I am loving the cooler August mornings we’ve got going here. Bright sun. Breezes tinged with autumnal foreboding. Judaism has it right: This is the sweet ending of the old year. The farmer’s market was exploding with wonderful produce Saturday. This morning, I ate two burgundy and bulbous Heirloom tomatoes I purchaed there, sprinkled with…

The New York Times Sunday magazine ran a long and inspiring article by Lisa Belkin about the arduous task of improving the nutritional quality of America’s school lunch programs. Results thus far with obese and at risk children are “cautiously exciting.” Did you know that, without intervention, this generation of children may be the first…

Two great articles related to Wednesday’s new moon in Virgo have been added to Mooncircles.com. “Virgo is often harshly criticized for being a picky sign… But on a deeper level this sign’s dissatisfied restlessness is more often a symptom of its search for a cause to serve,” writes Pythia Peay in “To Serve Without Suffering,”…

There’s been a lot of press lately about the difficulty of selling homes where something awful has occurred: a murder, suicide, or even divorce. Some people feel spaces can be unlucky or cursed. Whether or not this is true, the belief that something unpleasant might recur is enough to energetically throw off potential purchases transactions.…

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