March 2012
10 posts
“The greatest chef who ever lived wasn’t preparing food, but humans.”
– Jonathan Safran Foer, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/11/magazine/11foer-t.html
February 2012
10 posts
My Sis in Culver City's Union School District...
Lin Howe Students Take The Walking School Bus to Campus
If you live in the neighborhoods around Carlson Park or Rancho Higuera, you may have noticed an army of Hiking Vikings marching in formation on Friday mornings. The Safe Routes to School Committee at Linwood Howe Elementary School has launched a weekly Walking School Bus. The new program began on January 20, and the “buses” will...
I'm Not Okay With Chris Brown Performing At The... →
Hey, so, I am definitely far removed from pop culture and celebrity happenings. Though I’m not under a rock (amirite, Daniel Radcliffe?). I may not know ‘all the facts’ or ‘the whole situation,’ but domestic violence is still domestic violence, no matter the setting, relationship, aggressor, victim, or amount of publicity. I love this article, and am relieved to know...
Monsanto, Agent Orange Creator, Returns to Vietnam →
There’s so little I know.
Ways I Got Out of This Funk
Maybe, this haphazard list will benefit me in the future.
1. Try something new. Instant Golden Curry box dinner. 2. Listen to upbeat music. You Make My Dreams by Hall & Oates. 3. Surround myself with energetic people. Snowpants or no pants. 4. Enjoy my friendships. Whale O’Delley. 5. Relish being alive. Riding a bike. 6. Get inspired. TEDxBerkeley. 7. Bake. Baking Powder Biscuits from...
“When in charge, ponder. When in doubt, mumble. When in trouble, delegate.”
– Missing Link Bicycle Co-op receipt
“On agroecology: “…the antithesis of transgenic...”
– Miguel Altieri, Professor of Agroecology at Cal
http://nature.berkeley.edu/breakthroughs/break_feature1_fa11.php
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and...”
– Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.