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My Old Friend Yoga

About 20 years ago when I was first introduced to yoga, I attended classes weekly at the local community

college. My twenty-something body would arrive knotted up, head pounding with work-related stress. I

surrendered to the knowledgeable yoga instructor for the hour, and at the end of each class felt obliged to thank

her …

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Save the Bees

Bees are an integral part of our ecosystem as well as a critical agricultural resource that help produce $16 billion worth of crops in the United States each year. The recent unexplained mass disappearance of honey bees, called colony collapse disorder, poses a significant threat to honey bees, beekeepers, farmers and our food supply. Most bee experts believe bees could be falling sick …

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Hot Dog Ban in Schools?

Here’s another excellent article from the PCRM (Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine). It was recently taken town from their site, but I had to keep it around as it is one of the few in-depth discussions on just how bad hot dogs truly are… enjoy.

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http://www.pcrm.org/health/health-topics/anatomy-of-a-hot-dog

Schools should stop serving hot dogs and other processed meats because even small amounts increase …

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Man’s Forsaken Friend

 

“You know, you should adopt a Greyhound,” a friend of mine once suggested years ago.

“What?” I formed a mental picture of a slobbering, aggressive beast tearing up the ground in pursuit of a defenseless rabbit. What was she thinking?

My opinion changed sometime later when I met my first live Greyhound. Sleek and graceful he quietly stood at the Greyhound Rescue Booth …

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Invasion of the Leaf Blowers

Autumn in New England emotes tranquility and reflection. It is a time to quietly collect ourselves and say goodbye to the blazing days of summer and brace ourselves for the bitterness of winter. I was always grateful for this gradual transition; yet, over the last decade it has been marred by the noise pollution from all the “necessary” gas powered lawn equipment that …

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Junk Mail – An Unwelcome Foe

The other day I was wheeling my recycling bin out to the curb pleased that it was heavier than the regular garbage bin. Yes, we had done a fantastic job of recycling everything that we could. Every scrap of paper, every qualifying plastic container, can and glass jar. They were all there in the depths of the bin on their way to a …

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