Want to read this email on the web? Click here. We are accountable to the next generation. We have to give the next generation a world that does not frighten them. ~Avijeet Das Dear Reader, This week I planted narcissus bulbs. Quite a few, I might add, and in the planting process, there was just enough spaciousness to observe my struggle with an inner storm of emotions. Because there were decades of my life that didn’t allow for self-reflection, I don’t take these opportunities for granted....
12 days ago • 4 min read
Want to read this email on the web? Click here. But what now? What am I supposed to do with all these feelings? ~Jenny Han Dear Reader, The fifth time I began this letter and deleted my writing, I recognized that uncertainty is the story. In the face of this collective experience, I am continually revising my most appropriate next action and reconsidering the words to say and write. The constant state of processing what I have no context for prevents me from reaching a place of cognition and...
19 days ago • 3 min read
Want to read this email on the web? Click here. Our lives aren't meant to be fast and functional…Our lives were created to be vibrant--enriched with the foods that make us feel like we’re truly living, to the very fullest. ~Sarah Copeland Dear Reader, What is the thing that makes you feel safe, connected with yourself, and at home when you travel? My recent two travel weeks and four destinations provided me with a rich opportunity to ponder this question. While what I discovered wasn’t...
26 days ago • 3 min read
Want to read this email on the web? Click here. Dare to seize all the opportunities on your path. ~Lailah Gifty Akita Dear Reader, My final morning in Cluj was Wednesday, and a road trip to Arad was scheduled for late afternoon. A blank slate of a day stretched before me, and opportunity beckoned. Logical Lauren noted that it could be a very good day to catch up on work, but my inner child wished for some play. Do I choose the duty of responsibilities that can spread and fill every waking...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Want to read this email on the web? Click here. The ache for home lives in all of us. The safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned. ~Maya Angelou Dear Reader, It's my third morning waking in Bucharest, a place that barely sleeps. This city's blend of crisp modernity, Soviet construction, and ancient stone churches gives it form, but its people's open warmth gives it a heart. The visual contrast with my daily life in Keene could not be more extreme, but I acclimate quickly...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Want to read this email on the web? Click here. Instructions for Life Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it. ~Mary Oliver Dear Reader, Here I am again, still resting and recovering as stories around me unfold. They can and will wait. Every hour of recuperation counts, with my Tuesday flight to Romania just a few days away. An action-packed three-city tour is planned, reconnecting with dear friends and promoting the Romanian translation of The Art and Science of Gemmotherapy, released...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Want to read this email on the web? Click here. Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them. ~Albert Einstein Dear Reader, It's been a week of reconciliation, coming to terms with, accepting my limits, and then moving on. At the moment, I am reconciling that my need for rest and recuperation is limiting my ability to express all that is in my heart to share. And so I will let myself off the hook, and instead share a few images that best capture this stunning turn of the seasons. Until next...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Want to read this email on the web? Click here. Together, many trees create an ecosystem that moderates extremes of heat and cold, stores a great deal of water, and generates a great deal of humidity. In this protected environment, trees can live to be very old. To get to this point, the community must remain intact no matter what. If every tree were looking out only for itself, then quite a few of them would never reach old age. ~Peter Wohlleben Dear Reader, I have been thinking about trees...
2 months ago • 3 min read
Want to read this email on the web? Click here. True morality consists not in following the beaten track, but in finding the true path for ourselves, and fearlessly following it. Mahatma Gandhi Dear Reader, Sometimes I wonder which might prove to be of greater interest, the note you receive in your inbox each week or the story behind the story. Maybe that back story would have a following all of its own. Of course, not everyone would desire to hear what led me to the words I commit to...
2 months ago • 4 min read