The notion of choice is something I’ve been wrestling with for over 20 years, especially after reading several books on the matter and also taking a number of ‘personal growth’ courses. The legal battle that we are still engaged in with the District of Lantzville has presented yet more challenges as to whether or not […]
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Momentum To Learn About Food
Food information is everywhere now. It beckons to us from magazines (thanks Synergy) and television shows and commercials. Documentary movies teach about farming practices and corrupt politics of food companies. Non-fiction books about food choices such as the The Omnivore’s Dilemma have become best-sellers. Since food and water, and all things agricultural, sustain our lives, […]
Know Thyself!
As a teenager, I never dared to ask myself the question, “Who am I?” I had been taught what to think and what to do. “Find themselves,” my mother would say, shaking her head. “They have too much time to think.” Then she would carry on with her overwhelming household duties. My older brother defied […]
Did You Make a Mistake?
Omph! It hits you in the stomach. You screwed up. You royally screwed up. Now you’ve done it. Your whole career and business is going to tank as a result of this. You may as well throw in the towel, crawl under a log, start rationing the food in your pantry; you’ll be out on […]
Boredom
I was at a party a few months ago. It was an eclectic mix of young and old, environmentalists and writers; health practitioners and organic farmers. Waiting to pour myself some refreshments, I started up a conversation with a young woman with large brown eyes. The talk came around, as it does, to what fuels […]