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Eternity in an Hour

quietearth — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:39:52 +0000

After the tragic, disastrous events in Boston, eternity and mortality are probably not far from our minds.

Anyone who has been through tragedy—any tragedy, however one defines it—will understand how an hour, a minute, a day can seem like … Read the rest

The Yoga of Election Day

quietearth — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 12:32:44 +0000

Election day: probably the most heated and least balanced day on the calendar. Thank god it only comes once every four years. Look, I don’t care who you vote for (okay, that is patently untrue; I actually care very … Read the rest

A Kind of Sadness

quietearth — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 14:39:08 +0000

I feel as though I’ve been remiss in my postings. I keep up with my little photo hobby, but I know this space is meant for more than that.

I think part of the problem has been this deep … Read the rest

The Monsanto Suicides

quietearth — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 14:30:52 +0000

I’m directly copying and pasting this from Mary Jane’s Farm (click here for a much nicer layout of this article). Global class-action lawsuit, anyone? Maybe we should start with buying only organic cotton…

Did you know? 250,000 Indian farmers have committed … Read the rest

The Compliment of Opposites

quietearth — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 21:54:30 +0000

The other day, I decided to unsubcribe from the email notices of a handful of petition sites (such as CREDO Action). This was not exactly easy for me… I like to be a part of the progressive opposition; I … Read the rest

Pin This (Rant Warning)

quietearth — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 11:57:04 +0000

I’ve been dealing with enormous amounts of anger lately. Being a yoga instructor, I have plenty in my bag of tricks and, normally, when I feel this way, I dive into asana, the physical practice of yoga. Well, enter Monday. … Read the rest

What Will Rise?

quietearth — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 15:13:39 +0000

So, this morning, I happened to have the dubious pleasure of seeing the headlines on a USA Today. Something about how cutting defense spending will harm the economy. Well, obviously, we should just start another war and our economic outlook … Read the rest

Satya of the Day: 6.25.2012

quietearth — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 11:51:15 +0000

I love elephants. For more about elephant and wildlife conservation, you can visit the good people at The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. Or, if you can, watch this (I couldn’t finish it, but I definitely shared it). … Read the rest

Cosmetics: infertility, fatigue, & hormonal imbalance. Oh, my.

quietearth — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 12:23:19 +0000

So, we’re probably all at least vaguely familiar with the strange, and dangerous, cosmetic habits of our ancestors: arsenic in face powder, copper or lead to color the eyes, not to mention lead-based face masks used by the Greeks to … Read the rest

A Culture of Tolerance: Or, Liberalism and North Carolina

quietearth — Fri, 11 May 2012 15:01:21 +0000

So, I don’t know if you guys know about Daily Om, but I regularly get their mailings and often find them uncannily appropriate to whatever is going on that day. Enter North Carolina and the amendment to their constitution banning gay … Read the rest