 May 2008 On Newsstands Now   
in this issue:
Carrots in concert The Vienna Vegetable Orchestra makes it cool to play with your food. Do-it-yourself wind power Hand-made wind turbine powers owners camper. Stretching themselves to the limit The Niroga Institute brings the benefits of yoga to minority and at-risk communities. An artistic blow to the face CD Review: Punch by Punch Brothers.  |
 
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 Get with it, U.S. - Buy a bike!An idea for 2009: hold off on nonessential auto purchases, and buy a bike instead! (http://williamaveryhudson.blogsome.com) Read more... ‘Making love, with life…’
A warm smile. An unexpected compliment. Moonlit nights. A bear hug. The smell of burning logs on a cold wintry night, the soft rhythmic sound of wind chimes in my balcony, the rain soaked breeze entering my bedroom window. Seeing a long awaited mail in my inbox, smell of freshly sharpened pencils. Read more... Shady corners and closed chapters
Does mention of books excite you? Do you love to scan the list of new arrivals in various journals and do you often pass your day thinking about a new book that is lying at your bedside table, which you can’t wait to lose yourself into at the end of the day? Join the gang, you are my kind of gal! Read more... Leap of faith - Not just one, rather a million
Searching for a way to give back, a Seattle leadership consultant took a leap of faith. I was reading the book, "Eat, Pray, Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert, said Lucy Garrick, organization and leadership consultant. I had been looking for a way to do something around the concept of peace and raising the status of women. I was floating in the pool in July with no consulting work in sight, so I petitioned the universe for consulting projects in exchange for a life devoted to world peace. Ten minutes later, my phone rang and when I answered, I heard someone say, ‘Hello Lucy, this is Riane Eiser.’ I was stunned speechless.” Read more... A contemporary William Blake
Several months ago, I had traveled to Oxford to visit an artist, Donald Pass, and hear his remarkable story. A native of England, he has had a dramatic career as a fine artist for sixty years. Educated at the Royal Academy Schools in London, he was a successful painter of portraits and religious works, but was best known for his landscapes, especially for the lyrical abstracts of his native countryside. Yet, in 1969 that all changed. While we sat in his living room, Donald recounted the vision he had forty years ago, which has since been his sole subject as an artist. In 1969, he had gone to sketch at a churchyard in Cuckfield, a small town in Sussex. There he saw what he calls now the Vision of the Resurrection. He explains that he calls it a "vision" for the lack of a better word. "It was really like a veil had been lifted. I was so aware of it going on and yet it was as if I wasn’t there, as if I was watching a film." Read more... ZapRoot 036: An ode to fast food
Ode Magazine gives us a roundup of eco friendly fast food, Nalgene water bottles get banned, and we show you some of the worst transportation ideas we’ve seen. Read more... |
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