Grounding Places: The Wealth of an Hour (or Two, or Three, or Four…)
I depart as air…. I shake my white locks at the runaway sun, I effuse my flesh in eddies and drift it in lacy jags. I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love, If you want...
View ArticleAdvice for the Itinerant
Early this morning, I steeped a cup of tea and looked out over the view that has been my home for eight years: the Pacific Ocean, the Santa Monica Bay stretching from Malibu to Rancho Palos Verdes....
View ArticleThe Collective: Sergio Scabuzzo
‘The Collective: Interviews’ turns this week to a topic I only recently learned about, but one that is increasingly important, especially given the massively damaging climate events this past week:...
View ArticleUnwindulax?
Unwindulaxers doing what they do best. On a recent ‘political’ issue of the American television show ‘30 Rock,’ the U.S. Presidential election was decided by a group of relaxed, beer-drinking, partying...
View ArticleSustainable (Hu)Man: Rediscovering the Old (as Adam)
I’m a bit obsessed with this new website I recently discovered. Aside from its slightly male-centric title (as such, I’m suggesting a re-title as ‘Sustainable HUman’), Sustainable Man provides a...
View ArticleA Festivus For the Rest of Us
I always find the holidays a difficult triangulation between the desire to give in the ‘holiday spirit,’ the fear of contributing to environmental destruction, and the glittering temptation of mass...
View ArticleGood Advice For the End of the World (as We Know It)
So about that ‘Mayan’ apocalypse. Oops. Yet another End of the World prediction that failed to materialize. This is where I would spend my end of days… This article over on The Spirituality and Health...
View ArticleResolutions of the Written Word: Lessons in Sustainability
“The mind of the man who dreams is fully satisfied by what happens to him. The agonizing question of possibility is no longer pertinent. Kill, fly faster, love to your heart’s content. And if you...
View ArticleWhen the Clock Struck Twelve: Hong Kong, 2001
I have to admit: like many (including the writer of this Atlantic article), I’m not the biggest fan of New Year’s Eve. The celebrations always feel contrived, the parties overwrought. Not to mention...
View ArticleWhat Does Sustainable Luxury Travel Look Like?
I’m thrilled to announce my husband Joseph and I will be serving as this year’s coveted Cayuga Collection interns in Costa Rica and Nicaragua. Forbes called the position “The Best Job Ever” —as...
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