Author: Daniela

  • Quote For The Day

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    Originally posted on The Dish: “Now there is a final reason I think that Jesus says, ‘Love your enemies.’ It is this: that love has within it a redemptive power. And there is a power there that eventually transforms individuals. That’s why Jesus says, ‘Love your enemies.’ Because if you hate your enemies, you have…

  • Herbal Folklore

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    Originally posted on Sanctuary Gardener: Tuesday evening, I attended my first meeting of the South Carolina Herbal Society here in Charleston. Because I’m very interested in learning about herbs and herbal medicine, I brought my membership form and annual fee with me. After the first meeting, I can already say that it is going to…

  • Quote for the Day

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    Posted in the comments thread of the Washington Post’s article about Freedom Industries chemical spill and subsequent bankruptcy filing: “The invisible hand of the free market is using sign language to tell its victims: Tough, suckers.”

  • “Eat Anything You Want, Just Cook It Yourself”

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    Originally posted on The Dish: Michael Pollan’s advice on eating healthy:

  • Seed Saver Encouraged to “Pass Them On”

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    Dayna McDaniel, co-founder of Seed-Savers, KC, shares with reporter Cindy Hoedel of the Kansas City Star Magazine her reason for starting Seed-Savers, KC and the first seed she ever saved. It was a tomato presented to me by a neighbor, back in the 1970s. I had just moved into the neighborhood and I noticed this…

  • Pesticide Residue Strengthens Case for Organic Farming

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    My Google Alerts is ablaze with articles about pesticide residue found on organic produce.  Paul Hanley’s level-headed piece in the Star Phoenix explains why this finding “drives home the importance of expanding pesticide-free organic farming practices.” Providing food free from chemical residues is just one goal of organic farming and perhaps not the most important.…

  • Thought For the Day

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  • The Sea Turtle and the Megapode

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    Alanna Gisonodo shares a story told to her by Joshua Eberdong, a sea turtle expert from Ollei, a small village located in the northern end of Ngarchelong state of Palau. The legend goes that a woman who lived in a small village near Ollei gave birth to a hawksbill sea turtle and a megapode. Every day, while…

  • Website Provides Access to Splendid Collection of Urdu Poetry

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    Lovers of Urdu poetry will be delighted to know there is a website that provides access to more than 8,000 ghazals and 1,000 e-books. Its promoter said: “I am happy to say that the website has more than 8,000 ghazals, 700 nazms and 1,000 e-books from across 700 poets,” Sanjiv Saraf, an IIT-Kharagpur graduate and…

  • Sunday Prayer – Mast Qalandar!

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    Nicholas Schmidle relates his experience at the annual three-day festival marking the death of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar at Smithsonian.com.  Every year, a few hundred thousand Sufis converge in Seh- wan, a town in Pakistan’s southeastern Sindh province for the festival. In the desert swelter of southern Pakistan, the scent of rose­water mixed with a waft of…