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Hubcap Mandalas
...How delighted I was to discover a community garden in Gainesville, with vegetables, flowers, and art. Here are some photos of painted hubcaps, found objects which have become in this setting a contemporary form of mandala.Urban Mandalas
...One of these is a real jewel: the McRorie Community Garden in the southeast part of town, incorporating vegetables, flowers, and artwork. All of these, it seems to me, testify to the hopefulness and creativity of the human spirit, especially since the art is for the most part constructed of found objectsSh'mal writes: Plotting at the [McRorie] Community Garden
One of the great passions in my life is gardening. I've been doing it for 30 years, half my lifetime. I planted kale, collards, lettuces, radishes, broccoli. All have been doing very well for the past couple of months. To me, it's sort of the miracle of life, like birthing children, or caring for them. You put in a bit of sweat energy turning up the plot, like making passionate love, plant seeds or put in plants, plant your seed/will your egg to fertilize, tend to them with water and some love, and voila! Some of these particular plants just keep on producing organic greens throughout the winter. Like children tended to and loved properly, there will be good healthy results...Popeye Did Not Know Egyptian Spinach Called Molokhiya
Molokhiya is known as the king of vegetables. Its carotene contents are 4.6 times more than spinach, which Popeye loved, and 19 times more than broccoli. Its calcium contents are 9 times more than spinach and 10 times more than broccoli. Even vitamins B1 and B2 are five times more compared to spinach. It contains much more Vitamin E, C, potassium, iron, and other vegetable fibers than any other vegetables. Plus, it tastes incredibly good, especially with toasted pine nuts!Qi Gong is the Alphabet
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Mike writes for Elephant "about the mindful life"Yoga On Demand | elephant journal
Mike writes for Elephant "about the mindful life"The one that DIDN'T get away!
A real fish story!Being Slow | elephant journal
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- Photography, creative writing, travel. I ride bikes a lot. I like ethnic cooking. I try to use recipes from interesting spots I've visited to cook tasty dishes made with fresh ingredients.
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- I'm reading "Botany in a Day", by Elpel and following along in Marc Williams website as he annotates the book with his excellent notes. http://www.hopspress.com/Books/Botany_in_a_Day.htm
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City Chickens
Posted on March 24, 2013 at 9:00am 0 Comments 0 Likes
The last time I was in Portland, OR I went for a walk and saw this chicken coop in a front yard. I was staying at the Hawthorne Hostel in SE District.
Gainesville Compost
Posted on March 9, 2013 at 9:05am 0 Comments 0 Likes
From waste to food. That's Gainesville Compost's motto. Compost is nothing new. So what's it all about?
Chris Cano and Steven Kanner run a new operation called Gainesville Compost in Florida. It's a novel idea where they take bikes fitted with…
Continue Zoma's Sauerkraut
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Rose Water
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"In times when even fruits and vegetables are not spared of adulteration it is difficult to trust the authenticity of rose water that is fiercely marketed by umpteen cosmetic brands"…
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Cool twist on graffitiWHFoods: Turnip greens
"The noticeably bitter taste of turnip greens has been linked by researchers to its calcium content. On an ounce-for-ounce basis, turnip greens contain about 4 times more calcium than a much less bitter-tasting cruciferous vegetables like cabbage."Russian Rye, Anyone?
Have you always wanted to make your own bread? Well, here's a little article about making rye bread with a bread machine. This bread machine came from a thrift store and only cost $11.99! The ingredients to make Russian Rye were so simple you won't believe how easy it was. Enjoy!CDC - Healthy Living
The Center for Disease Control has lots of good info on health and healthy living. Plus, all of the info has references.The Herb Bus and the Weather | The Herb Bus
Yep, the Herb Bus is a VW Camper Van designed to help underserved communities.
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Several years ago a gathering of international stone masons met in Barre Vt for a weeklong symposium. I'm standing under an arch built by a novice so I couldn't wait for the race which started under the arch to begin.
Building walls without mortar is my new passion. The long standing passion that brought me to this site is bicycling. Are there any cycle savvy members here?
Hey brother! I joined this crazy site just to try to tell you about Nahko's tuning for "Black as the Night"....it is OPEN D DADF#AD and then just strum the drone open, and use an E shape for the other main chord. Watch his hands in the vid once you tune to Open D and you'll grasp it real quick. Let me know if you have questions! I BELIEVE IN THE GOOD THINGS COMIN'....
Hi Michael,
I will send an update soon, I promise! =)
take care,
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greetings Mikey
doing well in Humboldt County right now glad to hear all is well in FLA !!!
i'll try to post some pictures of living in the mountains of Humboldt before I leave to go snowboarding on Mt. Hood
Mikey
Nameste and welcome to The Love Company.
We are a small yet big hearted orphanage in need for Volunteers with a love for children and an open mind to help bring joy and love to our children.
The Love Company was founded over 3 years ago in Pokhara and is in existence today only because of its kind hearted and spirited volunteers. To continue to nurture these children and to help sustain the orp
hanage we require the humble help of volunteers. No matter how small or large your contribution maybe, it will make a positive difference to the children and to the running of the orphanage.
Currently we have 14 children, ranging from 3 to 11 years old and all with their own heartfelt stories to tell.
They come from all backgrounds including coming from broken homes, being abused by their families with some children also being rescued from the streets of Nepal.
We are a not for profit organization with your donations and fees going directly to the children and running of the orphanage.
If you are not able to volunteer you can help in other ways such as clothes , stationeries, donations of toys and gifts for the children or alternatively monetary contributions are also most welcome.
It is possible to sponsor a child from our orphanage.
For further information please contact Krishna on:-
Phone:+9779856031071
Email:krishnaprasadpokhrel@yahoo.com
Facebook Page:Children Home Nepal
Thanks for the warm welcome. I will contribute something soon!
Thank you for the mandala. great concept, friends, family, life...
thanks for the welcome Michael...the hostel is a wonderful consistent model of community at its best...it was great to meet you.....look forward to seeing you at wildcat sometime
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