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Oranges, Onions, and a Margin of Lust: Michelle’s Memorial Saturday Retreat
When overwhelm turned into a noun, I took notice. It no longer modified my life, but had become a thing in my life. As an unrepentant adrenaline junky, I continued on till overwhelm became a verb. Yes, I actually used it as … Continue reading
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Tagged A Margin of Lust, Greta Boris, Overwhelm, refresh, retreat, vegan
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Real Action Heroes
Mother’s Day 2017 I am weary of people complaining about who is in office, repeating commentators’ rhetoric without checking the facts, and wildly extrapolating dire outcomes without doing an objective analysis. If you are one of those people, may I suggest … Continue reading
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Tagged Adlai Stevenson, Cesar Chavez, Political action
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Jacarandas in May: An Unforgettable Californian Sight With Tips
The sight of those flaming lavender flowers on the Jacaranda trees in May will freeze one in midstep, but the bloom is so fleeting that I forget all about them till the trees are ablaze again. I’m sure the tree owners don’t forget. Signs … Continue reading
Doing Something Positive on Earth Day 2017
Earth Day 2017 Forget the hype, the litter left after the fundraiser marches, and the flood of sometimes dicey statistics, graphs, and theories of pseudoscientists. Let’s get real. Stop talking, protesting, and Facebooking about what everyone else is NOT doing. Take … Continue reading
Posted in Engineering, Food, Garden, Uncategorized, WRITING
Tagged Food Choices, Food Choices and Forks over Knives documentaries, Forks over Knives, Hallelujah Acres, how not to die, Nutrition Facts, OC Writers, SINKING SHIPS, The China Study, these websiHow Not To Die, Vegan meal plan, Whole Foods plant based
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Edits, Porridge, and a Fool’s Day Hike
While on a marathon edit session today of my mystery Olive Tomorrow, I decided to optimize my breakfast porridge prep. A half hour before I intended to eat, I half-filled a 16 ounce canning jar with Coach oats and added water nearly to … Continue reading
Saving the Planet: A Day of Meals Part Two
BACKGROUND If every American skipped one meal of chicken per week and substituted vegetables and grains … the carbon dioxide savings would be the same as taking more than half a million cars off the US roads. Environmental Defense Fund … Continue reading
Saving My Life: A Day of Meals Part One
BACKGROUND Since 2004, I’ve been experimenting with healthier and more mindful attitudes about health, the environment, climate change, God, compassion for animals and other cultures. To quiet irritated friends, my nutritionist, family and waitresses, I transitioned from Whole Foods, plant-based … Continue reading
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Tagged Food Choices, Food Choices and Forks over Knives documentaries, Forks over Knives, Hallelujah Acres, how not to die, Nutrition Facts, OC Writers, SINKING SHIPS, The China Study, these websiHow Not To Die, Vegan meal plan, Whole Foods plant based
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