August 2013

Bowling Into Another Year

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Today, is my birthday!   This past weekend, I was lucky enough to celebrate with my wonderful family and friends.  The theme of the party was, “Bowling Into Another Year.”  I thought it would be fun to go cosmic bowling to celebrate and get in a little physcial active in the process How do you like celebrating […]

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Random Acts of (Food) Kindness

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I have heard about people paying the tab for someone behind them in line at a grocery store, gas station, drive-through, or coffee shop and always wanted to do it.  The idea of brightening a stranger’s day with food sounded so exciting.   However, I didn’t anticipate how moving the act would be for me also. A little over a week ago, my […]

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On Vacation

  I am on vacation with the Schantz family in Branson, MO. New post coming next week!

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Forbes: Is Organic Agriculture ‘Affluent Narcissism?’

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I used to write for an environmental magazine in grad school.  After taking an organic and GMO class for an entire semester at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana, I had to completely re-write an organic article I had been working on.  I changed the theme of the article to eating local instead.   I couldn’t bring myself […]

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