In honor of this day that celebrates and promotes tai chi and qi gong, I went to the park this morning to do some of my tai chi forms. I took my first tai chi class in 1989 and have been studying it ever since. The 4 main teachers I’ve had are: [...]
Archive for April, 2007
World Tai Chi and Qi Gong Day
Posted in Fitness, tai chi on April 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Birthday Hotpot
Posted in Hotpot on April 25, 2007 | 1 Comment »
On my birthday, we went to eat hotpot. I was planning to take pictures to enhance the Hotpot Tutorial, but I completely forgot. I guess I was just so focused on the experience that I didn’t think about the blog. But guess what? I got my very own DIY hotpot! [...]
Greenmarket Plus
Posted in Greenmarket Plus on April 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
During this Earth Day week, many people around the country are pledging to eat food only from a 100-mile radius. These locavores (I’m surprised Wordspy hasn’t picked up on this term.) make only a few exceptions for things like flour, pasta, coffee and so forth. The New York Times, in today’s “Dining In” [...]
Happy Earth Day/Your Planet Needs You
Posted in Green Living on April 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It’s Earth Day, a day of hope and action in the service of our home and planet. What are you going to do?
Things we’re going to do:
1) Donate to provide Solar Ovens to those in need.
2) Participate in the Green Apple Music Festival, an event to increase awareness about global [...]
Quote of the Week
Posted in Quotes on April 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
When the last living thing
has died on account of us,
how poetical it would be
if Earth could say,
in a voice floating up
perhaps
from the floor
of the Grand Canyon,
“It is done.”
People did not like it here.
Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007)
(excerpt of the poem entitled “Requiem” from his book “A Man Without a Country”)
