like the one in Stamford, Conn., last month — in which a pet chimp named Travis mauled a woman, robbing her of her hands, eyesight and much of her face, and possibly causing brain damage — they raise serious questions about us, the primates with the so-called higher cognitive functions.<br /><a name="secondParagraph"></a><br />There is something about chimpanzees — their tantalizing closeness to us in both appearance and genetic detail — that has always driven human beings to behavioral extremes, actions that reflect a deep discomfort with our own animality, and invariably turn out bad for both us and them.<br /></div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311313031789729634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 160px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Z2ysVmNx8foBG6jy38Kk1kq_8fMlCusvJi9d8zR_w08UVOXKc_zGTJ6qnf7gow3MwrTIkGIko_ja8xAhZe1SaaXOhzhWShj5HQqwd5adqnfUaWEUwhIH8wFIdai9efTKRLAtxdW4Pxw/s200/06opedlarge%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div>The first live chimpanzee to set foot on Europe’s shores arrived in The Hague in 1641, on board a Dutch merchant ship returning from Angola. The only known visual record of this unwitting pioneer’s existence is an engraving done that same year by the Dutch physician and anatomist Nicolaes Tulp. A leading figure of the Enlightenment with its emergent emphasis on objective observation and realistic representation, Tulp sat day after day in the private menagerie of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, and proceeded to compose one of the more surreal depictions of a chimpanzee imaginable. The creature — seated atop a boulder with its mostly hairless torso and limbs, tapered elfin hands and feet, and sweetly smiling face — looks like a potbellied forest nymph dreamily sleeping off a good drunk. Not a chimpanzee so much as an ape-human hybrid.<br /></div><br /><div>The fact that Tulp, a man of science, refused to let his hand depict what his eyes were seeing goes to the heart of the threat that the chimpanzee’s near-humanness has long posed to our consciousness. By depicting a nymphlike creature, he reinforced an age-old anthropocentric conception of humanlike apes as mythic beings, fearsome man-beasts, living cautionary tales against our own often beastly and rapacious tendencies.<br /></div><br /><div>Tulp’s willful distortion may seem laughable now, something that we modern-day humans have advanced beyond, but we need look no further than Travis to dispel that conceit. His tragic end is a sadly familiar occurrence within today’s equally distorting framework of trying to coerce evolution in a direction it didn’t quite go for chimps, by making them be us: living on our turf and terms, dressing in our clothes, acting in our films and commercials, suffering in our research labs.<br />While researching a book about my days living in a retirement home for former chimp actors (chimps work as actors only until about the age of 6, after which they become too strong and willful; they then spend the rest of their lives, often 40 to 50 more years, behind bars), I happened to visit Mike and Connie Casey, the breeders who originally sold the baby Travis to Sandra Herold and who raise and rent out their own chimps for commercials and children’s birthday parties.<br /></div><br /><div>Connie Casey saw Travis’s mother, Suzy, shot dead back in 2001 when this chimp, too, escaped and got into a tussle with a dog. In 2005, four former chimp actors undid the lock of a retirement home known as the Carson Center for Chimps (as in Johnny Carson) on the grounds of a roadside animal attraction called Zoo Nebraska. As patrons ran for cover, three chimps were killed. One, named Ripley, managed to return to the Carson Center and close himself back in.<br />Six months before that incident, two former chimp actors who had grown up and trained with Ripley escaped their enclosure at a retirement sanctuary in Southern California and badly mauled a visitor much in the same way that Travis did Ms. Herold’s friend.<br /></div><br /><div>Chimps are, like us, given to occasional violent outbursts, but they have exponentially greater strength. Chimps also have, like us, minds enough to lose and memories that can hasten the process. Wild chimps “recruited” by poachers for entertainment watch as their mothers are gunned down — the only way a chimp mother would ever relinquish a child. Chimps born in captivity are spared that experience, but they suffer the same premature separation from their mothers, isolation from their normal social groups and often mistreatment from trainers and keepers, all traumatic events that have been shown to cause deep psychological scarring and, as in human beings, can lead an animal to overreact to the slightest stimuli: the look in someone’s eye, the color of someone’s hair or, as with Ms. Herold’s friend that day, hair done up in an unaccustomed style. These are, in short, deeply conflicted beings, evolutionary anomalies that only we could have created: chimps with names and yet no recollection of trees.<br /></div><br /><div>The most tragic example of this is Lucy, who lived in the late 1960s and early ’70s. Raised from infancy to age 10 as a human child by the psychologist Maurice Temerlin and his wife, Jane, Lucy made her own meals, mixed her own cocktails, flipped through magazines, slept on soft mattresses, raised a pet cat, learned sign language — and had no contact whatsoever with other chimpanzees. By the time she reached sexual maturity, however, she became more and more difficult to handle, and the Temerlins decided they had to let Lucy go.<br /></div><br /><div>They chose to send her to a place that was the complete opposite of what she knew, a refuge that reintroduces captive chimps into the wild. Lucy, it will perhaps come as little surprise, struggled mightily. She refused to socialize with the other chimps, to climb trees, forage for food, make nests. She took to waiting beneath trees for the others’ crumbs to fall.<br /></div><br /><div>Eventually, Lucy adopted an orphan baby chimp and mothered him until he died three years later of a stomach parasite. She herself barely survived a bout of hookworm, then began to show enough positive signs of socializing with the others that they were all left for a time to their own devices. A year later, however, Lucy’s skeleton was found near the shores of the island refuge, without, some reports said, her hands or feet. The cause of her death isn’t known, but speculation is that Lucy, always the first to greet human visitors, one day unwittingly approached a group of poachers, who readily seized upon their overeager prey.<br /></div><br /><div>Lucy, Travis and all the others died for the same reason that Tulp couldn’t draw the actual being seated before him: our ongoing inability to see animals outside our own fraught frame of reference. The chimp that Tulp, in fear of science, preserved as a mythic human, Temerlin tried to make a human, in science’s name. Lost in the shuffle of either agenda were the animals themselves, creatures we still can’t regard and respect for what they are and just leave alone.<br /></div><br /><div><em>Charles Siebert, a contributing writer for The Times Magazine, is the author of the forthcoming “The Wauchula Woods Accord: Toward a New Understanding of Animals.” </em></div>Doniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17292554755396847872noreply@blogger.com0