The Dalai Lama Says: Take a Break From Technology
“I think technology may have some benefits for a smart brain, but no capacity to produce compassion,” Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama told about 12,000 devoted fans at the opening session of…
An Outside Perspective on the American Health Care System
Healthy people are not very profitable, this fact defines the corporate health care system we have in America today. When companies are allowed, even encouraged, to profit off the unhealthiness of the people,…
Cooking Connection: Balanced Eating
“The problem,” he would tell me over and over again every week as I sat in my piano teacher’s living room, “is that people are either intelligent or physically fit. No one meets…
Yellow Michelle Obama
At the National Design Awards, Michelle Obama came out to greet the honorees in the White House’s East Room, wearing a sunny yellow suit. A Goodlifer-yellow suit.
Making Dumplings at Garden of Eve
To me, the only thing that beats eating really good food is eating really good food that I cooked myself, using farm fresh ingredients grown mere steps from the stove. On a recent…
Happy 4th of July
Independence, a long weekend, friends, family, fireworks, BBQ, beer… Whatever the cause, today is a day for celebration.The sun is out and there is a slight breeze that makes outside feel divine. The…
Gone Midsummering
This week, we are enjoying the good life, celebrating love, life and midsummer, while breathing clean air in Sweden. Time off from reality nurses the soul and clears the mind. Please check back…
Cooking Connection: The Stages of Love
I would fantasize about them all winter. As the snow mounted and the darkness of the season began to invade the days, I became obsessed. Supple. Lush. Juicy. Standing at the bus stop…
Cooking Connection: Agitators
His biggest sin, was not eating the cold cuts. After that Patricia wanted nothing to do with him. She didn’t simply avoid socializing with him. She took it further, ignoring him at office…
At WSU, Pollan is Required Reading, Then Not, Then Again
Last week, Washington State University announced that it was pulling Michael Pollan’s best-selling book The Omnivore’s Dilemma from its required Common Reading Program for all incoming freshmen, seemingly due to pressure from corporate…
Fashion & Identity
I love clothing, in every way shape and form. It’s fascinating how what you choose to wear on a particular day can determine your whole persona; the way you see the world and…
Crafting a New Food System
Most of us in the Western world do not really eat food anymore, instead consuming what Michael Pollan calls food-like substances, engineered by food scientists to provide maximum “nutrition” (read calories) at minimum…
November 18, 2015
Mrs. Kimberly Leonard — Dear Harmless Harvest,
Where do I begin? It's hard to choose the correct words to say THANK YOU! You...
September 1, 2015
Kelly Sims — Gwen,
I live in Durham and I see it all the time, sometimes on sale at Kroger and Harris Teeter.
Kelly...
