by grayisgreen | Nov 24, 2013 | Food and Water, Pathways to Gratitude, Taking Action
Hosting and Guesting in a spiral of welcome to embrace whatever comes up in life: this is what I learned from my mother as the relational spirit of hospitality. I think of her as I reflect on this piece from the thirteenth century philosopher-scholar Jelaluddin Rumi:...
by grayisgreen | Nov 23, 2011 | Food and Water, Home & Garden
Thanksgiving dinner is a rare American meal, and not just because it’s an annual event celebrated with family and friends. This day of gratitude tends to spin off the yummiest of leftovers, so mercifully little food ends up in the trash. That’s not the...
by grayisgreen | Nov 9, 2011 | Food and Water, Healthy Aging, Home & Garden, Uncategorized
photo credit: Mark Levin/Flickr “If you are an environmentalist, why do you eat meat?” I get asked this a lot, often around Thanksgiving when of course the traditional meal contains a giant turkey with meat enough for days of sandwiches, casseroles, and...
by grayisgreen | Nov 3, 2011 | Food and Water, Home & Garden
If we didn’t feel it already, last week’s East Coast snow blitz gave a sure sign that winter is on its way, bearing colder temperatures, wetter conditions and shorter days. Before you’re bundled in sweaters and dreading to leave the house, spare your...
by grayisgreen | Oct 6, 2011 | Food and Water, Home & Garden
If you remember turkey tasting differently when you were a child, that’s because you were eating a different bird. Turkeys used to come in a panoply of sizes and colors, from sturdy, rufous Bronzes to blinding White Hollands to black-and-white Narragansetts with...
by grayisgreen | Sep 19, 2011 | Food and Water, Home & Garden, Taking Action
AARP is holding its Life@50+ event this week at the Los Angeles Convention Center and Gray is Green’s Kath Schomaker and Dan Peerless are there. If you are there too, you must come visit the Gray is Green booth #2155. “We may be a ‘young’...
